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Pinewood TV head
Pinewood Shepperton Group has appointed Rachel Joseph as its director of television. Joseph joins from 3sixtymedia where she spent three and a half years. She will be responsible for the continued investment and growth in TV for the Pinewood Shepperton Group and oversee the existing studio resources, operational logistics and ...
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Mansfield to Oasis
Editbox editor Jim Mansfield has joined Oasis Television from Molinare. Mansfield worked at the Fouberts Place facility for five years and his credits include T4 Pop Beach, on which he completed the titles, and Wish You Were Here? on which he did both titles and stings. Other credits include Doubletake ...
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Kingston wins out
Kingston Inmedia has won the contract to provide playout and satellite uplink for the Horror Channel.
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Red and BBC team up for promo
Red Post Production and BBC Broadcast have collaborated on a 40-second promo for UK History that highlights a new series of programmes covering the major events that formed modern Britain. Called A 1,000 Years of History, the promo features series presenter Michael Wood guiding viewers through a photo-real
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BBC Bristol sends spies into wild
A new BBC Bristol series, presented by Steve Leonard, makes use of the latest in spy technology to find out more about wild animals. The six-part series - Animal Camera - features satellite telemetry, low light cameras and acoustic imagers which hear sounds inaudible to humans. Camera technology includes thermal ...
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Pepper adds spice to Clark diary
Pepper has completed the grade on BBC4 adaptation The Alan Clark Diaries. Clark, hailed as a modern-day Samuel Pepys, wormed his way into the public's affection through his diaries and their withering observations of political backbiting and cabinet inertia. The six-part series was shot on Digibeta and graded by Pepper ...
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Pop Idol poised for Asian launch
Indie 19TV has struck its first Asian deal for the Pop Idol format, with Singapore's Channel 5 signing up to produce a local version, writes Michael Rosser.
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Fox Sports Net to play Late Night Poker
Indie Presentable has sold its Channel 4 show Late Night Poker to US network Fox Sports, writes Glen Mutel.
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My New Best Friend goes to MTV US
My New Best Friend , Tiger Aspect's hit Channel 4 comedy format, has been sold to MTV US Networks. Tiger will co-produce a pilot of the programme with Katalyst, the production company owned by Aston Kutcher, star of US hidden camera show ...
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TV corp sends mother-in-law to Germany
The Television Corporation has sold its ITV1 reality format Take my Mother-in-Law to German broadcaster RTL2. Constantin Entertainment GmbH is producing an initial six episodes to be aired by the network in February. The completed UK series is also set to be screened in TVNZ ...
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A&E keen for a third visitation of Spooks
A&E Networks in the US has bought the forthcoming third series of Kudos's hit BBC1 drama Spooks. The 10 x 60-minute series - renamed MI-5 for the US - will air later in the year. Series one and two of the drama aired on ...
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Discovery US goes to Extreme for doc
Extreme Entertainment has been commissioned by Discovery USA to make a one-hour documentary exploring how humans can affect electronic circuitry. Electric Children will co-produce with UK indie Illumina TV. Extreme will retain the international rights, with the exception of the US and Asia which ...
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Granada's allsop to head Teve media
Former Granada executive Malcolm Allsop has been appointed creative director of newly formed production company TeVe Media Group. The group has been created by pulling together six media and music units, which includes Granada's Dutch production partner, TeVe Holland, and TeVe Company in Belgium, together with facility company TeVe Studio.
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Uden goes into administration
Indie uden Associates has been forced into administration after 22 years of programme making owing to 'unsustainable debts'.
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Wilde takes entertainment post at Hat Trick
Leon Wilde, co-devisor and producer of Granada's Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway , has been poached by Hat Trick Productions to become its head of entertainment.
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Oneword cuts all staff jobs
The entire full-time staff of digital radio station Oneword - twice winner of the Sony digital station of the year - have been made redundant ahead of a major restructure.
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Schoonmaker looks at work outside radio
Tim Schoonmaker, Emap's radio chief who quit suddenly last week after 20 years, is looking to broaden his skills base outside radio and is talking to venture capitalists and 'multinational corporations' about his next move.
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Thames drama boost
Thames Television head of drama Paul Marquess has made two key drama appointments for The Bill and Murder Investigation Team. Claire Philips, most recently a producer on Carlton's Sweet Medicine , becomes series producer ...
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Howie moves to UKTV
UKTV has appointed Diana Howie as editorial executive to develop event-based programmes for the network's entertainment and drama channels. She joins from indie Cactus TV, where she worked as a senior executive producer. Reporting to UKTV head of entertainment and drama Matt Tombs, she will oversee commissioning of programming stunts ...
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TWG ups DRG stake
The Wireless Group is to increase its stake in DRG, owner of the London III digital multiplex, to 33.58%. The company is talking to Matsushita Electric Europe about acquiring its 10% interest. TWG also has an 80.5% stake in the London II licence, held by SwitchDigital.