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    Diverse poaches Sowerbutts for management team

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Indie Diverse has strengthened its management team following its takeover by Rome-based media company Fact Based Communications (FBC), poaching 4Rights managing director Paul Sowerbutts.

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    Machine Room move

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    London post facility The Machine Room has appointed Ben Baker as senior project coordinator to look after TV series, film mastering and restoration. Baker joins from Ascent Media after 18 months at the company where he was most recently responsible for the Warner Brothers entertainment account. His first task will ...

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    Porter moves to BBC World

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    The editor of BBC Breakfast, Richard Porter, is to take over the running of BBC World.

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    ITN's hi-res archive

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    ITN has launched a new service offering previously unseen images from its archives. ITN Archives/Stills will use digital technology to generate high-resolution stills from moving footage at 300dpi - approximately four times the resolution of conventional screen-grabs.

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    Atom titles Manilow special

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Atom Pictures has produced the opening titles for the BBC's One Night with Barry Manilow. The sequence features BBC Television Centre at twilight being strafed by spotlights in a way that's reminiscent of a Hollywood gala. Images of Barry Manilow were composited onto the ...

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    Ofcom to probe ITV networking

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom is to carry out a major review of ITV's networking arrangements, the rules and regulations which govern how the Network Centre is managed.

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    BDH gives Mobos Caribbean theme

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) has designed and directed the titles and packaging for the Mobo Awards 2004 for Scarlet Productions. The sequence is based on a pool party theme with artists and presenters enjoying a Caribbean sunset from the roof of the Royal Albert Hall as the dome opens skywards. ...

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    Shorts for daytime

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman is to commission a series of short dramas from up-and-coming writers. The 10 x 15-minute series, working-titled Brief Encounters , will give new writers the opportunity to develop scripts with the help of mentors including established writers for television ...

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    Kerrang! gets md

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Adrian Serle has been appointed managing director of Emap's West Midlands-based radio station Kerrang! 105.2. Serle will make the move to Birmingham from Emap radio stablemates Hallam FM and Magic FM in Sheffield, where he worked as sales director. Serle will report to Travis Baxter, managing director of the Kerrang! ...

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    Bernard Hayes titles Himalaya

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Bernard Hayes Design has created the opening sequence for Himalaya with Michael Palin. Palin's 2,000-mile journey takes him through the Himalayan states, from the Khyber Pass to the Bay of Bengal. Within the titles, the camera follows Palin through temples and over mountains. Digibeta footage ...

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    ITV ties in Ant & Dec

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    ITV has locked in its star presenters Ant and Dec (Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly), after tying down exclusive deals with the Geordie duo. The pair will now continue to front some of ITV's biggest shows, including the next I'm a Celebrity? Get Me out ...

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    Sky+ to hit target

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    New research has revealed that Sky is on track to get its personal video recorder service Sky+ into 525,000 homes in the course of the next 12 months. The move will put Sky on track to meet its target of getting 2.5 million Sky+ customers by 2010, according to Continental ...

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    Zig Zag lands Duracell-funded series deal

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    ADVERTISER-funded programming specialists Broadcast Marketing has appointed Zig Zag Productions to make the third series of a Duracell-funded science series.

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    RDF boosts portfolio

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    RDF Rights has added more than 400 hours of programming to

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    Indie nets satirical format

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Hat Trick Productions, the indie behind Have I Got News for You , has picked up the format to Finnish satirical 'mockumentary' The ? Show.

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    All3Media secures Inquisition sales

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    All3Media International has secured a raft of sales for period drama Inquisition. The one-off costume drama has been picked up by SVT in Sweden, YLE in Finland, TMC in France, Canal 22 in Mexico and RTV in Slovenia. The TV movie, made by indie ...

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    Sky Travel nets Husband Hunt

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    Sky Travel has picked up Touchdown TV's reality series Husband Hunt for its autumn schedule. The New Zealand-based show takes six women into a farming community where they hunt the man of their dreams. The 2 x 60-minute show will air as part of a ...

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    Miami Slice picked up by networks

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    September International has made a series of new sales of Sky One's plastic surgery reality series Miami Slice. The 6 x 60-minute series, made by September Films, has been licensed to Australia's Nine Network, RLT in the Netherlands and M-Net in South Africa. It ...

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    DLT Entertainment nets cartoon rights

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    DLT Entertainment is bringing 1980s cartoon The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin back to the international market. The indie and distributor has picked up the international rights to all 65 x 30-minute episodes of the series. The show, produced by DiC and Alchemy II, will be ...

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    The Stables goes to TV Ontario

    2004-09-30T08:30:00Z

    BBC Worldwide has sold children's docusoap The Stables to Canadian broadcaster TV Ontario. The 10 x 27-minute series, made by Prism Entertainment, follows the lives of a group of inner-city children who meet at charity-run stables in Newcastle.