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NewsHeart is number one with Londoners
GCap's Capital 95.8 FM has lost its top spot in the battle for London listeners, falling from first to third, as Chrysalis' Heart 106.2 surged to the number one commercial station.
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Trouble snaps up Warner sitcoms
Flextech youth channel Trouble has picked up the rights to two US primetime comedies from Warner Bros, Freddie and Twins.
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NewsMitchells return
The return of the Mitchell brothers to EastEnders gave a much needed boost to the BBC1 soap with an average audience of 13.1 million (52.7%) at 8pm on Monday night (24 October). The 30-minute show gained a peak audience of 13.6 million (53.9%) halfway through.
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Shield for Hallmark
Hallmark has signalled a change in direction for its late-night programming block, buying Fox's hard-hitting cop series The Shield. The traditionally female-skewing network will pair series one of the show (13 x 60-minute episodes) with fellow US acquisition Law and Order SVU, which currently airs at 9pm and 10pm on ...
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Granada International to sell Impressionists
ITV distribution arm Granada International has scooped the international rights to upcoming BBC1 factual drama The Impressionists.
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Tames goes to Nova
Roger Tames, ITV Tyne Tees' head of sport, is to leave the broadcaster to join production company Nova International. Tames will take up the position of head of sports programmes within the company's FilmNova division next month.
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Sky News gains
The relaunch of Sky News on Monday (24 October) brought modest gains but the 24-hour news channel was still outperformed by BBC News 24. Across the day Sky News ended with a share of 0.53%, marginally behind BBC News 24 on 0.58% and largely in line with what both channels ...
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Martini fuels races
TV Corp subsidiary Sunset + Vine has teamed up with Martini to produce an advertiser-funded series on international motor sport. Martini World Circuit promises a round-up of coverage from the world's most famous races. Each of the 33 x 20-minute programmes will feature highlights of the week's events, a countdown ...
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Free HD training
Soho Editors Training has collaborated with Leitch to run a series of free HD workflow training events across the UK, starting in November. SET will provide technology on the non-linear HD editing system from Leitch Velocity HD. The events are aimed at those in the industry wanting to learn more ...
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Format focus: Telenovelas
You couldn't go two minutes without hearing about the telenovela at Mipcom last week, but getting a UK broadcaster to risk making its own will be difficult.
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Hat Trick North scores first order with model sitcom
Hat Trick North Productions has landed its first commission with an 8 x 30-minute BBC3 comedy, working titled Teenage Supermodel.
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Farm makes Perfect Scary Movie
The Farm Group has created the titles and completed the post-production for Visual Voodoo documentary The Perfect Scary Movie. The two-hour special exposes how psychological ploys were used by the world's scariest movies to frighten audiences and examines our deep-rooted fears. The Farm's Barney Jordan designed the titles with director ...
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Eely to Molinare
Senior online editor Justin Eely is to join Molinare in December after a year-long stint at Pepper.
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Indie Done and Dusted opens in New York
Indie Done And Dusted has set up a New York office after winning the contract to film the Victoria's Secret fashion show in the city.
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Five orders pet doc from Landmark
Five is to explore the peculiar world of feuding neighbours who poison pets. The 60-minute programme, Pet Poisoners, from Landmark Films will look at neighbours silencing barking dogs, as well as pets becoming the victims of disputes over leylandii trees and planning permission. The show is being executive produced by ...
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Rushes creates Rome effects
Rushes has created the visual effects for BBC/HBO's Rome, an epic 11 x 50-minute drama tracking Caesar's return to his empire. The major VFX task was to reproduce a view from Alexandria across the ancient harbour entirely in 3D. This was supervised by Jim Madigan and Pixar's Renderman software was ...
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Two Way makes mobile phone co-pro
Two Way TV and Fat City Films are co-producing TheDweebz, an interactive cartoon series which allows kids to contribute via mobile phones. A 52 x 11-minute action comedy, the series features two schoolboys who use their supercomputer and superhero outfits to fight bullies and nasty teachers. During the interactive periods ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Ian Russell
Five's deputy controller, news, current affairs and documentaries is looking to commission a wide range of programmes, from attention-grabbing one-offs for 11pm to drama-documentaries
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Children in Need drafts in eBay
Tiger Aspect has partnered with BBC1 and internet auction giant eBay to usher Children in Need into the new media age.
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Oprah chat show returns to the UK
American talk show queen Oprah Winfrey is to return to UK screens after a three-year absence. ITV2 has licensed the US's top-rating syndicated chat series, which will begin airing early next year. The show last screened in the UK on Living TV. ITV2 currently airs US talk shows hosted by ...