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Shine makes high-risk property show for C4
Indie Shine is making a new property series for Channel 4 following budding property magnates as they try to make a killing overseas.
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C4 orders more autopsies from von Hagens
Professor Gunther von Hagens is to make a return to the screens as he probes the causes of death for a Channel 4 series made by indie Firefly.
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RDF cooks up foodie faking it for C4
RDF is making a culinary version of its hit format Faking Itfor Channel 4. In Cooking It, contestants will be challenged to turn basic ingredients into mouthwatering dishes good enough to fool a panel of food experts into thinking they are professional ...
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NewsFord reshapes acquisitions at C4
Jeff Ford, Channel 4's new director of acquisitions, has stamped his mark on the department with a wide-ranging staff restructure.
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Ashes propel C4 to ratings high
England's Ashes victory helped secure Channel 4's highest ever all-hours share with coverage peaking at 7.4 million (41.2%) at 6pm.
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3sixtymedia titles Gameshow
3sixtymedia Creative produced titles and graphics for ITV1's Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathonfrom Granada/Talkback Thames. Creative director Paul Kearton and designer Sue Bodicoat designed and directed the opening sequence in which Ant and Dec appear in seven old gameshows. Bluescreen footage was shot of the duo ...
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BBC3 indie deadline
BBC3 has put out a final call for indies to take part in its 'indie idol' contest. Between 20 and 30 indies will be invited to take part in the scheme, which is open to companies under one year old. They will be given a one-day briefing by the channel ...
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BBC spends£2m on HD upgrades
BBC Post Production has ploughed£2m into HD upgrades of its operations in London, Birmingham and Bristol.
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Lawson moves to BBC2 for Xmas show
Nigella Lawson is to host a new BBC2 show called Nigella's Chocolate Christmas Special. The 60-minute show, which is being produced by Bristol-based independent Quickfire Media, will feature recipes and on location footage from places including the Eden Project cocoa plantation. Former BBC independents executive Elaine ...
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BBC2 boat trip
Comedians Griff Rhys-Jones, Rory McGrath and Dara O'Briain are to strip off as part of a bid to recreate the river trip that inspired the Jerome K Jerome book, Three Men in a Boat. Made by indie Liberty Bell Productions, the 2 x 60-minute programme for BBC2 ...
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Collins and Eve in BBC1 fertility drama
Former EastEndersactress Michelle Collins and Waking the Deadstar Trevor Eve are to star in a new BBC1 drama set in the world of fertility treatment. The Family Manfollows four couples struggling with various aspects of IVF treatment, from ...
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Are you sure, Tessa?
With the Border region lined up to be the first to go digital, doubts remain over whether the government and broadcasters have adequately prepared for, and funded, the upheaval of switchover, writes Jenny Smith.
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Mischief maker
From Shoot to Killto The Government Inspector, king of the docu-drama Peter Kosminsky has made a career of rattling those in power - and the Daily Mailcould be next in his sights.
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NewsPreparing to make a splash
As Jane Lush and Fenia Vardanis make the leap into the indie sector, how will the doyennes of BBC entertainment take to their new roles as sellers?
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ITV's virtuous circle
Those who put the boot into ITV are kidding themselves that there was ever a golden age. ITV is as good as ever, insists Nigel Pickard.
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Turkeys for Christmas?
Do the broadcasters know what they're letting themselves in for when they give the thumbs-up to digital switchover?
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The BBC's next techno-revolution
Every year the BBC spends£60m on new media and, of the£355m annual savings director general Mark Thompson hopes to make, almost two-thirds will be channelled into new media. We took four emerging technologies at the heart of the BBC's new media strategy and asked a panel of commentators to assess ...
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The BBC's full-on future
John Willis believes that putting new technology at the top of the agenda will have creative and financial benefits for programme-making at the BBC's factual and learning department.
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Invasion of the audience snatchers
The RTS Cambridge Convention is known for its scare stories about the future of television - but this year the message is that the future is here, and digital has won. What does that mean for the industry?
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NewsJowell pledges digital TV for all
Tessa Jowell will tonight (Thursday) fire the starting gun for a fully digital Britain by confirming the 2008 to 2012 analogue TV switch-off target and pledging to give 'the disabled pensioner... the same access to digital as the City broker'.