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NewsBroadcasters 'cosy up' with super-indies
The terrestrial broadcasters are increasingly relying on super-indies to make their primetime programming, according to Fremantle Media. [ALL]
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NewsITV nets£7.4m for subtitling business
ITV has sold its majority stake in subtitling business Independent Television Facilities Centre to post production firm Elektrofilm for£7.4m. [ALL]
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NewsFive misses with David Beckham
David Beckham's Soccer USAhas yet to find its footing with the second episode pulling in a disappointing 282,000 viewers (1.7%) at 7.15pm last night. BBC2's Heroesalso experienced a slight dip to 3m viewers. [ALL]
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NewsSetanta unveils star shows
Setanta is to air The Friday Football Showat 6.30pm from 10 August, kicking off with former ITV frontman Des Lynam interviewing Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill (pictured).
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Sky Sports mobile service
BSkyB has taken a major step into mobile simulcasting by offering live coverage of Barclays Premier League football on mobile phones for the first time.
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NewsMerton to host improv pilot
Paul Merton has been signed to present the pilot for the UK version of Australian format Thank God You're Herefor ITV1.
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History returns to London
The History Channel has commissioned a 4 x 60-minute third series of How London Was Built.
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NewsGoing wild in the isles
Series producer/director Michael Waterhouse went back to history for an adventure across Britain.
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NewsFive to hold show rights for a year
Five is to hold the rights to commissioned programmes for 12 months, with an option to extend the licence period to 18 months if it wants to air them on digital channels Five Life and Five US, under new terms of trade agreed with Pact.
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Fireman Sam
There is a very minor mistake on page 3 of Broadcast(20.07.07) in the story 'Hit weighs up future of Bob the Builderstudio'.
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Firecracker Films tracks pre-teen preachers
Indie Firecracker Films is making a pair of one-off documentaries for Channel 4 including a film that follows a US child who began preaching at the age of three.
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NewsWorld's film-makers unite to save Storyville
A campaign to 'save' the BBC's documentary strand Storyvilleis attracting the support of documentary-makers around the world.
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Film festival on web TV
Internet TV network Babelgum has launched a dedicated channel on the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, an event that supports film-makers.
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Lighten up, everyone, it's showbusiness
I was flattered recently to be named as another suspect in the quest to uncover the identity of the infamous TV Controller...
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Talk Sport signs rugby duo
Will Carling, England's youngest ever rugby captain, and David Campese (pictured), Australia's record try scorer, have been signed up by Talk Sport as new anchors for the 2007 Rugby World Cup.
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Docu-drama looks at Thatcher's road to Finchley
BBC4 has commissioned Great Meadow Productions to make a 90-minute film called Margaret Thatcher - The Long Walk to Finchley.
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NewsTiger to reveal favourite Vicar of Dibley scene
Dawn French will be reunited with Richard Curtis for two specials celebrating the success of The Vicar of Dibleyas part of UKTV Gold's autumn schedule.
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NewsDavid Zucker Interview
David Zucker is looking for British production talent for US drama series
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NewsWatson doc row fuels trust crisis
The trust in TV crisis took a new twist this week as ITV and documentary-maker Paul Watson clashed over the events that led to the controversy over Malcolm and Barbara: Love's Farewell. [ALL]
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Why we need community radio
The events of recent weeks have, once again, brought the issue of local communities to the fore. So why is it that politicians consistently brush aside community radio as something that has been brought in on someone's shoe?