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NewsSky disappoints the City despite57,000 new subscribers
BSkyB said it grew its subscriber base by 57,000 to 7,844,000 in the three months ending 30 September, yet still failed to live up to City expectations.
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NewsVideo Networks to extend coverage
8am: Video Networks, the operator of broadband TV service Homechoice, has announced plans to quadruple its coverage to over 10 million homes.
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NewsCapital radio launches podcasting
8am: GCap's Capital 95.8 has become the latest station to launch a podcasting service, highlighting the best bits of its weekday schedule.
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NewsKyle wins two-year ITV morning deal
ITV has handed Jeremy Kyle, the broadcaster's new talent in daytime, a new two-year deal, following the growing success of his morning talk show.
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NewsPEER POLL: Mobile TV
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Would you watch television channels on your mobile?
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NewsITV poaches Trinny and Susannah
ITV has poached the BBC's acerbic fashion gurus Trinny and Susannah, the stars behind hit makeover show What Not to Wear.
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NewsQVC goes interactive on Freeview
11.15am: QVC has finally launched its interactive offering on Freeview enabling digital terrestrial (DTT) viewers to press the red button on their remotes to access a range of enhanced features.
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NewsBBC2's Rome conquers 6.6m
BBC2's new series Rome ran roughshod over all the other channels at 9pm with the programme attracting a gigantic 6.6 million (27.2%), the channel's highest audience for a drama this year.
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BBC sends celebs back to school
The BBC plans to make celebrities relive their school days with a new quiz show based on the national curriculum.
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Talent on trail of notorious bigamist
Talent TV is to follow a manhunt for one of the world's most infamous bigamists for its first commission for Channel 4.
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Paul Danan to front dating show
Paul Danan, the former Hollyoaks actor whose grating appearance on ITV1's Celebrity Love Island became this summer's watercooler talking point, has been given his own show. ITV2 has commissioned Target Entertainment to make a dating show in which Danan plays Cupid by
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French to profile comedy heroines
Dawn French is to interview her comedy heroines for a new in-house BBC1 series on the world's funniest females. Dawn's Funny Women will see the comedienne tour the world talking to famous entertainers. No names have yet been confirmed, but those being approached include Whoopi Goldberg and Ruby Wax. The ...
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Reef antiques show gets second run
Reef Television's Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting has been picked up for a second series on BBC2 and will be hosted by Angela Rippon. Each day the daytime show will take teams of two to antiques markets in France or Italy to buy the best items they can find within ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Gilly Hall
Gilly Hall, commissioning executive, BBC entertainment commissioning, on the search for entertainment formats to ru...
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Grand Central buys e-cinema
Soho-based audio specialist Grand Central Sound Studio's£5m, two-year transition into a 'luxury' post facility has culminated in the acquisition of a range of electronic cinema projectors.
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Frontline posts interactive Shakespeare
Frontline Television has completed the post-production for BBC interactive drama and entertainment's Shakespeare's Stories to accompany BBC1's modern adaptation of the Bard's plays.
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Promax gets Doctor Who preview
Doctor Who visual effects supremos at Mill TV are set to give delegates at Friday's Promax conference the lowdown on work carried out on the first series of the award-winning drama, as well as outlining prospective plans for the new 13-part series. Mill TV producer Will Cohen will be on ...
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Avid unveils latest
Avid has unveiled its next-generation shared-storage solution, the Avid Unity ISIS. It claims to provide a real-time shared workflow to deliver increased storage of up to 64 terabytes, and client connectivity. It is designed to support digital media production environments including broadcast news and network production operations, and reality television. ...
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Nat Geo subtitling
National Geographic has chosen Broadcast Text International to provide its subtitling services and signed a 'multi-year' agreement for the Scandinavian feed. The deal will enable National Geographic to access all the aggregated language knowledge within the Broadcast Text Group, including research databases and translation memories.
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Hive hires animator
The Hive has recruited Condor's senior 3D artist Bryan Servante. Servante, who had previously worked at Banbury-based AudioMotion, was lead animator on BBC1/Box TV's The Legend of the Tamworth Two, animated for Discovery and the Disney Channel, and idents for BBC History. He joins The Hive as senior animator.