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Off the record - Busman's holiday?
BBC News correspondent Jon Sopel told OTR this week how he was coping with the dire
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Production - Rough Cut - HD = high deficits?
Jeremy Dear on how US demand that co-pros be made in HD is resulting in a funding issue for British producers.
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IBC Focus: Editing - Are we witnessing an editing revolution?
Last month BBC factual bought over a dozen Final Cut Pro editing systems at a mere
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IBC Focus: Cameras - HD on a budget?
HDV format is the industry's next big thing. Is now the time to trade up? Is the adaptability worth the extra outlay, or should you wait a while? The jury's still out, as Christina Fox reports.
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Interview: Jonathan Webb - It's a man's world
Jonathan Webb is best known for his influential and successful poker programmes on Challenge. His latest brief is to move men's channel Bravo upmarket and widen its appeal to 16 to 44-year-olds.
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NewsC4 wins with Ashes victory
England's historic Ashes victory propelled Channel 4 to its best ever all-hours share as the cricket coverage peaked at 7.4 million (41.2%) at 6pm.
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NewsUTV scraps The Wireless Group brand
Ulster Television (UTV) is to scrap The Wireless Group brand following its purchase of the TalkSport owner earlier this summer.
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NewsITV woos Omaar for 7/7 special
Rageh Omaar, the reporter famed for his coverage of the war in Iraq, is set to turn his sights closer to home for his next ITV project.
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NewsITV and Sky retain Champions League
ITV and Sky have retained the rights to UEFA Champions League Football for a further three years.
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NewsNigella signs to BBC2
Nigella Lawson is to front her first show for the BBC after her ITV daytime show for ITV1 flopped.
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NewsNat Geo lines up hurricane doc
National Geographic Television and Film is making an hour long special on Hurricane Katrina featuring an engineer who predicted a similar disaster.
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NewsBBC America buys up ITV content
BBC America has signed a two-year deal that will allow it to cherry-pick 160 hours of programmes from Granada International's back catalogue of drama and comedy.
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NewsOfcom bans Make Poverty History ads
Ofcom has banned the Make Poverty History campaign from advertising on UK television and radio.
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NewsBBC signs Touchpaper deal
BBC Worldwide has signed a development deal with Touchpaper Television, the drama producer recently acquired by RDF Media.
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NewsParthenon adds PBS titles to slate
Factual producer and distributor Parthenon Entertainment is continuing its expansion drive in the run up to Mipcom, with the addition of nine hours of PBS programming to its catalogue.
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NewsNGTI picks up Katrina doc
As America continues to come to terms with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, London-based National Geographic Television International has picked up an hour-long programme on the causes and effects of the devastating natural disaster.
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All3Media format execs quit
All3Media International's director of international format sales Justus Verkerk will leave the company ahead of Mipcom this October to start his own independent formats distribution outfit.
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NewsDecode launches Aardman copro
Aardman Animation's first TV co-production is set to launch at Mipcom ahead of its debut on Canada's Teletoon this November.
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NewsC4I pushes Two Sides TV special
Channel 4 International is heading to Cannes with a new animated special from the veteran producer of Yellow Submarineand The Snowman.
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NewsPeak to promote Muffin the Mule at Mipcom
Derbyshire-based kids entertainment outfit Peak Entertainment is bringing BBC kids classic Muffin the Muleto Mipcom, ahead of the character's 60th anniversary in 2006.