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How the BBC will hit indie quota in 2004
The BBC is banking on a package of measures to help it exceed its 25% indie quota this year after it met a barrage of criticism following confirmation that it failed to meet the target last year for the third time in a row.
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Tern opens London office
Scottish indie Tern Television is hoping to bolster relationships with the commissioning community by expanding its operation into London.
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Marley to Mersey
Radio City managing director Sean Marley is to become commercial director at Mersey Television. Marley, who spent four years at the Liverpool-based Emap radio station, will take up the newly created position on 1 December. His appointment is part of Mersey's strategy of making the company a more broadly based ...
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Ultimate force move
Bentley Productions, producer of Midsomer Murdersand Ultimate Force, has appointed Natalie Collison as head of development and associate producer on the third series of Ultimate Force, following the departure of Emma Kingsman-Lloyd. Kingsman-Lloyd has joined the BBC as a producer ...
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Horror on Sky
The Horror Channel is to launch on Sky early next year, airing programmes ranging from Hammer House of Horror movies to Hollywood cult and comedy horror movies, series and biographies. It is in discussion with a number of firms which have pitched to produce its weekly magazine programme looking at ...
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Freeview viewers favour pop
Freeview viewers are tuning into pop and shopping channels rather than news, sport or the more highbrow output of BBC4, according to new Barb figures.
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Iraq war footage wins Rory Peck news award
An American cameraman's footage of the Iraq war friendly fire tragedy that almost claimed the lives of BBC veteran John Simpson and his camera crew has been named the hard news image of the year by the prestigious Rory Peck Trust.
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Radio big guns await Glasgow FM decision
Thirteen of the country's biggest radio owners will today (Thursday) hear who has won the new FM licence for Glasgow, which is expected to yield as much as£15m in advertising revenue.
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Bowling for Columbine to screen on C4
Channel 4 is to screen Michael Moore's Oscar-winning documentary film Bowling for Columbineafter picking up the rights from Momentum Pictures. Directed and fronted by US left-wing film-maker Moore, the 114-minute movie, which was made last year, will be shown on FilmFour and then C4 before ...
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Twofour hires Gage
Plymouth based indie Twofour productions has appointed former Big Breakfasteditor Emma Gage as development producer with a remit to expand its factual entertainment department. The appointment is part of the 4South West initiative to encourage programme making outside London.
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McMillan forced into receivership
McMillan, one of the UK's largest equipment suppliers, was this week forced to call in the receivers. Blair Nimmo and Neil Armour of KPMG Corporate Recovery have been appointed joint receivers at the request of the directors, writes Sam Espensen.
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Management finalises deal to buy Red Post Production
The management of Soho's Red Post Production has completed a deal to buy the company, writes Will Strauss.
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M2 founder Cullen set to step down
The founder of M2 Television, Bill Cullen, is expected to finalise a deal this week in which he will step down as a company director, writes Sam Espensen.
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Talpa buys in to Fox
Talpa Capital BV, the Dutch company owned by Endemol founder John de Mol, has taken a 5.1% stake in Fox Kids Europe, the kids channel and content business in which Disney holds a 76% stake.
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Shriek sounds out Sky Movies
Shriek music and sound design has produced the soundtrack for Sky Movies' new idents. Shriek joined a five-way pitch, which required a new non-Hollywood approach. Sky commissioner Paul Butler said that he chose Shriek because 'it came up with something unexpected, and has produced a series of highly creative scores ...
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Blunt animated after double act
Canned Heat is the first of two S4C commissions for Blunt Pictures, a division of Siriol Pictures set up to produce adult animation. It is described by the producers as 'a humorous exploration of prejudice and intolerance featuring animated cans of soup which prove that despite our differences, we all ...
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Gabriel gig is Done and Dusted
Peter Gabriel's latest concert, Growing up Live, was filmed by Done and Dusted using 26 HD cameras from three main angles - above, below and eye level. This was to give the impression of heaven, hell and earth. The complicated post work was done at The Farm. The offline was ...
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Leitch defers agm
Leitch Technology has rescheduled its annual general meeting after receiving a vote of no confidence from shareholders. According to Leitch, the company does not have to postpone the AGM but has chosen to do so because it 'gives an opportunity to see the argument that these shareholders are presenting'. The ...
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Corinthian move
Corinthian TV has hired a new chief technology officer from the BBC. Paul Wilcock began his career at Granada in the 1980s and was head of operations
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Outsource in LA deal
ITV voice production company Outsource Media has entered into a partnership with US audio facility group LA Studios. The deal gives Outsource exclusive use of its West Coast studios, while LA Studios will have access to Outsource's new facility in Sheffield, which it moves into this week. The company does ...