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JERRY SADOWITZ TO COME BACK TO CHANNEL 5
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon has commissioned Ronin Entertainment to produce the fourth series of People Versus Jerry Sadowitz. The 6 x 30-minute series, originally produced by LWT, will
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DISCOVERY AND EMAP TO MAKE FISHING TV
Discovery Home and Leisure has struck a deal with Emap, the publisher of Broadcast, to produce a series of masthead programmes with fishing title Angling Times. London-based Diesel Films is making
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Darlow scoops record orders
London-based indie Darlow Smithson has scooped its largest ever animation commission after securing $2.5m (£1.76m) for two 120-minute films from Discovery Communications and The Learning Channel (TLC).The first film, for Discovery,
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Undercover doc to film Britons abroad
ITV controller of documentaries and features Dianne Nelmes has commissioned another series exploring the package holiday, with a six-part order from Yorkshire Television (YTV), writes Steve Aston.
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Output boost for Artsworld
Artsworld Channel director Richard Melman has made a raft of orders, taking the total hours of original programming to over 100, writes Simon Ellery.
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Sky airs tribute to Anne Frank
Sky News and the History Channel have joined forces for the first time to make a one-off factual special to coincide with Anne Frank memorial day later this month, writes Simon Ellery.
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Tiger to make Goodall's Dates
Tiger Aspect Productions has secured a raft of factual commissions from the BBC and Channel 4 including a follow-up to its recent Bafta success Howard Goodall's Big Bangs, writes Penny Hughes.
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Production chief made md at The Mill
High-end post facility The Mill has promoted director of production Pat Joseph to managing director as part of a reshuffle of the board of directors, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Pinnacle to aim at B2B
Pinnacle Systems will concentrate its streaming products on the business-to-business (B2B) market in future rather than the consumer market, given the difficulties many companies have had making a profit from consumers in the internet market, writes Nick
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BBC signs with iTV ad agency
BBC Media Arc and interactive TV agency BMPtvi have formed a partnership to deliver interactive television advertising solutions.Although the alliance means that London-based BMPtvi will use Media Arc exclusively for interactive
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Thomson bids for Philips arm
French electronics group Thomson Multimedia is to buy the professional broadcast content creation activity of Dutch giant Philips, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC votes 422
422 is the first external facility to design titles for the BBC's election coverage, writes Barbara Marshall. Creative director Simon Clarke and senior designer Nicky Thomson combined specially shot live action
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SMOKE TAKES ON ARTIST
High-end facility Smoke & Mirrors has appointed Frenchman Jean-Philippe Leclercq as senior Inferno artist. For the past five years he has worked for some of France's leading post-production houses as well
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COMMANDER DEBUT DUE
Effects developer 5D plans to show its real-time film and video playback solution 5D Cyborg (Commander) at Siggraph in August. Currently beta-testing with six film facilities in London and Los Angeles,
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4MC BUYS EDIFIS NO 2
4MC has expanded its content restoration studio with the purchase of a second Edifis system which offers up to 14 hours uncompressed storage and a Scratchbox retouching unit. Divisional managing director
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TOONSHADER UNVEILED
Toon Boom Technologies has released ToonShader - a package that allows Maya-generated animation to be imported in to Toon Boom's USAnimation software for web publishing. Alias Wavefront developer relations manager Tom
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How long will ITV anomaly last?
Is it time the industry asked whether ITV's system of commissioning and producing programmes should change in the light of consolidated ownership?The subject is a thorny one for producers, whether they
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FREE TO AIR - A new leaf for ITC's library
Britain, according to a recent edition of Germany's Stern magazine, is an island where nothing works, plagued by foot and mouth disease and foot-in-mouth politicians, but we still care about our
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TRADE TALK - Blazing a trail
Creative business ideas have helped Eileen Quinn's firm Monogram merge with Wark Clements. Now she is poised to deliver primetime hits.
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IN MY VIEW - Tabitha Elwes
On how interactive advertising may change the future business model for broadcasters.