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NewsLiving orders Forensics again
Living TV is having a second stab at making a UK version of Family Forensics- the reality series it took a£600,000 hit on last year after a participant was convicted of a child sex crime.
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NewsITV does U-turn on stars' golf
Ant and Dec are set to take their celebrity golf tournament, All Star Cup, from Sky One to ITV this summer - and this time they will present it.
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NewsTalkback wins£4.5m Price is Right order
ITV is set to pitch revamped gameshow The Price Is Right against Channel 4 ratings juggernaut Deal or No Deal and has handed Talkback Thames a£4.5m order for 150 episodes.
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NewsReinventing ITV popular factual
With the appointment of Mentorn creative director Jane Rogerson to head ITV features, the broadcaster's factual output looks set for a shake-up.
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What price high-def effects?
Visual effects in HD inevitably demand more time and money, so careful budgeting and planning is needed to minimise the impact. Michael Burnsgathers some tips from the experts and reports on three examples of HD fx in practice.
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Interview - Nick Broomfield: Mr Reality Check
Documentary maestro Nick Broomfield is unfazed by his scary interviewees but he is scared by the BBC's attitude to indies, the UK's exploitation of immigrants and the blights of reality TV. Suzy Bashfordmet him.
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Keeping it in the family
As terrestrial channels leak viewers to multichannel, the main broadcasters are trying to manage their portfolio of channels to minimise the net audience loss. Dan Wootton investigates how they are doing.
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Making Freeview HD-ready
Freeview viewers need to be kept in touch with the HD future, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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Leopard US wins a series of orders
The US division of London-based indie Leopard Films has scored a series of American commissions, including a major order from lifestyle channel HGTV.
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Granada sells two major series to Italy
Granada International (GI) has made two programming deals with Italian broadcasters. The distributor has sold ten A Touch of Frostmovies to Telecom Italia Media for terrestrial channel La7. In addition, Fox Italia cable culture channel Cult, which was relaunched at the start of the year, ...
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RDF buys rights to Disorderly Conduct
RDF Rights has acquired the international distribution rights to US cable network Spike TV's upcoming series Disorderly Conduct. The 26 x 60-minute clip show features police footage of officers chasing suspects, preventing crime and putting their lives in danger. The deal is RDF's first deal ...
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UKTV Food devours series trio for 2006
UKTV Food has acquired three new series for its 2006 slate, including Rachel's Favourite Foodfrom In Production. The 13 x 30-minute series focuses on the best food to serve while entertaining family and friends. The channel has also picked up the first two series of ...
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ITV makes EastEnders star comedy pilot
ITV has made a rare comedy order with a pilot starring former EastEndersactress Tracey-Ann Oberman and veteran movie star Stephanie Beecham. The as yet unnamed show stars the pair as mother and daughter, following their attempts at running a wedding planning service. The script is ...
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Resolution goes Cold Turkey
Resolution has provided all the on-site post-production for Firefly's Going Cold Turkey, a 9 x 45-minute series as part of Channel 4's Addiction Week. The series follows drug addicts trying to recover from their addictions. Resolution's director of location editing, Jonathan Braman, acted as post-production ...
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St Anne's posts C4's No Angels
St Anne's Post has finished the post for World Productions' comedy-drama No Angels, an 8 x 60-minute series following four young nurses in a Leeds hospital. Head of telecine Vince Narduzzo completed the grade using Pogle Pixi. The online edit was completed by Jon Ellis, ...
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London TV leaves Sky to go on-demand
London TV, the TV channel set up in July to promote the capital to tourists, has been pulled off the Sky platform and is being relaunched as a TV-on-demand broadband service.
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Liquid TV does Time effects
Liquid TV has completed 50 effects and the title sequence for 4 x 60-minute BBC science documentary Time. The series explores the effect time has on humans, our perceptions of time and Earth's history. The time machine graphic was modelled in Maya, and Liquid's Tim ...
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Sony's tapeless HD
Sony has launched its tapeless production solution in HD in its full range of XDCam Professional Disc System products. The HD versions of the XDCam now include two camcorders and two decks, which up-convert XDCam SD content to 1080i HD definition at output.
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FX rebrand tender
Fox channel FX is set to rebrand with a new graphics package, inviting Red Bee Media, Addiction, Bruce Dunlop Associates and DED Ass to pitch to provide the bumpers, idents and interstitials for on-air use. Fox International Channels (UK) marketing director Cecilia Parker has been promoted to communications director, and ...
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Low viewing figures spoil awards parties
Despite having all their usual pomp, TV viewers paid little interest to this year's Brits and Bafta awards.