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War coverage first
News crews from CNN and Sky have begun using a standard videophone system connected to a specialised tracking satellite phone antenna to shoot what they are calling 'historic images' during coverage of the war with Iraq. CNN told Broadcastthat the antenna has the ability to ...
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C200 desk launched
Audio console manufacturer Solid State Logic launched a new C200 digital production desk at this week's AES convention in Amsterdam. Based on new processing technology, the C200 operates at 48kHz or 96kHz, retaining all of its bussing capabilities at both frequencies. It also represents the latest evolution of SSL's 'knob ...
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Ferdenzi to triangle
Soho 601's Sinead Ferdenzi has joined Triangle Post Production as head of bookings. Ferdenzi had been at the Ascent Media company before it merged with SVC to become One Post, but turned down the offer of a senior role. Managing director Tom Horton said that Ferdenzi's experience with big facilities ...
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Frontline offers HD
Frontline Post Production is to offer HD editing from April, after upgrading its Avid DS. The suite was bought through Root 6 and runs version 6.02 of the software. Managing director Tim Mein told Broadcast: 'We continuously monitor the needs of our clients and feedback tells us that this is ...
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Discovery airs first C4 output
Discovery Channel has unveiled the first raft of programmes from its exclusive first-look content deal with Channel 4's factual output, writes Paul Revoir.
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Disney to play Faking It for kids
Disney Channel has commissioned a new in-house series with shades of Channel 4's Faking It, which will give young sport stars a crash course in a completely new discipline, writes Paul Revoir.
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Foyle's War to run and run
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott looks to have found his elusive long-running detective series to replace Inspector Morse, writes Jon Rogers.
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Sci-Fi's latest landings
Sci-Fi channel has picked up the latest series from Buffy the Vampire Slater creator Joss Weedon as part of a batch of programmes from 20th Century Fox. Firefly, set in the wake of a civil war 500 years in the future, will air in 15 ...
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Talkback to make over whole town for C4
Talkback Productions is creating a major new makeover show for Channel 4, which will feature the transformation of an entire town. The indie will go into a town with a tired image and attempt to give it a facelift. The indie is already in talks with local councils in two ...
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National Geographic homes in on hellish creepy-crawlies
National Geographic Channel has commissioned indie Steel Spyda to produce Insects from Hellkicking off with a one-hour special Mosquito Hell. Insects from Hell,is a 6 x 30-minute series, presented by Jake Willers, which looks at ...
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D-day landings to be target of BBC co-pro
The BBC is to join with German and American co-production partners to make a major drama documentary series based on the D-Day landings. The series, which is being overseen by the BBC specialist factual department in collaboration with the drama division, will be made by the team behind the forthcoming ...
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Andrew kicks off at ITV with Enjie Benjy
ITV's new director of children's programmes Steven Andrews has commissioned his first programme since joining the network, ordering a second series of Enjie Benjy from Cosgrove Hall, the animation company owned by his former employer Granada. The 26-episode series will be ready to air in the autumn.
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BBC2 to air antelope doc about star wars
BBC2 is set to air a 60-minute documentary charting 50 years of American attempts to protect itself from a missile attack. Star Wars Dreams follows the 'hopes and delusions' of America's search for invulnerability, from Eisenhower and Reagan to President George W Bush's 'Son of Star Wars' initiative. Produced by ...
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NewsJournalism comes of age
CNN International networks president Chris Cramer on covering the war in Iraq and making journalistic history.
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Al-Jazeera wins freedom award
Al-Jazeera, the Arabic news channel, which this week caused controversy for its coverage of explicit footage of dead US marines in the Iraq war, has picked up a coveted freedom of expression award, writes Paul Revoir.
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MTV issues war ban list
MTV has pulled a host of music videos from its playlists, fearing they may offend or upset viewers during the military conflict in Iraq, writes Paul Revoir.
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Hungry for news from frontline
The war on Iraq has caused a predictable surge of viewers turning to news bulletins on both terrestrial and digital providers, with Sky News recording a massive 821% increase in audience share, writes Jon Rogers.
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NewsTop 3 indies rule television
Endemol UK, The Television Corporation and TWI supplied over 50 per cent of the output of the UK's top 150 independent producers last year, according to Broadcast's first ever survey of independent production.
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NewsMarchant hits out at Channel 4
Tony Marchant, one of Britain's leading dramatists, has teamed up with the producer behind Clocking Off and Queer as Folk to launch a stinging attack on Channel 4 - accusing the broadcaster of a lack of clarity, writes Penny Hughes
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Evans was 'unstable'
Chris Evans had become 'unstable , irrational and unprofessional' in the weeks leading up to his sacking from Virgi...