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ITV UNVEILS SOAPSTARS CONCEPT.
ITV is extending its successful Popstars format with a new series documenting the nationwide hunt for a new TV family to star in an ITV soap, tipped to be Emmerdale or
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UK TV ORDERS CRIME SHOWS FROM JUST TV.
UK TV's editor factual channels Andrew Lowrey has commissioned Just TV to produce three new crime series for UK Horizons. Bodies of Evidence is a 6 x 30-minute series looking at
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C4 COMMISSIONS UPDATED CARMEN.
C4 deputy commissioning editor, music Jan Younghusband has asked Landseer Productions to produce a 90-minute contemporary film noir version of Bizet's opera Carmen. Set in a 1960s greasy diner and garage,
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ITV commissions WW2 crime drama.
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Greenlit Productions to produce a 120-minute broadcast pilot for a new World War 2 crime drama from the writer of Midsomer Murders. Written by
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ITV2 boosts schedule with US purchases.
ITV2 has acquired the rights to four new US series and 14 movies from Columbia Tristar as part of its acquisitions drive, writes Penny Hughes. ITV2 director of broadcasting Joan Lofts has
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Will and Grace comes out on C4.
Channel 4 has bought the terrestrial rights to air three seasons of high-profile NBC sitcom Will and Grace - 'the gayest show on US TV', writes Ashley Davies.
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LOONLAND'S CBBC LINK.
BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard has bought two long-running series from German-based animation group TV-Loonland, writes Colin Robertson. The deal, TV-Loonland's first with the BBC, includes 26 x 30-minute episodes
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RED PEPPER RENAMES.
Red Pepper Film Company has renamed itself Red Pepper ID. Managing director Richard Markell said the repositioning was for two reasons: to better reflect the company's core business of branding and
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FRONTLINE AUDIO SUITE.
Covent Garden facility Frontline/Happy Fish is opening an audio suite this week and has appointed Robin Fellows to provide audio mixing and sound design. Fellows started his career in 1987 and
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INFERNO OP MOVES.
Inferno operator Johnny Hicks is to move to Clear. He joins after five years at Glassworks, where his credits included George Michael's Fastlove promo and the Orange advertising campaign. Managing director
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IBC GOES INTERACTIVE.
The International Broadcasting Convention is to target producers with a special focus on interactive television at this September's Production Festival in Amsterdam. A day of sessions on the creative and business
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TOP EDITOR RETURNS.
Martin Hicks has returned from the US to join Oasis Television, bringing its editing team to 19. Formerly at the Moving Picture Company, Hicks worked on music videos for Brian May,
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Management rejig at Nats.
Nats managing director Charlie Leonard has appointed a general manager to enable him to step back from the day-to-day running of the Soho Square facility. Planet 24 head of post-production Duncan Smith
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New MD for C4's facility.
David Mann has been promoted to managing director of Channel 4's facility subsidiary, 124 Facilities, writes Barbara Marshall.
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HUMAN FACE TEAM BOOSTED.
Skaramoosh has appointed senior compositor Richard Scarlett, who joins the team behind a number of graphics sequences for the BBC flagship documentary Human Face. Fronted by John Cleese and featuring Liz
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5D adds 100 effects.
Effects developer 5D is to add a further 100 effects to its 5D Monsters range and is stepping up its marketing efforts with the appointment of a new business development manager
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Metro to launch new media arm.
Technology provider Metro Group will launch its webcasting and new media division, Metro Digital, at The Production Show later this month, writes Barbara Marshall.
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FREE TO AIR - Showing just remorse.
This week I have been mostly abasing myself. The problem, entirely of my own making, was one of insufficient fact checking and the result was that I credited Simon Nye, writer
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Govt must hold BBC to its word.
Media secretary Chris Smith is now facing the decision on the BBC's proposed digital services. The deadline for consultation passed on Wednesday (28 February) and, according to the guidelines Smith published
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TRADE TALK - Back in business.
Carlton producer Sharon Bloom has been in charge of the difficult task of renovating Crossroads to suit a younger audience. But will they check in?