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S4C seals two North American factual deals
S4C has finalised two major North American factual production deals with a consortium of US PBS broadcasters and Canada's Alliance Atlantis, writes Penny Hughes.Secrets of The Inquisition, a 4 x 60-minutes
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CREATIVE BRIEFS
Bernard Heyes Design created the opening titles for the new World of Wonder series The Secret Rulers of the World for Channel 4. Produced and directed by Jon Ronson, the series
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MIP-TV IN BRIEF - CHRYSALIS SELLS SAM'S GAME TO NZ'S TV3
Chrysalis Distribution has sold its new Davina McCall-fronted sitcom, Sam's Game, to New Zealand's TV3. Chrysalis has also sold ITV show Midsomer Murders to a host of international broadcasters including NHK
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MIP-TV IN BRIEF - C4 INTERNATIONAL STRIKES EURO DEALS
Channel Four International has struck a raft of programming and format deals across Europe. French broadcaster TF1 has bought Cannibals while the broadcaster's Lost format has been sold to German production
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MIP-TV IN BRIEF - S4C'S SALI MALI BOUGHT BY NICKELODEON
Nickelodeon UK has bought Sali Mali, a 26 x 5-minute animated pre-school show from S4C, narrated by Notting Hill star Rhys Ifans, to run on its Nick Jr pre-school channel from
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MIP-TV IN BRIEF - CARLTON INTERNATIONAL SEALS TV MOVIES DEAL
Carlton International has secured deals for a number of its TV movies through Carlton America. Japan's World Television has secured DVD, video and TV rights for The Triangle, while Japanese distributor
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MIP-TV IN BRIEF - GRANADA EXTENDS DISCOVERY DEAL
Granada International has extended its relationship with Discovery Networks International (DNI) after signing a multi-year deal for 100 hours of new programming to air on Discovery channels outside the US. Under
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MIP-TV IN BRIEF - ACTION TIME SIGNS SPANISH DEALS
Action Time has secured a number of deals with Spanish broadcasters, including a third series of Alphabet Game for Antena 3. Boca TV has picked up format rights to Bank Raid
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BBC 2 orders Brit art programme
BBC controller of arts commissioning and digital channels Roly Keating has commissioned BBC arts to produce a new three-part series on the history of Brit art for BBC 2, writes Georgina
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SMG to reveal all on Club 18-30 for ITV
SMG TV Productions has made further progress in its attempt to reinvigorate its flagging network production slate with an order from ITV for a major eight-part series on notorious package holiday
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Shed films Footie Wives
Shed Productions is set to make 8 x 60-minute episodes of ITV drama Footballers' Wives and has poached Casualty producer Liz Lake to make it, writes Colin Robertson.The move comes in
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C4 HIRES TYRE
Channel 4 has commissioned a multimedia animated series starring the Michelin Man, writes Simon Ellery. The project is being put together by Canadian production company Noise Media and French tyre maker
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C5 BUYS GERMAN DOCS FOR MONSTERS SERIES
Channel 5 senior controller, news, current affairs and documentaries, Chris Shaw, has bought 2 x 60-minute programmes from German documentary-maker Andreas Gutzeit for its Living with Monsters series. The programmes, The
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BBC CURRENT AFFAIRS ORDERS FOUR BY FOUR
BBC current affairs has been commissioned to produce a new BBC 1 current affairs series, Four by Four, to run from the summer. The series will feature four reporters exploring four
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ZCZ TO COVER ARCHITECTS' PRIZE FOR C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor, arts Janet Lee has asked ZCZ Productions to produce a 60-minute piece on the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize in October. C4 will run a
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SUNSET & VINE WINS C5 RECOMMISSION
Sunset & Vine has bagged a commission from Channel 5 to produce a fifth series of teenage sports show RAD. The 14 x 30-minute programmes, to be produced by Wayne Yates
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - EMI Music selects Tele-Cine
EMI Music has chosen Tele-Cine for all its short-form duplication needs following the facility's installation of the UK's first Omneon Video Network integrated server and storage system, writes Barbara Marshall.Part of
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Softimage jobs go as Stojda moves up
Softimage has shed 47 staff including general manager David Pritchard, just nine months after buying Pritchard's games and web animation company, The Motion Factory.Mike Stojda, who was product director of the
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Digital transfer is a 'shambles'
The transition from analogue to digital television in the UK was described as being in a 'complete shambles' at a Voice of the Listener & Viewer conference on digital TV last
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Flotation or sale for Snell & Wilcox
Broadcast equipment manufacturer Snell & Wilcox is seeking to raise capital for what it sees as necessary expansion, writes Adrian Pennington.According to director of communications Kevin Melia, the company hopes to