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NewsE4 greenlights comedy shorts to lead into BB
E4 has ordered a series of 10-minute comedy shorts to run at 10pm before Big Brother's Big Mouth.
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UKTV Style to air 50 guys in 50 nights dating series
UKTV Style is sending presenter Sally Gray on 50 dates in 50 nights as part of a new series attempting to create 'the ultimate dating bible for Britain's single girls'.
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Da Vinci Code inspires C4 gameshow
Diverse has signed up Tony Robinson to front a Da Vinci Code-style gameshow currently being shot in the British Museum - part of the indie's fresh drive into entertainment formats. The Time Teamhost is to make two 6 x ...
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BBC2 to explore Italy from top to toe
Francesco Da Mosto, the Italian architect who presented BBC2's series on Venice, is to make a new series covering the whole of Italy for the channel. Da Mosto is to follow up his 2004 series with Francesco's Italy: Top to Toe, in which he ...
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Vroom, Vroom revs again on Sky One
Sky One has recommissioned its irreverent motoring series Vroom, Vroom, made by ITV Productions and presented by Jon Desborough, Brendan Coogan, Lisa Rogers and Sunmotoring correspondent Emma Parker Bowles. The series includes stunts, test drives and a regular strand featuring ...
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Food order for UKTV Food
Indie Eagle Media has been commissioned to make a raft of programmes for UKTV Food's autumn schedule including James Martin Digs Deep, a 10 x 30-minute series in which the TV chef sets out to prove that home-grown food tastes better than supermarket fare. Eagle ...
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Commissioner's Q & A - Ceri Sherlock
The commissioning editor for music at S4C on his channel's attempt to raise the standard of rugby terrace singing and upcoming documentaries about the inventor of the saxophone and Cerys Matthews
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Canadian indie set for buying spree
Canadian indie DHX Media is planning to go on an acquisitions spree after raising£10m from a joint listing on the London-based AIM (Alternative Investment Market) and Toronto Stock Exchange.
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BBC DEC draws up supplier shortlist
The BBC's drama, entertainment and children's departments (DEC) have nominated 31 UK post-production houses, including west London-based Clear Cut Pictures, Noho facility Suite and Manchester's Sumners as preferred suppliers for its post-production services.
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Skaramoosh staff face uncertain future
Design and animation outfit Skaramoosh has put seven of its 29 staff on provisional redundancy after disappointing profit margins, according to its managing director Daniel Slight.
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Extreme does mobile deal in Portugal
Liberty Global-owned Extreme Sports Channel has signed a deal to bring its action sports content to 3G phone users in Portugal.
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A Place in the Sun finds Canadian berth
Canadian Alliance Atlantic channel HGTV has bought the seventh series of overseas property show A Place in the Sun.
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Three wins for Bleak House at Bafta Craft
BBC1 drama Bleak House triumphed at this year's Bafta Craft Awards, scooping three awards.
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GWR TV sells shows into Middle East
Guinness World Records TV (GWR TV) has sold over 100 one-hour programmes of record-breaking attempts from around the world to Dubai-based Middle Eastern distributor Tanweer Enlightenment.
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Mr & Mrs Smith serves up lips
Mr & Mrs Smith has designed the graphics and titles for Tiger Productions' Lip Service. The 8 x 30 minute comedy review features clips from chat shows all over the world. The titles aim to introduce the two presenters in a fun and creative way. ...
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FX idents play with boys' toys
BDA has created the channel branding, idents, bumpers and stings for the FX channel. The new FX graphics were designed to refer to icons from men's lives from adolescence to adulthood. The graphics show beams from the FX logo distorted by the objects they pass over. BDA 3D animator Dominic ...
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Component animates Big Ron
Component Graphics has completed the titles and content graphics for North One Television's Big Ron Manager. The 6 x 60-minute show, series produced by Dave Lewis, follows ex-football manager and TV pundit Ron Atkinson's work as a consultant to Peterborough United Football Club. Component designers ...
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BBC selects Arqiva
The BBC has appointed broadcast specialist Arqiva to manage its new digital transmission services in a deal reported to be worth£1bn. The contract is for the design, deployment and operation of the new high-powered digital terrestrial television (DTT) network for the BBC, which comes into service as part of the ...
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Evolutions hires
Soho facility Evolutions has recruited TSI's editor and colourist of 12 years, Dicky Everton. Everton has worked on the BBC's Child of Our Time, A Bear's Talefor Bellyache and Supernannyfor Ricochet.
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First audio awards
Facilities body UK Post has launched The Conch Sound Awards, created to recognise the audio talent of facilities, sound editors and dubbing mixers in audio post production of television, film and commercials. The awards claim they are the first dedicated event celebrating the British audio industry's achievements in film and ...