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CBBC to make Simon Callow co-pro drama
CBBC Scotland has teamed up with Canadian producer Blueprint Entertainment for a co-production children's drama, Shoebox Zoo, about an American girl in Scotland. The 26 x 30-minute series, which also involves input from BBC Canada, features a big-name cast including Simon Callow. The BBC started ...
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Electric Sky gets rights to cloning series
Electric Sky has signed up to a deal to distribute a new three-part series for Channel 4 called The First Human Clone. The programme, produced by Peter Williams Television, follows the controversial attempts to clone a human being. The programme has unprecedented and exclusive access ...
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TLC takes another 40 what not to wear
US network TLC has licensed a further 40 episodes of fashion makeover show What Not to Wearfrom BBC Worldwide. The deal, brokered by BBC Worldwide director of programming Colin Jarvis, follows an initial run of 10 episodes which went out in April. The show has ...
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Downturn kills off 2003 Leaf festival
The London Effects and Animation Festival (Leaf), which was due to take place in October, has been cancelled after manufacturers, already suffering a serious decline in profit margins, decided to further reduce their marketing spend, writes Sam Espensen.
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Pink House buyout may boost Bristol scene
Bristol-based Pink House Post Production has been bought for an undisclosed fee by fellow Avon facility Films at 59, in an attempt to stabilise the post industry in the city, writes Sam Espensen.
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St Anne's piles money into HD
post house St Anne's has purchased the UK's first HD disk recorder as part of its ongoing investment in HD and telecine technology.
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Link camera launch
Link Research is launching its latest digital wireless camera at IBC next month, along with a digital Triax system solution to carry digital signals to outside broadcast vehicles. The LinkXP camera has reverse camera control and is fitted with a Sony interface making it compatible with all broadcast cameras. An ...
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Resolution expands
Post facility Resolution has expanded its high-end short-form team by poaching editor Jonathan Myers from Frontline to do online and Editbox work. It is hoped that the appointment of Myers will increase the amount of work that the company gets from existing music channel clients MTV and VH1. Stuart Fyvie, ...
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Crow TV buys Avids
Crow TV has bought 18 Avid Media Composer Adrenaline editing systems and an Avid Unity storage system in a deal worth around£500,000. The London-based editing company is also to upgrade two of its Avid Symphony systems. Head of editing Mark Manning said that the decision was down to the increased ...
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Nucoda set for IBC
Soho-based Nucoda is all set to debut its resolution-independent film mastering system for digital intermediate finishing and a data play system, both based on its Postcode frame-indexing technology, at next month's IBC. Harnessing standard PC RAM memory, data play is claimed to allow users to view 2K 10-bit log sequences ...
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NewsRift opens up at Chrysalis
A rift has emerged between some of Chrysalis TV group's senior executives and its new owners led by former Granada chief executive Steve Morrison, writes Paul Revoir.
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Inquiry email revelation puts heat back on Gilligan
Pressure mounted on BBC reporter Andrew Gilligan this week after it emerged he had 'outed' government scientist Dr David Kelly as the source of his colleague Susan Watts' story on the Iraq dossier at the same time the BBC was still publicly refusing to name him, ...
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Box TV sets up comedy division
Box TV, the drama indie set up by former Channel 4 head of drama Gub Neal, is expanding into comedy after inking a deal with a number of comedians and writers, including Smack the Ponystar Sally Phillips, writes Penny Hughes.
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Rolf Harris series paints celebrities
Rolf Harris will put four mystery celebrities in front of a team of artists for a new BBC1 challenge show from indie Hotbed Media, writes Michael Rosser.
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NewsITV hands Carlton Saturday kids slot
ITV has axed Saturday morning kids show SM:TV Liveand handed Carlton a year-long commission for a replacement show, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsRights reform to cost BBC and C4£36m
The BBC and Channel 4 face losing up to£36m between them when they are forced to return more programming rights to the independent sector next year, writes Conor Dignam.
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NewsC4 orders film version of Dr Kelly scandal
It has filled newspapers and news bulletins for months - now the Iraq dossier row and subsequent death of government scientist Dr David Kelly is to be made into a docu-drama for Channel 4, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsBBC's Restoration gets£3m lottery pledge
New BBC2 series, Restoration, has received a pledge for£3m from The Heritage Lottery Fund to help restore one of thirty historical landmarks, ' writes Sam Matthews.
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Discovery holds a torch for barbecues
Discovery Home & Leisure channel director Paul Welling has ordered a 10 x 30-minute series from TwoFour Productions in which garden designer Mark Selwood builds 'revolutionary' outdoor kitchens. Flaming Barbecues, set to air from spring next year, is executive produced by Jonathan Fairweather, Jill Lourie ...
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NewsLNN's future gets political
ITN is trying to take over the running of London News Network, which is currently jointly owned by Carlton and Granada. But the potential deal is causing disquiet about the future of London's regional news. Peter Keighron reports