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NewsNSPCC and TV on collision path
The TV industry is on a collision course with the NSPCC, psychologists and local authorities as the debate around duty of care toward children on TV hots up.
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NewsBBC steps up Project Canvas work
The BBC is moving full steam ahead with Project Canvas, hiring staff to work on the IPTV service and empowering the Digital TV Group to hammer out the technical details.
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NewsIBC 2009 round-up part 1
Highlights from this year’s IBC exhibition in Amsterdam featuring DVS, Solid State Logic, Video Rescue, Object Matrix, Root6 Technology and Omneon.
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NewsBBCW partners with Ten Alps
BBC Worldwide has signed a three-year distribution partnership deal with Bob Geldof-owned factual indie group Ten Alps.
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NewsUKTV waiting to snap up STV’s Taggart for Alibi
UKTV wants Taggart for its crime channel Alibi if ITV drops the long-running show.
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NewsPrime Suspect to be remade in US
Award-winning ITV crime drama Prime Suspect is to be remade for US network NBC.
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NewsThe Family’s baby sequel
Channel 4 is to apply the multicamera ob doc format it used in The Family to a maternity ward.
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NewsBBC radio boss pledges to move away from commercial rivals
BBC director of audio and music Tim Davie has set out his ambition to steer the corporation’s radio output away from commercial rivals.
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NewsMartina Cole to investigate Moors Murders mystery for Sky 1
Sky 1 is to restart the hunt for the only Moors Murders victim whose grave has yet to be found in a two-part series fronted by Martina Cole.
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NewsMurdoch speech signals the start of a perfect BBC storm
James Murdoch’s furious MacTaggart attack on the BBC has sparked accusations from other industry chiefs that the corporation is ignoring the “perfect storm” brewing around it.
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NewsDuncan: why limit indies to half BBC output?
The BBC should open up its output so it could potentially be made entirely by the indie sector and not limit it to a maximum of 50%, according to Channel 4 boss Andy Duncan.
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NewsMulville and Fry savage TV’s compliance culture
Jimmy Mulville and Stephen Fry launched an angry Edinburgh tirade against the box-ticking culture of TV compliance, sparking relief among execs who welcomed the “bullet-proof ” talent’s decision to say “what everyone else is thinking”.
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NewsNat Geo goes on Border Patrol with US purchase
National Geographic Channel UK has bought a primetime US network series from Cineflix International that offers unprecedented access to the men and women who patrol America’s borders.
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NewsSo TV lands CBBC 360 order
So Television has landed a CBBC order for almost 20 hours of scripted comedy, including a third run of sketch show Sorry I’ve Got No Head and a new sitcom spin-off.
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NewsDiscovery boosts acquisitions arm with ex-ITV exec
Discovery Networks International has hired former ITV Global Entertainment director of business and legal affairs Helen Fox Gladwell to spearhead its acquisitions team.
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NewsNew Bollywood video service from BT
A new video on demand service offering Bollywood and south Asian music and films will be launched as a result of a five-year BT Vision deal.
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ITV1 to test out musical tribute format for series
Amanda Holden and Ronan Keating will front a new music tribute format from ITV1 that could become a series.
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Testimony to look at history of being a father for BBC4
BBC4 is to examine how fatherhood has evolved over the past 100 years, in a 3 x 60-minute series made by Testimony Films.
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NewsUKTV orders three courses for Good Food menu
The star pupil from Jamie Oliver’s Fifteen has landed his own series on Good Food, about “taking ordinary occasions by the balls” and creating memorable parties.
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NewsFive seals Sony TV VoD deal
Five has struck a deal with Sony that could see owners of new, web-enabled TV sets watch shows such as Neighbours online.