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NewsTouch expansion
Separating Twins indie Touch Productions has appointed department heads for popular factual, features and multichannel in a move which it said will drive expansion.Andrew Anderson has joined the Bath-based indie as head of features, having previously worked at Talkback Thames on programmes such ...
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Timewatch to make HD Romans doc
BBC2's Timewatchstrand has made its first foray into high definition filming with a documentary called The Mystery of the Headless Romans. The programme is being made in-house by BBC history and is about the discovery of 30 headless corpses of ...
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Screentime renews two Russian deals
UK-based distributor Screentime Partners has notched up two key renewal deals with Russian broadcasters. Music and entertainment channel Muz TV has commissioned 26 further episodes of the Japanese relationship format Fidelity Test, which gives contestants the chance to find out how likely their partner is ...
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Record sales for Oscar night coverage
Buena Vista International Television (BVITV) licensed Sunday night's Academy Awards to the highest number of territories ever. New agreements were concluded with 7 Vietnam, TNT across Latin America, Canal+ France and Wowow Japan, taking the total number of countries screening the Oscars to over 200. BVITV has doubled the international ...
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Talent to explore mind control for ITV
ITV1 is hoping to groom the next Derren Brown with a show exploring relationships using mind control. All in the Mindstars Jez Rose, one of the country's foremost mind-readers, who plans to use psychological techniques to probe the nature of sex, love and attraction. Made ...
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RDF chief calls for fewer indies
RDF chief executive David Frank has claimed there are too many independent producers in the UK and that fewer companies could do the same job 'better and cheaper'.
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Italy buys Guinness' Ultimate Records series
Guinness World Records TV (GWR) has sold flagship series Ultimate Guinness World Records to Italian pay channel GXT.
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Red Bee brings CITV to life
Red Bee Media has created the idents for ITV's new children's channel, CITV. They feature everyday scenes from a child's world that CITV transforms into something more fun and extraordinary, such as sausage and mash coming to life as a Mexican mariachi band. The idents were designed by Red Bee's ...
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NewsPlanet Earth proves unstoppable ratings beast
BBC1's ambitious natural history series, Planet Earth, got off to a cracking start, drawing the highest audience for a natural history programme since 2001.
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White paper on BBC future expected
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is expected to publish its white paper on the BBC's future on Monday (13 March). The document is expected to be largely similar to the green paper published a year ago, suggesting that BBC governors are replaced by a trust answerable to licence ...
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RDF's Collins to join BBC entertainment
BBC entertainment has poached the head of RDF North, Kieron Collins, to join its factual entertainment line-up. Collins will join as an executive producer in April. Based in Manchester, he will report to Helen Bullough, who is temporarily heading the factual entertainment department following the departure of creative head David ...
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Gray returns to ITV after four years
Duncan Gray has been lured back into the ITV fold by new director of comedy and entertainment Paul Jackson. Four years after leaving the broadcaster's production arm, Granada, Gray returns as controller of entertainment - the same title he held at Granada. For the intervening years Gray has been working ...
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History unveils ad-funded Hidden House series
The History Channel UK has commissioned its biggest project to date - a six-figure advertiser-funded series described as the Who Do You Think You Are?for houses.
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Soho Shorts 2006
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, which showcases the work of the UK's most talented young film-makers, is calling for entries for 2006. Films must be no longer than 12 minutes for each of the five categories: short film, newcomer, titles & idents, music video and animation. The annual festival runs from ...
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Jump puts mind to BBC1 show
Jump has completed the titles and graphics for Wild Rover Productions' Get Smarter in a Week. The 2 x 60-minute programmes takes 100 people and tests them on various aspects of their intelligence, then re-tests them after a week of mental exercises. Jump created a ...
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Profile - Playing for high stakes
With a career which has seen him consistently at the forefront of interactive television, William van Rest is well placed to oversee the launch of ITV Play.
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Plays for a new day
With the BBC announcing a dedicated one-off drama strand, many are predicting a return to the golden age of television. But, as Paul Hoggart discovers, has the death of single dramas been greatly exaggerated?
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The new kings of content II
In the second of a two-part series we look at the giants of the new media world who are muscling in on television's territory. By James Curtis.
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How to stay alive in a hostile situation
Increasingly, journalists are risking their lives to report from war zones, but, with the dangers rising, news organisations are paying more attention to keeping their staff safe from harm. Robert Gray reports.
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Leader - Problem with ITV is ITV1
ITV's progress in the digital arena is being hampered by the poor performance of ITV1, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.