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Endemol fined
Endemol UK has been forced to pay almost£15,000 for failing to protect employees from asbestos on the set of BBC talent show Fame Academy. The fines were issued by a London magistrates' court after Endemol UK pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the ...
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Gaydar expands
Gaydar Radio is to launch a£1.5m investment and development programme that will see the opening of new broadcast studios, extra live programming and the creation of its own sales division. The three-year-old station, which broadcasts on DAB in London and the south-east and on Sky Channel 908 as well as ...
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Sky drops Fashion TV
Fashion TV (FTV) has been removed from its slot on the Sky line-up because of a standoff with the pay-TV broadcaster. The 24-hour, free-to-air station wants to become part of a subscription package and receive per subscriber revenues from Sky. FTV owner and president Michel Adam said: 'Sky has now ...
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Pepper spices up ITV1's Marple
Pepper has completed VFX work on the latest incarnation of OAP sleuth Miss Marple. Senior VFX artist Jamie Russell transformed summer scenes to a winter setting by adding backgrounds and winter mist. He also took Paddington station back to the 1930s by replacing modern-day elements with footage of gas lamps, ...
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ITV1 idents get festive makeover
The Hive has created new graphics for the ITV1 festive season. The network logo's blue and yellow blocks transform to become animated 'fairy-light characters' that flick around the screen. The CGI images will be incorporated into all the channel's idents and break bumpers throughout the Christmas period. Creative director Phil ...
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Emap spoofs 1970s for Kerrang!
Emap TV Design, Up Creative and Conkerco have produced idents for the Kerrang! music channel. The 4 x 30-second spots are based on 1970s public information broadcast warnings in a style reminiscent of Little Britain. The threat of caravan fatalities and rabies are parodied ...
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The harder path
Mark Thompson's plans may make him unpopular but tough love is what is needed to secure the BBC's future.
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The good, bad and ugly
The combined share of multichannel viewing looks set to grow by some 11% this year, outstripping both BBC1 and ITV1 for the first time as the two main terrestrial channels continue to lose viewers year on year.
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NewsI'm a Celebrity spin-off hits 6.7m
ITV1 cashed in on the popularity of reality show I'm a Celebrity as a spin-off show peaked with 6.7 million (34%) at 10.05pm.
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NewsBroadcast Awards: Channels and Indies
Terrestrial and multichannel brands will slug it out for the title or the Channel of the Year at the 2005 Broadcast Awards in January with a shortlist of six channels.
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NewsThomson takes on BBC strategy brief
BBC director of policy and legal Caroline Thomson is to take on the added portfolio of strategy and distribution following the departure of its current head Carolyn Fairbairn.
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NewsMPC sale nets ITV£52.7m
ITV has finally offloaded its post production facility The Moving Picture Company to French technology group Thomson.
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NewsAnglia Studios face closure
Around 20 jobs are facing the axe at ITV's Anglia Studios because the company has failed to find any new work following Trisha Goddard's defection to Five.
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NewsPearson shuts down Penguin TV
Penguin Television, the TV production division of the Pearson-owned publishing group, is set to close after only one year in business.
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NewsThe Man Who Broke Britain gets 2.4m
BBC2 one-off The Man Who Broke Britain managed a peak of 2.4 million (11%) but faced the might of Five's Hollywood blockbuster The Specialist.
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NewsBBC makes commissioning change
The BBC has unveiled the first major change to its commissioning structure following the review into its content supply arrangements, with the creation of four new commissioning areas in factual.
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NewsC4 unveils Celebrity Big Brother
Channel 4 is cashing in on the success of Big Brother 5 by bringing back its celebrity spin-off, Celebrity Big Brother , for an extended run.
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Revolution at the BBC.
Anger over 15% budget cut - Unions threaten strike action - Staff feel 'betrayed'.
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Comment - The harder path.
Mark Thompson's plans may make him unpopular but tough love is what is needed to secure the BBC's future, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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Indies attack 15% cuts.
Programme-makers have reacted with concern to BBC director general Mark Thompson's plan to cut 15% from