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Hadlow start date
New BBC4 controller Janice Hadlow will take up the role on 26 July, the BBC has confirmed. However, because of holiday commitments she will not be at her desk full-time until the beginning of September, meaning she will also not be attending the Edinburgh Television Festival. Hadlow, previously Channel 4 ...
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Lion to restage the Crusades
Lion Television has won a multimillion-pound commission from US broadcaster the History Channel to bring the wars of the Crusades back to life.
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Olympics coverage
The BBC will give its biggest ever commitment to the Olympic Games this summer when it broadcasts more than 1,250 hours of coverage. More than 250 hours will air on BBC1 and BBC2 with another 1,000 hours on interactive television, where viewers will be able to choose from five different ...
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ITV hands UK's largest uplink contract to SISLink
SISLink, Europe's largest independent uplink services provider, has won the five-year contract to supply ITV with uplinks for its entire regional news network.
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Five looks at ?human computer'
Five has teamed up with four other broadcasters to make a programme about a boy dubbed the 'human computer'.
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Talkback comedy
Channel 4 is testing a topical comedy show from Talkback Thames. The show, entitled The News Never Sleeps , is a non-broadcast pilot, which is being overseen by C4 head of comedy Caroline Leddy. C4 is hoping that, if the trial is successful, the show ...
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Cineflix completes zero hour deals
Cineflix International's disaster documentary series Zero Hour has been licensed to Australia's Seven Network, the Holland Media Group, New Zealand's TVNZ and Germany's Vox. The 4 x 60-minute series was co-produced by 3BM Television and Cineflix's parent company, Cineflix Canada, and received additional funding from ...
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Fox Kids chief exec in shock exit
The board of Fox Kids Europe surprised executives this week by removing chief executive Bruce Steinberg after 18 months at the helm.
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Ofcom scolds chef
Ofcom has upheld a complaint about a recent episode of BBC2's Trouble at the Top in which former two Michelin star chef Tom Aitken exclaimed
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Jump rebrands news channel
Jump has rebranded Indian news channel Aaj Tak, incorporating new technology to allow headlines to be embedded in the idents as news breaks. Jump was responsible for the idents, titles and interstitials and its design team was led by Russell Mann. The majority of footage was shot in Mumbai and ...
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I'm a Celebrity producer to run entertainment unit
Natalka Znak, the executive producer of I'm a Celebrity? , has been given her own programme-making unit and charged with developing new formats for the UK and the US.
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CDN opens in north
The Cultural Diversity Network - the organisation that aims to improve ethnic representation in TV on and off screen - has opened a branch in the north of England. CDN-North comprises representatives from nine organisations based in the north of England - BBC GMR, ITV Granada, Liverpool Film Studios, Media ...
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Nickelodeon orders prism cartoons
Indie Prism Entertainment has won a commission from Nickelodeon Europe to make its planned Simpsons -style cartoon based on real families. Three families from Benelux, Scandinavia and Spain will be chosen to star in local versions of the show. They will feature in comedy-driven storylines ...
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Canon's new camera
Canon has unveiled its new broadcast quality, interchangeable lens digital video camcorder - the XL2. 'With more than double the resolution of the XL1s, the XL2 sets the new broadcast-quality mini-DV recording standard,' said Malcolm Hills, head of Canon consumer imaging, UK and Ireland. 'Canon expects this digital video camcorder ...
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Gaelic channel call
A lobby group representing the Scottish screen industry has called for the creation of a Gaelic-language TV channel. As part of its submission to Ofcom's public service broadcasting review, the Screen Industries Summit Group, which features representatives from BBC Scotland, Channel 4, SMG, Pact and indie IWC Media, argued that ...
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Iraq buys gee kit
Gee Broadcast Systems is supplying its Geevs broadcast video server to Iraqi broadcaster KTV. The station is investing heavily to upgrade its facilities to modern global standards. The station is expanding its studios and broadcast facilities and is investing heavily in new equipment. The KTV system will have two channels ...
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John Lydon fronts discovery bug doc
North One Television has just begun production on a 10 x 30-minute series for Discovery Channel called John Lydon's Mega Bugs. Produced in the US, where the former Sex Pistols frontman and recent star of I'm a Celebrity? lives, ...
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Lynam rejoins BBC
Veteran sports broadcaster Des Lynam is to rejoin the BBC next month to present a new Saturday sports show, Des Meets , on Radio 5 Live. Lynam, who has been the face of ITV Sport for the past five years, will interview leading lights in ...
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Woolworth's and BBC in DVD joint-venture
BBC Worldwide has announced plans to merge its video and DVD publishing business with Woolworth's video and music publishing operation, VCI, creating a business with a£180m turnover.
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Monthly reports on BBC online radio
The BBC is to publish a monthly report from this autumn detailing the online performance of its five national radio stations. The report will outline the number of listeners who tuned in to the stations using its internet radio player, available on the BBC website. It will also reveal how ...