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Duvet antics to be exposed in BB
C4's sixth series of Big Brotherlaunches this Friday (27 May) with a series of stunts and innovations designed to keep ratings on a par with last year's 'Evil' Big Brother. Executive producer Sharon Powers has revealed the show's latest innovations include heat ...
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Alani moves to indie
Indie Darlow Smithson has poached BBC veteran Adelene Alani to become its first factual executive producer. Alani has worked at the BBC since 1989, producing across a wide range of genres, including specialist factual, features and documentaries, and executive producing RTS award-winning Your Life in Their ...
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Rainbow Post adds HD capability as US deals roll in
Rainbow Post is spending£350,000 to add high-definition pictures to its growing audio department after winning a raft of HD projects from the US.
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Mobiles added to mix in BBC download trial
BBC viewers will be able to programme their computers to download TV shows using their mobile phones, through new technology being trialled by the corporation.
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Love island keeps head above water
Audience figures for ITV1's high profile reality show Celebrity Love Islandhave managed to pick up but the show is still struggling. The show hit a low of just 2 million (9.8%) last Saturday (21 May) but has since clawed back viewers, with the 10pm episode on ...
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Iambic covers Abba's greatest hits
Indie Iambic is revisiting the career of supergroup Abba for ITV1. Abba's All Time Greatest Hitsis a 90-minute programme featuring celebrities covering the group's 20 top songs. Ordered by ITV controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz, it is directed by Steve Cole and produced by Chris Hunt ...
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Root6 new manager
Dan Germain has joined Root6 Technology as inter-national channel manager for ContentAgent-XR, the company's new encoding platform which was launched with Microsoft at NAB last month. Germain has previously worked for UK manufacturer Quantel and in product manager roles for Avid products in Europe.
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Newbigin quits C4
Channel 4 head of corporate communications John Newbigin is leaving after five years to pursue other interests. He finishes at the end of July and will be replaced by his current deputy, head of public affairs Nick Toon. He joined in 1999 from the Department for Culture, Media & Sport ...
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C4I makes inroads into South America
Channel 4 International has sold Mentorn's drama-doc Hamburg Cellinto South America. The film, which focuses on the lives of the 9/11 bombers, has been picked up by pan-Latin American Pay TV channel LAPTV and Telecine in Brazil. C4I's Latin American programme sales executive Solange Ribeiro has ...
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C4 makes series on 'psycho' crime
Channel 4 is to follow up its Bodyshockstrand with a series of programmes on extreme criminal behaviour.
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NHU to make 3d Imax spectacular of planet earth
The BBC Natural History Unit is working on a large-format 3D Imax cinema version of Planet Earth, its follow-up to The Blue Planet. Billed as an epic 90-minute journey of life
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Flextech secures The Amazing Race for Living TV 2
Flextech has picked up the exclusive UK rights to Jerry Bruckheimer's Emmy award-winning CBS reality show The Amazing Raceas part of a trio of deals with Buena Vista International Television.
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Take my mother-in-law back on ITV1
ITV1 has recommissioned Mentorn's reality show Take My Mother-in-Lawfor an extended run. The show, in which feisty mother-in-laws are handed the task of running their daughters' families, will return for a 6 x 60-minute series in October. The series was commissioned by ITV controller of factual ...
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ITV1 hands Nigella daytime slot
Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has signed up to host a new daytime magazine show on ITV1. Nigellawill include celebrity chat, discussions over current issues as well as featuring her famed cooking. Nick Thorogood, ITV's editor of daytime, has commissioned Prospect Pictures to make the show which ...
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C4I inks£100,000 development deal with indie Touch
Channel 4 International has signed a two-year development and distribution contract with Touch Productions, the producer of BBC1's Separating Twins.
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When TV is no longer TV
Where will all this talk of making television into entertainment brands lead us?
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Lighting the way for post
Mentors can reinvigorate stagnating careers as well as encourage early development, hence the launch of the Broadcast/Skillset Win a Mentor Scheme. Broadcast
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Hunt for the popular touch
After experiencing first-hand the 'drivel' shown during daytime, Jay Hunt brings conviction to the role of BBC daytime controller - and a willingness to experiment
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Time for conciliation
The unions are showing signs of compromise, now it's the turn of the BBC to be more open.
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Ending the paper chase
Leafleting aside, screen agencies play a key role in encouraging regional TV production as the line between TV and film becomes increasingly blurred, writes Chris Moll