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NewsLink shows mobile phone remote control
Link Research will use IBC to demonstrate a new remote control facility for its wireless cameras that uses the mobile phone network.
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NewsVidiGo gets Youtube video and audio capability
Dutch company Delta Solutions will launch a new version of VidiGo Live at IBC that will allow Flash video and audio - such as Youtube clips - to be added directly into live TV programming.
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NewsHD Heaven and Platform Post buy DS v10
Two more post facilities have signed up for the new version of Avid's DS finishing system, which launched last month.
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NewsAllen on board Virgin Media
Former ITV chief executive Charles Allen has taken up his second non-executive TV directorship in a week - this time with Virgin Media.
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NewsFremantle takes stake in Beyond
FremantleMedia (FME) has strengthened its foothold in Australia by acquiring a stake in Sydney-based producer and distributor Beyond International.
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NewsLaw & Order:UK lands top writing talent
Law & Order:UK showrunner Chris Chibnall has unveiled the writing team that will pen the “gritty” British version of the show for ITV1.
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NewsHeart 106.2 exec to join ITN
Mark Browning, the man who brought Jamie Theakston to Heart 106.2, is to join ITN to head up its multimedia commercial activities.
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NewsTV critics 10 September '08
'... continued to chug along pleasantly and inoffensively.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsC4's Millionaire earns 4.1m
Channel 4's Secret Millionaire continued to dominate Tuesday night ratings, once again beating BBC1 drama Mutual Friends.
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NewsC4 targets bad behaviour in primary schools
Channel 4 is to look into the role of social intervention in primary schools in a documentary described by its director as “a British Être et Avoir”.
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NewsArcher wins leading BBC factual role
Tom Archer has been named controller of factual production for BBC Vision after holding the role in an acting capacity since May.
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NewsFive secures new Noddy
Chorion has signed a broadcast deal with Five for the brand new series of Noddy.
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NewsArmstrong & Miller reveal sitcom plans
Comedy duo Armstrong & Miller have teamed up with up-and-coming writers to develop a “slacker sitcom” about office temps.
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NewsBBC backs Cleopatra doc
The BBC is to back a macabre new documentary being made for Discovery that promises to reveal the darker side of iconic Egyptian royal Cleopatra.
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NewsTwo Four launches Media Freedom
Two Four will launch a new internet broadcasting platform called Media Freedom at IBC.
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NewsCash injection deal sets Pulse racing
Cross-sector producer Pulse Films, best known as a producer of music videos and commercials, is embarking on an acquisition and hiring spree funded by Sir Harry Solomon, the food and property mogul.
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NewsITV1 seeks fact ent pitches for 9pm slot
ITV controller of alternative programming Layla Smith has asked indies to offer up ideas for a new factual entertainment show for ITV1 - but has warned she is not looking for “the next Apprentice”.
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Cutting Edge fraud doc goes to series
Channel 4 is to turn a recent Cutting Edge documentary on insurance fraud investigators into a full series.
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ITV3 revisits TV's classic costume drama
ITV3 will look at the changing face of costume drama this autumn as part of a push for more peak factual programming on the digital channel.
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NewsAfrica's GTV to double volume of UK shows
Pan-African broadcaster GTV plans to double the amount of UK-made content it buys so that it accounts for around 40% of all acquisitions.