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NewsPop proms get exec
The BBC has appointed former Radio 1 executive Lorna Clarke to head its£6m Alternative Proms initiative. The event - which is billed as a pop music version of the classical concert series - was one of the beneficiaries of the£355m a year savings resulting from BBC director general Mark Thompson's ...
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The Station titles killer kids doc
The Station has completed the titles and post for Redback Films' new production Killing Mum and Dad. The 4 x 60-minute programmes investigate four well-known cases of parents being killed by their children. The Station designed the titles with a blend of live action and ...
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Nats posts Mossad revenge doc
Nats has completed the post on Atlantic Productions documentary Munich: Mossad's Revenge, a Discovery/Channel 4/Fremantle Media co-production. The 50-minute programme reconstructs the true story of Israel's response to the massacre at the 1972 Olympics through the eyes of those involved. Online editor Alan Jones conducted ...
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ITV invests in Final Cut for factual and drama
ITV Productions North looks set to follow the BBC into in-house editing by spending£150,000 on five Final Cut Pro (FCP) edit systems.
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Supernanny in more conquests
Three more territories have signed on to produce local versions of hit Ricochet format Supernanny.
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Unions in talks over News Channel cuts
The National Union of Journalists and Bectu will go to arbitration service Acas today (Thursday), to try to resolve a dispute with ITN over compulsory redundancies at the ITV News Channel. Talks had broken down between the parties after the joint unions wanted to ensure there would be no compulsory ...
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ITN Multimedia to supply MSN channel
ITN Multimedia has signed a deal with MSN to supply news and entertainment programming for its new video channel MSN Video, which launches in mid February. Content includes On This Day in History, 60-second video vignettes of historical events that happened on a particular day, ...
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HBO may launch UK premium channel
US broadcaster HBO is considering the launch of a premium channel in the UK as part of a larger overseas strategy covering six new markets. The US producer behind The Sopranosand Curb Your Enthusiasm(left) is looking to expand into France, ...
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Job changes at ITV
Jane Turton, ITV Productions' director of business affairs for factual, entertainment, daytime and international production, has a new role at network centre. She becomes director of rights and business affairs, ITV Channels, overseeing programme licensing, and reporting to Simon Shaps. Meanwhile, ITV Channels commercial director Jonathan Rogers has been made ...
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NBC takes the axe to long-running drama hits
Channel 4 drama The West Winghas been axed by US broadcaster NBC in a turbulent week for American dramas.
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Tiger Aspect wins US heist co-commission
Tiger Aspect has scored a co-commission from the US and UK Discovery Channels to produce a feature length documentary about a $100m heist.
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True North wins daytime animal order
Indie True North has secured its first daytime order from the BBC, with a series about people who protect the nation's wildlife and pets. The Leeds-based company will make a 20 x 45-minute run of Animal 24/7, featuring the work of wildlife crime officers, RSPCA ...
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Norman wins American role at GI
Granada International veteran John Norman has been promoted to senior vice-president, international sales for the Americas, reporting to new director of sales Tim Mutimer. Based in Los Angeles, Norman will take charge of all sales to the US and oversee programme sales to North and South America. Tania Ussher will ...
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Sky Sports to air awards highlights
Indie RME has landed a commission to produce two Sky Sports highlights shows for forthcoming awards events. It is making hour-long highlights shows of both the inaugural Football League Awards on 5 March and the Sports Industry Awards on 27 April. The shows will air in primetime in the days ...
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NewsTough at the top
As a driving force in ITV's radical shake-up and rebranding, Ian McCulloch won a reputation for toughness - but he'd rather see himself as prepared to ask difficult questions and think the unthinkable.
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Profile: Ron Jones - Tinopolis' unknown quantity
Tinopolis' takeover of TV Corporation has put its chairman, Ron Jones, in charge of the UK's sixth largest indie - and he is relishing the challenge.
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Music at the touch of a button
With new technology transforming the way production music is delivered, libraries are fast becoming the first choice for cost-effective soundtracks. Simon Meekreports on the download revolution.
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NewsMajor shake-up for BBC factual
The BBC's factual and learning department is to be carved up into nine 'studios', with the loss of 23 managers' jobs.
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NewsMacKenzie set for radio return
Kelvin MacKenzie, the former chairman of the now defunct Wireless Group (TWG), is understood to be considering re-entering the UK radio market by buying a series of stations from GCap.
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NewsSky Bet Vegas revives Strike It Rich format
Sky has bought the rights to the 90s Michael Barrymore- hosted game show, Strike It Richfrom FremantleMedia Licensing Worldwide with the view to making an interactive TV game.