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Classic FM bags Derham for rejig
ITN newsreader Katie Derham is set to make her radio debut as the presenter of a new weekly show for national radio station Classic FM, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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ITV to lure men onto live marriage show
Unsuspecting boyfriends could find themselves getting proposed to and then hitched live on air as part of a new Carlton show for ITV 1, writes Jon Rogers
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Lookalike's Elvis tribute
The 25th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley is to be marked by a one-off programme on ITV 1 in which an Elvis impersonator gives his views on the state of today's pop music, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC pitches Top of the Pops against SM:TV
The BBC is to launch a Saturday morning version of music show Top of the Popsin a bid to close the ratings gap with ITV 1's SM:TV Liveand CD:UK. Top ...
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Zoe Ball gets afternoon show on XFM
XFM has confirmed that former BBC Radio 1 breakfast show DJ Zoe Ball is to make a full-time radio comeback by presenting her own show on the London-based station. Ball, who has been filling in for XFM presenters Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant for two months, has been signed to ...
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BBC's Tranter recommissions Linda Green
BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter has ordered a second series of comedy drama Linda Greenfrom Red Productions. The 10 x 30-minute run, again starring Lisa Tarbuck, is currently filming in the Manchester area for transmission on BBC 1 in the early autumn. Special ...
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GWR's mix network to air interactive show
A new interactive pop show, CoreControl, is to be launched across the Mix Network - GWR's 13 local radio stations - in the autumn. The show will broadcast from 19.00 to 22.00 Monday to Thursday and from 19.00 to 21.00 on Fridays featuring chart hits ...
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Carlton to give The Vice fifth outing
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliot has commissioned a fifth series of Carlton drugs and prostitution drama The Vice. The series, which goes into production around London later this year, will kick off with a 90-minute special to be followed by a full 6 x ...
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New presenters for revamped Liquid News
Presenter Claudia Winkleman and BBC reporter Colin Paterson are to front a revamped Liquid News, the flagship entertainment show that airs on BBC Choice and BBC 1. The pair take over in October, replacing Christopher Price who died suddenly from a rare condition in April. ...
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Fox Kids to show Japanese hamster toon
Fox Kids Europe (FKE) has secured the TV rights to the Japanese animation series Hamtarofrom Shogakukan Productions. The 52 x 30-minute series is based on the children's books by Ritsuko Kawai and features the adventures of a curious hamster and his friends. The animation was ...
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Sport is winner for OB business
The UK's outside broadcast companies are reporting last weekend as the high point of a bumper British summer for business, all thanks to an influx of major sporting events, writes Will Strauss
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The Mill grows 3D departments
Visual effects giant The Mill has expanded its 3D departments in both London and New York with the appointment of new staff, writes Will Strauss
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Tyrell takes on Games challenge
Reseller Tyrell has supplied BBC Host Broadcast with editing and networking systems to provide highlight coverage of the Commonwealth Games to 72 countries, reaching an estimated 1 billion viewers worldwide
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Discreet FX upgrades set facilities alight
A host of facilities have snapped up Discreet upgrades and pre-purchased new versions of the company's flammable product line Inferno, Flame and Fire
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Blue nabs top designer
Blue Post Production has poached award-winning sound designer Ian Hargest from Triangle. Hargest, known to most of his clients as 'Arg', leaves Triangle after six years. His credits include NSPCC 'Full Stop' (for which he received D&AD pencils) and the monster.co.uk 'Growl' and 'Football' campaigns. Meanwhile, Soho Editors has added ...
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Enders studio refitted
ATG Broadcast has re-equipped the BBC's Elstree Studios A, B and C, which are now being used to originate four weekly episodes of EastEnders. The contract also includes enhancements to Studio D where EastEnderswas formerly produced. The refurbishment includes a ...
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Pepper upgrades HD
Covent Garden facility Pepper has become the first facility in the UK to install two AvidDS HD v6 systems. Pepper, a Beta test site for DS, upgraded both its existing DS HD system and its standard definition DS to HD. Pepper was the first company in the world to purchase ...
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BBC ups radio training
BBC training and development has set up two new radio training areas at its Wood Norton centre, in response to a 100 per cent increase in demand. The extra facilities mirror the growing trend towards computerised recording and editing and are part of a major investment programme, which includes new ...
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NewsPact chair Gallagher applauds Puttnam report
Independent producers 'could not have asked for more' from Lord Puttnam's report on the communications bill, Pact chairman Eileen Gallagher said on Wednesday (31 July), writes Lucy Rouse
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NewsRoger Cook beats forgery claims
Veteran investigative reporter Roger Cook has dropped his libel case against the News of the World, after the paper acknowledged its accusations of forgery in four editions of the Cook Report were inaccurate, writes Katy Elliot