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NewsC4 delays decision on chief creative officer
Channel 4 staff will have to wait until at least next month to discover who will be taking on the key role of chief creative officer at the restructured broadcaster.
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NewsITV2 invests £1m in major off-air marketing push
ITV2 is gearing up to splash more than £1m on its first major marketing campaign in about two years.
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NewsITV offers X Factor fans dual-screen interactivity
ITV and Talkback Thames Digital are to use the dual-screen ITV Live platform that was debuted for the World Cup for the live shows of The X Factor, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsTalkback defends X Factor care
Talkback Thames has hit back over criticisms that it failed to protect the welfare of ejected X Factor contestant Shirlena Johnson.
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NewsLeading indies take aim at Channel 5
The prospects for Channel 5 under Richard Desmond are bleak, according to a group of 40 top indie programme-makers.
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NewsAudio experts blast Auto-Tuning
Using Auto-Tune technology to improve the singing on TV talent shows has been lambasted by the sound engineering and production fraternity.
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ILab Facilities appeals Rocket Post staff verdict
Lawyers representing ILab Facilities have lodged an appeal against the verdict by a pre-hearing industrial tribunal (Broadcast, 17.07.10) convened to investigate the employment entitlements of 10 former Rocket Post staff who areclaiming unfair dismissal.
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SDI and Sony target standardised 3D subtitles
Screen Subtitling Systems owner SDI Media is working with Sony’s Creative Software division on a project to come up with a standard way of placing subtitles into 3D movies and TV.
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NewsInternet-enabled TV wins the youth vote
Almost half of all young people would interact with shows like The X Factor on internet-enabled TVs, a YouGov survey of attitudes towards social media reveals.
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Virgin signs Wise Buddah to beef up video content
Virgin has agreed a deal with multiplatform production company Wise Buddah for a host of video content to be distributed via the group’s portal.
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NewsCBeebies acquires Universal’s Uki
BBC children’s channel CBeebies has picked up the first animated series from record label Universal Music UK (UMUK), overseen by former Radio 2 boss Lesley Douglas.
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NewsTarget sells 150 hours up north
Target Entertainment, recently acquired by Metrodome, has inked 150 hours of fresh sales that includes a package of Jack Osbourne’s series.
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Horror Channel prepare Lynch season
The surreal style of David Lynch will compiled for a season of his work on the Horror Channel this autumn.
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NewsBBCW scores digital first in China
BBC Worldwide has secured its first ever digital deal in China that will see drama, children’s and educational programme licensed over two years.
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NewsBBC to launch WoCC for radio indies
Indies will be able to pitch for twice as many hours of BBC radio programming following a review by the BBC Trust.
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NewsPinewood TV revenues drop
Film and TV studio Pinewood Shepperton has blamed a reduction in spend from broadcasters for a 6% drop in its television revenues.
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NewsBBC4 picks up AMC drama Rubicon
BBC has picked up the UK rights to acclaimed US conspiracy thriller Rubicon, which airs alongside Mad Men on the AMC cable network.
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NewsGallery: BBC4 autumn 2010
Full rundown of the drama, comedy, documentaries and US series coming to BBC4 this autumn.
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NewsX Factor hopeful axed over health fears
TV bosses have axed contestant Shirlena Johnson from The X Factor over fears about her health.
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NewsUltimate Big Brother line up revealed
Big Brother divorcees Chantelle and Preston have been reunited as they joined the all-star line-up for the final series.