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NewsCue dot for 021 Television
Outside broadcaster 021 Television has installed a HD cue dot generator, specially engineered by Microvideo, to cope with ITV Sport’s move to cover UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and England Internationals in HD. ITV uses a cue dot to signal to its transmission centres when to take commercial breaks.
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NewsFive wins final Freeview HD slot
Five has been allocated the fourth and final HD Freeview slot by Ofcom.
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NewsSky News to launch in HD
Sky News will launch a high definition channel in Spring next year to run alongside it’s current 24-hour news channel – making it the first broadcaster to air news in both formats.
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NewsSetanta woe could boost ITV
ITV is rubbing its hands at the prospect of picking up eight England matches at a knockdown price if Setanta Sports collapses.
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NewsWhizz Kid wins ABC order for celebrity dance show
Whizz Kid Entertainment is remaking its Comic Relief celebrity dance format Let’s Dance for America’s ABC1 as a primetime show.
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NewsBroadband push could tap licence fee, says Carter
The digital surplus from the BBC licence fee should be the main source for funding universal broadband, next week’s Digital Britain report will confirm.
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NewsIMG hunts for further job cuts at Tiger Aspect
IMG Media is planning to make a fresh round of redundancies at Tiger Aspect Productions and its natural history subsidiary, Tigress Productions.
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Senior departures prompt Channel 4 to rethink factual
Channel 4 is set to shake up its factual commissioning structure in the wake of high-profile departures.
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NewsCBBC focuses on science with double order
CBBC has ordered a guide to “holidaying in space” and a second run of Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab - both to tie in with the BBC’s 2010 year of science.
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Ashbrook’s move to LA heralds new dawn for Shine
Shine Television is looking for a new creative director as a result of Robin Ashbrook leaving to move to Los Angeles.
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NewsLumsden on lookout for agile comedy series
BBC controller of comedy commissioning Lucy Lumsden has asked indies to tender “nimble” series that could be shifted to pre-watershed slots if they are successful.
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NewsBBC1 debut for Nigel Slater with simple cooking
Nigel Slater is to move from BBC2 to BBC1 for a primetime show about “achievable” cooking.
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STV hopes to put regional news trial on fast track
STV’s broadcasting managing director Bobby Hain has pleaded with Ofcom to fast-track a regional news consortium pilot scheme in Scotland.
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Lime moves into docs with Beach Boy co-pro film
Hollyoaks producer Lime Pictures is venturing into arts programming with a BBC4 profile of Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson.
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Tigress to make all four docs for Nature Shock run
Tigress Productions is to make all four films of Five’s latest series of its Nature Shock doc strand.
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NewsSergeant goes on the rails in India for BBC4
Strictly Come Dancing star John Sergeant is to travel to India in the latest in a string of BBC documentaries about railways.
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CTVC asks indies to pitch for £200k social issues soap
Religious and ethical indie CTVC is inviting three indies to pitch for an online soap opera that aims to tackle big social and moral issues.
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NewsUllman show wins third run
Tracey Ullman’s State of the Union, produced by Allan McKeown Presents… has been commissioned for a third series by US cable channel Showtime.
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NewsReally picks up Momma’s Boys dating series
UKTV lifestyle channel Really has acquired the multichannel rights to a US reality series from Ryan Seacrest Productions.
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NewsITVS takes I’m a Celebrity to India in format debut
ITV Studios has struck its first Indian format deal and will coproduce a version of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! for Sony Entertainment Television.