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All3Media does Serious business
Distributor All3Media International has scored further worldwide sales for children's environmental adventure strand Serious... as a fourth series is greenlit by the BBC.
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BBC rejects Barwise findings on BBC3 and 4
The BBC has rejected the key recommendation of a government-backed report that called for its digital television channels BBC3 and BBC4 to become more mainstream.
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Discovery H&L orders for i2i
Indie i2i Television has been greenlit to make five series for Discovery Home & Leisure.
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Smooth operations lined up for R2 shows
Radio indie Smooth Operations has picked up a raft of commissions from BBC Radio 2. These include a six-part series on the history of comedy, a four-part series on plagiarism in music titled Same Old Song and a two-part programme to mark the 80th birthday ...
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Emap spoofs 1970s for Kerrang!
Emap TV Design, Up Creative and Conkerco have produced idents for the Kerrang! music channel. The 4 x 30-second spots are based on 1970s public information broadcast warnings in a style reminiscent of Little Britain. The threat of caravan fatalities and rabies are parodied ...
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ABC1 up on Telewest
ABC1, the UK entertainment channel owned by Walt Disney, will be available to Telewest digital TV customers as of Friday, 10 December. The US channel that includes in its portfolio shows such as Home Improvement and General Hospital , will ...
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SMG puts£1.3m into boosting OB
SMG Broadcast and Event Solutions, the production resources arm of SMG, has spent£1.3m bolstering its outside broadcast capabilities to help it compete with the quality of Sky Sports.
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Pepper spices up ITV1's Marple
Pepper has completed VFX work on the latest incarnation of OAP sleuth Miss Marple. Senior VFX artist Jamie Russell transformed summer scenes to a winter setting by adding backgrounds and winter mist. He also took Paddington station back to the 1930s by replacing modern-day elements with footage of gas lamps, ...
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ITV1 idents get festive makeover
The Hive has created new graphics for the ITV1 festive season. The network logo's blue and yellow blocks transform to become animated 'fairy-light characters' that flick around the screen. The CGI images will be incorporated into all the channel's idents and break bumpers throughout the Christmas period. Creative director Phil ...
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NewsRevolution at the BBC
Anger over 15% budget cut - Unions threaten strike action - Staff feel 'betrayed'
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NewsManchester move mired in uncertainty
The plans for the BBC's Manchester move had been so heavily leaked that there were few surprises for BBC staff - apart from a timetable that gives them five years to make a decision whether to go.
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NewsSelling off the silver
In what was probably the least surprising announcement made on Tuesday, Mark Thompson confirmed that BBC Broadcast is to be sold and partners sought for BBC Resources.
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NewsThe view on the ground
'I feel betrayed. There is a deep sense that we have been sold down the river to keep the government happy.'
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NewsITV plans gaming channel launch
An interactive gaming channel is set to be the fourth channel launch from ITV.
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NewsTown House names team for Five Trisha show
Town House Productions, the indie behind Trisha Goddard's new daytime show, has assembled the senior production team for her forthcoming Five series.
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BBC investigates richest Russians
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a raft of documentaries and contemporary factual series from indies, including a hard-hitting look at the rise of the Russian oligarchs.
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NewsThompson wanted 600 factual cuts
BBC director general Mark Thompson planned to cut 600 jobs from the factual and learning department, but was convinced by its director John Willis that the consequences would have been 'disastrous'.
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NewsBBC1's Hungerford doc draws 5.9m
BBC1's chilling documentary The Hungerford Massacre pulled in the viewers from 9pm-10pm peaking at 5.9 million (27%) at the end.
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NewsUnions threaten action at BBC
All three unions at the BBC have threatened co-ordinated 'disruptive action' if any section of the corporation is threatened with compulsory redundancies.