All Broadcast articles in 08 October 2004 – Page 2

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    Kemp to make Sky gangs doc

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Ross Kemp, ITV's former star signing, is talking to Sky One about following up his recent one-off documentary on America's gun culture with a series on the world's most dangerous gangs.

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    Discovery/BBC deal

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    The Discovery channel has signed an output deal with the BBC that will give it first-look access to 12 new episodes of BBC2 history strand Timewatch over the next two years. The programmes will be delivered in mini-series of three, the first of which, The ...

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    Format Focus: Date My Mom

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    This format adds a twist to the dating show by challenging a single man to select a date by meeting her mum.

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    Regional hours cut sparks row

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom's decision to allow ITV to cut its non-news regional hours by half could kill off the birth of new independents in the regions and limit the growth of new talent from outside London, it has been claimed.

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    Up Creative gives Kerrang! edge

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Up Creative through Emap Performance TV has created the idents for the Kerrang! music channel. Thirty ident spots have been created using archive footage of B-movies, adult movies and bizarre images such as female bodybuilder competitions. Creative director Jamie Balliu used crude graphic overlays in After Effects combined with looped ...

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    Objective conjures up magic shows for Sky

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Sky one has commissioned two magic series from indie Objective Productions for broadcast early next year.

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    Clerkenwell wins second ITV order

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    ITV has commissioned Clerkenwell Films, the indie co-owned by actor John Hannah and producer Murray Ferguson, to make a four-part supernatural drama starring Andrew Lincoln and Lesley Sharp.

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    Cleese fronts UK film list

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Monty Python star John Cleese is to front a countdown of the UK's 100 most successful films in a six-hour Channel 4 marathon for later this year.

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    Commissioners Q&A: Clare Laycock

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Discovery Health vice-president and channel director takes the cues for her programming from women's magazines and believes there's a lot more life in the cosmetic surgery genre yet

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    Cimelli to be CTV MD

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Corinthian Television Facilities (CTV) has appointed Maurizio Cimelli as its new managing director. Cimelli joins Corinthian after three years as managing director of the London Playout Centre. Chief executive Mike Silverman will step to one side to focus on developing new business while Cimelli focuses on current customers. Also joining ...

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    Chorion deal sends Noddy on global mission

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to take its£10m, CGI animated series Make Way for Noddy to 10 new territories.

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    New channel threatens Sky over its EPG ranking

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    The Move Channel has registered complaints with Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading over its placing on BSkyB's electronic programme guide (EPG).

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    Living launches reality channel

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Flextech is pursuing its strategy of making Living TV the country's sixth channel with the launch of a service devoted to reality and real-life entertainment.

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    Cannes keeps MIP

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Reed Midem, organiser of the Mip television festivals, has secured a new 10-year deal with the city of Cannes. The deal will see the company host the international markets, which include Mipcom, MipTV and MipDoc, in the Palais des Festivals on the Cote d'Azur until at least 2014. Over 10,000 ...

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    Tory MP calls for end to Yentob Inquiry

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Conservative media spokesman John Whittingdale has called on the BBC to bring the ongoing inquiry into its creative...

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    CBC buys Dr Who

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television has become the first channel to buy the new series of Doctor Who , months before it is due to air in the UK. The deal was completed at Mipcom by BBC Worldwide. Doctor Who ...

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    King Rollo divides into two businesses

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    King Rollo Films, the animation production house behind classic kids series Mr Benn , has split its production arm from its rights-holding company. Following the restructure, Devon-based King Rollo Films and Rollo Rights are now separate businesses. King Rollo was set up in 1979 by ...

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    Brighter reveal new formats at Mipcom

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Brighter Pictures has created two new formats which were launched at Mipcom this week. In Queens in Country three headlining Las Vegas drag queens move to a provincial backwater and put on a cabaret in a working men's club using the locals. In ...

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    New hiring at bluw

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Creative agency Bluw has hired illustrator and animator Matt Borle. Borle's credits include work on BBC3's dark animation series Monkey Dust and he has been employed to work across broadcast projects. Bluw has dealt with design applications for Michael Hurll Television on the British Comedy ...

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    Video Networks puts kids to bed

    2004-10-07T08:30:00Z

    Video Networks has designed and produced a new section, Time for Bed, for the Scamp channel. Time for Bed uses animated sequences to package Scamp's pre-school programmes. A sunset is played before the packaged programme with a moonrise sequence at the end of the section to show it's bedtime. Creative ...