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Edmonds exits early
Ofcom non-executive member David Edmonds is to step down from the board of the regulator in January to develop other interests. His three-year term was due to end in September next year. Edmonds, one of six non-executive members, will be replaced.
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DRLS ready to go
Commercial terrestrial broadcasters this week accepted Ofcom's digital replacement licences (DRLs). The DRLs, which come into effect on 28 December, replace the old analogue licences. They contain various obligations related to digital switchover, including meeting the target date of 31 December 2012. Switchover will happen on ITV on a region-by-region ...
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Ofcom opens door for radio news hubs
Local commercial radio stations could be allowed to increase automation and create central news hubs, Ofcom has said, as part of a review into the future of radio. The regulator said it was considering relaxing the requirement for stations to base their studios within their measured coverage area, although each ...
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Shaps diversity role
Granada chief executive Simon Shaps has become the new head of the Cultural Diversity Network, the industry body aimed at improving the ethnic mix of British TV. Shaps, who is also chairman of the Royal Television Society, takes up the role with immediate effect, replacing BBC head of sport Peter ...
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Disney finds UK head
Disney UK finance controller Simon Bailey is to take control of the company's British TV business, including the ABC1 channel that launched earlier this year. He becomes vice-president and deputy managing director and will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the UK Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney, Toon Disney, Disney ...
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Digital learning list
The BBC has unveiled a list of 25 companies that will be able to tender for£75m worth of work on the forthcoming digital curriculum. The preferred suppliers list includes companies such as Granada Learning, Pearson Education, Research Machines and Welsh indie Tinopolis, which appears twice under the guises Tinopolis Interactive ...
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ITN/Fox footage deal
ITN and Fox News have come to an agreement that will create the biggest news stock footage service in the US market and make historical Fox News footage available worldwide for the first time. ITN Archive will take over the commercial management of the Fox News video library and the ...
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CTVC to desert Hillside Studios
Indie CTVC is abandoning its Hillside Studios facility in Hertfordshire and moving its offices to central London.
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Craft workshops
Next year's Broadcast Production Show will feature two new elements. Acknowledging the rise in interactive and branded TV the 2005 show will host a workshop called The Channel Centre. There is also a new feature for cameramen, DoPs, lighting directors and videographers called the Camera Skills & Craft Work-shops which ...
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Committee reports
The House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee is due to publish its report on the BBC Charter review today (16 December). The committee, chaired by Labour MP Gerald Kaufman, is expected to make recommendations on a number of issues including the BBC's funding and governance and the ...
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Commissioners Q&A: Estelle Hughes
CiTV editor Estelle Hughes is looking for a sitcom to sit comfortably beside the hit series
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Lola buys Flame
Visual effects facility Lola has bought another Flame and an HDCam tape deck. The compositing and finishing tool was purchased for use on the BBC's docu-drama Supervolcano and has also been used on the latest Maroon 5 video. Reseller XTFX completed the deal. Lola is run by Oscar-winning compositor Rob ...
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Format Focus: Taking Care of Business
It seems likely this US format, in which experts turn around failing businesses, will come to UK screens.
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Skaramoosh posts Burrell doc
Skaramoosh has completed editing, animation and finishing on an October Films documentary about butler Paul Burrell's experiences working for the royal family. Skaramoosh used previously unseen stills placed in 3D environments to recreate scenes and key events. The art direction and animation was done by Piers Helm, the online and ...
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Bravo follows Vigilantes and their videos
Bravo has commissioned a 15 x 30-minute factual documentary series featuring video footage of criminals filmed by the public. Video Vigilantes , from indie Bullseye, follows vigilantes who film crimes such as prostitution and drug dealing in order to inform the authorities. The programme is ...
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Ofcom gets Freeview box figures wrong
Ofcom has admitted that it overestimated the number of Freeview households in the UK by more than 400,000.
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DABs set for Xmas boost
Digital radio is set for a boost with retailers and broadcasters predicting DAB sets will be one of this Christmas's must-have gifts.
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Frost hands Emmerdale reins to Beedles
Emmerdale series producer Steve Frost has stepped down to take a new drama role at ITV Yorkshire. He will be replaced in January by Kathleen Beedles. She joined Yorkshire Television as a story editor on Emmerdale in 2001 and became a producer in May ...
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More Trauma for BBC
The BBC has given a vote of confidence to its gritty hospital documentary series Trauma by commissioning more than 16 hours of new shows to air across BBC1 and BBC3.
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BBC docs exec to boost Bristol
Producers in Bristol have welcomed the BBC's decision to move a key factual commissioner to the city, saying it will boost both in-house and indie production.