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NewsFirst specialist factual course to launch
Indie Mandrake Films is backing the first UK university course dedicated to specialist factual documentary production.
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NewsSundance backs Kate Moss doc
Factual distributor TVF International has secured a co-production deal with Sundance Channel for a one-off documentary about supermodel Kate Moss.
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NewsITVS extends deal with Compact
Compact Media Group will continue to represent ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s back catalogue and international secondary television rights as part of an extended agreement.
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NewsJeremy Kyle launches iPhone app
Jeremy Kyle is rolling out an iPhone app, developed by indie Somethin’ Else.
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NewsCorrie postponed for a second night
ITV is to pull Coronation Street from the schedule for a second consecutive night following yesterday’s shootings in Cumbria.
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NewsPanasonic twin-lens P2 debuts
Panasonic’s twin-lens P2 camera has been used in action for the first time, capturing elements of the live 3D broadcast of the French Open tennis.
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NewsTalkSport secures Rugby World Cup rights
TalkSport has bagged exclusive radio broadcasting rights to next year’s Rugby World Cup - breaking the BBC’s 23-year hold over the competition.
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NewsEastEnders reshoots plot after Bradford killings
EastEnders is to re-shoot parts of a storyline involving preacher Lucas Johnson in the wake of the murders of prostitutes in Bradford, soap bosses have revealed.
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NewsC4 kicks off search for next 11 O’Clock Show
Channel 4 is planning a stripped successor to The 11 O’Clock Show to launch new talent, and has put a six-month production contract out to tender.
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NewsFru Hazlitt to join ITV
ITV has appointed former GCap Media chief executive Fru Hazlitt following Rupert Howell’s decision to leave the company at the end of July.
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NewsZodiak deal transforms RDF
New Zodiak Entertainment chief executive David Frank is eyeing rapid growth in the Far East and South America in a bid to turn the group into a global production empire on the scale of Endemol or FremantleMedia
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NewsITFC trials digital courier service with The Farm
Asset management, QC and subtitling service ITFC is testing a digital delivery network with The Farm with the aim of removing tape from programme distribution.
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NewsC4 faces diversity criticism
Historian Dr Robert Beckford has launched a stinging attack on Channel 4’s “pathological” attitude towards ethnic-minority content, while a raft of producers have voiced fears that the broadcaster is moving backwards in terms of multicultural output and working relationships.
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NewsViewers unhappy with rigidity of election debates
BBC viewers want political leaders to get “more of a grilling” during the next prime ministerial debates.
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NewsTwo-screen takes off as 450,000 play along with Drop online
The online game that accompanies Channel 4’s Endemol gameshow Million Pound Drop Live was played by almost half a million people while the show was on air last week.
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NewsBow Tie in Welsh Assembly deal
Bow Tie Television has won the contract to broadcast live proceedings from the National Assembly for Wales, beating incumbent facilities group Barcud Derwen in the competitive bid.
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NewsRoux to train service staff for BBC2 series
Michel Roux is hoping to do for front-of-house restaurant staff what Jamie Oliver did for chefs in a major series for BBC2.
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NewsNine in running for rights to show WRC
Nine broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Sky Sports and UKTV are considering making bids to broadcast the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) for the next three years.
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NewsProcam launches sister facility focused on 3D
A sister facility to hire shop Procam Television has opened, catering for stereo 3D TV, features, commercials and event visuals.
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NewsChiles will be World Cup winner, says ITV
Adrian Chiles’ spontaneous and informal presenting style will be a hit with ITV viewers during this month’s World Cup, according to controller of sport Niall Sloane.