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NewsGranada Int sells shows into South Korea
Granada International has sold a series of shows into South Korea. Cable operator On Media has bought Granada America's Nanny 911, Marriage 911, Hell's Kitchenand Celebrity Fit Club, as well ...
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Noddy pops up on Nickelodeon Germany
Nickelodeon Germany has bought the entire 100-epsiode run of Chorion's animated pre-school kids series Noddy. The deal will make the series available to viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from the spring. A German version of the show's interactive learning site, www.noddy.com, is also planned ...
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Molinare takes reins at Fusion
Molinare has accelerated its expansion by taking over ailing facility Fusion Post Production for an undisclosed sum.
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OpTex goes into receivership after 37 years
Kit hire firm OpTex Broadcast Rental has gone into receivership with the loss of 43 jobs after 37 years of trading.
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JCA.TV lures Gage
West London-based media services facility JCA.TV has poached business development manager Marcus Gage from Ascent Media Group UK, where he had worked for two years. In the newly created role, he will focus on developing new accounts in dubbing, broadcast, duplication, restoration and new media. JCA.TV's current client base includes ...
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Rapid spends on HD
West London facility Rapid Pictures has invested over£100,000 in the new Avid Symphony Nitris HD System, to complement its existing Final Cut Pro HD Suites. Rapid will now offer high definition and mixed format finishing in addition to final mastering on HDCam, as well as a range of duplication and ...
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Oasis boosts audio
Post-production house Oasis TV has expanded its audio capacity with a fifth audio suite. Oasis has invested£100,000 in the new suite, including a Digidesign Icon. Another£40,000 has been ploughed into a Protools HD3 for a sixth audio studio. It has also recruited dubbing mixer Paul Harris, who was previously at ...
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The Farm titles rock star Blair
The Farm Group has created the titles and grading for Be Good Films' Tony Blair -Rock Star.Directed by Bruce Goodison and produced by Victoria Powell, the factually based comedy documentary charts Blair's attempts to become a rock star during his gap year. The Farm's Barney ...
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Skaramoosh builds up McKenna
Skaramoosh has created the titles and programme graphics for Tiger Aspect's Paul McKenna Will Make You Thin,a 4 x 46-minute series about McKenna helping people to get over an obsession with food through visualisation. Skaramoosh's Piers Helm directed the sequence, a fast countdown featuring key ...
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Mooschool on Bikers' menu
Mooschool has designed and animated the titles, maps and menu graphics for a Big Bear Films/VixPix Films co-pro, The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook. Designer Nick Maroussas worked textures such as creased notepaper and coffee-ringed maps into the graphics to reflect bikes, cooking and travel. The graphics ...
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Newton to take control of UKTV Gold
UKTV has promoted James Newton to head its flagship channel UKTV Gold, replacing Red Johnston who quit last month.
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Life on Mars a hit
BBC1's new drama Life on Mars debuted with an average audience of 7 million (27.3%) at 9pm. The eight-part series from Kudos Productions, starring John Simm as a policeman who wakes up in 1973 after a road accident, grew its audience over 60 minutes and ...
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Wall To Wall hiring
Indie Wall To Wall has poached the BBC's specialist factual head of production to become its financial director. Stuart Mullin had been with the corporation since 2001, when he joined its corporate finance team. He had previously worked for BBC Worldwide and Five in strategic and financial planning roles. Mullin ...
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House again on Five
Five has secured the first run UK rights for the second series of US medical drama series House, following a new deal with distributor NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The first run was shown first in the UK on multichannel broadcaster Hallmark, followed by a ...
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ITV invests£3m in new channel idents
ITV this week unveiled the results of its year-long rebranding project, with a series of new channel identities aimed at creating a more clearly defined personality for each of its offerings.
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Rick Stein to escape to Mediterranean
Chef Rick Stein is to continue his cooking tour of Europe with a series on Mediterranean cuisine. Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapesis a 10 x 30-minute series produced by Plymouth-based indie Denham Productions for BBC2. Due for transmission in autumn next year, the series sees the ...
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Fourth Karen Dunbar for BBC Scotland
BBC1 Scotland has ordered a fourth series of the Karen Dunbar Showfrom indie the Comedy Unit. Series produced by Rab Christie and Iain Davidson, the 4 x 30-minute sketch show series will transmit in the spring. BBC Scotland commissioning editor, television Ewan Angus, who ordered ...
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Sky One wins Nicolas Cage exclusive
Sky One has secured exclusive UK rights to The Dresden Filesfollowing a deal with Lionsgate and Nicolas Cage's Saturn Films to co-produce a two-hour pilot. Based on the best-selling series of novels by Jim Butcher of the same name, the show tells the story of ...
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Tinopolis meets with TV Corp bosses
Tinopolis bosses have started meeting with senior staff at TV Corp in advance of their formal takeover of the company. Discussions are being held between Tinopolis executive chairman, Ron Jones, and leading TV Corp executives, including chief executive Peter Salmon and director of sport Jeff Foulser.
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Marsh quits Sky Italia for UK return
Kate Marsh has quit Sky Italia where she was consultant and head of Primo Channels, to return to the UK as director of media investment operation GroupM Entertainment Europe. Starting immediately, Marsh will be responsible for the media investment group's drive into TV, involving advertiser-funded and multimedia programming.