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NewsMentoring scheme to tackle TV gender gap
As many as 40 top TV execs are set to participate in a mentoring scheme to rebalance the industry’s worsening gender divide.
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NewsMitchell & Webb form indie
Comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb are to launch their own indie in a bid to secure greater creative control over future projects.
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NewsMercury asks fans to fund Man U doc
Distributor Mercury Media plans to used an innovative funding model to move into production for the first time, with a film about Manchester United.
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NewsITV to launch Corrie social network game
Coronation Street viewers will be able to build and populate their own version of Weatherfield as part of a new ITV social networking game.
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NewsSpotify snaps up ex 6 Music DJs for daily radio show
On-demand music service Spotify has signed up former 6 Music presenters George Lamb and Marc Hughes to front a daily, fourweek radio show produced by indie Somethin’ Else.
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NewsEvolutions and Prime Focus deal falls through
Talks between Prime Focus and Evolutions about an acquisition that would have resulted in the creation of a £25m London postproduction giant have ended.
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NewsPresteigne adds £250,000 of Sony 3D rental kit
Presteigne Charter has significantly boosted its stereo 3D rental fleet with the purchase of £250,000 worth of Sony kit.
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NewsKidsCo may launch in UK next year
KidsCo is edging closer to launching a UK channel, with global managing director Paul Robinson earmarking the start of 2011 as a possible date.
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NewsRemarkable gets women working for BBC3 series
Wannabe WAGs and lazy ladies are to be whipped into shape by successful businesswomen for a new BBC3 series.
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NewsC4 to air week-long extreme sports live event
Channel 4 is to put celebrities through a series of extreme sports challenges in a week-long live competition next spring.
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NewsDarlow Smithson lands survivor docs from TLC
Darlow Smithson Productions has won a brace of commissions from US cable network TLC, including a one-off film that is akin to a junior version of Touching The Void.
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NewsPassion signs US cable deal for Bard theft film
Passion Distribution has secured its first licence deal with US broadcaster Smithsonian Networks, for a recent BBC1 documentary.
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NewsQuantel showcases web-based sQ editing at IBC
Quantel is developing a cloud-based technology that will allow rushes, edits and live recordings on an sQ server to be viewed and edited from anywhere in the world.
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NewsAn Idiot Abroad heads down under
Mentorn International has secured Antipodean pre-sales of the Sky 1 HD travel series starring the long-suffering sidekick of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant.
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NewsArqiva eyes global sales for SeeSaw technology
Arqiva is to license the technology behind its SeeSaw video-on-demand platform to third parties around the world.
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RatingsGrand Designs returns with nearly 3.6m
WEDNESDAY: The return of Channel 4’s Grand Designs came close to matching ITV’s coverage of Arsenal’s opening Champions League bout.
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NewsProject Canvas branded YouView; CEO appointed
Project Canvas has appointed Richard Halton as its chief executive officer as it unveiled YouView as its consumer-facing brand name.
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RatingsDaybreak - worth the wait?
Cold comfort for ITV as Daybreak makes a patchy start, and 71 Degrees North loses X Factor inheritance.
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NewsEast of England projects thrown lifeline
The country’s regional screen agencies could throw TV and film projects in the East of England a lifeline after Screen East collapsed last week.
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NewsApprentice return date revealed
The sixth series of The Apprentice, delayed as a result of the general election, is set to return next month.