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What the BBC should and should not do
Last week's green paper said the BBC must stay away from copycat and derivative shows - and out of bidding wars for new American shows. Broadcast asked four industry figures for their views on how the BBC must behave in future in order to fulfil its obligations
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BBC morale in crisis
With the threatened cuts to staff and budgets hanging over the BBC, staff morale is taking a hammering.
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Studios and where they're at
With ITV in a period of rationalisation and a number of businesses up for sale, 2004 was tough for studios, but a new interest in light entertainment programmes heralds a boost to business, writes Kevin Hilton.
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The curse of reality TV
Appearing in Big Brothermade a name of sorts for 'nasty' Nick Bateman, but rather than aid his ambitions to work in TV he finds those in the industry treat him with suspicion. Does a right-minded person just walk out of a well-paid and ...
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Hallmark's poker player
At Disney, David Hulbert shunned razzmatazz in favour of being a strategist and a 'deal guy' - now he's set to take over at Hallmark International.
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On the Box: Prisoners of conscience
Saul Nassé was appalled by the torture exposed in The Guantánamo Guidebookbut moved to righteous indignation of a different sort by The New 10 Commandments.
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School for scandal
Being a freelance makes you perpetually the new kid at school - but that's not such a bad thing, explains Steven D Wright.
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TV family fortunes
ITV's digital channels have made impressive progress but their success is still dependent on how well ITV1 holds up.
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Vizrt shells out $9m for Curious
The UK graphics company Curious Software, whose software creates maps for BBC and Sky news, has been sold to the virtual set company Vizrt for $9m (£4.7m).
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BBC takes top iTV Bafta award for Spooks Interactive
SpooksInteractive won the top iTV accolade at last week's Bafta Games and Interactive Awards.
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Interested parties queue up to buy SSL
UK audio equipment manufacturer Solid State Logic (SSL) has been put up for sale and 40 enquiries have already been received regarding the purchase of the business.
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Oasis lands series
Oasis Television has won the contract to post Natural Born Dealersfor Leopard Films, off the back of a£200,000 investment in a Pogle grading system. The Soho company will do full post on the 22 x 60-minute series, which is expected to air this summer. Oasis Television ...
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Resolution hirings
Resolution has appointed facility manager Tatiana Cook and bookings co-ordinator Will Emms, who both join from West London post facility Crow Television. Cook will head Resolution's Shoreditch facility, following the departure of Rick Horne. Managing director Mike Saunders said that 'it was a real coup to hire them'. Resolution is ...
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Rushes Shorts '05
The Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival 2005 has opened for entries. All films entered must have been produced in the past 12 months up until the closing date of submissions, which is 6 May 2005. The maximum running time is 12 minutes in all categories, which cover short film, newcomer, ...
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Broadcast show
The Broadcast Production Show will this year host a new interactive demo area, provided by equipment provider Gearhouse Broadcast. The Gearhouse Broadcast acquisition demo area is being created in conjunction with The London Studios, to provide a realistic production environment housing a live set and actors. A number of Sony ...
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Strongroom hire
Strongroom Post has appointed Luke Colson from fellow audio facility Wild Tracks as post-production manager. Colson will join business development manager Rob Kelly and will be post-producing Bounty Hunters, a 15 x 30-minute series for Bravo produced by Bullseye TV.
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Farm appointment
Jannine Martin has been promoted to director of post-production at post facility group The Farm. Martin joined from Video London in 2000 and was the founding general manager of HD facility Home.
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Arena P3 posts BBC's Parents
Arena P3 has completed post-production on BBC series Blame the Parents.
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Frontier ties up film about Biggs
Frontier Posthas post-produced Ronnie Biggs: Last Escape?for Sky One. The 60-minute North One Television documentary charts the life of Ronnie Biggs, one of the criminals prosecuted for the Great Train Robbery of 1963. The story follows Biggs from his 1965 Wandsworth Prison ...
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The Farm covers C4's X Rated
The Farm Group has completed the titles and post-production for X Rated: The Sex Films They Tried to Banfor Channel 4.