All News articles – Page 2902
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Blog: Cheer up by playing a video game
James Kirkham, director of digital agency Holler, has found a reason to be cheerful in media - gaming.
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BBC wins top-slicing battle
The BBC has won its battle to avoid the licence fee being top-sliced, but it is likely to lose the digital switchover cash surplus.
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Ofcom: C4 needs to merge... but we're not saying who with
Ofcom has called for Channel 4 to become part of a new public broadcasting alternative to the BBC - but has refused to say whether BBC Worldwide, Five or another body should be its main partner.
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Ofcom: we haven't 'rolled over' for ITV
Ofcom deputy chairman Philip Graf has defended the media regulator ahead of tomorrow's Public Service Broadcasting report, insisting it was not 'rolling over' in the face of demands from ITV to reduce its regulatory burden.
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C4 to hand key slots to the nations
Channel 4 is introducing a£1m fund to develop returning series from the nations and regions and will ringfence slots within key strands for shows from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland next year.
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Ultimate School Musical goes global
Mentorn International has had its Ultimate School Musical format optioned in multiple territories after the show's launch at Mipcom last year.
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Bubble adds former Wild Tracks mixer
Bubble TV has taken on dubbing mixer and composer Simon Harris.
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Noel benefits from Fountain Studios re-fit
Sky One show Noel's HQ has become the first live HD production to take advantage of Fountain Studios' recent£1.5m HD overhaul.
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Sales dip for Vitec Group
The Vitec Group plc faced a ‘softening in demand' for its camera peripherals and RF systems products during the last quarter of 2008.
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ITV to add gloss to shared BBC regional news
The BBC would share footage of on-diary regional stories with ITV under its news partnership proposals, leaving the commercial broadcaster free to add its own “editorial gloss” and pursue off-diary investigative stories.
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Autodesk silent on potential UK job cuts
Redundancies at Autodesk, announced last week, will impact on the Media and Entertainment division but the company has decided not to reveal whether or not UK staff will be affected.
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DS Nitris editor joins The Joint
The Joint has recruited editor Jeffrey May to drive its Avid DS Nitris Suite.
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BBC foreign news overspend hits£1.2m
The BBC's foreign news overspend has climbed to£1.2m because of the struggling pound and a continuing spate of major news stories overseas.
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Brooke leaves Discovery UK
Discovery Networks UK managing director Dan Brooke is leaving the broadcaster after four years.
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Blog: Generals at War - a new kind of CGI
How Leesa Rumley, producer/director of Generals at War, used CGI and digital cut out characters to bring World War Two to life.
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Sony ready for BVE showcase
Sony will use Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) to launch a compact point-of-view HD camera and to show off its latest tapeless and hybrid camcorders.
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Sky Arts plans backstage opera simulcast
Sky Arts has teamed up with the English National Opera to simulcast Puccini's classic opera La bohème from both sides of the curtain.
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Virgin Media mulls UK listing
Virgin Media is considering de-listing from New York's NASDAQ stock exchange and switching to the FTSE in London.
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Calon plans animation with Osmonds singer
Calon TV, the indie behind Five and S4C children's show Hana's Helpline, is developing an animated project with the lead singer of The Osmonds.
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UKTV agrees Lonely Planet tie-up
UKTV has inked a deal for BBC Worldwide-owned travel publisher Lonely Planet to sponsor the Adventure & Exploration strand on its soon-to-launch factual channel Eden.