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GMTV and Sky One buy fifth Pokémon series
GMTV and Sky One have bought the fifth series of popular children's animation Pokémon from global distributor Lacey Entertainment. The 52 x 30-minute series is due to air from the end of the year and takes the back library of episodes now available to the broadcasters to 260 half hours
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Carlton reorders Boot Sale Challenge
LNN Factuals has won further orders for its long-running series Boot Sale Challenge. Carlton has commissioned 10 x 30-minute episodes for delivery in January, while London Weekend Television has asked for a further 12 for transmission next spring. The series producer is Petra Burgin with ...
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BBC to air doc about Belfast's Sinn Fein mayor
Northern Ireland indie Extreme Production has been commissioned by BBC 4 controller Roly Keating and BBC commissioning executive Richard Klein to produce a major observational documentary charting the year in office of the first ever Sinn Fein mayor of Belfast, Alex Maskey. The 60-minute Citizen ...
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Moira Stuart to front money advice show
BBC news anchor Moira Stuart is to make her first major non-news debut by fronting a primetime BBC1 show in which people are given advice about their money
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ITV 1 orders cleaning lady on the run drama
ITV 1 controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Carlton to produce a 120-minute drama featuring EastEndersactress June Brown. Marjorie and Gladys will feature Brown, who plays chain-smoking Dot Cotton in the soap, as a cleaning lady who goes on the run with her employer ...
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Pioneer wins US orders
London-based science and technology indie Pioneer Productions has won three commissions from Discovery's Travel Channel in the US, writes Jon Rogers
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Mike Reid tees off on Discovery
Scottish indie Tern Television's new Glasgow office has won four new commissions from a range of broadcasters worth up to£750,000, including a golf series for the Discovery Channel presented by former EastEndersactor Mike Reid, writes Leigh Holmwood
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C5 to downplay sexual content
Channel 5 controller of youth, music and interactive Sham Sandhu has commissioned an adult-orientated programme exploring sexual desire around the world - but has purposely kept the word 'sex' out of the titles in order to attract a wider audience, writes Jane Marlow
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Shepperton promotes
Sound mixer and Oscar nominee Robin O'Donoghue has been promoted to head of post-production at Shepperton Studios. His credits include Ghandi, Shakespeare In Love, Notting Hilland Gosford Park
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Lynx new media arm
Post and studio facility Lynx Digital has introduced a new media arm to help programme-makers with online campaigns aimed at boosting viewer figures and audience satisfaction. The firm, which is offering online marketing and communications solutions, has completed projects for Anvil Post Production (which worked on ...
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DS artist to P3 post
Avid DS artist James Hanney has joined Soho facilities house P3 Post from Frontline TV. Hanney, who will work alongside JP Davidson in P3's design and compositing team, has several years experience working on Avid DS, with credits including an Audi commercial, title sequences for Channel 4 and Discovery and ...
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MediaArc appointment
BBC MediaArc, which is the latest UK firm to buy Media 100's 844/X editing system, has appointed Victoria Real operations manager Petra Exton as studio manager. She will report to general manager Jeff Conrad, Exton will be responsible for the overall management of workflow and production management
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New media 100 version
Media 100 will show version 1.5 of its 844/X editing system at IBC. New features include OMF support for Avid's Symphony, Media Composer and Xpress and DigiDesign's Pro Tools and Final Cut Pro; timeline export to After Effects; support for Photoshop layers in the 844/X timeline and EDL support. Version ...
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Optical link launched
Cove Broadcast is launching a digital optical link for video, audio and camera control which replaces add-on boxes and interconnecting cables at IBC this weekend. Known as Z Link, it uses fibre-optics to give trans-mission distances of up to 10km and handles broadcast-quality video, return video, audio, talkback and auxiliary ...
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Software theft campaign launches
The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) is stepping up its drive to promote the legal use of software in UK corporations by launching a campaign in the broadcast sector, writes Barbara Marshall
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Pepper appoints Ahmet as new senior colourist
Pepper, part of the Big Finish group, has appointed Ergin Ahmet as senior colourist following the departure of co-founder Vince Narduzzo last Wednesday ( Broadcast, 6.9.02 ), writes Barbara Marshall
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Livewire Digital brings in Quantel
Livewire Digital has added Quantel to its list of partners that have integrated their editing suites with the digital store and forward system Voyager Lite, writes Barbara Marshall
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Liberty Media's 4MC replaces md
Liberty Livewire-owned post facility 4MC has replaced managing director Ray Adams with post supervisor and co-producer of HBO's Band of BrothersBruce Everett, writes Will Strauss
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RatingsSaving Private Ryan captures 2.7 million for C5
The UK terrestrial premiere of Steven Spielberg's WWII drama Saving Private Ryancame up trumps for Channel 5 last night (September 10), writes Jon Rogers
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NewsThompson calls on Ofcom for protection
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has called for safeguards to be put in place to protect his channel if UK broadcasting is opened up to foreign ownership, writes Georgina Lipscomb