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NewsAvid recruits three in boost to EMEA Pro Video teams
Former Sony UK broadcast division general manager Mark Bainbridge is one of the hires, and has been appointed channel sales manager, north EMEA.
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NewsShortlist revealed for the Broadcast Digital Awards
Chekhov will go up against The Inbetweeners and Louie Spence will battle it out with Freddie Flintoff at the Broadcast Digital Awards 2011.
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Oxford Scientific’s Evans to head factual at Seneca
Alain de Botton’s Seneca Productions has recruited Oxford Scientific Films’ Joe Evans as managing director to oversee growth of the company’s factual output.
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NewsNo pressure for indies to co-produce, counters ITV
ITV has denied it is ratcheting up pressure on indies to co-produce with ITV Studios as part of plans to rejuvenate the production arm.
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NewsJordan pens last con as Hustle runs course
BBC1’s Hustle is coming to an end, with creator Tony Jordan writing the eighth and final series of the Kudos and Red Planet drama.
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NewsChocolate Media hires fact ent creative duo
NBC Universal-owned UK indie Chocolate Media has beefed up its core team by hiring two creative directors and a head of development.
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NewsNorth One signs up boat man Guy for push into talent
Guy Martin, the TT motorcycle rider plucked from obscurity to front BBC1’s The Boat That Guy Built, has been signed up by indie North One Television as it kicks off a push into talent.
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NewsSyco TV open to co-pros as Red Or Black? launches
Simon Cowell is ready to throw open the doors of Syco TV for co-pro format ideas if its first gameshow, Red Or Black?, is a success.
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NewsBellamy takes Discovery reins
Discovery Networks International has made Julian Bellamy its content supremo, handing him control of all production, development and commissioning outside of the US.
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NewsBBC Learning to boost connected content through open tenders
BBC Learning is to open more of its projects to tender as part of a new strategy to create more connected content.
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NewsBBC turns to flagship brands for IPTV trial
The BBC is trialling IPTV projects around Dragons’ Den, Mastermind and EastEnders as it begins developing a content strategy for the platform.
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NewsBBC in talks with Equity to reduce drama royalties for repeats
The BBC is in negotiations with actors’ union Equity in a bid to reduce royalty repeat fees for drama.
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NewsAutodesk calls for VFX standard
VFX software firms need to standardise tools and processes if the industry is to continue to create high-quality images, according to Autodesk senior media and entertainment vice-president Marc Petit.
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NewsFirst orders and new boss for Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic has appointed Elaine Pyke as its first channel director and unveiled its debut round of UK content.
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ITVS’ Acharya to join DLT as comedy producer
Comedy specialist Rohan Acharya, who is credited with co-developing BBC3 sitcom White Van Man, has joined DLT Entertainment from ITV Studios.
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NewsE4 orders sketch show and US sorority series
E4 has asked 12 Yard Productions to reveal the traditions and initiation tests of American sororities and has ordered a comedy duo sketch show as part of a slate of commissions.
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NewsBBC1 failing in coverage of developing world, IBT report claims
BBC1 is turning its back on content about the developing world, according to a report by the International Broadcasting Trust.
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NewsLola completes VFX for BBC epic Atlantis
Lola has finished working on one of its biggest projects to date, creating more than 550 visual effects shots for epic BBC1 drama Atlantis.
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NewsTitchmarsh recruits team for ITV gardening show
Alan Titchmarsh’s new ITV1 gardening series will air just before BBC2’s Gardeners’ World in the primetime Friday night schedule.
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NewsE One seeks UK broadcaster for The Firm sequel
A 22-part TV reworking of John Grisham’s The Firm is up for grabs in the UK after Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Entertainment One Television teamed up to create the project.