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Hardy examines horror legends in first work for Five
History specialist Hardy Pictures has won its first commission from Five, examining the origins of the best-known horror legends and why they have survived so long.
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NewsE4 takes pole position with RuPaul's Drag Race
E4 has picked up series one and two of RuPaul’s Drag Race from Passion Distribution.
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3DD elevates FD to COO and hires new sales chief
Distributor 3DD has promoted finance director Jennifer Bentley to chief operating officer (COO) and appointed a new head of sales and co-production.
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NewsPost houses escape Soho blaze
Huge swathes of Soho’s post community were evacuated on Friday as firefighters fought to contain a blaze in offices on Dean Street.
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Tories: hand regional TV to papers
Regional television news could fall into the hands of local newspapers, under Conservative proposals published this afternoon.
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NewsBBCW and C4 deal "weeks" away
BBC Worldwide and Channel 4 are “literally weeks” from signing a joint venture deal, after BBCW jettisoned some of the original sticking points.
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NewsStudio 81 targets new facility
Leeds Independent Studios is starting negotiations with a property developer that could result in its current Production Centre at Studio 81 being replaced with a much larger, purpose-built facility.
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NewsITV signs Terms of Trade
ITV has signed its Terms of Trade agreement with Pact, two years after the conditions were initally agreed.
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NewsMPs take stand against top-slicing
Government proposals to top slice the BBC licence fee suffered a setback today, after Labour and Conservative figures called for the corporation to keep all of its £3.5bn a year income.
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Escape secures Avid reseller status
Escape Studios has added video editing equipment to its technology sales portfolio after being awarded Avid authorised reseller status.
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NewsBBC commands golf monopoly after Setanta collapse
The BBC will remain the sole broadcaster of this year’s Open Golf Championship after the collapse of Setanta forced the corporation to reapply to Ofcom for approval.
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NewsSophie Dahl to look at emotional food for BBC2
Sophie Dahl is to take an emotional look at food, in a new BBC2 show from Jamie Oliver’s Fresh One Productions.
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NewsZig Zag wins major ESPN order
Zig Zag Productions is to produce 30 hours of archive-based content for ESPN Classic as part of US broadcaster ESPN’s biggest ever single commission outside of the Premier League deal.
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NewsE4 buys Canadian family drama
E4 has acquired the UK rights to Canadian family drama series Heartland.
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NewsFast Show star takes lead in BBC online comedy
A star of The Fast Show is bringing another comedy character to life, this time on the BBC Comedy website in the first online series to be produced by ITV Studios.
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NewsBoomerang in profits warning
Welsh indie Boomerang Plus has warned that profits for the year ending May 2009 will be materially below market expectations.
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NewsITV Studios Pressure Cooker goes Dutch
ITV Studios has racked up another international co-production deal – this time with Netherlands broadcaster RTL to produce the 60 x 30-minute series Pressure Cooker.
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NewsBBCW sales pass £1bn but profits drop 27%
BBC Worldwide’s revenues have broken through the £1bn barrier for the first time – but the collapse of Project Kangaroo has contributed to a 27% plummet in profits.
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News021 provides flyaway OB for Gormley project
O21 Television is providing outside broadcast facilities for Sky Arts’ programming around One & Other, the human sculpture project in which the general public occupies the empty Fourth Plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square.
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NewsIBC 2009: Quantel in, Snell out
Snell and Quantel, the British broadcast technology manufacturers, have announced their plans for this year’s IBC with Quantel planning to exhibit but Snell deciding to concentrate on local events and meetings.