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News71 Degrees North goes global
ITV reality show 71 Degrees North has been sold to six new territories by Banijay International.
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NewsC4 re-enacts ‘Great Escape’
A group of serving RAF officers will replicate the legendary World War II ‘Great Escape’, immortalised in the 1963 Steve McQueen film, for Channel 4.
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NewsE4 to offer Made In Chelsea fans 'rewards'
Structured reality series Made In Chelsea will be the next E4 programme to offer viewers exclusive stickers and rewards if they ‘check in’ using US social network GetGlue.
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NewsTragedy of Turing to be made into C4 drama doc
Alan Turing, the British mathematician who broke the Enigma code in World War II, will be the subject of a Channel 4 drama documentary.
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NewsC4 recommissions Four Rooms
Channel 4 has ordered a second series of dealmaking show Four Rooms.
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NewsBBC3 kicks off bid to create buzz about The Fades
BBC3 is distributing a range of additional online content around new drama The Fades to attract young horror fans and kickstart a viral buzz about the series.
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NewsBBC2 flies in Pan Am doc to partner US drama
BBC2 has ordered a one-off documentary charting the history of US airline Pan Am to coincide with the channel’s acquisition of the ABC drama bearing its name.
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NewsITV1 and C5 cut regional spend
ITV1 and Channel 5’s out-of-London spend and production hours declined last year, with ITV1’s dropping for the second year in a row.
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Hairy Bikers ride to US
US cable channel History has commissioned BBC Worldwide Productions to make a 12 x 30-minute version of Hairy Bikers to air in the States later this year.
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NewsBFGW back on Dale Farm
Firecracker Films, the producer of Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, is back filming on Dale Farm for the second instalment of the Channel 4 series after resolving a dispute.
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NewsIBC visitors snap up digital film cameras
High-end digital film cameras proved popular among resellers and hire firms at this year’s IBC, with the first European orders for Sony’s new F65 camera placed at the show.
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NewsRory Peck Awards 2011: finalists announced
Freelance news and current affairs cameramen and women from Belarus, Egypt, Libya, the UK and USA are among the finalists of this year’s Rory Peck Awards.
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NewsQuantel adds 3D tool to Pablo
Quantel previewed the latest developments for its Pablo finishing system at IBC, including a new 3D geometry tool.
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NewsEastEnders wins TV Choice hat-trick
EastEnders has picked up a hat-trick of awards at the TV Choice awards.
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NewsZodiak wins race for Usain Bolt documentaries
Zodiak Rights has acquired the international rights to a new two-part film about record-breaking sprinter Usain Bolt.
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NewsCooke unveils 135mm lenses
Cooke has launched 135mm lenses for its 5/i Prime and Panchro lens sets at IBC.
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NewsSnell launches Vega router
Snell has launched a router with 96 ports that can be configured as an input or output.
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NewsAtomos adds Avid codec to Samurai
Atomos has upgraded its Samurai portable field recorder to support Avid’s DNxHD codec.
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NewsITV pilots integrated news hour
ITV is piloting a 6pm news hour which could see international, national and regional news rolled into one programme.
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NewsRose: tablets are the next big thing
The growing trend of watching television with a tablet or smartphone close at hand will provide broadcasters with a “huge” opportunity to generate extra revenue, according to the co-founder and chief technology officer of social TV startup Zeebox.