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NewsPEER POLL: channel of the year
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did BBC1 deserve to win channel of the year at Edinburgh?
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NewsBBC names Horrocks as TV news head
BBC current affairs head Peter Horrocks has been named the corporation's new head of television news.
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NewsMy Fair Kerry charms just 3.5m
ITV1's Pygmalion-style show My Fair Kerryfailed to convince the viewers with the programme only attracting 3.5 million (16.2%), less than BBC1 or Channel 4.
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Vizrt updates Trio
2D and true 3D broadcast graphics outfit Vizrt will unveil a new version of its VizTrio flagship real-time 3D character generator and the new entry-level VizTrio NV character generator at this year's IBC. The company's software provides caption and graphics generation, Leading broadcasters, such as ITN, BBC Sports, Sky Sports, ...
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Walking on the wild side
Bethan Corney has perfected the art of reworking documentaries for broadcast on Five. Now she's taking on the BBC with original commissions.
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News more X-rated
News coverage has become more X-rated in Britain over the years, according to a new survey. Festival organisers commissioned a YouGov poll of 159 industry figures asking whether news footage was at its most graphic and 57% of those surveyed agreed. The figures were revealed as part of a session ...
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Rainbow moves offlining to second office
Soho facility Rainbow Post Production has opened a new office in Hammersmith and splashed out£150,000 on four Final Cut Pro editing systems, each backed up with 3.2 terabytes of storage.
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Rock station move
Emap, publisher of Broadcast, has promoted Adam Uytman to programme director of Birmingham rock station Kerrang! 105.2, replacing Andrew Jeffries who moves to Emap's London station Kiss 100. Uytman, who has been acting programme director since May, has been deputy programme director at the station since ...
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Love Island return
ITV's Celebrity Love Islandlooks set for a second season with royal cad James Hewitt as a potential contestant. Granada's controller of factual entertainment, Natalka Znak, who produced the first series, told a session at the Edinburgh TV Festival that talks with ITV were in 'advanced stages'.
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Format focus: Your Place or Mine
In this format couples who can't agree on their ideal home can win a year's worth of mortgage payments if they can find a house they are both happy with, writes Lorna Goodyer
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Five ponders Trisha
Five is looking for more vehicles for talkshow host Trisha Goddard. Director of programmes Dan Chambers said he has lined up a 'reality event' show and another involving 'quirky individuals', but had yet to decide between the two. Trisha currently hosts Trisha Goddardon Five.
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London Post titles Five fantasy
Britain's Sexual Fantasieswere the subject of the latest titles sequence by London Post, for an hour long documentary for Five to air on 5 September. The Tiger Aspect show, based on a survey of 18,000 people, looks at the science of sexual fantasies, through the eyes ...
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Nat Geo orders terrorism series from ITN Factual
National Geographic has commissioned ITN Factual to make a mini documentary series examining the complex nature of modern terrorism.
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Strongroom equips for HD video work
Broadcast audio specialist Strongroom has invested£100,000 on an Avid Media Composer Adrenaline HD and an Avid Symphony Universal with 1.2 terabytes of storage supplied by reseller Altered Images in a bid to break into HD video.
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Granada trials remote editing
The world of mobile, on-location editing has come a step closer with Granada pioneering an internet-based system to log and perform basic editing on PCs with broadband internet access.
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Far East Fremantle role for Spalding
Fremantle Media has promoted Simon Spalding, the chief executive of its licensing arm, to the newly created role of director of operations, Asia Pacific. He takes up the post in November and will be charged with running Fremantle's production businesses in the region, such as Grundy Television in Australia, which ...
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Forces order fresh serving of DIY show
British Forces Broadcasting Service Television, the TV and radio service exclusively for the armed forces, has ordered a fifth series of DIY show Hung, Drawn & Quartered. Avent Productions and Deborah McKenna Limited will co-produce the 6 x 30-minute show, which is set at British military ...
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Impossible wins Discovery US order
Impossible Pictures, the company formed by the team behind Walking with Dinosaurs, is making an ambitious documentary series for Discovery Channel US, which will recreate major natural disasters.
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New look for Discovery strands
English & Pockett has teamed up with illustrator Sean Sims and The Hive to create fresh channel branding for Discovery Real Time's five weeknight programme strands; Motors, Property, Retreat, Build and Fishing. Directed by English & Pockett creative director Michael Berthon and produced by Lisa Akhurst, animation was done at ...
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Discovery reinvents
Discovery UK senior vice-president and channel director, Jill Offman said she wanted to shake off the Discovery Channel's image of 'sharks and Nazis' and is looking to commission more drama with a human element. Where possible programmes would be shot in high definition.