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Channel 4 orders hit Endemol quiz
Endemol's international hit gameshow Deal or No Dealhas been picked up by Channel 4.
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Soho shows appetite for 4K Telecine
The Mill is the latest Soho post house to splash out£1m on a 4K Telecine, bringing the number of companies to own one of the high-spec Grass Valley film scanning machines to five.
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Hall drives BBC4 cowboy comedy
Award-winning comedian Rich Hall is to make his first comedy drama series, a cattle-driving road movie-style story from Open Mike Productions for BBC4.
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Fulfords director turns camera on Princess Michael for C4
Princess Michael of Kent is to get the F***ing Fulfordstreatment for a Channel 4 documentary which follows her attempts to sell her family home.
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BB triumphs in C4's record week
The final of Big Brother 6, cricket and the start of the US drama Lostall helped to -propel Channel 4 to its equal best ever weekly share performance of 13.7%.
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Bonus for Bazalgette tops£4m
Endemol UK head Peter Bazalgette was paid£4.3m last year as the company reported a£5.7m loss. Bazalgette was one of several senior staff handed a total of£12.2m in bonuses. Bazalgette earned£4.3m from a long-term incentive scheme set up in 1998, as well as a basic salary of£217,000.
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Artem 3D capture
Artem Digital is expanding its 3D scanning service with the purchase of six more Canon 350 eight-megapixel cameras following increased demand from commercials producers and the computer games industry. The cameras will enable Artem to capture 3D images faster and at better quality.
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ITV3 documentary revisits Brideshead
ITV3 has commissioned Free@Last TV to make an hour-long documentary about the Granada classic Brideshead Revisitedto air ahead of a complete rerun of the 1980s series later this year. Interviewees will include former cast members, series producer Derek Granger, and directors Michael Lindsay-Hogg and Charles Sturridge. ...
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BBC puts£3m into Midlands local news service
The BBC is to spend£3m piloting an 'ultra local' news scheme in the West Midlands.
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BBC's Hiroshima sells to 29 markets
The BBC's 90-minute drama-doc Hiroshimahas been sold to 29 territories by BBC Worldwide, with Hungary becoming the latest country to buy the programme. Hiroshima, which was timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the bombing, has been sold to Magyar TV, ...
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BBC2's Keating orders extra Extras
Extras, the new comedy from The Officecreators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, has been given a second run by BBC2 controller Roly Keating. US broadcaster HBO has also taken up its US co-production option on the second series through a deal struck by BBC Worldwide. Gervais, ...
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Nye scripts ITV1 dental comedy
Men Behaving Badlywriter Simon Nye has penned a 90-minute comedy for ITV1 starring veteran comic actor Nigel Havers. Open Widetells the tale of a mild-mannered prison officer who falls for a dentist's assistant and invents dental emergencies to get close to her. It was ordered by ...
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Murdoch's next move
For a company that won domination of pay-TV by taking big, bold gambles, Sky's interest in a little string of cinemas seems like a sideshow - but the market could be in for a surprise.
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The magic touch
Anthony Lilley, head of the indie at the centre of FourDocs, Magic Lantern, shuns grand statements about the internet. But his company is challenging preconceptions about uses of content. By Suzy Bashford
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Lighting the Touchpaper
After years of courting, RDF Media last week acquired Touchpaper, elevating Rob Pursey to the board, with a remit to increase drama output at the super-indie.
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Content is still king
As broadband forces TV to take a renewed interest in the internet, we must not lose sight of what drives the viewer to tune in.
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Why broadband is redefining TV
Two broadband TV formats are vying for viewers' attention: one PC-based the other via the set-top box into the television.
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The net gains from Broadband TV
With technology barriers starting to fall, broadcasters are piling into internet video on demand. David Woodexamines the programming and production techniques the new medium is likely to adopt.
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Don't skip breakfast
Channel 4 needs to start the day with more substantial fare than half-hour shows, says Charlie Parsons, who has some suggestions for how it can boost its early-morning menu.
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Why DAB is a new beginning
Digital audio broadcasting is not merely an enhancement of analogue broadcasting but the start of something new, argues Simon Cole.