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NewsITV gearing up for fresh push on Studios content
ITV Studios is poised for a fresh content push under the commercial broadcaster’s new management, with programming executives across the business preparing for a closer alliance between commissioning and production.
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NewsUKTV beefs up spring schedule for Good Food
UKTV has beefed up the spring schedule of cooking channel Good Food with five culinary series from around the world.
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NewsDRG sets up dedicated arm for 3D distribution
Digital Rights Group is to become the first distributor to launch a division dedicated to 3D programming and will unveil about a dozen titles at MipTV in April.
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NewsTime Team ordered until 2013 but budget cut back
Channel 4 has moved long-running history series Time Team to Wales and guaranteed that it will air until at least 2013 - but has cut the budget by about 15%.
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NewsLove bridges The Generation Gap for BBC2 series
BBC2 is to send a group of young people into an old people’s home in a bid to persuade them the elderly should not be “consigned to the dustbin”.
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NewsFreeview: we will take a fifth of Sky HD customers
Freeview has predicted it will take nearly a fifth of Sky HD customers when it launches its own HD offering in March, following YouGov findings.
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NewsDSLR HD video to take centre stage at BVE
Shooting HD video with a DSLR digital stills camera is set to be one of the hottest discussion topics at next week’s Broadcast Video Expo 2010 (BVE).
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NewsBeale to join NBCU
Former 12 Yard executive Mike Beale is to take a senior production role at NBC Universal.
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NewsAndre’s tearful Sky interview sparks 865 complaints
Ofcom has received 865 complaints about Peter Andre’s breakdown in a live interview with Sky News presenter Kay Burley.
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NewsVirgin adds Discovery to HD package
Discovery is to join Virgin Media’s roster of HD channels just a week after the company announced plans to offer Eurosport HD.
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NewsC4 to drop Friends
Channel 4 is to wave goodbye to US comedy Friends after 15 years, freeing up slots on both C4 and E4 for new shows - with Comedy Central picking up the rights.
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NewsAndrew Mackenzie leaves C4 for Twofour
Twofour has ended its year-long hunt for a group creative director with the appointment of Channel 4 head of factual entertainment Andrew Mackenzie.
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NewsHotel Inspector heads Home
UKTV-owned channel Home has picked up the rights to the first three series of Five’s factual entertainment hit The Hotel Inspector.
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NewsMilitary History buys WW2 series
The Military History Channel is to screen new 10-part history series Britain at War after picking up the UK TV rights from Simply Media.
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NewsFuture of Kent TV in doubt
The future of online channel Kent TV is in doubt with nine jobs at risk, after Kent County Council confirmed it would not fund the project beyond its two-year pilot phase.
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NewsC4 asks: are you smarter than an 11-year-old?
Channel 4 plans to test the nation’s mathematics skills with a web game tied into a forthcoming edition of Dispatches.
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NewsBBC TV religious coverage debated
Members of the Church of England’s national assembly are to debate a motion attacking the BBC over television coverage of religious and ethical issues.
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NewsCanon devises FCP plug-in for DSLR footage
Canon has developed a plug-in that will allow video footage captured on one of its EOS DSLR digital stills cameras to be quickly and easily transferred into Final Cut Pro.
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NewsUndercover Boss draws 38.6m in US
The US version of Undercover Boss was seen by a massive audience of 38.6m, airing after the Super Bowl on Sunday night.
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NewsBBC execs cut back on presents
BBC executives have dramatically tightened purse strings since their expenses started getting published – cutting back on claims for presents and extravagant schmoozing.