All articles by Robin Parker – Page 160
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NewsGovt to create media think-tank
RTS Convention:The government is creating a new think-tank to steer media policy in the rapidly changing UK media environment. [ALL]
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CommentTV is short-sighted
Broadcasters have been too defensive in their use of new technology according to Magic Lantern's Anthony Lilley.
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NewsITV1 prepares primetime shows for HD
ITV will produce and broadcast primetime ITV1 shows in high-definition from spring 2008. [ALL]
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NewsGrade sets new financial goals
ITV aims to deliver a 38.5% share of commercial impacts across all of its channels by 2012 and is ploughing£20m into ITV2 in a bid to overtake Five as the UK's third commercial network for 16-34 year-olds.
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FeaturesSofia's Diary
Bebo aims to engage its social networking community with a fresh interactive drama.
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NewsITN seals deal for Setanta Sports News
ITN is to move into sports programming as the sole content provider for Setanta Sports News, the channel that will launch on Virgin Media's cable platform as a replacement for Sky Sports News.
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Four Docs site calls for C4 short films
Channel 4's 3 Minute Wonderstrand is to feature 16 short films made for the broadcaster's documentary website Four Docs next year.
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C4 books more 4 Music gigs from Eyeworks
Channel 4 has ordered three more editions of 4 Music PresentsÉ, featuring James Blunt, KT Tunstall and the Stereophonics.
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NewsC4 revs up Sunday night overhaul
Channel 4 is looking for a power-house factual entertainment show to rival BBC2's Top Gearas part of an overhaul of its Sunday night schedule.
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NewsObjective adds C4's Adler to creative team
Objective Productions has hired Channel 4 entertainment commissioning editor Adam Adler to its creative team.
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NewsFocus: 360-degree commissioning
The advent of multiplatform means commissioning is rarely just about TV
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NewsITV bids to reach a third of UK web users by 2010
ITV plans to form partnerships with online content aggregators such as Google, YouTube and Yahoo! as part of its bid for its content to reach more than a third of the UK's web users by 2010.
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Double Jab meets Bocelli for BBC2 doc
Renowned classical singer Andrea Bocelli has given a very rare interview to Double Jab Productions for a BBC2 documentary.
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NewsHollyoaks star to debate anorexia online
Hollyoaksstar Emma Rigby is to kick off a debate about anorexia on CTVC's issues-based video-sharing website Truetube. [ALL]
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NewsOfcom begins major PSB review
Ofcom has kicked off a public service broadcasting review that will tackle the future of news and kids output and also explore the wider role that terrestrial broadcasters will play in the run up to digital switchover. [ALL]
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NewsC4 defends Dispatches from attack by Coe
Channel 4 is to press ahead with tonight's Dispatchesdocumentary into Sebastian Coe's role in London's Olympic bid despite legal pressure from the former Olympic champion. [ALL]
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NewsEx Tearaways host to lead kid internet review
Child psychologist Dr Tanya Byron, the former host of House of Tiny Tearaways, is to lead the first phase of the government's review of the effects of media on children, which will focus on the internet. [ALL]
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NewsBebo to launch second interactive drama
Social networking site Bebo is following up KateModernwith a second interactive drama series called Sofia's Diary. [ALL]
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NewsC4 to air von Hagens lectures
Channel 4 has commissioned Firefly to make a fourth series with controversial anatomist Dr Gunther von Hagens. [ALL]
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Duncan to lead RTS drive for young talent
Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan is to head a Royal Television Society venture aiming to nurture the next generation of TV talent.