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NewsLA Screenings: the hottest shows
Rain fell in a dull and dreary Los Angeles in May for the first time in many years, but the 2015 LA Screenings began brightly, with British buyers buzzing over a batch of new shows.
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NewsVoltage TV lands C4 funding
Channel 4 has backed Sanjay Singhal’s Voltage TV as it continues to spend its £20m Growth Fund.
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NewsEaling Studios acquires GreenAcre stake
Ealing Studios has acquired a significant stake in TV and film company GreenAcre Films and plans to forge a new creative partnership with the company.
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NewsRTS Scotland Award winners revealed
Minnow Films BBC3 drama Glasgow Girls and Mentorn Scotland’s, Scotland Decides: The Big, Big Debate were among the winners at the RTS Scotland Awards 2014.
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News5Productions lands first MTV show
5Productions has picked up its first order from MTV in a fresh slate from the broadcaster which includes Remedy’s first factual entertainment show.
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NewsDoP Martin Hawkins honoured at GTC awards
Director of photography and lighting director Martin Hawkins scooped the main award at The Guild of Television Cameramen’s 42nd annual awards.
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NewsFelstead recruited to align Quantel and Snell kit
Former Harris and Thomson employee Tim Felstead has joined Quantel and Snell as head of product marketing.
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NewsMagner joins Visual Data
Visual Data Media Services has appointed Polly Magner as head of client services.
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NewsSky expands kids VoD by 600%
Sky is to beef up its VoD library of kids content by 600% - offering subscribers access to around 4000 episodes of shows including Spongebob Squarepants and Horrible Histories.
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NewsCarlye Group sells The Foundry to private equity firm
VFX software firm The Foundry has been acquired by private equity firm HgCapital for £200m.
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NewsDFT launches wet-gate option for Scanity HDR
Film-scanning equipment firm DFT has launched a wet-gate option for its latest Scanity HDR film scanner.
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NewsMolinare wins ITV deal for Beowulf post-production
Molinare has been appointed by ITV to undertake picture and sound post-production on upcoming drama Beowulf, which is an adaptation of the epic Old English poem.
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NewsDisabled care doc series leads Ricochet slate
A BBC3 doc series about young jobseekers unwittingly thrown into care work leads a slate of new Ricochet commissions.
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NewsBBC Radio 4 Extra leads digital radio gains
Radio 4 Extra grew its audience to over 2m weekly listeners, as sister spin-off station Radio 5 Live Sports Extra bolstered its listenership by almost two-thirds on the back of the Cricket World Cup.
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NewsSunset+Vine to make C5 Football League show
Sunset+Vine has clinched a three-year contract to produce Channel 5’s 9pm Football League highlights show.
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NewsFortitude exec joins Creative Summit line-up
Patrick Spence, executive producer of Sky Atlantic drama Fortitude is the latest speaker to join the line-up of the Creative Summit 2015, part of Broadcast’s Creative Week.
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NewsFreddie Flintoff fronts BBC fitness format
Freddie Flintoff is to front a BBC2 series that will put super-fit men and women through a series of military-inspired recruitment tests.
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NewsLA Screenings: UK broadcasters eye James Corden talkshow
A number of British broadcasters are lining up to acquire The Late Late Show with James Corden but the show is unlikely to air in the UK before the end of the year.
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NewsSpotify moves into video
Digital music service Spotify has agreed deals with rights holders including BBC Worldwide, Comedy Central, Maker Studios, Turner Broadcasting and Vice Media as it prepares to feature a raft of audio and video content.
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NewsBBC freezes recruitment for digital content director
The BBC has called a temporary halt to its hunt for a digital content director after it struggled to find the right candidate and to allow incoming executive Emma Swain to clarify the remit of the role.