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NewsCanadian indie set for buying spree
Canadian indie DHX Media is planning to go on an acquisitions spree after raising£10m from a joint listing on the London-based AIM (Alternative Investment Market) and Toronto Stock Exchange.
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Bravo footie show to save hopeless men
Men's entertainment channel Bravo has commissioned a new reality show from Granada which aims to change the lives of 15 dysfunctional males through playing football.
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FX idents play with boys' toys
BDA has created the channel branding, idents, bumpers and stings for the FX channel. The new FX graphics were designed to refer to icons from men's lives from adolescence to adulthood. The graphics show beams from the FX logo distorted by the objects they pass over. BDA 3D animator Dominic ...
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Sky box delay
Sky customers who pre-ordered the broadcaster's high-definition television (HDTV) service have been told they may not receive it in time for the start of the football World Cup. Sky has delayed the installation of HDTV in up to 17,000 homes, after the company's set-top box supplier, French electronics company Thomson, ...
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Blue recruit
Post house Blue has appointed dubbing mixer Phitz Hearne to join its 14-strong audio department. Hearne joins the team from The Sound Store, where he worked for a year on programmes including the BBC's Panoramaand Darlow Smithson's Tsunami. Hearne will ...
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Blue skies unit to imagine the future for ITV
ITV is to tackle concerns that it lacks long-term vision by setting up a new research and development 'blue skies' unit aimed at producing innovation across the entire business, including developing new programme ideas.
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A Place in the Sun finds Canadian berth
Canadian Alliance Atlantic channel HGTV has bought the seventh series of overseas property show A Place in the Sun.
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Search for best young talent begins
Broadcast, in association with Skillset, is looking for the brightest young talent to feature in our special Hot Shots supplement. Categories range from writing and directing to production and craft - so if you know a rising star in the industry this is the time to shout about it. Entry ...
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BBC DEC draws up supplier shortlist
The BBC's drama, entertainment and children's departments (DEC) have nominated 31 UK post-production houses, including west London-based Clear Cut Pictures, Noho facility Suite and Manchester's Sumners as preferred suppliers for its post-production services.
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ITV report slams BBC calculations
An inflation-busting rise in the licence fee would hit low income families and worsen 'super-inflation' in the costs of talent and staff, according to a report commissioned by ITV. Chief executive Charles Allen accused the BBC of using 'back-of-a-fag-packet figures' to exaggerate the need for an above-inflation hike in the ...
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Three wins for Bleak House at Bafta Craft
BBC1 drama Bleak House triumphed at this year's Bafta Craft Awards, scooping three awards.
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Turner axes six UK posts
Turner Entertainment Networks has axed six people as part of a management shake-up in its UK office, revealed by Broadcastearlier this month.
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First audio awards
Facilities body UK Post has launched The Conch Sound Awards, created to recognise the audio talent of facilities, sound editors and dubbing mixers in audio post production of television, film and commercials. The awards claim they are the first dedicated event celebrating the British audio industry's achievements in film and ...
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BBC selects Arqiva
The BBC has appointed broadcast specialist Arqiva to manage its new digital transmission services in a deal reported to be worth£1bn. The contract is for the design, deployment and operation of the new high-powered digital terrestrial television (DTT) network for the BBC, which comes into service as part of the ...
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On the Box - An appetite for voyeurism
Angel Gambino predicts viewers will prefer the plain satisfaction of a summer diet of Big Brotherto the more refined The Apprentice: Martha Stewart.
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Component animates Big Ron
Component Graphics has completed the titles and content graphics for North One Television's Big Ron Manager. The 6 x 60-minute show, series produced by Dave Lewis, follows ex-football manager and TV pundit Ron Atkinson's work as a consultant to Peterborough United Football Club. Component designers ...
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Stourton heads for Ten Alps
Former BBC executive producer Fiona Stourton has joined Ten Alps, becoming director of its drama documentary and factual production subsidiaries Blakeway and 3BM TV. Stourton joined the BBC in 1994 and her credits at the corporation include Children of Beslanand ...
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Vroom, Vroom revs again on Sky One
Sky One has recommissioned its irreverent motoring series Vroom, Vroom, made by ITV Productions and presented by Jon Desborough, Brendan Coogan, Lisa Rogers and Sunmotoring correspondent Emma Parker Bowles. The series includes stunts, test drives and a regular strand featuring ...
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GCap results prompt warning on ads
Capital Radio owner GCap's pre-tax profits have slumped 40% year on year to£22.2m in the year to the end of March. Chief executive Ralph Bernard has warned Capital's ad revenues could be down 26% for April and May, compared with last year.
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UKTV Style to air 50 guys in 50 nights dating series
UKTV Style is sending presenter Sally Gray on 50 dates in 50 nights as part of a new series attempting to create 'the ultimate dating bible for Britain's single girls'.