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NewsNAO to look at BBC
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has called in the taxpayers' watchdog to scrutinise the BBC's bid to raise the licence fee to£180.
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SNP demands meeting with BBC over cuts
The Scottish National Party has demanded a meeting with BBC director general Mark Thompson amid fears the corporation is planning a further 10% cutback, on top of the 15% already being pushed through in the country.
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Yomego to supply avatars for MTV Flux
Glaswegian-based interactive company Yomego - which was responsible for creating a virtual Geoff Boycott for Five's website - has been commissioned to supply 3D avatars for new user-generated content channel MTV Flux.
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Arqiva wins Nick job
Transmissions specialist Arqiva has won a five-year contract with Nickleodeon to uplink Nick Jr 2 onto the Sky platform. The channel will be uplinked to the Eurobird satellite and broadcast on the C3 transponder so pre-school children can catch up with Nick Jr shows such as ...
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Rainbow goes all HD
Rainbow Post has upgraded from a Symphony to a Symphony Nitris. It joins the Quantel eQ in the online department and has been installed primarily to work on programmes edited on Avid offline systems including an upcoming HD series for National Geographic Channel, Naked Science ...
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E-auctions for wet hire to roll out across BBC
The BBC is to expand its eBay-style auction used to select crew and kit hire firms for its preferred suppliers list to the rest of the corporation.
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Film4 scores a hit with free-to-air launch
Channel 4's movie channel Film Four received a massive boost in viewers when it was relaunched as a free-to-air channel under the name Film4 earlier this week.
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Ventuz 3D launch
3D graphics software developer Ventuz Technology Group has launched a 3D content authoring and rendering package designed for TV graphics, digital signage and presentations. The range includes authoring tools for presentation creation, extensions for broadcast TV production and tools to create, schedule and update distributed digital signage systems.
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id3tv titles the Road to Hell
Id3tv has created the opening title sequence and programme graphics for Big Easy Productions' M25 - the Road to Hell, which looks at the motorway's infamous history on its 20th anniversary. Designed and produced by id3tv's creative director, Ian Carley, the sequence grades fiery, hell-like effects across the motorway footage ...
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Challenge to show Miss World 2006
Challenge has picked up the exclusive UK rights to the 56th Miss World 2006 competition - the second year running the event has failed to secure a terrestrial window.
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NewsMcGrath leaves Redback to launch indie
Redback Films' managing director Vivian McGrath is leaving the Tinopolis-owned company to set up her own indie.
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NewsIndies given six slots for Panorama
BBC Panorama's move to a prime-time slot is unlikely to be a bonanza for indies, with only three more programmes going to the independent sector.
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At It to make facial surgery follow-up
Five and Discovery US have jointly commissioned At It Productions to produce a documentary returning to the story of Juliana Wetmore, the girl featured in last year's acclaimed Born Without a Face.
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NewsLeader: ITV at the crossroads
Broadcasteditor Conor Dignam looks at the future for the next ITV chief executive
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Commissioner's Q&A: Richard Melman
Channel director for The History Channel, The Biography Channel and Crime & Investigation Network (CI) Richard Melman is on the lookout for British crime stories and UK celebrity biographies
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MTV to make comedy clip show
MTV has greenlit a series about a drug-addled American star who has slipped so far down the celebrity rankings that he's ended up presenting a clips show for British TV.
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NewsSuccession race begins to land ITV's top job
The runners and riders in line to take over from Charles Allen at ITV
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NewsThe BBC's Vision thing
Broadcast looks at the effects of Mark Thompson's restructure of the BBC's hierarchy.
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On the box: Sorted for BBC drama
The BBC and ITV have both been producing a rich selection of dramas of late. It's awkward that this has also coincided with arguably more appealing US imports such as Lost, Desperate Housewivesand Prison Break. ...