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NewsIBC 2009 round-up part 2
New products and technology developments from IBC 2009 featuring Da Vinci, SIS Live, VidiGo and Blackmagic Design.
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NewsFoundry celebrates Nuke sales
Soho-based visual effects software developer The Foundry will head to IBC on the back of huge London sales of its Nuke compositing software.
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Objective show puts science into ‘paranormal’
Objective Productions has enlisted Derren Brown and scientist Kat Akingbade to front a C4 web series debunking psychic phenomena.
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NewsRough Cut sets up comedy site
Ash Atalla’s indie Rough Cut is launching a comedy website with content slated to include a sketch series about the most miserable teddy bear in the world.
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NewsOfcom toughens fine limits for ITV
Ofcom could fine ITV more than £3m for any future breaches of the broadcasting code, after a review concluded the broadcaster’s fines over the TV fakery scandal were not hefty enough.
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NewsUnions pressure government to fast-track piracy clampdown
Indie trade body Pact and broadcasting union Bectu are backing a campaign to clamp down on illegal peer-to-peer file sharing on the internet.
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NewsITV aims to avoid fines with 'double compliance '
Independent producers commissioned by ITV will have their content vetted for compliance by the commercial broadcaster, following moves by Ofcom which beef up the fines the network faces for breaches of the broadcasting code.
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NewsChannel TV slams ITV compliance move
Channel TV has criticised ITV’s decision to bring in a “double compliance” system, with chairman Mick Desmond claiming the broadcaster is taking a “cynical advantage” of Ofcom’s decision to increase the network’s fines for breaches of the broadcasting code.
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NewsBBC1 off to Oz for latest search for star format
BBC1 is looking for a Dorothy and, bizarrely, a Toto the dog as it turns to The Wizard of Oz for in its latest search for a star format.
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NewsAnalysis: are you ready for musical chairs?
The industry is bracing itself for another round of executive musical chairs - with insiders predicting a complex series of moves could end with ITV’s Elaine Bedell and Alison Sharman going head to head to become the broadcaster’s director of television.
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NewsSky Movies to air best of Shorts TV
Short films featuring The Wire’s Dominic West and Gavin & Stacey star Mathew Horne are to air on Sky Movies Indie following a deal with digital channel ShortsTV.
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BBC to air royal backdrop drama
The BBC has commissioned a new drama from Tiger Aspect set against the backdrop of the wedding of Charles and Diana in 1981.
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NewsJazz FM renews Pizza Express deal
Jazz FM has renewed its licensing deal with both Pizza Express almost a year on since the broadcaster’s re-launch in October 2008.
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RatingsWatchdog back with 4.5m
Watchdog was back with a bite at 8pm last night as 4.5m (20.9%) tuned to BBC1 to see Anne Robinson return to the consumer affairs show.
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RatingsBBC3 comedies have low-key launches
Two new BBC3 comedies got off to a slightly underwhelming start last night, with neither Lunch Monkeys nor Off the Hook managing to beat their slot averages.
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NewsWalliams to front Dick Emery tribute
David Walliams is to present a special tribute to British comedy legend Dick Emery for BBC Radio 2.
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NewsMary 'queen of shops' switches channels
TV’s “queen of shops” Mary Portas is believed to have doubled her salary by defecting from the BBC to Channel 4 in a two-year deal worth £500,000.
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NewsOlympics could be broadcast in 3D
The director of the BBC’s 2012 coverage has revealed that the corporation may broadcast selected footage in 3D.
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NewsITV advertising sales verdict delayed
The provisional solution on how to handle the current capping of ITV’s advertising sales has been subject to a “slight delay”, the Competition Commission has announced.
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Nick Jr to launch new morning block for kids
Nickelodeon UK is ramping up its pre-school presence with the launch of a new daily two-hour block designed to help get children ready for the day ahead.