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NewsTrinny and Susannah lose their charms
The audience for last night’s Trinny and Susannah Undress the Nation was two million down on the opening show, appealing to only 3m viewers (12.9%) and losing out to both of the BBC’s terrestrial channels.
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NewsStewart Purvis joins Ofcom
Former ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis has joined Ofcom as partner for content and standards.
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NewsArkaga eyes producers after first indie deal
Jersey-based venture capitalist Arkaga is planning to become a player in the consolidation of the indie sector after buying factual and kids TV producer and distributor Parthenon Entertainment.
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NewsBebo to offer free TV content clips
Bebo’s repositioning as an entertainmentbased online community took a major leap forward this week with broadcasters and production companies signed up to provide thousands of hours of programming free of charge to the network’s 40 million users.
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NewsDicks to head Somethin’ Else interactive
Indie Somethin’ Else has hired the man behind the BBC’s online soap Wannabes to head its interactive division.
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Prism supplies dScope III
Prism Sound has supplied a dScope series III audio analyzer to GEM UK, a Gloucester-based company specialising in the offshore manufacture and assembly of printed circuit boards.
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Golden Square expands
Post house Golden Square is expanding its digital design division Disqo and its 3D animation department.
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Constable to Ascent ops
Simon Constable has been appointed vice-president of operations for content management services at Ascent Media.
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Videosonics TV unit moves
TV and film sound post-production specialist Videosonics has relocated its Camden-based TV unit from Hawley Crescent to Delancey Street to join the bulk of its business at this site.
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NewsAffinity TV channel site
Website operator Affinity Media has launched a site that enables users to create their own online TV channel featuring content from videosharing sites such as YouTube and Google Video.
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NewsBBC’s first music podcast
The BBC has launched its first podcasts to feature music clips following a deal with royalties body Phonographic Performance.
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NewsBroadcast Live to host HDTV debate
BBC head of HDTV Seetha Kumar will explore the prospects for HDTV in the UK in a keynote presentation that will form part of the newly launched Broadcast Live and VideoForum Business of Broadcasting conference schedule.
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NewsSoho to host stereoscopic HD post suite
Broadcast graphics and visual effects facility Concrete and Shepperton’s Axis Post, part of hire firm Axis Films, have joined together to launch the first stereoscopic HD post-production suite in Europe.
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NewsFive invites viewers to judge Spice Girls
Five will attempt to gauge the public’s reaction to the Spice Girls’s reunion in a one-off documentary from Twofour, The Spice Girls on Trial.
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NewsBBC2’s Natural World goes on the hunt with Indian tigers
Filming a tiger catch its prey, one of natural history film-making’s toughest challenges, is to be the subject of an edition of BBC2’s Natural World.
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NewsGold reunites Eric and Ernie
UKTV Gold has ordered a one-off special featuring the greatest performances by Morecambe and Wise.
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NewsFrost cold on heated interview style
Veteran presenter Sir David Frost has criticised the current trend for aggressive political interviews.
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NewsC4 orders doc about Jesus’ other lives
Documentary-maker David Batty is to follow last year’s controversial The Secret Jesus Family with a film exploring the parallels between the Christian interpretation of Jesus Christ and major figures in other religions.
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NewsFilm-maker Treays to make C4 ‘love’ trilogy
Channel 4 has commissioned a trilogy of films from documentary film-maker Jane Treays investigating the themes of love, sex and marriage.