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NewsMPs call on Ofcom to review EPGs
Ofcom is facing pressure from MPs to intervene to ensure TV channels are not left out in the cold by electronic programme guides.
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NewsHolmes scores Five Live sports show
GMTV frontman Eamonn Holmes has been signed up by BBC Radio 5 Live to host a new Saturday morning news and sports show.
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Smith named as Ascent UK's md
Former Granada managing director Brenda Smith has been appointed as group managing director of Ascent Media UK, the facilities arm of Ascent Media.
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Technicolor invests£1m in HD projects
Thomson-owned facility Technicolor is spending close to£1m on building a second high-def Spirit telecine suite to cope with a high demand for HD drama and features, writes Rick Dacey.
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Strongroom kits out suite
Audio post facility Strongroom has finished the construction of a new HD protools 5.1 studio and is looking to branch out into video editing.
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Molinare recruits
Molinare has appointed two facility managers to support facility director Kate George. Senior post production manager Richard Knights has been internally promoted to take one of the positions. Richard Hart, previously head of post production at Oasis, takes up the other position on Monday. One of their first tasks will ...
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skin expands team
Skin has selected producer Matthew White to join its core design team. White, previously of Red, MPC and Cinesite, brings TSI's design agency numbers to four. White has been brought in to strengthen the team and to grow Skin's project range. There are plans to expand further towards the end ...
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A bleeping success
TimeDelay.tv supplied the online censoring on ITV's Hell's Kitchen. The unit worked with a five-second delay, which was needed to cut out 5,600 swear words. 'Gordon Ramsay really tested our time delay machine but it coped well and kept the show from straying from Ofcom's regulations,' said TimeDelay's Darryl ...
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VTR looks at sales
Nicholas Wortman has become head of sales for VTR. Previously new business executive for The Hive, Wortman was chosen to head up the sales operations at VTR following the merger of the two companies last month.
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Putte moves to DGP
Anthony Van den Putte has joined DGP from Todd-AO Creative Services where he was head of bookings. Van den Putte will jointly head up bookings with a specific focus on the edit and graphics department.
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Central hires Hulme
Central Hire has appointed Mark Hulme as general manager. Hulme, who joins from XS Hire after 12 years in the industry, takes over just months after Central's re-branding from Component after 20 years of business. Central is currently investing in HD equipment.
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Tiger to show how Hitler was fooled
Tiger Aspect is to recreate how the British fooled Hitler into thinking the D-Day landings would come through Calais in an ITV1 drama documentary, one of three new commissions for the indie's factual department.
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Discovery signs Reeves and Murray
Comedians Vic Reeves and Al Murray are to front new shows for the Discovery Channel as it adds to its clutch of comics as presenters, writes Naomi Rovnick.
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Sky One takes Shock Treatment from Diverse
Sky One has commissioned indie Diverse to make a magic reality show that will see a group of people put through a series of hair-raising tests, in a bid to discover what fear really is, writes Paul Revoir.
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Channel 4 has ordered a third series of Tiger Aspect's
A Place in France, as well as the spin-off series A Place in Spain, Greece and Italy, which have been running in both peak and daytime. In addition, Tiger's documentary series, Seaside Parish, will return to BBC2 for a second series. The programme follows the Reverend Christine Musser and her ...
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Channel 4 doc meets the Shrek sequel
Forthcoming Dreamworks movie Shrek 2: Meet the Parents is to be the subject of a 40-minute documentary for Channel 4. Ordered from indie At It Productions by C4 head of scheduling and T4 Jules Oldroyd, the programme will be executive produced by Jamie Farrow and Paul Day. Tabatha Hanson-Obtulowicz will ...
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Midas to delve into celtic mythology
Dublin-based indie Midas Productions is to look at Celtic mythology for a new documentary series for broadcasters in Ireland and Wales. The 3 x 60-minute Celtic Monsters aims to investigate the demons and supernatural spirits that 'inhabit the Celtic consciousness'. The series, which will cost£500,000 in total, is a co-production ...
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Millions at stake in Celador battle
Celador has lost a court battle that could cost it millions. Naomi Rovnick examines the case.
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Israeli market charmed by dating show
Prospect Pictures' dating show Straight Dates By Gay Mates is to be adapted for the Israeli market. The format, which features two gay men choosing dates for single girls, has been sold by distributor Target Entertainment to Gil Productions. The indie will make a 13-part series for Israel's second biggest ...
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Minotaur scores major deal in nigeria
Minotaur International has inked a major deal with Nigerian pay-TV platform Communication Trends Network Limited for 1,800 hours of drama, factual, entertainment and children's shows. Included are SMG TV's long-running ITV series High Road, more than 75 hours of Fash's Football Challenge, made by indie Zig Zag for Bravo, comedy ...