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Riot
Footage Handed To Police
BBC, ITN and Sky News have handed over to the police
untransmitted video from August's riots in London after Scotland Yard
obtained court orders against the media organisations.
Production orders were made under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
The Metropolitan Police said it was "identifying people through pictures,
CCTV and through the media to ensure that people are brought to justice".
The BBC said material was only supplied when a court requested it.
A spokeswoman said: "Police requests for BBC untransmitted material are
dealt through our legal department, regardless of the subject matter.
"We require requests for untransmitted material to be made through the
courts. A production order requiring footage of the riots was served on the
BBC and a court agreed that the material should be supplied."
ITN and Sky News said their policy also was not to issue
unbroadcast material to police without a court order.
An ITN spokesman added: "On some occasions when the police apply to a judge
for a court order to force the release of such material, we have challenged
the police's application."
A Sky News spokeswoman said: "On occasions, as has happened with some of our
footage of the riots, where police request untransmitted material and an
order is obtained we will comply with it."
The production orders served on the broadcasters asked them to disclose "any
broadcast or unbroadcast video or still pictures" of the unrest.
The Metropolitan Police, which has now arrested more than 2,000 people in
connection with rioting and looting across London, is said to be studying
thousands of hours of CCTV and video footage.
September
22
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New Drama For ITV
ITV has commissioned a three part drama about love, romance,
family and babies!
Written by Bill Gallagher, Love Life will tell the story of Joe and Lucy’s
faltering relationship.
The drama will intercut between present day and flashback to the previous
twelve months as we piece together the jigsaw that is their lives.
Love Life has been commissioned for ITV by Director of Drama Commissioning
Laura Mackie and controller of Drama Commissioning Sally Haynes.
Mackie said: “Love Life is a tender and funny story about grown-ups who
refuse to grow up.
“We’re delighted with Bill’s scripts as they are warm,
romantic and comic as he analyses how good people come to terms with the
trials of love. We’re delighted to commission Love Life for ITV1 viewers,”
she added.
Love Life will go into production at the end of October 2011 for six weeks
on location in Manchester.
September
22
2011 - waveguide.co.uk
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Time To Text
Santa!
ITV1 has today announced that it will launch a major new
charity initiative and entertainment event for Christmas, Text Santa, to
raise awareness and money for those most vulnerable during the festive
period.
Text Santa will culminate in two entertainment spectaculars featuring major
names from television, music and showbusiness on ITV1 – the first kicks off
in early-December, with the finale taking place live at the heart of the
festive period on the UK’s biggest commercial channel. Full details of the
television events will be announced later this autumn.
The initiative will be supported by major commercial and media partners,
which already include Asda who will be supporting Text Santa in stores
nationwide and Global Radio via their award-winning Heart radio network.
Nine charities, each with the ability to make a real difference to people’s
quality of life over the Christmas period, will benefit from the first ever
Text Santa appeal. Viewers will be able to donate money throughout the
campaign via text - as well as by landline, online or in their bank branch.
The charities were selected by an advisory panel from a list provided by the
Charities Aid Foundation.
Peter Fincham, ITV Director of Television said: “This is a superb
opportunity for us to throw the weight of the UK’s biggest commercial
broadcaster behind a brand new charity initiative and event. Text Santa will
be a fantastic entertainment centrepiece to the ITV1 Christmas schedule, but
more importantly it will raise awareness and funds for a range of causes
which can make a real difference to people’s lives.”
Text Santa will be supported by a major advertising and on-air campaign on
ITV1 with a national campaign taking place within shops, online, on radio
and other media – as well as across a range of programming in the ITV1, STV
and UTV schedules.
September
22
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