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NewsPEER POLL: Super-indies
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should super-indies be excluded from the 25% indie quota?
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NewsTrench warfare in the battle of rights
Pact and the broadcasters remain poles apart in their battle over new media rights with both sides digging in and the prospect of reaching a consensus looks impossible.
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NewsUniversal launches film download service
US studio Universal Pictures has announced it will launch the world's first download-to-own movie service in the UK next month, with TV programmes also set to become part of the offering.
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NewsTaggart returns with 5.4m
ITV1's latest Taggartdrama failed to defeat BBC1's live FA Cup action at 9pm with 5.4 million (23.9%).
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NewsWar by September
September Films has been commissioned by Five to make 60-minute programme Soldiers' Pictures of War, looking at 'uncensored' and 'truthful' images of war. It will air in Five's documentary strand Shock Docs this autumn. The producer/director is Helen Hill while ...
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Radio men's new role
Commercial Radio Companies Association (CRCA) and Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) chiefs Paul Brown and Douglas McArthur have secured senior roles at the new RadioCentre, with McArthur becoming RAB non-executive chairman and Brown chairing the RadioCentre board. The RadioCentre will incorporate both the CRCA and the RAB, bringing together their marketing, ...
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NBC launches US version of Teachers
After months of development, US broadcast network NBC launches the American version of Teachersnext Tuesday (28 March) at 9.30pm. The 30-minute traditional sitcom - produced by NBC Universal Television Studios - is based on the hour-long Tiger Aspect comedy drama of the same name, which ...
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Hegarty joins Talent
Indie Talent Television has poached Talkback Thames executive producer Nichola Hegarty to produce its latest Test the Nation programme. Hegarty, who worked on Bring Your Husband to Heel and The Jack Osbourne Show for Talkback, ...
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GlobeCast sport job
Global content delivery company GlobeCast has been chosen to deliver UK-dedicated sports channel ESPN Classic to the Sky Digital platform. GlobeCast's solution for the channel - which launched last week - includes connectivity from the broadcaster's playout facility in west London to GlobeCast. The feed is then encoded, multiplexed and ...
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Gearhouse new kit
Broadcast rental company Gearhouse Broadcast has invested in Harris HD equipment, set to be used at the forthcoming World Cup in Germany. It includes HD infrastructure products from the 6800+ series to provide core processing and distribution functions and Videotek PTM-305 personal test and measurement devices.
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Nitris ops to Envy
Post-production facility Envy has recruited two DS Nitris operators. Freelancer John Paul Davidson joins the facility, having worked at Smoke and Mirrors, Skaramoosh and Frontier Post. His recent projects include Making Slough Happy and Boris Johnson and the Romans. Senior ...
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Interfield eats with the stars
Interfield Design has created the title sequence for Optomen Television's Eating with..., a 8 x 30-minute series detailing the
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Target opens LA office to drive push into US
UK producer and distributor Target Entertainment has signalled an increased focus on the US market by opening a Los Angeles office and poaching a Granada executive to run it.
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Minotaur swoops for latest Kudos drama
Flextech-owned distributor Minotaur has scored a coup by scooping the exclusive international rights to new BBC1 Kudos drama The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. BBC Worldwide has traditionally distributed series for the indie, including Spooksand Hustlefor which ...
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Weakest Link team develop ITV gameshow
Paul Jackson and David Young, the duo behind Weakest Link, have reunited to create a new big money quiz show for ITV.
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Monkey swings development deal
BBC Worldwide's indie unit has signed a development deal with Monkey, creator of Five comedy series Swinging.
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New rights deadline
Ofcom has given Pact another week to report back on its negotiations with broadcasters over the thorny issue of new media rights. The regulator had originally set a deadline of Tuesday 21 March for a progress report on the issue. But it has now extended its deadline to Tuesday 28 ...
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GI to take care of Films of Record docs
Granada International has signed a deal with Roger Graef's indie Films of Record to distribute four of its new documentaries. The distributor will sell the BBC series Girl Cops(8 x 29 minutes), Chinatown(3 x 59 minutes) and ...
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Sam Brick lands first series order
Former September Films USA chief Sam Brick has landed her first series order with a Living TV show about overweight kids. Chubby Children is a 6 x 60-minute series which employs the services of obesity expert Professor Paul Gately to help the youngsters fight the ...
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NewsIndian firm set to bid for VTR stake
India's largest post-production company is understood to be on the brink of investing in a significant stake (estimated at up to£4.5m) in facilities group VTR plc.