All Broadcast articles in 12 December 2003 – Page 11
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Razaq handed senior factual role at Sky
Sky One controller James Baker has promoted Amina Razaq to senior commissioning editor for factual entertainment, replacing Jo Pilkington, who quit last month to join indie Monkey.
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Zeal to distribute don't get mad format
Zeal Television has secured the rights for the global distribution of new event format Don't Get Mad, Get Even! The live quiz series has been developed by Tailor-Made Films alongside The Chatterbox Partnership. A UK version will be screened as part of BBC1's winter season.
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UK firms develop virtual pop star
The first ever virtual soul singer has been created and a virtual band is just round the corner, according to the makers of a new piece of music software, writes Sam Espensen.
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EC may revise premier league contracts
The European Competition Commission, headed by Mario Monti, has indicated that the Premier League's TV rights contract with BSkyB may be shortened from three years to just one year. Monti said this week that long contracts can create 'serious problems'.
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Indies' new contact
BBC senior commissioning executive Lucy Hetherington has been made the main point of contact for indies in specialist factual, arts and current affairs. She reports to head of commissioning for independents and nations, specialist factual, arts and current affairs Adam Kemp.
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SMG TV develops two club reps spin-offs
SMG TV Productions is developing a spin-off to its Club Reps series (above) to accompany a third run of the ITV1 documentary series. Club Reps - Aftersunhas been commissioned by ITV2 head of programming Daniela Neumann. The 6 x 60-minute series will tell the stories ...
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Foxy loses chart job
DJ Neil 'Foxy' Fox has been axed from the Hit 40UK chart show after 11 years as its host. The Capital FM drivetime DJ claims his busy schedule, which also includes being a judge on ITV1's Pop Idol, has forced ...
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MTV wins celeb deal
MTV Studios in Camden has won the contract to host Celebrity Extrafor Living TV and Banana Split Productions. The programme, now in its third year, goes out daily and has a half-hour slot on Saturdays at 17.30. Presented by Liz Bonnin, it features interviews with ...
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Jones stays on as BTDA chair
Granada International general manager Ian Jones has been voted in as chairman of the British Television Distributors' Association (BTDA) for the second year running.
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Boarding school European-style
That'll Teach 'Em , Twenty Twenty's reality format in which a class of pupils are put through a 1950s-style boarding school regime, has been optioned by four European producers, writes Michael Rosser.
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BBC to visualise Holst's Planets
The Planets is a visual interpretation of Holst's orchestral epic from BBC Wales Music for BBC2.
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Victoria wood makes slimming doc for BBC
Comedian Victoria Wood is to give her personal take on the slimming industry in a new two-part series for BBC1. Wood is to write and present the 2 x 60-minute Victoria Wood's Big Fat Documentary, to be made by indie Liberty Bell Productions, which will ...
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BBC boosts regions
The BBC has signed off an extra£500,000 in investment for up to 20 new regional independent television productions a year. Controller, BBC English regions Andy Griffee said that following budget increases for Inside Outand The Politics Show, the extra cash ...
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Trouble bags US comedies
Flextech channel Trouble has secured its biggest ever slate of US imports following a multi-million pound comedy deal with Warner Brothers International Television Distribution..
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ITN takes over Granada archive
Granada International has pulled out of archive sales and will hand over its entire library of 120,000 hours to ITN Archive.
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Approvals online
Salt has launched an online system called Approvals, which automates the provision of remote approvals for work-in-progress and back catalogue at post-production companies and VFX studios. It allows clients to review, download, annotate and search their content and can be branded for an individual post house. Approvals can also be ...
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Five's house doctor on route to America
Five's hit property show House Doctoris to be screened across Canada and the US after being sold to BBC America. Series three to six of the home makeover show, totalling over 50 episodes, will be shown from 14 January in primetime. Produced by Talkback Thames, ...
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BBC and Turner plan secret agent drama
The BBC has teamed up with Turner Network Television to commission a three-part drama series about the war on terror. ER's Julianna Margulies and The Practice's Dylan McDermott will star in The Grid,about a group of American and British counter-terrorism agents who collaborate to disrupt ...
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BBC tries again to turn teens onto politics
The BBC is to showcase the new kids on the political block in a fresh attempt to engage younger viewers with politics, writes Michael Rosser.
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Mezzo enjoys 50% increase in turnover
Leeds-based post and production company Mezzo has announced a rise in turnover of more than 50% during the past year. Mezzo founder Mark Platt believes the purchase of a Quantel eQ editing system helped raise profits.