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Under construction goes to australia
Zeal Television has shifted its Under Constructionformat, devised by Chatterbox, to Australia's Network Ten. The show, which tracks 14 couples over 13 weeks as they work and live together to design, build and furnish a million-dollar dream home, has already achieved success in Germany on ...
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Indigo wins rights to Snailsbury Tales
Indigo has secured the international rights outside the UK, Australia and Benelux, for Maverick Entertainment animated series Snailsbury Tales. The 26 x 10-minute series has already aired on the BBC, RTE Ireland and ABC in Australia. The adventure series was executive produced by the BBC's ...
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McKerlie hiring no conflict, says BBC
The BBC has moved to allay fears raised by the post facilities community about the hiring of former BBC Factual and Learning (F&L) relationship manager, Andrew McKerlie by The Farm Group's new facility, Uncle, writes Sam Espensen.
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New blood for Resolution
Post-production facility Resolution has added two editors to its team of staff editors.
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Rugby World Cup is all a dream
Ahead of the Rugby World Cup later this month in Australia, Nervo and Knox Creative has produced an on-air campaign for the tournament for ITV. Shot entirely in studio on Super 16, the titles explore the aboriginal idea of dream-time - that there are two realities; one in which we ...
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Fired Up Chemical Bros tribute
Fired Up Television has produced an hour-long documentary about the The Chemical Brothers, called Block Rockin' Beats, to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. To be broadcast on Channel 4, it features interviews with Chemical Brothers collaborators and fans including Noel Gallagher, Fatboy Slim and Bernard ...
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Al-Jazeera Sport gets identity
Former XTV executive producer Richard Markell's new branding agency, Markell Associates, has just completed its first job - the branding package for Al-Jazeera Sport, a new channel launching this week. The package included logos, bumpers, stings and idents, as well as title sequences for the channel's news programmes and its ...
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Gould moves up BBC
BBC Broadcast has appointed Laura Gould as head of television production. Gould will be in charge of the department, which produces promotions and trails for the BBC and other broadcasters, as well as representing BBC Broadcast directors in the marketplace. She was previously at Pink Films where she worked for ...
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YTV buys Quantel kit
Yorkshire Television has bought a Quantel eQ HD editing system as part of the refurbishment of its Edit One suite. Due to open at the end of the year, the new suite has taken two years to design and build. Yorkshire Television technical supervisor in post-production Andrew Brearley told Broadcast ...
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Indie network day
Following the publication of its recent 'Independents Day' report on the independent sector, investment bank Bridgewell Securities is hosting a networking event for independent producers, where they can meet potential City backers and learn about raising finance to fund development and production. The informal event will take place on 6 ...
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Zound/Shriek deal
Audio production and post house Zound has expanded its services and entered into a partnership with music specialist Shriek. Based north of Oxford Street in central London, Zound has four studios and as well as dubbing and mixing, offers restoration services for DVD and ADR. The partnership will encourage 'cross ...
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Vaughan at Capital sounds good to City
Capital FM's decision to appoint TV presenter Johnny Vaughan as the replacement for veteran breakfast host Chris Tarrant will put the station on a more stable footing, according to City investors , writes Michael Rosser.
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SRH to gain confidence from September results
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) and UBC Media Group said this week they expect to post positive results for the period ending 30 September, bucking a recent trend for poor performance in the radio sector, writes Michael Rosser.
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Snow graduates from Discovery
Producer Sasha Snow has become the first documentary-maker based in the UK to win a commission from the Discovery Campus training initiative, after signing off a deal with Discovery International. Snow will start filming the 60-minute Last Roar of the Taigaon location in Siberia in ...
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Capital Disney poised to take advertising
Kids digital radio station Capital Disney is planning to be the first Disney operation to take commercial advertising, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Carlton/Towers tie
Carlton's US arm has entered into a three-year strategic alliance agreement with US programme-maker Towers Productions to develop documentaries for the US and UK markets. The two companies will pool resources for specific projects across cable, PBS and international co-productions.
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Five footie for S&V
Indie Sunset & Vine has secured an exclusive contract with Five to carry on producing all its live football games for a further two years. The new deal will see the Television Corporation subsidiary, which has overseen Five's live football for the past three years, produce around 20 matches a ...
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Top moves at 3BM
Factual indie 3BM has promoted director Daniel Korn to managing director as part of
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NewsBBC Films aims to build on TV work
BBC Films has poached one of Granada's most respected drama producers to spearhead its television production side as it attempts to build on recent award-winning output such as The Gathering Storm and Conspiracy, writes Leigh ...
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Forever sells off Juice FM to Absolute
Forever Broadcasting has off-loaded award-winning Liverpool station Juice FM to Absolute Radio (AR-UK) for£3.1m in an effort to reduce its debts, writes Michael Rosser.