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Commissioners Q&A: Estelle Hughes
CiTV editor Estelle Hughes is looking for a sitcom to sit comfortably beside the hit series
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Forever Eden to air in UK on Five
Mentorn's $20m US series Forever Eden , which the indie hoped would be the world's first never-ending reality show, is to air in the UK on Five.
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Sci-Fi on spending spree
The Sci-Fi channel has picked up a slew of new drama series including Paramount's primetime NBC hit Medical Investigation.
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RDFR in Aussie deal
RDF Rights has grown its international footprint by signing a first-look deal with new Australian producer the Essential Viewing Group.
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Coma man's tale sold on by Channel 4
Channel 4 documentary The Man Who Slept for 19 Years following the awakening of a coma patient, has been sold to broadcasters across the world. The 50-minute show, produced by Mentorn and distributed by C4 International, has been picked up by France 3 in France, ...
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All3Media shifts fifth gear down under
All3Media International has sold Fifth Gear to Discovery Asia-Pacific and Viasat Scandinavia. The car show, made by All3Media-owned producer North One Television for Five, has now been picked up by a number of overseas markets including SVT in Sweden, XYZ in Australia, Danmarks Radio, ATV ...
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Granada International success in Asia
Granada International has secured a raft of deals in Asia, including shifting Wall to Wall's CGI docu-drama Ancient Egyptians to Discovery Asia. Discovery has also picked up The Real Jason and the Argonauts and Deadliest Season. ABC Asia has acquired ...
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Five snaps up Nat Geo wildlife shows
Five has picked up a package of shows from the National Geographic Television International (NGTI) catalogue including Battle of the Arctic Giants, Into the Tornado, Land of the Anaconda, Dolphins: The Wild Side and Honey Badgers of the Kalahari. ...
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Penguin Television to shut after one year
Penguin Television, the TV production division of the Pearson-owned publishing group, is set to close after only a year in business. The venture will wind down operations by the end of the year and its founder, John Holler, and his 14-strong team will be made redundant. Founded for an initial ...
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Format Focus: Taking Care of Business
It seems likely this US format, in which experts turn around failing businesses, will come to UK screens.
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CTVC to desert Hillside Studios
Indie CTVC is abandoning its Hillside Studios facility in Hertfordshire and moving its offices to central London.
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Pannaman snaps up JCA Facilities
Nick Pannaman, the founder of post-production group TVP, has made a surprise comeback with the purchase of broadcast services company JCA TV Facilities.
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MPC sale goes through at last for£53m
ITV has at last sold its visual effects facility the Moving Picture Company (MPC) to Thomson for£52.7m.
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Teachers' TV playout
Teachers' TV has awarded three-year contracts to Ascent Media Network (AMNSE) Services Europe and NTL Broadcast to supply playout, transmission and satellite delivery for the channel. Programmes will be played out from the Central Playout Facility in Stephen Street, connected by fibre to a teleport in Winchester, uplinked and ...
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Lola buys Flame
Visual effects facility Lola has bought another Flame and an HDCam tape deck. The compositing and finishing tool was purchased for use on the BBC's docu-drama Supervolcano and has also been used on the latest Maroon 5 video. Reseller XTFX completed the deal. Lola is run by Oscar-winning compositor Rob ...
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BBC2 Finds Santa
The Image Foundry and Manchester University have completed a reconstruction of what Santa Claus really looked liked. The Real Face of Santa , produced by Atlantic Product-ions, pieces together a 3D image of Saint Nicholas that owes more to his fourth-century Turkish roots and bruiser ...
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Craft workshops
Next year's Broadcast Production Show will feature two new elements. Acknowledging the rise in interactive and branded TV the 2005 show will host a workshop called The Channel Centre. There is also a new feature for cameramen, DoPs, lighting directors and videographers called the Camera Skills & Craft Work-shops which ...
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ITN/Fox footage deal
ITN and Fox News have come to an agreement that will create the biggest news stock footage service in the US market and make historical Fox News footage available worldwide for the first time. ITN Archive will take over the commercial management of the Fox News video library and the ...
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Skaramoosh posts Burrell doc
Skaramoosh has completed editing, animation and finishing on an October Films documentary about butler Paul Burrell's experiences working for the royal family. Skaramoosh used previously unseen stills placed in 3D environments to recreate scenes and key events. The art direction and animation was done by Piers Helm, the online and ...
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St Anne's Sherlock Holmes case
St Anne's Post has completed the grade, dubbing mix and online on Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking. The Tiger Aspect production required extra atmosphere and sense of period from the grade so senior colourist Vince Narduzzo added smoke effects to ...