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C5's unique talent show
A woman with no brain who went on to gain three A levels is just one of the unique people lined up for a new Channel 5 science-based primetime strand, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC poaches ITV pop pundit
Pop plugger turned TV face Nikki Chapman is to front three new BBC daytime shows after signing a deal with the corporation, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Evans returns to Channel 4 on new terms
Channel 4 has cut a deal with Chris Evans for two weekly entertainment strands believed to be worth£500,000 an hour. The former Virgin
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BBC recommissions reliable drama series
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have ordered new runs of a raft of popular series. Merseybeat, starring Jonathan Kerrigan, returns for a third series in the autumn, while Waking the Deadand ...
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Spire Tells flower market story for Style
Oxford-based Spire Films has been commissioned by UK Style channel editor Nick Thorogood to produce a 15 x 30-minute series on London's Columbia Road flower and plant market. Presented by Sven Wombwell, the series, Columbia Road Gardens, will look at the history of the market ...
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Pacific profiles feuding lap-dancers for Sky
Sky One has commissioned a documentary from indie Pacific about the intense rivalry between lap-dancing clubs in Blackpool. The 8 x 60-minute series, Naked in Blackpool, which follows previous order Naked in Westminister, will headline Sky One's autumn schedule. The ...
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NewsDyke defends BBC execs' bonuses
BBC director general Greg Dyke has defended the£1m in bonuses paid to himself and other senior executives last year, warning that the BBC would lose its best people if it did not reward them adequately, write David Rose and Leigh Holmwood
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Principal makes short about doll affair
Principal Media Group is making a five-minute short for Channel 4 about a man's affair with an inflatable doll as part of a series of new orders. Blowing Itis set to air next month and is produced by Sarah Boote with Geoff Povey as director. ...
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Living TV keeps faith with paranormal zone
Living TV has ordered a tranche of new shows for its paranormal zone. Commissioning editor Jane Millichip has ordered Psychic in the Street, a 60-minute piece from indie IPM. The show will launch in August with clairvoyant Tony Stockwell taking to the streets to offer ...
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Poortrading forces three outfits under
Further evidence of continuing tough trading conditions emerged this week with the news that Innovation TK, Questech and Hobbins Sides have all ceased trading in the past few weeks, writes Barbara Marshall
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Liquid Blue beefs up Pinnacle's systems
Pinnacle Systems has added its broadcast editing system Liquid Blue to the Palladium-compatible line-up of products it will be showing at IBC in September, writes Barbara Marshall
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Link develops 'holy grail' camera
UK firm Link Research has developed an Mpeg wireless camera system that has the shortest signal delay on the market, it claims, writes Barbara Marshall
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F1's defining moments
Baraka Post Production has recently completed its first major project on the new Jaleo high definition digital cinema online system - a promotional film for the Toyota Formula One team, writes Barbara Marshall
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Birmingham facility
Neil Hillman, the sound designer on Butt Ugly Martians, has set up a new audio post facility in Birmingham aimed at film and TV programme-makers. Called The Audio Suite, it is based around the Fairlight Prodigy 2 system and has just won projects from Maverick ...
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Liquid appointments
Liquid TV has further expanded its animation and design divisions with two appointments. Andy Tusabe has joined the compositing team after a seven-year stint at Pukka where he was head of graphics. Najma Ehatti has joined the design team after five years as graphic designer at Diverse
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New sessions at IBC
The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) is introducing two free sessions at this year's event in Amsterdam from 12 to 17 September. What Caught My Eye will be presented at lunchtime on Saturday, Sunday and Monday by leading industry figures who will talk about what grabbed them at the exhibition. The ...
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Open week at On Sight
Soho hire facility On Sight is to hold an open week next month demonstrating Panasonic's high definition (HD) equipment. From 5 to 9 August, the firm will hold a series of one-to-one sessions, plus a couple of evening drop-in sessions. Attendees will be able to view a showreel of HD ...
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Soho Editors training
Staff agency Soho Editors has become the first accredited training centre for the Media 100 844/X editing system. Courses will be available from the end of this month
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NewsChannel 4 in talks with Chris Morris
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has revealed he is planning to bring controversial satirist Chris Morris back to the channel, nearly a year after it was forced to make a public apology after broadcasting the Brass Eye special on paedophilia, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsJowell stands firm on foreign ownership plans
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has given a clear indication that the government will not alter its proposal to allow non-European companies to own UK media companies, writes Lucy Rouse