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Cineflix sells titles to Nordic broadcasters
Cineflix International Distribution has sold nearly 230 hours of programming, including Channel 5 doc Manson, to broadcasters across the Nordic region.
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HBO picks up BBC3’s Lip Service for South America
BBC3’s racy Glaswegian lesbian drama Lip Service is to be shown across South America as part of a package of programming snapped up by HBO.
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A case for detective dramas
Popular crime follows in Poe’s footsteps while the entertainment juggernauts collide.
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Eating up the TV schedules
With so much cooking and general foodiness around, this week I felt like I had stumbled into one of Heston Blumenthal’s more exquisitely eccentric menus: a last minute change to the starter, which arrived a day early, followed by a main course of annoying suits, garnished with Preparation H, and ...
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Slow start for Sky’s Thorne
Amid the usual suspects of factual, entertainment, brand extensions and, of course, The Inbetweeners (2.2 million/11% excl+1), Sky 1 launched its latest mainstream big-scale drama.
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Boom named best TV mix facility at Conch Awards
Soho’s Boom was the big winner at last night’s Conch audio post-production awards, winning in three categories including best TV mix facility.
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BBC S&PP strikes Endemol deal
BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) is to take over studio and post-production services for two new series of Endemol UK’s Deal Or No Deal, picking up the rental lease for the show’s Bristol studio at the same time.
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Rental firms count cost of fraudulent hires
A host of London broadcast equipment rental companies are out of pocket to the tune of thousands of pounds following a spate of thefts through fraudulent hires.
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Bubble TV owner acquires Silk
Silk Sound, the 30-year-old Soho audio post-production house, has been acquired by Bubble TV owner Chris Phinikas for an undisclosed sum.
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MTV places order for online uni travel series
MTV has ordered an online university travelogue that previously went out on Bebo.
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All3Media invests in digital projects
All3Media’s distribution arm has earmarked a six-figure pot of cash for developing mobile apps and other multiplatform projects over the next year.
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Film 2010 premieres with 1m
WEDNESDAY: The new look Film 2010 premiered with more than 1m viewers, topping the show’s average performance earlier this year.
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Government reveals Ofcom shake up
Ofcom is to undergo a major overhaul as part of the government’s “bonfire of the quangos” that will “return the policy-setting role to the secretary of state, reduce unnecessary expense and avoid duplication”.
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BBC Breakfast extends lead over Daybreak
WEDNESDAY: BBC Breakfast pulled in a million more viewers than ITV’s Daybreak yesterday - the largest gap in audience since last month’s overhaul of the commercial broadcaster’s morning show.
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BBC defends Chilean coverage
The BBC has defended its coverage of the rescue of the Chilean miners by revealing that viewing figures on its international website BBC.com hit record highs on the climactic day.
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Moyles should quit, says Chris Evans
Chris Evans has said breakfast rival Chris Moyles should leave his Radio 1 show - and claimed he had “lost perspective”.
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BBC defends Commonwealth coverage
The BBC has defended its coverage of the Commonwealth Games after some viewers complained of an England-bias.
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DCI Banks takes on Spooks
This week, in a dramatic network clash, BBC1’s spies and ITV1’s new lugubrious detective went head-to-head. But who arrested the biggest consolidated audience?
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Jowell adds to BBC pay criticism
Former culture secretary Tessa Jowell has joined the chorus of voices criticising the BBC over executive pay.
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Ken Loach slams "grotesque" British TV
Filmmaker Ken Loach has launched a fierce attack on UK television industry, saying it has been reduced to “a grotesque reality game” - and has applauded recent top level cuts at the BBC.