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Red Vision goes overseas with Headcases
Red Vision VFX, the Manchester-based producer and visual effects house, is looking to expand overseas on the back of international sales for Headcases, the ITV show for which it created the computer graphics.
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Bafta-winner Garfield to star in Red Ridings
Boy A star Andrew Garfield is to follow his Bafta-winning performance with the lead role in a series of dramas for Channel 4 based on David Peace's Red Ridings novels.
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NewsMagic takes London radio crown
Rajar: Magic's 105.4 DJ Neil Fox has overtaken Heart's Jamie Theakston and Harriet Scott as the number one commercial breakfast show in the capital.
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Loft London makes the move into HD
Duplication facility Loft London has spent£400,000 opening a second arm called The Clinic that will move it into HD.
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NewsITV1 pilots Fix It-style show from Gallowgate
ITV is to turn Amanda Holden into a modern-day Jimmy Savile with a fix it-style format from Ant and Dec's indie Gallowgate Productions.
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NewsKeating: TV needs to take publishing role
Roly Keating, soon to be the BBC's first director of archive content, has described the area he is moving into as a “long-standing obsession” and believes the industry should adopt more of a publishing model in the future.
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NewsConcrete and The Facility to join forces
Concrete has merged with long-form broadcast and corporate post house The Facility in a deal that will see The Facility directors Alex Goodes, Jason Kosbab and John Howard join the Concrete board.
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NewsITV: John Kaye Cooper, controller of entertainment
Friday nights on ITV1 are set for a shake-up under Peter Fincham, with 9pm earmarked for fact ent and reality shows and 10pm set to be the home of new comedy and entertainment formats.
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NewsTV chiefs reveal 360-degree commissioning headaches
A growing demand for long-form content, pressure from advertisers and commissioners' inexperience are proving to be the biggest challenges for broadcasters' 360-degree commissioning strategies.
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BBC rewards players in new eco-game
The BBC is encouraging people to reduce their environmental impact with a new online game that rewards good behaviour with virtual flowers.
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NewsPortman takes risk on euthanasia tale
UK-based distributor Portman Film and TV has picked up the international rights to BBC1's forthcoming euthanasia drama A Short Stay in Switzerland.
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BBC1's Big Questions returns to Sundays
BBC1 has commissioned a second six-month series of Mentorn Media's Sunday morning religious show The Big Questions.
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NewsRichardson to probe Brit sex for C4
Presenter Anna Richardson is to explore Britain's sexual history and the hang ups and sexual health of the “Sex and the City generation” for Channel 4.
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NewsITV to air doc on jailed canoe couple
A documentary about the double life of ‘canoe man' John Darwin will air on ITV1 next week, following news that he and his wife are to be jailed for fraud.
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Friends step in for new Fiver show
Gangs of friends will ambush one of their group in a bid to help him or her overcome self-destructive behaviour in a show for digital channel Fiver.
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NewsDes O'Connor quits Countdown
Des O'Connor is to step down as the host of Countdown when the current series ends in November.
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Bodyshock director lands C4 history role
The director of pioneering Bodyshock documentary The Boy Who Gave Birth to His Twin has joined Channel 4 as history commissioning editor.
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NewsC4 stands firm on daring docs
Channel 4 will continue to commission polemical documentaries about controversial subjects despite this week's Ofcom ruling on The Great Global Warming Swindle.
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Broadcast 20 bounces after more M&A talk
Following four weeks of heavy falls, the Broadcast 20 bounced back, in part, this week.
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NewsSetanta ‘risks takeover' unless it adds more subs
Setanta must pile on an extra 300,000 subscriptions this autumn or it will be at risk of a takeover bid next year, according to a report from Enders Analysis.