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Downloading the future
Soon we'll be able to download TV programmes in the same way we can songs and albums, says David Docherty, so what future is there for conventional broadcasters?
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Putting people first
Daisy Goodwin questions whether the super-indie is the best environment for nurturing talent.
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Can they be trusted?
Michael Grade has promised the launch of any new services by the BBC will be scrutinised more closely, but commercial rivals remain concerned about the corporation's expansionist tendencies, writes Jenny Smith.
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Sky pushes its limits
By buying Easynet, Sky has become the first TV company to move into telecoms - but can it make the culture clash work in its favour?
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Show me the money
With the death of traditional advertising, UK broadcasting needs alternative ways of making money - and soon.
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BBC sends celebs back to school
The BBC plans to make celebrities relive their school days with a new quiz show based on the national curriculum.
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Talent on trail of notorious bigamist
Talent TV is to follow a manhunt for one of the world's most infamous bigamists for its first commission for Channel 4.
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Paul Danan to front dating show
Paul Danan, the former Hollyoaks actor whose grating appearance on ITV1's Celebrity Love Island became this summer's watercooler talking point, has been given his own show. ITV2 has commissioned Target Entertainment to make a dating show in which Danan plays Cupid by
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French to profile comedy heroines
Dawn French is to interview her comedy heroines for a new in-house BBC1 series on the world's funniest females. Dawn's Funny Women will see the comedienne tour the world talking to famous entertainers. No names have yet been confirmed, but those being approached include Whoopi Goldberg and Ruby Wax. The ...
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Reef antiques show gets second run
Reef Television's Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting has been picked up for a second series on BBC2 and will be hosted by Angela Rippon. Each day the daytime show will take teams of two to antiques markets in France or Italy to buy the best items they can find within ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Gilly Hall
Gilly Hall, commissioning executive, BBC entertainment commissioning, on the search for entertainment formats to ru...
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Grand Central buys e-cinema
Soho-based audio specialist Grand Central Sound Studio's£5m, two-year transition into a 'luxury' post facility has culminated in the acquisition of a range of electronic cinema projectors.
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Frontline posts interactive Shakespeare
Frontline Television has completed the post-production for BBC interactive drama and entertainment's Shakespeare's Stories to accompany BBC1's modern adaptation of the Bard's plays.
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Promax gets Doctor Who preview
Doctor Who visual effects supremos at Mill TV are set to give delegates at Friday's Promax conference the lowdown on work carried out on the first series of the award-winning drama, as well as outlining prospective plans for the new 13-part series. Mill TV producer Will Cohen will be on ...
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Avid unveils latest
Avid has unveiled its next-generation shared-storage solution, the Avid Unity ISIS. It claims to provide a real-time shared workflow to deliver increased storage of up to 64 terabytes, and client connectivity. It is designed to support digital media production environments including broadcast news and network production operations, and reality television. ...
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Nat Geo subtitling
National Geographic has chosen Broadcast Text International to provide its subtitling services and signed a 'multi-year' agreement for the Scandinavian feed. The deal will enable National Geographic to access all the aggregated language knowledge within the Broadcast Text Group, including research databases and translation memories.
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Hive hires animator
The Hive has recruited Condor's senior 3D artist Bryan Servante. Servante, who had previously worked at Banbury-based AudioMotion, was lead animator on BBC1/Box TV's The Legend of the Tamworth Two, animated for Discovery and the Disney Channel, and idents for BBC History. He joins The Hive as senior animator.
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Spooks goes mobile
BBC spy series Spooks has been launched as a Java-based mobile phone game. MS4:Mobile Spooks was developed by interactive media company Magic Lantern and telecoms specialist YDreams Entertainment in conjunction with production company Kudos Film and Television, and contains both stand-alone games to download and a series of mobile Missions ...
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Astbury in move
Ascent Media's Soho Images is losing colourist Simon Astbury to Clear Cut Pictures, where he is to work in a dedicated grading environment. Astbury spent four years at Todd-AO before moving to Soho Images where he operated Pogle Platinum and Symphony. His credits include the grading on dramas BBC/A&E's The ...
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Disney apes Virgin
Disney has hopped on the mobile bandwagon with a plan to launch Disney Mobile, a 'virtual' operator similar to Virgin Mobile. The company announced its plans in the US in partnership with network operator Sprint. Disney expects its family-friendly content will attract customers in the competitive US market, but would ...