All Broadcast articles in 25 November 2005 – Page 2
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Format focus: Treasure Hunters
A big budget reality format set to air on NBC in the US next year could soon be making its way here.
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Endemol float gets underway
The partial float of Endemol was kick-started by owner Telefónica this week, with the Big Brother producer securing a valuation of Euro1.14bn (£780m).
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New editor for TSI
Post-production facility TSI has recruited Fifty Fifty post-production's Abraham Teweldebrhan as a non-linear editor. Teweldebrhan joins its 15-strong editing team after nearly three years at Fifty Fifty, where he worked on projects including Shakedown for MTV and Bullet Boy for Verve Films/BBC.
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Sky One hires war reporter topresent mercenaries doc
Sky One has hired former war correspondent Sam Kiley to front a series of investigative shows.
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Twofour to make daytime rowing epic
Twofour Broadcast has been commissioned by Jay Hunt, controller of BBC daytime, to produce an hour-long documentary following Olympic rower James Cracknell and presenter and rowing novice Ben Fogle's bid to win the Atlantic Rowing Race. In Two Boys in a Boat (working title) the pair will attempt to row ...
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Redback recruits reeve for conspiracies
Redback has recruited Simon Reeve, the presenter of BBC2's Holidays in the Danger Zone and Places that Don't Exist, to front the third series of its Sky One show Conspiracies. He takes over from Danny Wallace for the 3 x 60-minute series, which has just gone into production for transmission ...
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HD conference
The BBC and BSkyB are to unveil their high-def strategies at next year's Broadcast HD conference. BSkyB chief executive Richard Freudenstein will give the keynote speech on Sky's HD channel strategy and the production team behind BBC's Planet Earth will provide a case study on HD post-production. The conference will ...
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Condor ups staff
Condor Post Production has bolstered its staff with several new recruits. Red Bee's Andrew Mackintosh and Paul Kavanagh have joined the 3D animation and design department as 3D consultant and 3D artist respectively. Lead colourist David Appleby switches from MPC and starts at Condor from 12 December, while Clear's Grant ...
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Ofcom role for ex-Trinity Mirror chief
Former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf has been appointed the non-executive deputy chairman of Ofcom, effectively replacing Richard Hooper. Starting on 1 January, Graf will also chair the Ofcom content board. He will step down from his current roles as chairman of the Press Standards Board of Finance, the ...
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CBS snaps up Gameshow Marathon
US network CBS has picked up the rights to the UK celebrity format Gameshow Marathon. The Ant and Dec-hosted series, produced by Fremantle Media and Granada, became a massive hit for ITV1 during its recent Saturday night run in September. The Geordie duo is not expected to host the US ...
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Telethon draws in cash and viewers
BBC1's charity appeal Children in Need proved to have lost none of its lustre, pulling in impressive viewing figures across the night.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Chantal Rutherford Browne
The commissioning editor of three UKTV lifestyle channels has her short-term sights set on women's relationships and well-being.
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Sundance to bring ladettes to US pay-TV
US premium cable channel Sundance has bought the US pay-TV rights to RDF Media reality series Ladette to Lady, which became a surprise hit on ITV1 earlier in the year. The 5 x 60-minute series features 10 'ladettes' leaving behind their 'blokeish' lives to become well-mannered ladies. ITV has already ...
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Manic to make rent boy co-pro
UK indie Manic Television Production & Film has signed a co-production deal with Czech-based International Production Company for an eight-part TV drama series about London rent boys. Rules of the Game is based on a true story and filming is due to begin in Prague next April. No broadcaster is ...
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TWI to bring colour to Queen's birthday party
TWI's next big project in its award-winning In Colour series will be The Queen in Colour, which it hopes to air in April to accompany Elizabeth II's birthday celebrations.
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Big Umbrella moves
Indie Big Umbrella has made two senior appointments, doubling its core team and moving to larger offices in Birmingham. The three-year-old indie, which has offices in London and the Bath area, has hired Claire Campbell as head of development and Sarah Greene as head of production. Both have had around ...
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Ladbroke wins raft of BBC radio orders
Ladbroke Productions has won a dozen commissions for BBC Radio.
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Big Red Bus is Landmark for BBC
Freelance graphic designer/art director Christine Buttner has designed the title sequence for Big Red Bus, a Landmark Films production for BBC1 documenting what it takes to become a London bus driver. Landmark executive producer Nick O'Dwyer conceived the idea of a naive, childlike visual style. Freelance animator Brian Larkin drew ...
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Kudos works up fraud romance for BBC
Kudos is developing a drama for BBC1 based around one of the world's fastest growing frauds. Skimming (working title) is a romantic tale about a man stealing money from the company he works for and the woman who is brought in to investigate. Nick Fisher is writing the six-part series, ...
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Battersea relaunch
The Battersea Studios has relaunched this week after a£4m redevelopment programme by its property developer owner Helical Bar. The complex - previously the site of the Middle Eastern Broadcasting Corporations's studio - was sold in July for an estimated£8m.