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NewsITV creates channel liaison role
ITV3 planning and strategy head Adam Collings has been promoted to a new position of ITV channels executive.
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NewsTV critics 29 August ‘08
“The Wrong Door was light on laughs - which is unfortunate in a comedy sketch show.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsITVP appoints new daytime controller
ITV has appointed Fiona Kennaghan as controller of daytime and lifestyle features, replacing Dianne Nelmes.
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NewsSummer Wine adds mobile colour timing suite
The BBC team filming the next series of Last of the Summer Wine are making use of a new live on-set pre-grading technique, the latest in a line of workflow innovations aiding production of the classic sitcom.
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NewsPublic confused by HD, says survey
More than half of UK viewers are reluctant to invest in HD televisions and set-top boxes because of confusion over industry jargon, new research has revealed.
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NewsC4 to profile Churchill's mother
Flame TV will profile Winston Churchill's mother, Jeanette ‘Jennie' Jerome, in a one-off documentary for Channel 4.
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Sachtler unveils Red kit
Tripod maker Sachtler will use IBC to unveil a version of its Artemis camera stabilising system which is compatible with Red and other digital HD cameras.
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NewsSnowdon replaces Van Outen at Capital
Lisa Snowdon has stepped into Denise Van Outen's shoes as the permanent co-host of Johnny Vaughan's Capital 95.8 breakfast show.
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NewsSMG to review price of ITV content
SMG has confirmed it will appoint an independent consultancy to establish how much it should pay for ITV programming in its interim report.
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NewsOB spectrum: new deadline
Ofcom has given programme-makers and outside broadcasters an extension on the use of the 2.5GHz to 2.69GHz frequency band that was due to be shut down on 31 August.
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NewsViewers turn down BBC2's Zinc Bed
BBC2's TV adaptation of My Zinc Bed could only bring in an audience of 1m (4.4%) despite Hollywood actress Uma Thurman having a starring role.
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Red Bee wins Africa playout
Red Bee has won the contract to play out the BBC Worldwide channels due to launch in Africa.
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Skaramoosh on the move
Skaramoosh will next week move from Leicester Place in London's West End to nearby Neal's Yard in Covent Garden.
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The Fountain Studios spends£1m on HD
The Fountain Studios has spent£1.1m upgrading its facilities to high definition.
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Prime Focus plans SFX division revamp
Indian post-production group Prime Focus is planning a restructure that will see its commercials and special effects divisions re-branded.
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NewsRTL promises Airey ‘budget for success'
RTL chief executive Gerhard Zeiler has pledged to hand Dawn Airey the “programming budget she needs to be successful” after negotiating her early release from ITV gardening leave.
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NewsITV desperate for comedy nursery
ITV bosses are wrestling with how they can create a nursery slope for ITV1 where it can break new comedies and dramas.
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NewsTV critics 28 August ‘08
“It was difficult, but also original and powerful.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsFincham: Cotton would understand MacTaggart
ITV director of television Peter Fincham has invoked the spirit of Bill Cotton to help defend entertainment programming, after claiming in his MacTaggart lecture that the genre is under threat at all the major broadcasters.