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NewsRIG assigns political lobbyist to tackle BBC quota
The Radio Independents Group (RIG) has appointed a political lobbyist to step up its campaign for an increased independent production quota for BBC Radio.
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NewsSky secures Indian cricket rights
Sky has clinched the UK rights to show the England Test series against India for a reported£10m.
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NewsSky & Telewest prepare for HD World Cup
Richard Freudenstein, chief operating officer, BSkyB has confirmed that the group's high definition service will be up and running in time for the World Cup.
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NewsWall to Wall closes New York office
8am:Wall to Wall is to close down its office in New York next month after delivering its latest series to US network PBS.
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NewsPEER POLL: Dick and Dom
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is the BBC right to drop Dick and Dom in da Bungalow?
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NewsReality TV boosts Endemol profits
Reality shows were the driving force behind Dutch-based Endemol's profit surge of 30% to£57m in 2005.
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NewsThe Apprentice takes on 3.6m
Alan Sugar told most of the other channels 'You're fired' last night as BBC2's The Apprenticereturned with a sizeable 3.6 million (15.8%) at 9pm.
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NewsZig Zag poaches
Zig Zag has poached Ben Barrett, managing director of Extreme International, to fill the role of head of international distribution and commercial ventures. Reporting to Danny Fenton, Zig Zag managing director, Barrett handles distribution of the indie's own content and that of third parties. He is also be responsible for ...
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Watson to Mentorn
Mentorn has appointed Who Do You Think You Are? and Not Forgotten series producer Victoria Watson as an executive producer working on the indie's factual slate. Watson, who joins from Wall To Wall, will work with Mentorn creative director of ...
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Leopard US wins a series of orders
The US division of London-based indie Leopard Films has scored a series of American commissions, including a major order from lifestyle channel HGTV.
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Sony's tapeless HD
Sony has launched its tapeless production solution in HD in its full range of XDCam Professional Disc System products. The HD versions of the XDCam now include two camcorders and two decks, which up-convert XDCam SD content to 1080i HD definition at output.
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Granada sells two major series to Italy
Granada International (GI) has made two programming deals with Italian broadcasters. The distributor has sold ten A Touch of Frostmovies to Telecom Italia Media for terrestrial channel La7. In addition, Fox Italia cable culture channel Cult, which was relaunched at the start of the year, ...
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London TV leaves Sky to go on-demand
London TV, the TV channel set up in July to promote the capital to tourists, has been pulled off the Sky platform and is being relaunched as a TV-on-demand broadband service.
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FX rebrand tender
Fox channel FX is set to rebrand with a new graphics package, inviting Red Bee Media, Addiction, Bruce Dunlop Associates and DED Ass to pitch to provide the bumpers, idents and interstitials for on-air use. Fox International Channels (UK) marketing director Cecilia Parker has been promoted to communications director, and ...
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Liquid TV does Time effects
Liquid TV has completed 50 effects and the title sequence for 4 x 60-minute BBC science documentary Time. The series explores the effect time has on humans, our perceptions of time and Earth's history. The time machine graphic was modelled in Maya, and Liquid's Tim ...
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Lawrence set to leave Sky One docs
Sky One commissioning editor, documentaries Jacquie Lawrence is quitting the channel to go freelance. She leaves on 24 March after a year and a half, but will continue to work with Sky One on an ad hoc basis. She is likely to be replaced when new Sky One controller Richard ...
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Sunset + Vine ties-up Five cricket deal
Sunset + Vine has bagged the four-year contract to produce Five's cricket highlights coverage. The Tinopolis-owned indie will produce coverage of Test match and One Day International matches for a 45-minute highlights show, which will air at 7.15pm after every day of play. The four-year deal will see Sunset + ...
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ITV makes EastEnders star comedy pilot
ITV has made a rare comedy order with a pilot starring former EastEndersactress Tracey-Ann Oberman and veteran movie star Stephanie Beecham. The as yet unnamed show stars the pair as mother and daughter, following their attempts at running a wedding planning service. The script is ...
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Resolution goes Cold Turkey
Resolution has provided all the on-site post-production for Firefly's Going Cold Turkey, a 9 x 45-minute series as part of Channel 4's Addiction Week. The series follows drug addicts trying to recover from their addictions. Resolution's director of location editing, Jonathan Braman, acted as post-production ...
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Graef revisits rape cases
Film-maker Roger Graef is to revisit the way the police investigate rape allegations, more than 20 years after his influential film - Police: A Complaint of Rape- helped change the way such cases are handled.