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NewsGrading overhaul for Clear Cut
Clear Cut Pictures is spending £500,000 on a technical and cosmetic upgrade of its west London facility that will see major improvements to its grading capabilities.
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NewsITV to send celebs on Norway trek
ITV has ordered a cold-weather alternative to I’m A Celebrity… - sending two groups of stars on a 2,000-mile trek through the wilderness of Norway to the edge of the Arctic Circle.
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NewsHorton drops out of ITVS entertainment chief race
ITV Studios controller of entertainment Claire Horton will not apply to become creative director of its new entertainment group and could leave the company in spring.
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New encoder gives Pepper Post extra Agility
Pepper Post has bought an Agility 2G encoder from reseller Tyrell CCT as it looks to significantly improve its transcoding services for multiplatform delivery.
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NewsRuby signs ITV Studios co-production deal
Small Island producer Ruby Television has inked a long-term development and distribution deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment and will work with the writers of Life On Mars for their first project as business partners.
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NewsNew Pact chair Manners braced for tough talks
Debbie Manners is to take over as chair of Pact - and is bracing herself for a year dominated by negotiations over digital terms of trade and pressure on indies as commissioning lags set in.
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NewsThinkbox tells indies to grasp AFP chances
Thinkbox has stressed the huge opportunities that advertiser-funded programming offers the indie sector, despite confusion within the production community about how to pursue it.
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NewsUTV eyes Welsh and North East news pilots
UTV is hatching a bid to run the independently funded news consortium pilot project in the North East of England, and hasn’t ruled out making a bid to run the Scottish news service either.
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NewsSony Pictures Television diverts resources away from drama
Sony Pictures Television has effectively closed its UK drama production unit - but departing director of drama and comedy Serena Cullen is on the brink of getting another major project off the ground.
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NewsWe Are The Champions returns for Sport Relief
CBBC is to revive classic children’s show We Are The Champions for next year’s Sport Relief, with Phoenix Nights comic Paddy McGuinness as host.
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NewsC4 gets cooking Japanese-style
Channel 4 is lining up a UK version of Japanese gladiatorial ‘cook-off ’ format Iron Chef as a stripped weekday show.
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NewsMurray to debunk German stereotypes for BBC4
BBC4 plans to combat negative stereotypes about German culture in a two-part factual series fronted by comedian Al Murray.
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NewsLiving presents celebs at 75 without the nip-tucks
Living will reveal what an elderly Katie Price would look like if she had not had plastic surgery in one of two major commissions for Granada Media.
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NewsBelow The Radar to swap ideas with US super-indie
Belfast-based specialist factual indie Below The Radar has inked a landmark tie-up with the Oscar-winning US indie behind Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room and Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Hunter S Thompson.
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North-East gets second creative fund for indies
Northern Film & Media and regional development agency One North East have launched a second seven-figure creative fund to drive indie productions to the Newcastle region.
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NewsShaps completes media network with Open TV role
ITV’s former director of television Simon Shaps has completed his network of small media companies by taking on a non-executive director role at Open Film and TV.
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NewsDisney Channels EMEA buys surf series for XD
Disney Channels EMEA has acquired an animated sitcom about six teenagers who come together one summer to surf and work at the world-renowned Surfer’s Paradise Resort.
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NewsOfcom rules against Pedigree Dogs Exposed
Ofcom has upheld three of 19 complaints against BBC documentary Pedigree Dogs Exposed, despite coming under severe pressure from the corporation.
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NewsPedigree Dogs was "on the money", producer claims
Pedigree Dogs Exposed producer Jemima Harrison has claimed today’s Ofcom ruling as a victory after it rejected Kennel Club allegations that the doc was unfairly edited.
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NewsTesco to sponsor C4 music shows
High street retailer Tesco has struck its first ever TV sponsorship deal with two music shows for Channel 4.