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NewsBBC in talks to adapt queens book
The BBC is currently in discussions to adapt a book about pre-Elizabethan queens into a new series.
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NewsTaggart writer adapts Field of Blood for BBC
BBC Scotland is to adapt Denise Mina novel The Field of Blood, with Taggart and Rebus screenwriter David Kane writing and directing.
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NewsBBC3 orders more young Question Time
BBC3 is positioning itself as the home for politics aimed at young people with four new editions of a youth-based Question Time in the pipeline.
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NewsShine launches writers competition
Shine Pictures is to launch a national competition for writers that will see the winner claim a £25,000 development deal.
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DRG secures BBC/C4 docs
DRG has picked up three new BBC and Channel 4 documentaries, including a film about oil company BP, and already secured pre-sales in Canada and Europe.
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NewsBBC lines up Shakespeare season
The BBC is planning a major new season around Shakespeare, including new versions of his most acclaimed plays and a series of documentaries examining the life and times of the Bard.
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NewsMorris replaces Farrar at NBC
NBC Universal has promoted Jamie Morris to the role of UK channel director for Syfy and Movies 24.
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NewsUS gears up for Driver Dan
TwoFour54 has secured a deal with US pre-school channel Sprout to air CBeebies series Driver Dan’s Story Train.
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NewsYouView reveals first tech requirements
YouView, the project formerly known as Canvas, has published the first technical requirements for the set-top boxes that will work with its open standard PSB-backed connected TV service.
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NewsSoundField unveils stereo-to-5.1 upmix plug-in
Yorkshire-based microphone manufacturer SoundField has launched a software plug-in version of its UPM-1 stereo-to-5.1 upmix processor.
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NewsPrime Focus appoints Hampton to exec role
Prime Focus has appointed Piers Hampton to the role of executive producer within its broadcast visual effects and post-production division.
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NewsVision3 makes 3DTV move
Stereo 3D company Vision3 has appointed senior producer Natalie Samson to the newly created role of head of TV.
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NewsSharp Project phase 2 sells out
Phase 2 of Manchester’s Sharp Project is now fully let after three new tenants signed up for office space at the digital content production hub.
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NewsMilne quits Molinare for film finance start-up
Molinare director Steve Milne has left the Soho post house almost seven years to the day after he and fellow director Mark Foligno bought it from the TV Corporation.
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NewsS&M looks to speed up grading process
Smoke & Mirrors is hoping to speed up the grading process for its film and TV producer clients by adopting a new workflow that makes use of BlackMagic Design’s latest version of the Da Vinci Resolve colour corrector.
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NewsBBC plans live night for the Queen
The BBC is to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s coronation - and the last year the corporation broadcasts from Television Centre – with a night of all-live programming.
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NewsWatchdog to look at BBC finances
Auditors from the National Audit Office are to be given greater freedom to inspect the BBC’s finances, under the terms of a deal to be announced today (22 Sep).
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NewsBBC defends coverage of Papal visit
The BBC has defended its coverage of last week’s state visit of Pope Benedict XVI after hundreds of complaints from viewers.
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NewsAnnie Nightingale breaks radio record
BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale has been given a Guinness World Record for having the longest career as a female radio presenter.
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NewsRadio Academy chief steps down
Trevor Dann is to step down as chief executive of the Radio Academy to become managing director of DAB broadcaster Amazing Radio Group.