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Lime animates Farm 3D idents
Lime has completed 3D animated idents for Five's second series of ...
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BBC montage starts VE special
BBC Broadcast has created titles and graphics for the BBC's VE reunion special , We'll Meet Again. Searchlights scan across the screen revealing old photos of people who were separated during or after the war and are being brought back together especially for the show. Designers Seonaid ...
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Highsted job move
Evolutions has recruited Editbox operator Stuart Highsted to join its graphics department. Highsted joins from Molinare, bringing over 20 years' experience at facilities such as London Post and M2. Highsted's credits include titles for the Grand National 2004, last year's Five Nations Rugby Tournament as well as graphics on the ...
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IBF brings in Ashby
International Broadcast Facilities has taken on DVD producer Hilary Ashby from Figment Media. Ashby will oversee DVD and video-on-demand projects at the Covent Garden-based facility. She has previously worked on titles such as Dawn of the Deadand Beyond the Sea.
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Colorfront bought
Autodesk, the manufacturer of Flame, Smoke and Inferno, has bought colour correction developer Colorfront for $15m (£8m). Colorfront, a privately owned company in Budapest, Hungary has previously worked with Autodesk to co-develop the Discreet Lustre digital grading system.
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Shorts showcase
UK short film makers are to be given the chance to showcase their work to a potential audience of 10,000 people at the Broadcast Production Show in June. Selected films will be screened at the Broadcast Freelancer stand throughout the show, giving exposure to new film-makers. The shorts, which must ...
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Festival opening
The NERFF (No Egos Required Film Festival) opens next week as Rushes Soho Shorts Festival prepares to go regional for the first time. Soho Shorts screenings will take place from 30 July to 5 August at Vue cinemas in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Cambridge and new London locations. NERFF screens at the ...
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West digital hire
Post-production facility West Digital has appointed Daniel Clee as business development manager to expand its work in the broadcast market.
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Black Diamond in 70-hour M&M deal
Producer and distributor Black Diamond Films has struck a deal for 70 hours of programming with ITV for the relaunched Men and Motors channel, which debuted on Freeview this week.
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Nat Geo buys British docs
National Geographic Channels International has acquired exclusive satellite rights to two UK shows for its summer documentary strand No Bordersto be screened in July.
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School Dinners sells globally
Jamie Oliver's Channel 4 series promoting healthy eating to school children has been sold to several more countries including Japan and South Africa.
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Fingersmith chalks up more sales
Fremantle International Distribution has sold lesbian-themed period drama Fingersmithand documentary The Story of 1to a further nine countries. Sally Head Productions' Fingersmithhas been taken by broadcasters including ABC in Australia, TVNZ in New Zealand and Bosnia TV. At ...
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Network 7 options TwoFour format
Indie TwoFour Television has sold the option to new factual entertainment format What Are You Worth?to Network 7 in Australia. The show gives one participant expert advice on how to improve his or her salary. The indie is currently working on a 30-minute pilot of the ...
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GI in multimillion pound deal with SBS
Granada International (GI) has inked a multimillion-pound output deal with the SBS channels in the Netherlands and Sweden. The three-year deal gives SBS in the Netherlands a first look at all GI's factual, factual entertainment and entertainment finished programmes as well as TV movies. In Sweden, Kanal 5 will get ...
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C4I sells vain men and That'll Teach 'Em
Channel 4 International has sold one-off documentary Vain Mento Franco-German broadcaster Arte. The 50-minute documentary was originally made for C4 in 2002 and deals with male insecurities and body image. C4 has also sold the format of That'll Teach 'Emto TV2 in ...
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Electric Sky pushes one-offs to PBS
Factual documentary distributor Electric Sky has sold two one-off specials to US channel PBS. The broadcaster has bought the BBC's Last Chance on Thin Ice, which follows explorer David Hempleman-Adams on his journey to the North Pole, and Swimming the Zambezi, made ...
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Format focus: Soul Signs
Contestants enlist the help of an astrologer to find their perfect match in this dating show popular in Argentina.
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Mentorn wins£2m of science orders
Mentorn has landed£2m worth of new science commissions, including this year's Royal Institution's Christmas Lectur...
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C4 aims to find a family for the elderly
Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a show in which elderly people are adopted by families who have no grandparents.
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SC4 tasks indies to produce three documentary strands
Welsh channel S4C has commissioned content for three new documentary strands it plans to introduce next year.