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NewsEco show gives BBC2 a boost
BBC2's new eco-friendly makeover show No Waste Like Homewon over the viewers with a healthy peak audience of 3.3 million (16%) at 8.55pm.
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NewsPickles leads new commissions for ITV
ITV is making a new 90-minute drama inspired by the story of Pickles, the dog who recovered the World Cup after it was stolen in 1966.
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NewsOptimistic renames Nation 217 as Quiz Nation
Interactive group Optimistic Entertainment is set to roll out its gaming and quiz channel Nation 217 internationally under the name Quiz Nation.
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NewsPEER POLL: Cricket
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should live test cricket remain on terrestrial television next year?
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NewsLygo warns over C4's performance
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has warned that the company's record-breaking performance could be brought to an abrupt end.
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NewsFree Sky+ boxes are 'uneconomical'
BSkyB has been warned that giving away free Sky+ boxes is 'uneconomical' by a leading investment bank.
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NewsLost sheds 1.7m
Channel 4's Lostshed 1.7 million viewers from its opening episode last week but still managed an impressive 4.4 million (23.1%) at 10pm.
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Skillset launch
Skillset has launched its Indie Business Development Scheme, funded by the European Social Fund and aimed at independent producers. Over the next year it will give 45 companies a tailored package of support including business planning, consultancy and training bursaries for staff.
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Sky One orders Zig Zag health series
Sky One has commissioned a series from Zig Zag in which unhealthy or workaholic members of the public will be told by experts when they are expected to die and then given four weeks to increase their life expectancy. Change the Day You Diewill see volunteers ...
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Stanley in HD move
Dubbing house Stanley Productions has invested£84,000 in Sony's top-end HDCam SRW-5500 VTR. The format offers 1080 HD-quality recording and playback at multiple frame rates. Applications range from HDTV to digital cinematography and digital intermediates.
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Gibbon promotion
Channel 4 Newshas promoted Gary Gibbon to be its new political editor. Currently political correspondent, he takes over from Elinor Goodman who is retiring. Gibbon has worked for the ITN-produced Channel 4 Newssince 1995 and has reported on numerous high-profile stories including the Hutton inquiry. He ...
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Format focus: prank patrol
In this show kids play all manner of practical jokes but will it fall foul of parents' campaign groups, asks Geoff White
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Five makes first multichannel move
Five has launched its first venture into multichannel TV with a joint-venture with interactive media group YooMedia. From this week, YooPlay TV on Sky is piloting an extended version of Five's daily quiz show Brainteasers. After the initial 13 weeks, there is an option to extend ...
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Facilities move to 'Valleywood'
Dragon International Studios, the£330m film and TV studio complex being built in South Wales, has already spawned its first post-production start-up - film and TV facility Digital Dragon.
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Podcasting event
The UK's first conference devoted to podcasting is to take place on Saturday, 17 September at the Berners Hotel, London. The line-up of PodcastCon UK 2005 will include BBC head of interactive radio Chris Kimber, Virgin Radio head of strategic development James Cridland and international award-winning podcaster Richard Vobes.
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HD interest grows for Electric Sky
Distributor Electric Sky has reported a surge in sales of high-definition (HD) programmes across Europe, the US and Asia. The company has signed deals for The World of Nat King Cole - The Definitive Documentary, a 90-minute piece made by Double Jab Productions, with PBS in ...
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The Mill hires duo
The Mill has hired two graduates from French animation college Supinfocom on the strength of their abstract end-of-year film 90 Degrees. Jules Janaud and Francois Roisin will join the facility in September as 3D animators.
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Homewood takes Hit distribution role
Hit Entertainment has taken on Disney's former European sales chief Alison Homewood as its key TV distribution executive. Homewood joins Hit on 30 August as executive vice-president, worldwide tele-vision distribution, with the job of overseeing global TV licensing and co-production of existing brands such as Bob ...
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Lipsync designs fatherhood FX
Lipsync Post designed and produced 30-second and 10-second titles and graphics for Hat Trick Productions' BBC3 series He's Having a Baby, based on the journey from bachelorhood to fatherhood. In one sequence a roadsign turns into a mobile of cascading£20 notes as storks fly by. A ...
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OFT OK for SDN deal
ITV's£134m acquisition of Freeview multiplex owner SDN has been cleared by the Office of Fair Trading following a two-month investigation. ITV massively boosted its DTT presence by acquiring SDN in May from United Business Media and S4C Digital Media, giving the terrestrial broadcaster control over 10 channels on multiplex A, ...