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NewsShed Media to make web soap for CTVC
Not-for-profit religion and ethics specialist CTVC has commissioned Shed Media to make a 20-part web soap opera.
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NewsTelegenic wins deal to build Sky 3D OB truck
BSkyB has commissioned Telegenic to build its first outside broadcast truck specifically for stereoscopic 3D production.
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NewsLondon Studios upgrades for HD
The London Studios is adding more than £2m of Sony cameras, monitors, recorders and vision mixers to its studios 1 and 2 so that they can produce shows in both SD and HD.
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NewsHands off the BBC, Thompson tells politicians
Mark Thompson has challenged the UK’s politicians to safeguard the independence of the BBC – and to give it the freedom to carry out a “radical and open-minded review” of its activities.
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NewsTyne Tees and Border to get regional news pilot
The England regional news consortium will be based in the North East regions of Tyne Tees and Border, the government has confirmed.
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NewsITV snaps up Disney's GMTV stake for £22m
ITV has spent more than £22m buying out Disney’s minority stake in GMTV.
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NewsUK animators fight for tax breaks
The struggling UK animation sector is launching a last-ditch bid to get tax breaks from the government after losing another long-standing player – Triffic Films.
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NewsITV2 orders more Katie Price
Katie Price’s indie Pricey Media has secured a second series of reality show What Katie Did Next from ITV2.
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Scrub supplies mixing consoles to BBC S&PP
BBC Studios and Post Production (S&PP) has added Icon mixing consoles to its Television Centre facility in Shepherd’s Bush as it moves towards using Pro Tools for all its audio dubbing and editing.
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NewsBroadcast Awards 2010 shortlist unveiled
Britain’s Got Talent and The X Factor are to go head to head at the 2010 Broadcast Awards.
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NewsBBC scraps plans to air ‘horny priests’ ballet
The BBC has dropped plans to air a ballet inspired by impresario Sergei Diaghilev this Christmas – after discovering that it features a deformed Pope who rapes nuns.
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NewsSnap buy boosts Endemol UK
Endemol UK has become the country’s biggest indie after completing a whirlwind deal to buy Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions for around £30m.
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NewsCollinson named Corrie producer
The head of BBC’s Manchester drama division Phil Collinson has been named as the new producer of Coronation Street.
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Unit teams with Content to offer joint post service
Two Apple Mac-based facilities have forged an exclusive working relationship to jointly offer pre and post-production services to commercials, corporates and television producers.
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NewsSTV’s Hain hits out at lack of clean ITV feed
The row between STV and ITV has intensified, after disagreements over whether the latter is providing its licensees with a clean feed of programmes.
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NewsBurns’ search for C4 boss to hot up in the new year
Channel 4’s hunt for a new chief executive will begin in earnest in January as new chairman Lord Burns is only beginning to draw up his shortlist for the role.
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NewsRed-tape protests unite speakers across industry
Producers, politicians and talent all identified a common enemy at last week’s The Media Festival: excessive regulation.
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NewsFormer C4 colleagues Dale and Brooke team up at Rare Day
Rare Day, the indie run by ex-More 4 head Peter Dale, has appointed former Discovery UK managing director Dan Brooke as its managing director.
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NewsTwenty Twenty aims to build on history roots
Twenty Twenty Television, the indie behind The Choir and The World’s Strictest Parents, has made two senior management hires in specially created posts.
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NewsFive to strip JLC game show
Justin Lee Collins’ first show for Five under his two-year golden handcuffs deal will be stripped across the Christmas period.