All Broadcast articles in 02 December 2005 – Page 2
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TWI takes Gfx man
Production and distribution company TWI has recruited Blue Gfx head of animation Andrew Gould to work at Mediahouse, its video and audio post-production arm, as head of graphics. Gould has been involved in broadcast animation and effects for 15 years, and was previously head of 3D at DVD and graphics ...
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GCap risks hostile takeover as shares slump
Embattled radio group GCap Media could face a takeover approach if its share price dips below 250p, City figures have warned.
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Fremantle Media in mobile TV launch
Fremantle Media is set to enter the burgeoning UK mobile TV market with plans to launch a local version of its upcoming US service Thumbdance.
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Format focus: How Normal Are You?
The world's first 'socio-tainment' format attempts to make statistics sexy to the average viewer.
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Zig Zag show to test out fitness
Zig Zag Productions is to put the top 10 celebrity fitness videos through their paces for a new Channel 4 show.
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FCP offered online
Post facility Clear Cut Pictures is launching a web-based sales department. Clear Cut Pro will sell and support a range of Final Cut Pro edit stations and other Apple products. The two-strong team includes Clear Cut's former machine room co-ordinator Ben Plumb who will act as product specialist and Oliver ...
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TCM hires Sony exec as launch nears
Turner Classic Movies (TCM)has poached Sony Pictures Television executive Chloe Norman to the role of programming manager as it gears up to launch a second channel.
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Fiftyfifty edit move
Soho post-production house Fiftyfifty has recruited Avid online editor Coco Lorenzo. Lorenzo, who has freelanced for Class Films on Bravo's Sin City series and on Granada's Counting Sheep, will focus on promos and corporate projects. She replaces Abraham Teweldbrhan, who has joined TSI.
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Fuller settles X Factor dispute
Pop Idol's Simon Fuller and The X Factor creator Simon Cowell have settled their long-running copyright dispute out of court. Fuller dropped his£100m lawsuit against Cowell after becoming a partner in ITV hit The X Factor. At the same time, Cowell has signed a lucrative five-year agreement with Fox in ...
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Hit in licensing deal
Hit Entertainment has signed a licensing deal with Portuguese channel RTP for Angelina Ballerina. The deal, which runs from January 2006, includes all 39 episodes of Angelina Ballerina and three 50-minute specials featuring the dancing mouse. The latest sale comes on top of Hit's Angelina deal with Nickelodeon France. RTP ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Graham Smith
Five's commissioning editor, comedy on a black comedy thriller we have to look forward to and his department's ongoing search for original half-hour series.
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Digital Classics sells Jackson story
Digital Classics, the music and TV group chaired by Hallmark chief David Elstein, has finally sold The Michael Jackson Story to the A&E Network in the US. Originally made by Iambic, the group's production arm for ITV in 2003, Digital Classics had struggled to sell the documentary to the States ...
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Cineflex gives Tibballs factual remit
Canadian production company Cineflix has signed up BBC executive producer David Tibballs to oversee the company's factual entertainment across the UK, Canada and the US. He will join the company as head of factual entertainment and will be charged with building the business and developing a strong creative team of ...
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Cilla to host new reality talent show
Cilla Black is returning to ITV1 as a judge on new reality talent show Soapstar Superstar, three years after quitting Blind Date. In the series airing next year, Black will comment on the voices, styling and confidence of famous soap names such as EastEnders' Michael Greco and Nicholas Bailey, as ...
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Evolutions' Psychic Challenge
Evolutions has designed the titles and branding for Britain's Psychic Challenge, a new series by Town House TV for Five. In the 7 x 60-minute programme, hosted by Trisha Goddard, participants undertake challenges and tests to convince a panel of sceptics of their psychic abilities. The titles depict how psychics ...
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Celador in cable tie
Celador International has linked up with interactive group Two Way TV to create a cable TV game of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. Launching on NTL and Telewest next month, customers will be able to access the red-button application for 60p, and have access to a full screen TV ...
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Molinare buys four Grand Central studios
Molinare has bought the Marshall Street premises of Grand Central Studios for an undisclosed sum, as part of an expansion of its audio department.
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Eastern Europe buys Records clip show
Guinness World Records TV (GWR TV) has sold 40 x 30-minute episodes of clip show Ultimate Guinness World Records to broadcasters Viasat3 in Hungary and DTV Viasat in Russia. The series has now been sold to more than 60 countries. Viasat has also bought 17 x 60-minute shows of Australia's ...
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Brookman frontrunner for Five job
Contenders are lining up to become the new acquisitions chief at Five after Jay Kandola's departure to ITV last week. Current acquisitions deputy Vanessa Brookman, who moved with Kandola from Channel 4, is the frontrunner if she doesn't follow her boss to ITV. Three executives from digital channels - Sky ...
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GI does brisk business in Scandinavia
Granada International has sold three shows to broadcasters in Scandinavia. The Claire Sweeney-hosted design show 60 Minute Makeover has been picked up by TV Norge in Norway, while the documentary My Skin Could Kill Me has been acquired by TV Danmark, TV Norge and Kanal 5 in Sweden. Swedish state ...