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NewsCutting Edge Post takes aim at direct-to-disk
Cutting Edge Post is hoping to make direct-to-disk acquisition more cost-effective by introducing a new multi-camera capture and storage technology.
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NewsWogan bows out on high
Rajars: Sir Terry Wogan stepped down from his long-running BBC Radio 2 breakfast show on a high, with more than 8 million listeners, according to new Rajar figures.
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NewsBeazley: Strictly is on ‘top form’
Outgoing BBC entertainment chief Jon Beazley has backed the BBC’s entertainment record - claiming Strictly Come Dancing was “on top form” last year.
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NewsHeart topples Magic as LBC surges
Rajars: Global’s Heart 106.2 leapfrogged Bauer’s Magic 105.4 to become the top London commercial station by reach last quarter – but the real success story in the capital was its stablemate, LBC 97.3.
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NewsBBC hits Reef TV with £500k Sun, Sea... fine
The BBC fined Reef TV around £500,000 in the wake of last year’s fakery scandal and has axed the Sun Sea and Bargain Spotting brand, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsLondon to get digital radio signal boost
New digital radio transmitters will be installed across London later this year as part of a drive to boost digital listening.
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NewsNo AFP, no commission, frustrated indies claim
Indies have voiced frustration over broadcasters’ increasing demands for advertiser-funded programmes, claiming they are being forced to ‘buy their way’ into schedules.
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NewsScott Free’s Marshall brings in British talent
Former Channel 4 head of drama Liza Marshall has made her first hires since joining Ridley Scott’s indie Scott Free, including bringing in Little Dorritt script editor Surian Fletcher-Jones to expand its British TV slate.
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NewsBruce Parry off to Arctic for next BBC2 adventure
Amazon presenter Bruce Parry is to turn his attention to the Arctic Circle in a series for BBC2 - one of two major new productions from Wales.
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NewsSeeSaw tests hunger for indie VoD content
Talkback Thames and Shed Media are planning a phased launch on VoD platform SeeSaw using flagship shows that have not previously been available on any ‘long-tail’ catch-up service.
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NewsStart-up indie serves up BBC3 absurdist comedy
Former ITV factual producers Chris Carey and James Dean have launched their own comedy indie and secured a TX pilot on BBC3.
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NewsRTÉ enlists help of ITV to co-fund Single-Handed
RTÉ drama Single-Handed is to be resurrected for a second series after ITV agreed to come on board as a co-producer.
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NewsNick Jr picks up £4m stop-frame series from start-up Komixx
Nick Jr has ordered a stop-frame animation thought to be worth £4m about a little boy whose toys come to life.
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NewsOctober’s Quinn to boost factual at Firecracker Films
October Films head of factual James Quinn is to leave the indie to develop factual output at Firecracker Films.
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NewsFive acquires Little Kingdom
Five’s Milkshake! strand has acquired UK terrestrial rights to Ben & Holly’s Little Kingdom, the newest series to come from Peppa Pig producer Astley Baker Davies.
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NewsGallery: Broadcast Awards 2010
From Inbetweeners to indie winners, we’ve rounded up the best pictures from the Broadcast Awards, including those all important winners.
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NewsDigital listening falls in 4Q09
Rajars: Plans to switch all radio broadcasts to digital in five years have hit a stumbling block after figures revealed a slowdown in digital radio listenership growth.
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NewsDragonfly co-founders launching new indie
Dragonfly co-founders Nick Curwin and Magnus Temple are to launch a new indie.
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NewsWife Swap USA’s Wagstaffe takes Turn On to the US
Manchester-based indie Turn On Television is to open a US office and has teamed with the former showrunner of Wife Swap USA to run the operation.
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NewsJon Beazley quits BBC entertainment
Jon Beazley, the BBC entertainment production boss behind Strictly Come Dancing, is leaving the corporation to take a “sizable career break”.