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    Granada Int sells shows into South Korea

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Granada International has sold a series of shows into South Korea. Cable operator On Media has bought Granada America's Nanny 911, Marriage 911, Hell's Kitchenand Celebrity Fit Club, as well ...

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    ITV Granada prepares for HQ move

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    ITV Granada has submitted a planning application for the£18m redevelopment of the Bonded Warehouse in Manchester. The broadcaster is proposing to move 800 staff to the new headquarters from its current location in Quay Street.

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    Noddy pops up on Nickelodeon Germany

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Nickelodeon Germany has bought the entire 100-epsiode run of Chorion's animated pre-school kids series Noddy. The deal will make the series available to viewers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from the spring. A German version of the show's interactive learning site, www.noddy.com, is also planned ...

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    JCA.TV lures Gage

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    West London-based media services facility JCA.TV has poached business development manager Marcus Gage from Ascent Media Group UK, where he had worked for two years. In the newly created role, he will focus on developing new accounts in dubbing, broadcast, duplication, restoration and new media. JCA.TV's current client base includes ...

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    Molinare takes reins at Fusion

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Molinare has accelerated its expansion by taking over ailing facility Fusion Post Production for an undisclosed sum.

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    Fox to make Sky One show

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    A planned US version of Sky One's Double or Nothingis now being made for the Fox Reality Channel after NBC rejected the show.

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    Rick Stein to escape to Mediterranean

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Chef Rick Stein is to continue his cooking tour of Europe with a series on Mediterranean cuisine. Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapesis a 10 x 30-minute series produced by Plymouth-based indie Denham Productions for BBC2. Due for transmission in autumn next year, the series sees the ...

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    Newton to take control of UKTV Gold

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    UKTV has promoted James Newton to head its flagship channel UKTV Gold, replacing Red Johnston who quit last month.

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    Sky One wins Nicolas Cage exclusive

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Sky One has secured exclusive UK rights to The Dresden Filesfollowing a deal with Lionsgate and Nicolas Cage's Saturn Films to co-produce a two-hour pilot. Based on the best-selling series of novels by Jim Butcher of the same name, the show tells the story of ...

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    Skaramoosh builds up McKenna

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Skaramoosh has created the titles and programme graphics for Tiger Aspect's Paul McKenna Will Make You Thin,a 4 x 46-minute series about McKenna helping people to get over an obsession with food through visualisation. Skaramoosh's Piers Helm directed the sequence, a fast countdown featuring key ...

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    Tinopolis meets with TV Corp bosses

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Tinopolis bosses have started meeting with senior staff at TV Corp in advance of their formal takeover of the company. Discussions are being held between Tinopolis executive chairman, Ron Jones, and leading TV Corp executives, including chief executive Peter Salmon and director of sport Jeff Foulser.

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    The Farm titles rock star Blair

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    The Farm Group has created the titles and grading for Be Good Films' Tony Blair -Rock Star.Directed by Bruce Goodison and produced by Victoria Powell, the factually based comedy documentary charts Blair's attempts to become a rock star during his gap year. The Farm's Barney ...

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    Mooschool on Bikers' menu

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Mooschool has designed and animated the titles, maps and menu graphics for a Big Bear Films/VixPix Films co-pro, The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook. Designer Nick Maroussas worked textures such as creased notepaper and coffee-ringed maps into the graphics to reflect bikes, cooking and travel. The graphics ...

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    Fourth Karen Dunbar for BBC Scotland

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    BBC1 Scotland has ordered a fourth series of the Karen Dunbar Showfrom indie the Comedy Unit. Series produced by Rab Christie and Iain Davidson, the 4 x 30-minute sketch show series will transmit in the spring. BBC Scotland commissioning editor, television Ewan Angus, who ordered ...

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    Open University strikes BBC co-pro deal

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Open University (OU) has signed a year-long deal with the BBC to co-produce its history strand Timewatch. The OU will get a co-producer credit on the programme, supply an executive producer where appropriate, and have the right to use the programmes for educational purposes. The ...

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    Oasis boosts audio

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Post-production house Oasis TV has expanded its audio capacity with a fifth audio suite. Oasis has invested£100,000 in the new suite, including a Digidesign Icon. Another£40,000 has been ploughed into a Protools HD3 for a sixth audio studio. It has also recruited dubbing mixer Paul Harris, who was previously at ...

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    House again on Five

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Five has secured the first run UK rights for the second series of US medical drama series House, following a new deal with distributor NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The first run was shown first in the UK on multichannel broadcaster Hallmark, followed by a ...

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    OpTex goes into receivership after 37 years

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Kit hire firm OpTex Broadcast Rental has gone into receivership with the loss of 43 jobs after 37 years of trading.

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    ITV invests£3m in new channel idents

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    ITV this week unveiled the results of its year-long rebranding project, with a series of new channel identities aimed at creating a more clearly defined personality for each of its offerings.

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    Indie Survey 2006 deadline nears

    2006-01-12T08:30:00Z

    Broadcast is currently compiling its Indie Survey 2006. To ensure your company is included in this annual survey of the UK's independent TV producers, please submit your details using the form on broadcastnow.co.uk, or email lorna.goodyer@emap.com. The deadline for submissions is 19 January.