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NewsFremantle goes Prehistoric
The latest big budget documentary from the creators of the BBC's Walking With...series will headline Fremantle International Distribution's slate at MipTV.
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TV-Loonland brings Little Princess to Mip
German animation distributor TV-Loonland has acquired the worldwide rights across all media for new pre-school series Little Princessfrom The Illuminated Film Company.
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NewsWallace & Gromit team pick up fourth Oscar
Bristol-based indie Aardman Animation walked off with an Academy Award for best animated feature last night for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were Rabbit.
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NewsRDF chief says indie market is crowded
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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NewsMacqueen lands C4 head of docs role
Channel 4 has appointed former October Films executive producer Angus Macqueen as its new head of documentaries.
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NewsNorton turns down O'Grady slot
11.30am:Funny-man Graham Norton has reportedly spurned advances from ITV, offering him the chance to replace Paul O'Grady in the tea-time slot.
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NewsPoor Little Rich Girls only interest 2.8m
Viewers had little sympathy for the return of Poor Little Rich Girls, ITV1's reality offering at 10pm, with just 2.8 million (14.7%).
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NewsNew boss for Teachers' TV
10am:Teachers' TV parent, the government-backed service for education professionals, has promoted Andrew Bethell to run the channel, replacing outgoing chief executive Nigel Dacre.
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NewsShareholders OK cable merger
The NTL and Telewest merger has been given the greenlight from shareholders with a 99% vote of confidence.
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NewsUKTV hunts for 1966 World Cup shirts
9.15am: UKTV is appealing for football fans to help track down the original England shirts worn by the players in the 1966 World Cup final.
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NewsTop Up TV on track to reach 250,000 subs
8am:Top Up TV is on track to break even with 250,000 subscribers by the middle of this year, according to chairman David Chance.
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NewsJowell cleared in mortgage furore
Tony Blair has cleared media secretary Tessa Jowell of breaching ministerial codes, because her husband David Mills had not told her that he had received a£350,000 gift.
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NewsPlay for Today return
The BBC is to revive the Play for Todayconcept, commissioning six one-off plays from up-and-coming writers for primetime BBC1. Play for Todaytook over from the Wednesday Playseries in 1970 and ran until 1984. Classic works ...
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Life on Mars triumph
Kudos' hit BBC1 drama series Life on Marsended on a high note with its largest audience yet of 7.1 million (28.1%). The eighth episode at 9pm on Monday (27 February) hit a high of 7.3 million (28.9%) halfway through and never dipped below 7 million ...
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Liquid TV makes Player idents
Liquid TV has created the logo and channel idents for Challenge TV's late-night casino entertainment zone, Player. The idents show the channel's new direction towards traditional male programming and sport. Jorg Schulz-Gerchow did the navigation elements in Shake and The Farm colourist Sonny Sheridan graded on Spirit. Head of design ...
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Life on Mars is a hit at Showcase
Two dramas from the UK indie sector dominated discussions at the BBC Showcase market this week, overshadowing the corporation's own in-house scripted productions.
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RDF Rights gets first look at Raw shows
Raw TV, the indie behind BBC3 series Tower Block Dreams, has signed a two-year first-look deal with RDF Rights. The deal covers all international TV and consumer product rights. The first show to come out of the deal is Raw's forthcoming 4 x 60-minute Five ...
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Lime fills out team
VFX outfit Lime is recruiting a new 3D operator, producer and Smoke operator. Smoke operator Marcus Millichop joins from M2, where he spent two years working on projects for E4 and Discovery using Editbox. 3D operator Howard Bell has been nabbed from The Hive and will focus on short form ...
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Nominations for Interactive Emmys
BSkyB, Video Networks, Optimistic Network and the BBC have all been nominated in next month's inaugural International Interactive Emmy Awards. Sky has two nods in the TV Service category for Sky News Activeand Sky Vegas Live, while Video Networks has ...
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Somethin' Else rejig
Radio indie Somethin' Else has appointed its first chairman as part of an internal restructure. Non-executive director John Sanderson becomes chairman, while Steve Ackerman, formerly head of commercial radio, is made managing director and Paul Bennun, director of interactive, is named director of strategy. Co-founders Jez Nelson and Sonita Alleyne ...