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NewsHow Green is broadcasting? Have your say
Broadcast is investigating the impact that the television industry has on the environment and it wants to know what you think. Have your say by completing this simple survey. Start the survey now.
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NewsFive calls for topical docs for peak slot
Five plans to put fast-turnaround topical documentaries into midweek primetime under Dawn Airey, kicking off with programmes covering Madonna's divorce and the Jonathan Ross/Russell Brand phone scandal.
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NewsTapeless: On Thin Ice
Twofour Productions will track presenters Ben Fogle and James Cracknell attempting the 450-mile Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race for BBC2's 5 x 60-minute ob-doc airing next year.
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NewsDigital focus: Dead Set
The initial numbers for E4's Big Brother zombie apocalypse Dead Set were good, but the drama, stripped across the week at 10pm, proved unable to sustain its early promise.
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NewsTapeless: Wallander
Choosing£6m detective drama Wallander as the BBC's first project shot using the Red One was a brave step.
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NewsJLC to master new challenges for Sky One
Justin Lee Collins will attempt to master ballroom dancing, wrestling and West End musicals in his latest series for Sky One.
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NewsTapeless: Big Cat Live
Described by the BBC as its “most ambitious ever live international wildlife event”, this transmission over eight days in October from Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve took metadata management to new levels.
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Milkshake pets to star in spin-off series
Five's Milkshake! pre-school strand's pets are to star in their own spin-off series.
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Industry pleads for product placement
Commercial broadcasters have spelled out the benefits of product placement in their submissions to the government's inquiry into whether to relax rules on the practice.
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NewsTapeless: Paul Merton in India
Tiger Aspect's second exploration of foreign culture in the company of Paul Merton returned to the digital workflow first devised by the producer with hire firm Procam and facility Evolutions.
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NewsEnd BBCW first-look deal, producers tell MPs
BBC Worldwide is “systematically underpaying” the BBC for distribution rights, Fremantle Media chief executive Tony Cohen has told MPs.
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NewsSaturday night's not all right for C4
Channel 4 had a disastrous performance last Saturday as it suffered its worst all-hours share since at least the start of 1994, with 3.7%.Even including the figures for its C4+1 option it could only manage a share of 4%.
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NewsBudget blowout heaps pressure on BBC news
The BBC has exceeded its foreign news budget by nearly£1m and is considering closing some of its foreign bureaux to make ends meet.
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NewsTennant plans comedy and glossy factual for ITV3
ITV3 controller Emma Tennant is looking to expand her channel remit to include formatted factual programming and comedy.
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NewsITVP rebrands in push for global sales
ITV Productions is to be renamed ITV Studios as part of a radical restructure designed to emulate the scale and innovation of US studios such as Fox and Universal.
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NewsElliott to boost RDF drama slate
RDF Media Group has recruited former ITV drama luminary Nick Elliott as a consultant to sit on a group-wide drama board.
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NewsRoss and Brand ‘will escape lasting harm'
Neither Russell Brand nor Jonathan Ross will suffer lasting damage to their careers because of the row over their prank phone calls to Andrew Sachs - or so think most people in television.
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NewsCompulsory redundancies prompt ITV strike threat
More than 200 ITV regional news staff face compulsory redundancy before Christmas after the window closed for journalists to leave their jobs voluntarily.
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NewsBBC plans twin seasons on credit crunch crisis
The BBC is aiming to demystify the stock market and track the personal impact of financial problems in two factual seasons around the economic crisis.
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NewsBlink eyes fact ent after hires
Blink Films, the indie set up by former Five execs Dan Chambers and Justine Kershaw, has made its first major hires and is planning a push into factual entertainment.