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NewsNew indie Bellwether wins three orders
Former Darlow Smithson head of development Malcolm Neaum has set up his own indie, Bellwether Media, in partnership with freelance director Ian Denyer.
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Red Bee Piero move
Multimedia facility Red Bee Media's Piero system - designed to enable better analysis of sporting action - has now been developed for use on archive footage and to repurpose clips for mobile phones. The new system uses image-based tracking for calibration, and will allow viewers to see 'play' from angles ...
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Staff fear BBC has lost interest in single docs
BBC Factual staff have voiced concerns that the corporation is pulling away from hard-hitting documentaries after it emerged the corporation's London documentaries department now has just two executive producers.
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Steadfast launches production arm
Steadfast Television, the company established by former TV Corp executives Charles Thompson and Chris Rowlands to develop factual entertainment shows, has set up a production arm and appointed Sunset + Vine executive producer Simon Potter to run it. Potter, who developed Five's late-night sport block, will head the new division, ...
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The Simpsons safe for another two runs
The Simpsons has received a two-season renewal deal that will keep the cartoon on air until at least 2008. The Fox network in the US has signed up The Simpsons, which airs on Sky One and Channel 4 in the ...
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Quirke to play embezzling nun for BBC2
Former Birds of a Feather star Pauline Quirke is to play a criminal ex-nun in a BBC2 docu-drama from indie Firefly. She stars as Colleen McCabe, a former nun who embezzled£500,000 as headmistress of a school in south-east London. Indie Firefly has turned the tale ...
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Two Four makes flower top 10 for UKTV
UKTV Style Gardens has commissioned Two Four Broadcast to produce 10 x 30-minute series Nation's Favourite Bloom. Presented by Joe Swift, votes will be cast for categories including flowering bulbs, flowering shrub or tree and exotic/jungle plant. The survey is to be conducted jointly by ...
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Rugby beefs up viewing figures for BBC1
BBC1's coverage of the Six Nations rugby union tournament proved its worth, getting its biggest audience since 1999.
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ITV1 orders phobia doc from Landmark
ITV1 has ordered a 60-minute documentary from Landmark Films as part of its Scared to Death season, looking at the psyches of phobics. Scared to Death: Phobia Britain will explore what life as a sufferer of phobias is like, and ...
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Format focus: Class of 07
A new European format from the creators of The Farmtransforms high school drop-outs into top students.
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This deal is no deal
It's unlikely an Apax deal would offer the answer to ITV's prayers, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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Interview - Kevin Bakhurst: Rolling news man
As the new boss, Kevin Bakhurst can't take all the credit for BBC News 24's recent triumph as RTS news channel of the year. But as channel controller he has plenty of ideas on how to keep ahead of Sky.
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Pitfalls of the American way
Whether it's new media deals or old-style co-productions, the BBC's mania for US collaboration isn't good for the licence-fee payer
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NewsITV board rejects£1.3bn takeover bid
The starting gun for a takeover of ITV was fired this week after a consortium of private equity groups staged an attempt to take control of the broadcaster.
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NewsITV1 orders£1m gameshow
ITV1 has lined up a new big money gameshow with a£1m prize from Ant and Dec indie Gallowgate Productions.
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NewsX Factor remade for Arab world
Aspiring popstars from 22 Middle Eastern and African territories, including Iran, Iraq, Libya and the Palestinian territories, will face off in an Arabic-language version of The X Factor.
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NewsRDF aims for kids targets
RDF director of family and children Nigel Pickard has lined up three potential acquisition targets for the indie's new kids division.
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MyBBCPlayer submits to PVT
The BBC's online media player is to be the first project put forward for the corporation's new Public Value Test, which the government confirmed last week would be applied to all new BBC services.
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More than 1,000 jobs to go in NTL-Telewest merger
NTL and Telewest staff are being forced to reapply for their jobs with more than 1,000 posts believed to be for the axe.
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NewsRabbatts set for indie move
Channel 4's head of education, Heather Rabbatts, is leaving the broadcaster to join the indie sector.