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Fight channel launches on Sky
Sumo wrestling fans will get the chance to watch regular tussles with a new channel dedicated to fighting.
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Jowell tops RTS bill
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has agreed to give the keynote speech at this year's Royal Television Society Cambridge Convention. Delegates lined up for the bi-annual event include Yahoo chairman Terry Semel, BBC director general Mark Thompson, BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch, his sister Elisabeth Murdoch, head of indie Shine, and ...
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Lovejoy to Virgin
Virgin has recruited Sky Sports Soccer AM presenter Tim Lovejoy to host a Sunday afternoon magazine show from 28 August. The new 4pm to 7pm show will feature interviews with top sports and showbiz celebrities as well as feature packages. Lovejoy's other credits include Sky One show ...
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BBC may export iMP
The BBC is considering launching a commercial version of its planned Interactive Media Player (iMP) to sell programmes to overseas viewers. The iMP, which the BBC is trialling as a free proposition in the UK later this year, will allow UK licence fee payers to download BBC TV and radio ...
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LBC MD quits
LBC managing director and director of programmes Mark Flanagan has quit, prompting a reshuffle at the London station. Flanagan, who has overseen the Chrysalis-owned LBC since October 2002, is leaving to take up a new career as a political lobbyist. He will be replaced by David Lloyd, the managing director ...
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Sharp launches dual view TV set
Sharp is releasing a two-way television that could stop family arguments over the remote but may cause headaches for ratings agency Barb.
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VTR admits to trading loss
VTR plc last week admitted that market conditions would mean the facilities group turning a loss in its August full-year figures.
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Brits up for Emmys
Framestore CFC and VooDooDog are among the British companies competing at this year's Emmy awards. Framestore is looking to follow up on its 2003 success when it won the outstanding animated programme for a Walking with Dinosaursspecial. Framestore's CGI contribution on The ...
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Mobile talent
Online talent agency Soho Artistes has launched a mobile service allowing producers and casting directors to access their online database with mobile phones and receive images direct to their handsets. Soho Artistes has around 1,000 actors and extras on its books, which are drawn from parent company 2 Cast 4.
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Help for charity
The Cartoon Network has spent£30,000 installing animation equipment at the educational facility YCTV to celebrate its 10th anniversary. The charity, which helps 11 to 20-year-olds, targets socially excluded teenagers to build both self-confidence and animation skills. Around 2,000 young people have gone through its doors over the past 10 years ...
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Evolutions hire
Bryony Evans has joined Evolutions as design producer, heading the graphic design team. She comes to Evolutions after five years at M2, where she had worked as a graphics producer on broadcast projects for Discovery and BBC dramas, such as Waking the Deadand ...
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NewsCSI-style show for BBC1 daytime
The BBC's new daytime controller, Jay Hunt, is bringing a touch of CSIcrime to daytime with one of her first commissions.
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Internet first for Farm Group
The Farm Group has completed the second series of The Mighty Booshfor Baby Cow Productions and BBC3. The programme will be the first time the BBC premieres a series over the internet. The comedy is based on two keepers at a strange intergalactic zoo and features ...
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UKTV orders property quiz
UKTV head of commissioning Jo Clinton-Davies has greenlit three series for UKTV Style's autumn schedule, including a new quiz format.
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Firecracker looks at steroid abuse
Firecracker Films is to follow up its Five show The World's Strongest Boywith three commissions for the broadcaster including a documentary exploring the misuse of steroids.
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Devilfish breaks news for CNN
Broadcast agency Devilfish has just completed a promotional film for CNN mobile service CNN Mobile. The 30-second spot was created using a new technique that treats still photographs as a 3D space. It depicts a series of locations, including a golf course, where mobile phone users could watch breaking news ...
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Bands compete on MTV for slot with Anastacia
MTV has commissioned a new talent trawl show in which 10 unsigned European bands get to compete for a warm-up slot on pop star Anastacia's European tour.
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Commissioner's Q & A: Crispin Nieboer
The founder and chief executive of the Poker Channel says that although the channel is dedicated to the card game, it is willing to branch out into backgammon and maybe even bingo.
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Jelly explores Coast for BBC2
Jelly Television has created branding, titles and programme content for BBC2 factual series Coast. The show explores the British coastline using CGI to recreate historic events, such as the building of the Titanic and Britannia Bridge. Creative director Jan Golunski and designer Paul Clements designed and ...
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Living orders live Dead Famous
Living TV has commissioned the first live version of its paranormal series Dead Famous. Dead Famous Livewill be broadcast over three nights from LA from 11 to 13 November and feature the show's presenters, Gail Porter and Chris Fleming, as well as guest ...