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De Mol: reality genre is at risk
Big Brother creator Jon De Mol has warned producers to put more effort into reality shows, claiming that lacklustre production is threatening the credibility of the genre, writes Glen Mutel and Kate Bulkley.
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It'll be a long courtship
Channel 4 and Five can go in for some corporate flirting but it will take years to tie the knot, says Conor Dignam, Editor
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Talent tv sets up kids output co-pro
Indie Talent Television is bolstering its children's output with a partnership deal with Canadian indie Amberwood Entertainment. Amberwood specialises in animation and live-action shows for youngsters. In the strategic alliance the two companies will work together on all future animated and live-action children's programmes.
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Stephen Fry's QI wins second commission
Talkback has been commissioned by BBC2 to make a second series of comedy quiz show QI, which will again be hosted by Stephen Fry. Filming will start this week on the 12 x 30-minute series, which is due to feature in BBC2's autumn schedule. Produced by creator John Lloyd, the ...
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Farm posts chess master film
The farm has completed post-production work on Alliance Atlantis' (producer of Bowling for Columbine) feature documentary Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine.
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UKTV channels get new identity
Dunning Eley Jones has designed the new channel identity for UKTV People, one of two factual channels being launched by the Flextech/BBC joint-venture this week. Based on the proposition of 'capturing what we do in our world' the identity features colour-saturated images derived from personal snapshots, CCTV and paparazzi photography. ...
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GWR burn it service
Classic FM-owner GWR has unveiled a new premium service that allows listeners to buy songs on the internet being broadcast by its stations. Hear It, Buy It, Burn It will launch this month on the radio's group network of 34 local radio stations and its national digital station, Core. GWR ...
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Brits make strong start at Rose d'Or
UK shows dominate the shortlists for this year's Rose d'Or Awards, picking up 45 out of the 119 nominations, writes Sam Matthews.
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Multichannel body boosted
The Satellite and Cable Broadcasters Group - a little known but established trade body representing multichannel broadcasters - has made two appointments as it gears up to play a more active role in the sector.
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BFBS buys system
BFBS(British Forces Broadcasting Service), the television arm of the Services Sound & Vision Corporation, has purchased a transmission automation system from Ibis in a deal worth£50,000. The Ibis LandScape system will be used to produce a live television service for BFBS' Navy TV. It will control the switching and branding ...
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Bennett puts more cash into 'big ideas'
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has pumped another£2m into her 'big ideas' fund in order to create more cross-platform projects.
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BBC prepares for DG choice
The BBC's board of governors has set up a nominations committee to oversee the first stages of the appointment of a new director general.
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BBC loses Scottish football rights
The BBC has lost the rights to screen live Scottish Premier League (SPL) games after the league handed the four-year contract to Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta. Setanta will show 38 live games per season from next season after paying around£32m. It will also show 10 pay-per-view games in the Republic ...
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BBC debuts Glasto on broadband
The Glastonbury music festival and the Athens Olympics are to be the first events broadcast via broadband by the BBC.
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Ladbroke's BBC push
Radio indie Ladbroke Productions has made two heavyweight appointments to its creative department. Richard Bannerman, former editor of BBC Radio documentary programmes, and Paul Kent, former programme director of digital speech station OneWord, will work on developing BBC commissioning proposals for the indie and will also help foster new talent.
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BBC regional split
The BBC is to create a 12th English region by splitting the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire area in two and appointing two heads of regional and local programming to run them. Yorkshire will be overseen from Leeds by BBC North West's current television editor, Tamsin O'Brien, while Lincolnshire will be headed ...
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BBC docu-drama role
The BBC has created a new role overseeing the development of docu-dramas following the success of films such as The Day Britain Stopped and Holy Cross. Tom Giles, who series produced the recent award-winning Panorama on the Iraq friendly ...
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BBC keeps hold of French and Saunders
The BBC has extended its deal with comedians Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French to keep them at the corporation. The new rolling contract with their indie, Saunders and French Productions, will also see the pair developing new shows outside comedy and with other talent on a 'first look' basis. Meanwhile, ...
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Top-Up TV wins battle over EPG
Top-Up TV, the company launching a pay-TV service on DTT, has won its battle to have its new channels carried in the same section of the Freeview EPG as the free-to-air services.
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Grade steps in for Bate at TV Corp
Former Channel 4 chief executive Michael Grade is to take temporary charge of indie The Television Corporation following the resignation of executive chairman Terry Bate.