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Twitter texts will promote C4 doc on Wild survival
Channel 4 will launch Tigress’ new extreme survival series Alone in the Wild with a 10-week Twitter campaign, based on a basic health and safety check.
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NewsWild Tracks calls in liquidators
Wild Tracks, one of Soho’s longest standing audio post houses, has been forced to close due to a lack of work and falling rates.
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NewsCoach House rejigs TV drama workflow
Coach House Studios has come up with an innovative way of post-producing TV drama that combines traditional film-style production workflows with affordable IT technology.
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NewsRNIB joins debate on 3D industry standards
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has waded into the dispute other whether or not 3D TV should be standardised.
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Cowell eyes tie-up with Topshop owner
Simon Cowell is poised to team up with Topshop owner Sir Philip Green to create a global entertainment company.
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NewsBBC to tighten taste rules in wake of Sachsgate
The BBC is to implement new production guidelines to guard against “malicious intrusion, intimidation and humiliation” and make sure that they are “never celebrated for the purposes of entertainment”.
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NewsBBC3 to air live Schools Question Time
The BBC is to broadcast Schools Question Time live for the first time – with two airings on BBC3 and BBC1 in the same evening.
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NewsPublic wants BBC to pursue risk
A BBC report commissioned in the wake of the Sachsgate scandal has found that the British public wants the corporation to pursue creative risk and accepts that offence may be caused in the process.
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NewsScarlett Johansson pulls out of ITV2 doc
Actress Scarlett Johansson has pulled out of starring in a new four-part series for ITV2.
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NewsChase animation creative goes solo
Robert Chandler, creative director at Chase, the animation studios behind the BBC’s Olympics idents, has left to set up his own indie.
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NewsBBC Radio plans Whitman and Holiday docs
BBC Radio is taking a look at some of America’s leading cultural icons – with a doc on the poet Walt Whitman on BBC Radio 4, and a Radio 2 special on Billie Holiday, fronted by Neneh Cherry.
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NewsThunderbirds creator fighting to reclaim rights from ITV
Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson has made a public plea to ITV bosses to return the rights to his iconic 60s puppet show, after being locked in a legal battle.
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NewsDistraction goes under
International TV format house Distraction has gone into liquidation after 12 years in operation.
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NewsESPN prepares to unveil Premier League channel
ESPN and Sky are set to unveil details of the new channel that will show Premier League games at the end of this week.
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NewsSetanta loses survival battle
Around 200 staff will lose their jobs after Setanta finally fell into administration.
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ITN puts 64 Setanta News staff into consultation
ITN’s 64 employees contracted to make Setanta Sports News have all been placed under consultation following the sports broadcaster falling into administration.
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Racing UK reverts to pre-Setanta strategy
Racing UK is to revert to a standalone channel costing £20 a month following the demise of Setanta.
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NewsArena adds Royal Family to 3D catalogue
Outside broadcast company Arena Television plans to make stereoscopic 3D images of the Royal Family available to broadcasters.
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NewsAscent in line to run MediaCityUK studios
MediaCityUK developer Peel Media is in exclusive talks with Ascent Media about it running the studio complex and providing global distribution services at Salford Quays.
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NewsJobs to go as Rushes makes cutbacks
Rushes is making eight of its 100 staff redundant as part of an overall review of business costs.