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NewsEvolutions puts £1m into upgrade for HD
Evolutions is investing £1m in a technical refurbishment that will make all of its London facilities fully HD-capable.
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NewsSTV lifts catch-up restrictions
STV has removed UK-only restrictions from its catch-up demand programming for the first time, offering a primetime series to online viewers around the world.
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NewsSony to sell its stake in Shine
Sony Pictures Entertainment’s 21% stake in Liz Murdoch’s burgeoning Shine Group is up for grabs.
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NewsStereo3D boosts Quantel revenues
Sales of stereoscopic 3D-enabled post-production systems have helped Newbury-based manufacturer Quantel buck current economic trends by increasing both its turnover and operating profit year on year.
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BBC seeks web comedy shows to cross to TV
The BBC has tasked online comedy commissioner Martin Trickey with finding web shows that can transfer to TV.
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NewsIndustry’s gloom lifts at Mipcom
The Doomsday feeling that has hung over TV for the past 18 months finally appeared to be turning at this year’s Mipcom and MipJunior - giving way to a Dunkirk spirit of collaboration instead.
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NewsTyrell helps Autumnwatch incorporate UGC
The producers of BBC2’s Autumnwatch are using a new encoding workflow provided by reseller Tyrell CCT that lets them broadcast and publish user-generated footage as part of the wildlife series.
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NewsNick US eyes LA remake of My Life As A Popat
Bafta-winning CITV comedy My Life As A Popat is in line to be resurrected by Nickelodeon in the US.
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NewsBBC censured over FA Cup radio rights
The BBC has been censured by the BBC Trust for its aggressive pursuit of exclusive radio sports rights, following a successful appeal by TalkSport.
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NewsBishop in pole position for ITV chairman job
Sir Michael Bishop, former chairman of Channel 4 and airline BMI, has become the frontrunner to take the chairman’s role at ITV after Sir Crispin Davis pulled out of the running.
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Envy hires MPC’s Bennett to lead Flame initiative
Envy has purchased a Flame visual effects system and recruited Moving Picture Company’s Nick Bennett to drive it.
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NewsC4 commissioners outline wish list for filling Big Brother gap
Channel 4 has given the first hints of what it will be looking for in 2011 to fill about 250 hours of its primetime schedule previously occupied by Big Brother.
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NewsITVS ties Weddings knot with German channel
MIPCOM: ITV Studios’ Living format Four Weddings has been picked up at Mipcom by German public service broadcaster ZDFneo.
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NewsO’Grady will not move to Sky 1 as talks break down
Sky 1’s talks with Paul O’Grady to take his eponymous chatshow to the channel have broken down.
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NewsBanijay close to deal for stake in Zig Zag
Pan-European TV firm Banijay Entertainment is on the verge of acquiring a majority stake in Zig Zag Productions, in a deal thought to be worth up to £20m.
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NewsBBC Trust issues public consultation on editorial guidelines
The BBC Trust has cracked down on “intimidation, humiliation and aggressive behaviour”, in a post-Sachsgate overhaul of the BBC’s editorial guidelines.
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NewsNow Casualty will clash with X Factor
First it was Strictly Come Dancing - now BBC1’s Saturday night drama Casualty will move to a Sunday to go head to head with ITV1’s The X Factor next weekend.
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NewsZodiak boosts UK status with deal for Dangerous
Zodiak Entertainment is looking to build its UK presence by acquiring a light entertainment indie, after securing 70% of factual and drama specialist Dangerous.
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NewsSky set to take drama from Morrissey indie
Sky 1 is poised to commission a high-end police drama, starring David Morrissey and based on the novels of Mark Billingham.
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NewsWEE lines up funding for CGI dinosaur doc
Wide-Eyed Entertainment, the CGI-specialist indie set up by Impossible Pictures founder Jasper James, has secured £2m worth of co-pro funding from international broadcasters for its forthcoming doc March of the Dinosaurs.