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Spooks goes mobile
BBC spy series Spooks has been launched as a Java-based mobile phone game. MS4:Mobile Spooks was developed by interactive media company Magic Lantern and telecoms specialist YDreams Entertainment in conjunction with production company Kudos Film and Television, and contains both stand-alone games to download and a series of mobile Missions ...
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Astbury in move
Ascent Media's Soho Images is losing colourist Simon Astbury to Clear Cut Pictures, where he is to work in a dedicated grading environment. Astbury spent four years at Todd-AO before moving to Soho Images where he operated Pogle Platinum and Symphony. His credits include the grading on dramas BBC/A&E's The ...
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Disney apes Virgin
Disney has hopped on the mobile bandwagon with a plan to launch Disney Mobile, a 'virtual' operator similar to Virgin Mobile. The company announced its plans in the US in partnership with network operator Sprint. Disney expects its family-friendly content will attract customers in the competitive US market, but would ...
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Big Squid gives rocket boost
Big Squid has produced the special effects sequences and titles for children's comedy drama Patrick's Planet. The 13-part, 30-minute series by Tiger Lily Films tells the story of a boy whose life changes when he builds a rocket for a school competition. 3D animator Chris Hawkes used 3D Studio Max ...
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Dark Horse makes Mischief
Dark Horse FX has created the titles and branding for Mischief, a new documentary series by BBC documentaries and contemporary factual. It will deal with serious subjects, from binge-drinking to MRSA, in a subversive way. Jean Cramond accomplished the graphic design with Adrian Woodward doing the animation and compositing using ...
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Skaramoosh titles thriller
Skaramoosh has completed the titles for The Best Man, a two-part thriller from Touchpaper Productions about two best friends who share a dark secret. Skaramoosh senior designer Bob Hough conceived the sequence along with producer Hugh Warren. Warren was looking for a simple, clean, uncluttered look, and Hough wanted the ...
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Manchild reborn in US and Russia
Cancelled BBC2 comedy Manchild has been reborn overseas, with a Russian series in production and Sex and the City creator Darren Star reviving hopes of a US version.
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PBS seals US deal for number 1 doc
Impossible Pictures' documentary The Story of 1 will air throughout the US after Fremantle International Distribution (FID) secured a deal with public broadcaster PBS.
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US set for 'Muppet idol'
The Muppets are on the comeback trail after US network ABC commissioned a script and five-episode outline for a new
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Format focus: Ranking the Stars
Hot on the heels of Five's Hot Tub Ranking comes a similar Japanese format using using low-grade celebrities.
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VTM and RTL snap up dinners and sex
Jamie's School Dinners (Fresh One Productions) and The Sex Inspectors (Talkback) have been picked up by Dutch and Belgian broadcasters as part of a series of deals by Fremantle International Distribution. The distributor has sold both shows to Flemish station VTM Belgium and Dutch broadcaster RTL Netherlands. RTL Netherlands has ...
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Top Gear drives down under
BBC Worldwide Australasia has licensed two series of Top Gear to Australian public broadcaster SBS. The Jeremy Clarkson-hosted motoring show already screens in Sweden, Poland, Denmark, Russia, New Zealand, Norway, Netherlands, the Philippines and Israel and on global channels BBC Prime, BBC Asia and BBC Japan.
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3DD launches indie joint-venture
Distributor 3DD Entertainment, which sells footage from Robbie Williams and U2, is moving into TV production. The company has set up a new joint-venture, 3DD Productions, with former Clear Channel Entertainment producer Andrew Higgie. The indie, which plans to specialise in sport, music and entertainment, has already landed two one-off ...
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C4I to distribute Mckenna series
Channel 4 International has secured worldwide distribution rights outside Australia to the 8 x 30-minute Sky One series Paul McKenna: I Can Change Your Life. Producer Tiger Aspect has already sold the factual entertainment series directly to Channel Nine in Australia. C4I has also secured the rights to Century documentary ...
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Abbey sells wide eye to germany
Abbey Home Media Group's animated pre-school series Wide Eye has been picked up by German children's channel Ki.Ka. Co-produced with the BBC and made by King Rollo Films, the 26 x 10-minute series is already airing on CBeebies in the UK and has been licensed to a number of other ...
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Rajars bring bad tidings for GCap
Capital 95.8's fall from the London top spot in last week's quarterly Rajar results was the latest in a string of headaches for Ralph Bernard, chief executive of parent company GCap Media.
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Theakston closes on Capital's Vaughan
Heart 106.2's Jamie Theakston is closing on London's leading commercial breakfast show, Johnny Vaughan on Capital 95.8, with the gap between them now just 10,000 listeners. Theakston added 163,000 listeners, reaching 883,000, while Vaughan lost 184,000, falling to 893,000 over the three-month period. Today on BBC Radio 4 remains the ...
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BBC radio gets highest ever share
The BBC recorded its highest ever share of listening, up to 54.6%, compared with commercial radio's 43.5%. Radio 1 had 10.3 million listeners and a 9.4% share, while Radio 2 remains the country's most popular national station with 12.9 million listeners and a 15.6% share, down slightly on the last ...
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Talksport loses listeners
GCap's Classic FM is the country's most popular national commercial station, with a 4.1% share, but audience numbers fell by 7.4% from the previous quarter to 5.8 million. Talksport, owned by UTV Radio, saw a fall in audience numbers from the previous quarter down to 2.1 million, but maintained its ...
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Boost for digital stations
Rajar reported that a fifth of UK adults listened to radio via DTV at least once a week. Digital only stations now have a collective reach of 4.1 million. The BBC's digital stations Five Live Sports Extra, BBC 7, 1Xtra and the Asian Network all recorded record reach, with increased ...