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Format focus: Sensing Murder
Paranormal powers are enlisted to solve murder cases in this Norwegian fright-format.
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Post industry backs UK talent
The UK post industry is investing£100,000 to fill a domestic talent gap caused by the booming VFX market.
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Subtitling industry hit by slow adoption of Ofcom rules
Subtitling and voiceover services provider Independent Media Support Group (IMS) is being forced to look to mainland Europe for work after UK broadcasters delayed signing up to Ofcom's new subtitling rules.
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Platform puts£200,000 into online upgrade
Platform Post Production has spent£200,000 on increasing and upgrading its online capabilities.
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Hive hires CG head
VTR's CGI arm The Hive has appointed Glenn Griffiths as its new head of CG. Griffiths joins from Baraka Post Production and will take charge of ongoing projects, recruitment and the sales operations at The Hive. VTR managing director Kate Sturgess said Griffiths is 'ideally placed to fill this role'. ...
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Dinnin for Facility
Dean Street post-production house The Facility has brought in designer Alex Dinnin. Dinnin, who joins from Octagon CSI, had previously worked at Tele-Cine and XTV. Previous broadcast credits include work for football world governing body Fifa, the FA Cup final 2004 and Nickelodeon UK. Business development consultant ...
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NTL brings on OneTV
NTL Broadcast has signed up shopping channel OneTV to a five-year transmission contract. NTL will supply fibre linkage from the channel's Colchester studio with uplinking and transmission space on Eurobird. NTL Broadcast is also supplying playout until the channel's own studios are operational. OneTV launched on 17 January.
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VCT buys Music Stake
VCT buys music stake Leisure & Media VCT has bought a 7% stake in media music supplier Audio Network plc for£250,000. Audio Network has signed up over 100 composers and sound designers in the past three years and supplies all music with worldwide clearance.
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4 Ventures shakeout to up C4 profits
Channel 4's move to slim down its commercial activities and concentrate on new media and programme rights will net it double-digit profits by the end of 2006, chief executive Andy Duncan has predicted.
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Clyde's gold medal
Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BDA) senior creative Andrew Clyde has won a Gold World Medal at the New York Festival's 48th International Television Programming & Promotion Awards for The Hallmark Channel promo 'The Kiss'. The promo (the precursor to the creative brief on the facing page) was created by BDA ...
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Adams Trainor cracks the Code
Adams Trainor Design has completed titles and graphics for Wildfire Television's The Real Da Vinci Code. Tony Robinson fronts the two-hour documentary looking at the real-life revelations that are discussed in the bestselling thriller The Da Vinci Code. Designers Paul Trainor and ...
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George takes Flextech post
Flextech Television has hired Jason George, former chief executive of Endemol's new media arm Victoria Real, as controller of interactive programming, writesSusan Thompson.
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BBC unlocks Hollywood secrets
BBC Scotland has completed the graphics for Secret Map of Hollywood, a 6 x 40-minute series for BBC1. Presenter Jonathan Ross explores the dark under-belly of life in the movie capital of the world using a 3D map to focus on its most famous and scandalous locations. ...
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Devilfish's Valentine's Day job
Devilfish has created the Hallmark Channel's Valentine's Day promo campaign. The 30-second spot shows how the power of love can overcome all barriers, whether between a prisoner and guard or a cowboy and indian. Grading was carried out at Rushes to add to a nostalgic 1950s movie feel, with additional ...
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ITV drama goes to top of class
ITV's Julie Walters one-off Ahead of the Classgave the network's drama chief Nick Elliott some welcome new year cheer this week.
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Pizey heads north
Granada executive producer Clare Pizey has been named as controller of Granada Factual North (Leeds) after Sam Anthony quit last month to join indie Shine. Pizey, who will focus on the Leeds-based operation as well its production teams in London, will continue to executive produce With ...
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Tiger lures Munro
Tiger Aspect has appointed Jamie Munro as commercial director. He joins from the BBC's commercial agency to strengthen rights exploitation and strengthen Tiger's business arm. The indie has also appointed Sarah Shields as head of talent with immediate effect. She joins from Maverick Television.
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BBC needs new body
A new independent body should oversee the BBC's accountability and advise on how much public funding it should receive, the government-backed Charter review panel has said. The panel, led by Lord Burns, said a Public Service Broadcasting Commission should be tasked with ensuring the BBC's Charter obligations are met and ...
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Orion hires Burgin
Indie Orion TV has poached BBC development producer Petra Burgin to lead the company's expansion into formats. She created successful BBC daytime brands Mind Your Own Business, Feather Your Nestand Sunday Escape.
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BBC rapped over EU
The BBC's coverage of the European Union needs to be more impartial, according to an independent report ordered by the corporation's board of governors. The inquiry, led by Lord Wilson, said the BBC was not deliberately biased but that coverage could be improved. It blamed ignorance of the EU among ...