All Broadcast articles in 9 October 2009 – Page 3
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NewsMagician Brown to front ‘real-life psychics’ docs
Derren Brown is changing tack with his next series for Channel 4, fronting three ob docs in which he will meet people who claim to have psychic abilities.
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RatingsTrue Blood seduces 1.6m
Channel 4 had mixed fortunes with its double-bill of HBO big-hitters last night, with vampire fantasy True Blood luring in 1.6m (10.2%) but Iraq war drama Generation Kill mustering interest in just 399,000 (6.5%).
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CommentSmall Potatoes / Mipcom madness
Katherine Rushton gives her thoughts on a new kids show from MipJunior and Mipcom madness in general.
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FeaturesSex Degrees of Separation
An animated slot machine, created by Creative Nuts, that previews the MTV show.
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NewsUKTV aquires 11 series of Fifth Gear
UKTV has acquired the rights to a further 11 series of Fifth Gear from All3Media International to play on entertainment channel Dave.
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NewsEvolutions puts £1m into upgrade for HD
Evolutions is investing £1m in a technical refurbishment that will make all of its London facilities fully HD-capable.
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NewsWEE lines up funding for CGI dinosaur doc
Wide-Eyed Entertainment, the CGI-specialist indie set up by Impossible Pictures founder Jasper James, has secured £2m worth of co-pro funding from international broadcasters for its forthcoming doc March of the Dinosaurs.
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Chan takes up the diversity champ mantle for indies
Angela Chan, a former Dragonfly executive producer who has also worked for the BBC and Channel 4, is to become a diversity champion for indies.
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NewsStereo3D boosts Quantel revenues
Sales of stereoscopic 3D-enabled post-production systems have helped Newbury-based manufacturer Quantel buck current economic trends by increasing both its turnover and operating profit year on year.
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NewsRenegade’s Don’t Tell The Bride to receive Danish makeover
MIPCOM: BBC3 wedding format Don’t Tell The Bride is to be remade in Denmark after Digital Rights Group tied the knot with the nation’s public broadcaster.
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NewsTyrell helps Autumnwatch incorporate UGC
The producers of BBC2’s Autumnwatch are using a new encoding workflow provided by reseller Tyrell CCT that lets them broadcast and publish user-generated footage as part of the wildlife series.
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Envy hires MPC’s Bennett to lead Flame initiative
Envy has purchased a Flame visual effects system and recruited Moving Picture Company’s Nick Bennett to drive it.
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NewsZodiak boosts UK status with deal for Dangerous
Zodiak Entertainment is looking to build its UK presence by acquiring a light entertainment indie, after securing 70% of factual and drama specialist Dangerous.
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NewsSky set to take drama from Morrissey indie
Sky 1 is poised to commission a high-end police drama, starring David Morrissey and based on the novels of Mark Billingham.
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NewsSTV lifts catch-up restrictions
STV has removed UK-only restrictions from its catch-up demand programming for the first time, offering a primetime series to online viewers around the world.
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BBC seeks web comedy shows to cross to TV
The BBC has tasked online comedy commissioner Martin Trickey with finding web shows that can transfer to TV.
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NewsO’Grady will not move to Sky 1 as talks break down
Sky 1’s talks with Paul O’Grady to take his eponymous chatshow to the channel have broken down.
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NewsC4 orders second Half
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of RDF Television’s series How The Other Half Live.