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NewsBBC to track history of Westerns
Open Mike Productions has been commissioned by the BBC to create a one off documentary charting the rise and fall of the Western, to be fronted by comedian Rich Hall.
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NewsFreesat launches today
The free-to-view Freesat platform is finally set to launch today (6 May) as the BBC and ITV aim to counter Sky's dominance of the satellite market.
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NewsTV critics 6 May '08
'Disastrous-in-every sense.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsFlood makes a splash for ITV1
The concluding episode of ITV1's two-part drama Flood over the bank holiday weekend pulled in the viewers with 6.2m (27.9%) watching yesterday at 9pm.
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NewsNew BBC sitcom for Meera Syal
BBC2 has greenlit Meera Syal's first comedy project since The Kumars at No 42.
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NewsBBC issues warning over titles
The BBC has warned staff to inform contributors about any changes to the titles of their programmes, after Ofcom upheld a complaint over The Bulls**t Detective.
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NewsShowtime orders more Ullman
US network Showtime has commissioned seven new episodes of Tracey Ullman show State of the Union from Allan McKeown Presents Inc.
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NewsGI secures Taiwan deals
Granada International has sold more than 300 hours of high definition programming to Chunghwa Telecom in Taiwan.
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News1.4m take a Peep at C4
Channel 4's cult comedy Peep Show made a strong start to the fifth series with 1.4m viewers (8.5%) at 10.30pm on Friday (2 May).
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NewsAl Jazeera English chief promoted
Al Jazeera English's London bureau chief Sue Phillips has been promoted to the newly created position of director of foreign bureaux and development.
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NewsFreesat to air Beijing Olympics in HD
Viewers will be able to watch up to 300 hours of HD Beijing Olympic coverage on Freesat this summer.
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NewsDisney exec joins marketing firm
Disney executive Mel Alcock has joined digital marketing company iCrossing as its new UK-based chief client officer.
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Jalipo sold to ROK
ROK Entertainment Group has bought IPTV company Jalipo Ltd for 600,000 ordinary shares.
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NewsSky hits out at ITV over Freesat
BSkyB has hit back at Michael Grade and ITV over its Freesat HD positioning accusing the broadcaster of wanting to “have their cake and eat it”.
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NewsSky slams ITV's Freesat stance
Sky has hit back at Michael Grade and ITV over its Freesat HD positioning accusing the broadcaster of wanting to “have their cake and eat it”.
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NewsAvid unveils new Raid arrays
Avid Technology is launching two new storage disk arrays that fuse SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drive technology with fail-safe data protection to cope with disk drive failure.
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NewsRed Bee sells Piero to Ireland and Sweden
Red Bee Media, formerly BBC Broadcast, has sold its Piero 3D graphics technology to RTE in Ireland and C More Entertainment in Sweden.
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NewsiTX News sold to BBC
BBC News has bought an iTX News playout and automation system from OmniBus Systems so that it can produce short summaries with a two-person producer-presenter team.
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NewsITVP launches trainee scheme
ITV Productions has launched a trainee scheme to attract new talent into its factual and entertainment department.
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NewsCommercial radio urged to take on BBC
Commercial radio should “stand up for itself”, industry executives have urged, after the sector suffered a mauling at the hands of the BBC in the first quarter Rajars.