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Pedersen to join All3Media
Carlton International sales managing director Louise Pedersen is joining the distribution arm of All3Media - formerly Chrysalis TV Group.
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BBC3 gives Vaughan another shot
Johnny Vaughan, whose BBC3 chat show was dropped last year, is to return to the digital channel with a new live entertainment show.
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Celebrities enter Hell's Kitchen
ITV has signed highly-strung chef Gordon Ramsay to star in a new live entertainment show in which he hires a group of celebrities to help him run a restaurant, writes Paul Revoir.
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Indie fixer leaves Channel 4
The chief architect of Channel 4's indie code of practice, Andrew Brann, has stepped down only a week after the broadcaster's submission was rubber-stamped by Ofcom.
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Tory panel split over BBC
A former BBC high flier drafted in by David Elstein to advise the Tory party on the BBC's role and funding has quit the advisory committee in a disagreement over plans to call for the corporation to be paid for by subscription.
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Setanta puts off Freeview launch
Irish broadcaster Setanta has postponed plans to launch a digital free-to-air sports channel on Freeview.
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NewsBSkyB to terror-proof transmission service
BSkyB is building a state of the art emergency back-up centre in Hampshire amid fears that its Osterley HQ could be exposed to an environmental disaster or a terrorist attack.
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NewsBBC restricts reporters
The BBC is to rein in the amount of comment and speculation in its news output in the wake of the Hutton Inquiry.
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NewsBBC's Kilroy ban puts jobs at risk
Jobs will be threatened at Robert Kilroy-Silk's indie if the BBC's investigation into the presenter's controversial comments about Arabs drags on.
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Start-up fills gap left by McMillan
Former McMillan sales and marketing director Gary Langlands has set up a broadcast equipment supplier business in his native Scotland, writes Will Strauss.
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Discovery renews LPC contract
Discovery Networks Europe has given itself breathing space in the continuing saga over who should transmit its 27 channels by extending its current playout contract with London Playout Centre (LPC) by 12 months.
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Six battle for top post gong
Six London-based broadcast facilities will battle it out for the prestigious best post-production house gong at this year's Broadcast Awards. The Farm, Molinare, Editworks, Evolutions Television, Resolution and St Anne's Post are all shortlisted. The award recognises the company that has provided not only outstanding service but also shown the ...
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MTV hires editors
MTV Studios has picked up two new editors. Franco Pistillio and Jim Wilson will join this month as senior editor and editor respectively. Pistillio has 16 years' editing experience, three Emmys and a Peabody for 60 Minutes. Wilson has been an Avid editor for the past eight years and has ...
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Pinewood TV head
Pinewood Shepperton Group has appointed Rachel Joseph as its director of television. Joseph joins from 3sixtymedia where she spent three and a half years. She will be responsible for the continued investment and growth in TV for the Pinewood Shepperton Group and oversee the existing studio resources, operational logistics and ...
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Mansfield to Oasis
Editbox editor Jim Mansfield has joined Oasis Television from Molinare. Mansfield worked at the Fouberts Place facility for five years and his credits include T4 Pop Beach, on which he completed the titles, and Wish You Were Here? on which he did both titles and stings. Other credits include Doubletake ...
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Kingston wins out
Kingston Inmedia has won the contract to provide playout and satellite uplink for the Horror Channel.
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Red and BBC team up for promo
Red Post Production and BBC Broadcast have collaborated on a 40-second promo for UK History that highlights a new series of programmes covering the major events that formed modern Britain. Called A 1,000 Years of History, the promo features series presenter Michael Wood guiding viewers through a photo-real
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BBC Bristol sends spies into wild
A new BBC Bristol series, presented by Steve Leonard, makes use of the latest in spy technology to find out more about wild animals. The six-part series - Animal Camera - features satellite telemetry, low light cameras and acoustic imagers which hear sounds inaudible to humans. Camera technology includes thermal ...
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Pepper adds spice to Clark diary
Pepper has completed the grade on BBC4 adaptation The Alan Clark Diaries. Clark, hailed as a modern-day Samuel Pepys, wormed his way into the public's affection through his diaries and their withering observations of political backbiting and cabinet inertia. The six-part series was shot on Digibeta and graded by Pepper ...
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Pop Idol poised for Asian launch
Indie 19TV has struck its first Asian deal for the Pop Idol format, with Singapore's Channel 5 signing up to produce a local version, writes Michael Rosser.