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Condor ups game
The Condor Group has placed an order for a fifth Da Vinci grading system and is upgrading all of its international systems as part of£500,000 of investment. The new system is to go into the London office, with the Millennium ITK datacines being upgraded to the new Millennium II machine. ...
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HD 'around corner'
Carlton International's controller of operations and engineering, Simon Fell, said HD is just around the corner for UK consumers. At a conference in London last week, Fell predicted that 33 million homes will have HD in the US by 2008, and that the UK will be close behind. He added ...
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Rushes makes 1960s come alive
The second series of the Bafta-nominated comedy 15 Storeys High starts on BBC3 early next year. Rushes Post Production's 3D department has been commissioned to do the titles, and director Mark Nunnely requested a sequence which would recreate the style of 1960s architectural drawings. So 3D artist Hayden Jones designed ...
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Clear Cut explanation of Big Bang
Project Poltergeist is a Horizon episode from documentary outfit Dox about neutrinos - sub-atomic particles which are emitted from the sun and may explain the origins of the universe. Clear Cut Pictures has created graphic content and producer David Sington explained: 'We had to find a way to visualise the ...
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Pepper finishes Outback art doc
Pepper has completed the picture post on a documentary for Five about the sculptor Antony Gormley. Inside Australia was shot near the tiny outback town of Menzies on the huge Lake Ballard in Western Australia. The area has become home to Gormley's most ambitious work to date, an installation of ...
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C4 buys Family format from BVI
DISNEY distribution arm Buena Vista International (BVI) has sold its US reality format The Familyto Channel 4, writes Paul Revoir.
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Mr Men set to join Noddy at Chorion
Chorion, the owner of classic kids character Noddy, is set to add the Mr Men to its portfolio of characters by the end of the year, writes Michael Rosser.
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Ian Wright travel show sells to Asia
Pilot Productions has closed a clutch of deals for its travel comedy series Ian Wright Live. The 13 x 30-minute co-production between Canadian network CTV and Thomas Howe Associates has been taken by Discovery Asia, Voyage in France, Asia TV in Hong Kong and Arts ...
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Scandinavia and Malaysia snap up Mr Bean
Fremantle International Distribution has scored new sales of the animated adventures of comic creation Mr Bean. Produced by UK indie Tiger Aspect with Richard Purdum Productions and Varga Holdings, the 26 x 30-minute cartoon series has been taken by Danmarks Radio in Denmark, IBC in ...
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RTE1 takes bulk order of the Bill
Fremantle has secured sales of a further 79 episodes of ITV1 police drama series The Billfor broadcast on Ireland's biggest broadcaster. RTE1 has renewed its commission of the long-running drama, produced by Thames Television, and will broadcast the new episodes throughout next year. RTE1 has ...
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Merchant navy buys top gear for crews
BBC motoring show Top Gearhas been picked up for broadcast by three new territories and the Merchant Navy. The BBC2 series has been sold by BBC Library Sales to TVN Turbo in Poland, Prime TV in New Zealand and pan-Europe Russian language channel TV+. The ...
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Ofcom criticised over higher cost
Ofcom this week found itself under fire from broadcasters - after revealing that its operating costs of£164m would be 27% higher than the five regulators it is replacing.
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ITC unveils 12 all-time top complaints
The Independent Television Commission (ITC), set to be replaced in a fortnight by Ofcom, signed off this week by unveiling a list of the most complained about programmes in its 13-year history.
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IPPR records PSB increase
Terrestrial broadcasters have increased the amount of public service programming in their Christmas schedules over the past decade, according to new research.
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Five divides factual dept
Five director of programmes Dan Chambers has scrapped the controller of factual role he previously held and split the department into two genres - history and science.
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BBC returns to NHS
The BBC is to revisit the subject of its first current affairs day - the National Health Service - for a special next year. Programmes on BBC1 and across the BBC's radio and television network will look at the changes that have occurred two years on from ...
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Christie bows out
Grampian TV non-executive director Bob Christie has retired from ITV after over four decades' service. He attended his last meeting this week. A former Grampian director of television, Christie has been with the Aberdeen-based broadcaster since its launch in 1961 and first joined the board in 1975.
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C4's minority list
Channel 4 is launching a directory containing the details of groups, individuals and organisations relevant to ethnic minority issues that can be contacted as possible contributors to television programmes. The directory, which will be sent to independent production companies, is the brainchild of C4 editorial manager, cultural diversity Mary Fitzpatrick. ...
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BBC4 news revamp
BBC4 News is to be relaunched at the beginning of January with a new name, new set and an increase in in-depth international reporting. The World, which will continue to be fronted by Kirsty Lang, will now include extra features on global news issues and ...
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Capital Disney moves
Digital station Capital Disney has handed two of its presenters behind-the-scenes roles in order to give its editorial content extra weight. Disney Channel presenter Will Chambers has been appointed new programme manager while Capital Disney DJ Matt Soper will become a producer for the station.