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NewsCommissioner's Q & A :Jonathan Webb
The director of programming of lads channel Bravo is looking for returnable series, especially on domestic crime, and is looking at a number of co-productions
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RDF USA poaches Fox TV exec Coelen
RDF USA has continued its rapid recruitment drive under new chief executive Chris Coelen, poaching a Fox TV Studios executive as its new president and general counsel overseeing strategic planning, business, legal and commercial affairs. Kirk Schenck, who will report directly to Coelen, will be responsible for the US production ...
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Clarification
Last week's Broadcaststated that Strongroom Post and the Air Studios were rebranding as Breathe Post Production. Breathe would like to clarify that it consists of only the audio and video post facilities within the Strongroom and Air buildings. The music side of the business at ...
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New channel makes gun crime shorts
The soon-to-launch Crime & Investigation Network is making a series of two-minute shorts to highlight the impact of gun crime in Leeds . Set to coincide with the channel's launch on 10 July, between 10 and 15 interstitials are being made in partnership with the Royal Armouries in Leeds . ...
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Bowen role expands
The BBC's Middle East editor, Jeremy Bowen, is to be given an expanded role as the BBC moves to improve its coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Bowen, will help create the BBC's overall strategy for coverage in the region, explaining the background behind the latest developments, on programmes such as ...
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Cash boost for ITN
ITN chief executive Mark Wood has confirmed that an additional£1m is to be ploughed into the company by shareholders in a bid to accelerate the growth of its archive and its mobile TV business. This latest cash investment, which follows on from a£2m boost last year, came as the company ...
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Board role for Doshi
VTR has appointed Anshul Doshi to the board as non-executive director. Doshi is also vice-president, strategy and business development, of the company's majority shareholder, Prime Focus. Before joining Prime Focus, he worked in the corporate finance division of KPMG
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Format Focus: Black White
A controversial US reality format challenging racial stereotypes is likely to be made in the UK
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Clear finalises BBC HD ident
Clear has completed the post for the BBC's newly launched HD trial ident, created by Red Bee Media. The ident opens on the channel's new 'diamond' logo, which the camera shoots through to reveal visuals including explosions and ice textures.
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BBC to test interactive technology
The trial, which starts on 26 June on Hull city centre's Big Screen, will work via a web application server, Millicent, from interactive content specialist Best Before Media.
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Mentorn lures Wyatt away from Prospect
Saturday Kitchen executive producer Hannah Wyatt has been poached from Prospect Pictures by Mentorn's new head of factual entertainment, Dan Barraclough. Wyatt has joined Barraclough as an executive producer, with the aim of strengthening Mentorn's slate of returnable series. Barraclough has also brought in producer Kirsty Donnelly from Granada North ...
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BBC arm sells Five's Suburban Shootout
BBC Worldwide has sold Five comedy Suburban Shootoutto nine international broadcasters. Worldwide's indie unit has inked deals with NOS Holland, DR TV Denmark, YLE Finland, RUV Iceland, Canal Jimmy Italy, Kanal 5 Sweden, TV3 Norway, Comedy Network Canada and VRT Belgium. The comedy, produced by ...
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Bush approves hike in indecency fines
President George Bush has signed off legislation for a tenfold increase in US broadcasting decency fines and warned broadcasters to take more care, leading to speculation that US programming will be marked by an increased conservatism. The legislation means that the maximum fine for indecency that the Federal Communications Commission ...
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Five returns to Animal Planet hit
Five is to reversion a further six episodes of the popular Animal Planet US series Austin Stevens Adventuresto air later this summer. The order was made by Five's wildlife and factual acquisitions editor Bethan Corney. It follows the success of the first six episodes, which ...
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On the box - A classy alternative to BB
The Convent , in which women are cooped up under the control of an all-seeing being, could be seen as an upmarket version of Big Brother, says Piers Vellacott
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It is all over now
The BBC has axed comedy panel show They Think It's All Overafter 11 years. Made by Talkback Thames the show has run for 20 series, but BBC1 controller Peter Fincham said it has reached its 'natural conclusion' and would not be returning in this year's ...
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Wright and Marsh appeal to adults on Five
Dan Wright and Steve Marsh, the presenters of Big Cook, Little Cook, are to venture into the world of adult programmes, hosting a broadcast pilot for Five. Viral Visionis a programme dedicated to homemade short films and 'viral advertising' - ...
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Caledonia TV wins Five order about Orkney kids
Caledonia TV has been commissioned to make a documentary series about a group of children from the Orkney Islands who are forced to leave their homes to go to school on the mainland.
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Liddle to look at the Bible for C4
Former Todayeditor Rod Liddle is to front a Channel 4 religious special investigating how the Bible first came to be translated into English - one of two feature-length documentaries greenlit by the broadcaster.
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C4 buys Runaway and Kidnapped
Channel 4 has nabbed the rights to a new Darren Star drama, starring former New Kids on the Block singer Donnie Wahlberg, as its LA Screenings spending spree continues.