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NewsGlobal buyers snap up Shaun the Sheep
Aardman International has sold its kids show Shaun the Sheepinto more than 60 territories.
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NewsComment - I've been framed
As his colleagues vie to express their finer feelings through art, Steven D Wright's face is a picture
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Arris merger to boost Tandberg
Tandberg Television has been acquired for£618m by US technology firm Arris, creating one of the world's largest next-generation TV companies.
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Nat Geo expands HD systems after smooth transition
The kit is part of the channel's ongoing investment in HD and tapeless production. The investment, thought to total around£250,000, began early last year with the installation of a Phase 1 HD post-production and playout system.
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Clear Cut adds four FCP suites
The suites were designed and built by sister company Clear Cut Pro and will be installed over the next few months at Clear Cut's west London facility. Each suite is connected to a high-capacity storage system to enable easy sharing of data.
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Setanta gets a facelift by BDA
BDA designed the new on-air branding for Setanta Sports, which has ditched its old red and grey graphics for a striking yellow and black. BDA's package includes 18 idents and 16 bumpers, plus in-match graphics for football, rugby and golf and a complete continuity kit. The agency's design team, headed ...
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A touch of Pepper for Five Days
Pepper has post-produced BBC1's crime thriller Five Days. The 5 x 60-minute drama, a BBC drama production in association with HBO, was written by Gwyneth Hughes and features such names as Edward Woodward, Patrick Malahide and Penelope Wilton. Pepper's Chris Beeton captured the ...
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PKF to review options for Green Bay
Cardiff indie Green Bay has appointed business advisor PKF to consider its strategic opportunities including buying other production companies or a sale to another indie.
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NewsC4I makes Nordic sales
Star Storiesand The Choirare among a raft of sales Channel 4 International has secured to broadcasters in the Netherlands and Scandinavia.
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1 vs 100 moves
has moved to the newly built 12,000 sq ft Studio 5 at the Maidstone Studios for its second series. ...
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NewsNorth One wins£25m WRC deal
Indie North One has secured a£25m deal to cover the FIA World Rally Championship for the next four years.
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Pebble Setanta deal
Technology provider Pebble Beach Systems has signed a deal with Setanta Sports to supply its Anemone automation system to the network's new London playout facility. Anemone will control ingest and playout from Omneon video servers at the facility, based at Input Media's Production Centre. TSL was systems integrator on the ...
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The Farm expands
The Farm has hired two former Evolutions staff as part of its ongoing expansion. Senior editor Alex Moffatt joins the Deal or No Dealteam at The Farm's Bristol facility and Margeaux Moore takes the newly created role of technical supervisor. Moore, who ran ...
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A Foundry Oscar
Software developer The Foundry has won an Oscar at the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards. The London company is honoured for its Furnace effects suite, used by facilities including MPC and Framestore CFC and on films including Casino Royale. The Oscar will be ...
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GlobeCast delivers
Satellite service provider GlobeCast has signed a deal with London-based Bangladeshi broadcaster Channel S Television to deliver three of its channels to the Sky platform via the Eurobird satellite. The channels include flagship station Channel S, the UK's fastest growing free-to-view Asian television channel. GlobeCast's London technical operations centre currently ...
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ITV commits to South Bank Show till 2009
ITV director of television Simon Shaps has extended the broadcaster's commitment to The South Bank Showuntil 2009.
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Titchmarsh fronts interactive history
Alan Titchmarsh is to present an interactive history series for UKTV History which features UKTV's first content created exclusively for internet downloads and mobile. Britain's Best, which launches in April, will see Titchmarsh travel around the UK asking the public to vote for their favourite ...
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Company goes Gently for BBC1
BBC1 has commissioned Company Pictures to make George Gently(working title) for BBC1, starring Martin Shaw as Alan Hunter's eponymous detective.