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NewsSky launches viewer panel
BSkyB is launching a 20,000 household-strong audience research panel to provide advertisers and broadcasters who use its platform with detailed viewing information on every channel.
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No Angels (C4) - Alun Palmer, Daily Mirror
'No Angels is Casualty with naughty words, Peak Practice with nipples, Heartbeat with acting. It could have been a ...
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No Angels (C4) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'A likeable cast, lots of pace and perhaps the the best musical soundtrack of any recent drama series, and you've g...
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My Foetus (C4) - Thomas Sutcliffe, Independent
'The nationally taboo-busting footage here - that of a woman undergoing an abortion - wasn't really shocking at all...
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My Foetus (C4) - Paul Hoggart, Times
'Even by Channel 4's standards, an image of a legally dismembered baby makes disturbing viewing.'...
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NewsBBC America chief jumps ship to ABC
The chief executive of BBC America Paul Lee has been poached for a top job at the US network ABC.
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NewsRevenue boost for Endemol
Big Brother producer Endemol UK boosted its total revenue by£25m to£90m in 2003, thanks largely to a 125% increase in the receipts from its relationship with Channel 4.
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RatingsBBC2 Birthday brings in 2.4m
BBC2 celebrated its 40 thanniversary last night with a 3-hour tribute show, Happy Birthday BBC2, and drew 2.4 million (10.9%) to the channel between 20.00 and 23.00.
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ITV3 to be backed by£20m budget
ITV's new channel for the over-45s, ITV3, will be backed by a budget of£20m when it launches in the fourth quarter of this year, writes Glen Mutel.
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Last Night of Proms to go global with HD
BBC Outside Broadcasts is refurbishing an OB truck so that it can produce an HD version of The Last Night of the Proms for the international market, it was announced at NAB in Las Vegas.
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invests in Avid ProEncode
P3 last week became the first UK post house to purchase Avid's Unity ProEncode product as part of a raft of system upgrades costing£250,000, writes Rick Dacey.
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All shook up at NAB
Apple took the opportunity to announce Shake 3.5, its next step in shape-shifting special effects, among a number of new products and initiatives at NAB this week. Apple has integrated shape-based morphing and warping into Shake 3.5, which Apple's vice-president of application marketing, Rob Schoeben, claimed are 'the most highly ...
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Discreet support
Discreet editing and visual effects systems will support Apple's Final Cut Pro interchange format in upcoming versions, as announced at NAB in Las Vegas this week. The integration will be a boon for editors who use both Final Cut Pro and Discreet's systems - Smoke, Fire and Lustre. Editorial ...
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bow tie orders HD
Bow Tie Television last week commissioned the purchase of a second high definition OB truck owing to increased demand for the format. The truck will cost Bow Tie over£500,000 but managing director John Knopp felt the investment is justified: 'The first four months of this year are going to have ...
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Oaten joins golden
Colin Oaten has left his role as producer at VTR, where he had been for nine years, to take on new duties as senior producer at Golden Square Post. Although his experience is primarily in the commercials and promos industry, Oaten has been taken on due to his involvement in ...
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Outpost in BBC deal
Pinewood-based Outpost Facilities has been commissioned to do online and offline edits on the BBC's new sitcom, Everything I Know About Me. The programme is currently in pre-production and shooting is due to start at Pinewood studios in the coming weeks. The
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More Cash for indies as C4 trebles profits
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson is set to beef up this year's programme budget after unveiling a threefold increase in profits for 2003.
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Saturday Kitchen to move to BBC1
Saturday Kitchen, BBC2's surprise cookery hit, is set to transfer to BBC1 and be revamped with more live material which could see it broadcast from chef Antony Worral Thompson's home, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Baftas bring glamour to Monday
The glamour of the Bafta Television Awards brought a nearly 30% share to ITV1 on Monday night (19 April), writes Sam Matthews.