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NewsWatson to Mentorn
Mentorn has appointed Who Do You Think You Are? and Not Forgotten series producer Victoria Watson as an executive producer working on the indie's factual slate. Watson, who joins from Wall To Wall, will work with Mentorn creative director of ...
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Zig Zag poaches
Zig Zag has poached Ben Barrett, managing director of Extreme International, to fill the role of head of international distribution and commercial ventures. Reporting to Danny Fenton, Zig Zag managing director, Barrett handles distribution of the indie's own content and that of third parties. He is also be responsible for ...
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Gervais' Extras vs The Office in Rose d'Or Awards
Ricky Gervais will be competing against himself in the prestigious Rose d'Or Awards as his BBC comedy Extrasgoes up against NBC's version of The Officein the sitcom category.
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Graef revisits rape cases
Film-maker Roger Graef is to revisit the way the police investigate rape allegations, more than 20 years after his influential film - Police: A Complaint of Rape- helped change the way such cases are handled.
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ITV's Oliver joins BBC
The BBC has poached ITV News' head of network programmes, Craig Oliver, to be editor of the Ten O'Clock News. Oliver replaces Kevin Bakhurst, who was promoted to controller of News 24 in December. He joined the ITN trainee scheme in 1993, became producer of ...
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Sunset + Vine ties-up Five cricket deal
Sunset + Vine has bagged the four-year contract to produce Five's cricket highlights coverage. The Tinopolis-owned indie will produce coverage of Test match and One Day International matches for a 45-minute highlights show, which will air at 7.15pm after every day of play. The four-year deal will see Sunset + ...
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Lawrence set to leave Sky One docs
Sky One commissioning editor, documentaries Jacquie Lawrence is quitting the channel to go freelance. She leaves on 24 March after a year and a half, but will continue to work with Sky One on an ad hoc basis. She is likely to be replaced when new Sky One controller Richard ...
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Smith is new BBC entertainment head
Karen Smith has been confirmed as the replacement for Richard Hopkins, the BBC creative head of format entertainment, who is leaving to set up his own indie. Smith is currently executive producing BBC1 duet show Just the Two of Us. Hopkins and David Mortimer, creative ...
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NewsThe Apprentice takes on 3.6m
Alan Sugar told most of the other channels 'You're fired' last night as BBC2's The Apprenticereturned with a sizeable 3.6 million (15.8%) at 9pm.
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NewsReality TV boosts Endemol profits
Reality shows were the driving force behind Dutch-based Endemol's profit surge of 30% to£57m in 2005.
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NewsPEER POLL: Dick and Dom
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is the BBC right to drop Dick and Dom in da Bungalow?
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NewsWall to Wall closes New York office
8am:Wall to Wall is to close down its office in New York next month after delivering its latest series to US network PBS.
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NewsSky & Telewest prepare for HD World Cup
Richard Freudenstein, chief operating officer, BSkyB has confirmed that the group's high definition service will be up and running in time for the World Cup.
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NewsSky secures Indian cricket rights
Sky has clinched the UK rights to show the England Test series against India for a reported£10m.
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NewsRIG assigns political lobbyist to tackle BBC quota
The Radio Independents Group (RIG) has appointed a political lobbyist to step up its campaign for an increased independent production quota for BBC Radio.
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NewsLatin America to get own Desperate Housewives
Buena Vista International Television is hoping to capitalise further on the success of Desperate Housewivesby launching Spanish and Portuguese versions of the show.
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Player kicks off
Flextech's new 24-hour sports and gaming channel Player will launch on 4 March on Telewest and
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Opinion - Comment - Pilot heaven or hell?
As more and more shows struggle to find takers in a crowded marketplace, Mat Steiner considers the pros and cons - the expense and the casting issues - of making a pilot.
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Opinion - Does the future add up?
When broadcasters can't make shows like Peep Show pay, why is there a rush to produce new content for the net? asks Emily Bell.
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Production - 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 Burns gathers some tips from the experts and reports on three examples of HD fx in practice.