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BBC1 turns to 2AM for Christmas
2AM Films has produced Christmas idents for BBC1. The interstitials are built around an idea submitted by a 10 year-old Blue Peter viewer as part of competition to design an ident. It features more than 30 kids and is called Bouncy Puddings. Andy Margetson was ...
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BBC docs exec to boost Bristol
Producers in Bristol have welcomed the BBC's decision to move a key factual commissioner to the city, saying it will boost both in-house and indie production.
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Viewers to decide civil disputes in live BBC1 special
BBC1 has commissioned a major live interactive special from Test the Nation producer Talent Television that will allow viewers to decide the outcome of civil disputes.
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BBC: wait until March for job cut details
Unions have been told by the BBC that they must wait until March for exact details on plans to slash jobs and programme budgets.
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C4 to follow urban musical
Channel 4 is giving new talent the chance to develop an urban musical as part of a creative partnership with Theatre Royal Stratford East.
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ITV sheds a further 80 jobs in regional cutbacks
ITV is to wipe a further 80 jobs off its regional head count with cuts in the north, Anglia and ITV Wales.
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Ofcom gets Freeview box figures wrong
Ofcom has admitted that it overestimated the number of Freeview households in the UK by more than 400,000.
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BBC3 showcases docs in winter line-up
BBC3 has put documentaries centre stage in its winter season.
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Sandler to objective
Indie Objective Productions has appointed former Planet 24 production director Paul Sandler as joint managing director. Sandler, who joins after Christmas, will work alongside founding partners Andrew O'Connor and Michael Vine to oversee Objective's growing slate. Objective is currently making a new series of Derren ...
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DABs set for Xmas boost
Digital radio is set for a boost with retailers and broadcasters predicting DAB sets will be one of this Christmas's must-have gifts.
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Digital learning list
The BBC has unveiled a list of 25 companies that will be able to tender for£75m worth of work on the forthcoming digital curriculum. The preferred suppliers list includes companies such as Granada Learning, Pearson Education, Research Machines and Welsh indie Tinopolis, which appears twice under the guises Tinopolis Interactive ...
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Committee reports
The House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee is due to publish its report on the BBC Charter review today (16 December). The committee, chaired by Labour MP Gerald Kaufman, is expected to make recommendations on a number of issues including the BBC's funding and governance and the ...
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MTV appoints Barry
MTV has hired former Universal creative director Michael Barry in a newly created top programming role.
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BBC Scotland moves
BBC Scotland has appointed Jeff Zycinski as head of Radio Scotland and Margaret Mary Murray as head of Gaelic. Zycinski, former editor of entertainment and events, previously launched The Lesley Riddoch Programme and The Gary Robertson Show. Murray ...
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Shaps diversity role
Granada chief executive Simon Shaps has become the new head of the Cultural Diversity Network, the industry body aimed at improving the ethnic mix of British TV. Shaps, who is also chairman of the Royal Television Society, takes up the role with immediate effect, replacing BBC head of sport Peter ...
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DRLS ready to go
Commercial terrestrial broadcasters this week accepted Ofcom's digital replacement licences (DRLs). The DRLs, which come into effect on 28 December, replace the old analogue licences. They contain various obligations related to digital switchover, including meeting the target date of 31 December 2012. Switchover will happen on ITV on a region-by-region ...
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Genealogy travels
Wall to Wall has sold its hit BBC2 genealogy format Who Do You Think You Are? to broadcasters across Europe. France's M6 has licensed the idea while channels in Italy, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands have also snapped up the rights. 'Active discussions' are also ...
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Disney finds UK head
Disney UK finance controller Simon Bailey is to take control of the company's British TV business, including the ABC1 channel that launched earlier this year. He becomes vice-president and deputy managing director and will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the UK Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney, Toon Disney, Disney ...
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RTS west winners
Testimony Films won the best network factual award for the third year in a row at the RTS West of England Awards, for Britain's Boy Soldiers , part of Channel 4's Secret History strand. Other winners included BBC Bristol in ...
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Edmonds exits early
Ofcom non-executive member David Edmonds is to step down from the board of the regulator in January to develop other interests. His three-year term was due to end in September next year. Edmonds, one of six non-executive members, will be replaced.