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6.7 million now reach for the sky
Satellite broadcaster BSkyB signed another 150,000 households in January, February and March, taking the total to 6...
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RatingsBBC1 emerges from Celebrity shadow
After being on the wrong end of a ratings battering for the past two weeks thanks to ITV1's I'm A Celebrity?Get Me Out Of Here!, BBC1 finally struck back last night (13 May) with a line-up of big-hitting dramas, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsCathy Come Home writer dies
Jeremy Sandford, the writer of the ground-breaking BBC television play Cathy Come Home, has died aged 69.
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NewsFive Live loses Payne to Sky Sports
BBC Radio Five Live sports anchor Ian Payne has defected to Sky Sports to accompany Andy Gray and Richard Keys as a major face of the channel's football coverage from the start of next season, writes Sam Matthews
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Survey: studies not best route into TV
The results of an independent survey into employment and training methods within post-production has delivered a blow to anyone who thinks that a media studies course is the best way of getting into television, writes Will Strauss.
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Production show premieres latest in technology
A number of the world's biggest broadcast technology developers will be using The Production Show 2003 to show off their latest new products - some of which will be seen outside of the US for the first time, writes Will Strauss.
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Capital and BBC to enhance networks with broadband
Two of the country's biggest radio broadcasters are installing 'broadband' style networks between their stations to allow programme material to be networked across the country, writes Kevin Hilton.
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West End's DGP goes east for Channel 4
Soho post house DGP has cut and graded A Bit of Oriental, a new show for Channel 4 produced by Spiritworld. The 1 x 30-minute programme is a light-hearted documentary that looks at the lives of Oriental women and how they are perceived in British ...
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Prime spot for cams
Prime TV is planning to turn London's Olympia into a giant Big Brother house next week for The Production Show by installing 16 mini-cams around the venue. As part of a competition to win a magnum of champagne, the kit hire company will hide the ...
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Clarke goes it alone
422 London creative director Simon Clarke has quit the company to set up his own design facility. Clarke, who has a background in creating visual effects work for science-based programmes, spent four years at 422 but felt he wanted to offer producers a different way of working. Clarke Associates will ...
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Formats showcase
The Production Show 2003 is giving over two full days of conferences sessions to new and emerging acquisition formats. Essential HD day and Essential DV day will provide producers and directors with an inside track on shooting effectively with the current and next generation of digital video with presentations from ...
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Hive hires Flame man
Effects and finishing house The Hive has poached Flame artist Matt Wilmshurst from The Mill. He joins as senior digital artist and will do compositing work as well as on-set visual effects supervision. Of particular interest to The Hive was his experience working in compositing live action with computer-generated 3D ...
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Earl Spencer to talk on Burrell
Carlton-owned production arm Planet Wild has secured an exclusive interview with Earl Spencer, in which he talks for the first time about why his family stood as witnesses for the prosecution in the Paul Burrell trial, writes Paul Revoir.
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Anneka fronts family food series
Former Treasure Hunt presenter Anneka Rice is to make her TV comeback with a new advertiser-funded daytime cookery series on Five, writes Penny Hughes.
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Jerry Hall to present celebs and gurus show
Jerry Hall has been lined up to present a BBC3 series looking at the world of gurus and the celebrities who listen to their message, writes Jon Rogers.
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MTV's Mandela tribute
MTV is producing a 60-minute special on the life of human rights campaigner and former South African president Nelson Mandela, and is offering second rights to the programme for nothing. Set to be premiered globally on MTV's channels in July, the programme will launch this year's Staying Alive HIV/Aids awareness ...
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Five to look at celebs who've bared all
TV and radio indie Somethin' Else is making a 60-minute show for Five, examining how celebrities use their naked bodies to get ahead, writes Penny Hughes.
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BBC4 to look at the greatest historians
BBC4 has ordered a major 3 x 50-minute series that aims to bring the world's greatest historians to life. Great Historians, to be executive produced in-house by Jonathan Gili, will use actors to explore the work of Edward Gibbon, author of ...
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Mile high flies again for Sky One
Sky One commissioning editor for drama Sara Johnson has asked indie Hewland International to make a second 26 x 60-minute series of drama series Mile High. Filming will kick off in London and mainland Europe in September to air on Sunday nights from January next ...
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Nat Geo showcases Asian directing talent
The National Geographic Channel's executive vice-president of programming and production, Bryan Smith, has commissioned four young Asian directors to each shoot a documentary for a new series, Reel Talent, covering a range of topics across Asia. The 30-minute films, funded by Nat Geo, include: ...