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Animals animated
Bristol-based graphics house DarkhorseFX has created titles and graphics for Tiger Aspect's HD natural history series Final Chance to Save?Designers Adrian Woodward and Craig Higgins created and animated 2D animals and maps in Photoshop and Avid Illusion. The Farm posted the series which airs on Sky ...
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Shoebox Zoo to be unleashed once again
BBC kids series Shoebox Zoo has won a second series commission and is being shown on the CBBC Channel before transferring to BBC1. The animation features the voices of Simon Callow, Rik Mayall and Jason Connery and is a co-production between CBBC Scotland, Los Angeles-based producer Blueprint Entertainment and Canadian ...
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C4 to screen Digital Music Awards
Channel 4 has signed up to broadcast the BT Digital Music Awards next month. The annual event, which features 18 categories ranging from best pop artists through to best use of broadband, take place in London on 18 October. C4 will screen coverage on its main channel as well as ...
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ITV4 goes to war
ITV4 has bought two hour-long war documentaries from distributor Mercury Media. The Kursk: A Submarine in Troubled Waters, from French producer Les Films Grain de Sable, is an investigation into the sinking of the Russian super-sub. WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception, produced by Globalvision in the ...
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Ex-C4 exec hits out at Quiz Call venture
Former Channel 4 strategy director David Brook has hit out at his old employer, claiming its new call TV channel goes against its remit.
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Pitts to take on 3DD global sales
Distributor 3DD Entertainment has hired Boxscreen director of sales and acquisitions Jayne Pitts to take the new role of director of sales. Reporting to 3DD chief executive Dominic Saville, she is responsible for overseeing global TV and DVD programming sales. She is also charged with securing co-production deals in key ...
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ITV1 in charity gig coup
ITV1 is to broadcast the Asda Tickled Pink breast cancer awareness event, featuring music acts including Westlife and Sheryl Crow, for its Saturday night schedule.
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All Out assault bags six commissions for R4 and 1Xtra
Radio indie All Out Productions has won six commissions for BBC Radio 4 and 1Xtra's autumn line-ups.
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No substitute for talent
Celebrity presenters will not succeed in drawing listeners to a radio station if they do not also fit the brand, says Graham Bryce.
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A missed opportunity
Lord Birt's MacTaggart lecture failed either to deliver the top-slicing manifesto which had been widely expected or to confound the commentators by coming up with his own big idea.
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ITV's unhappy festival
John Birt's MacTaggart reticence took the heat off the BBC and put ITV firmly in the spotlight at Edinburgh.
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Courtesy costs nothing
The worrying survey findings for an Edinburgh session on How to be Happy in TV set Stuart Prebble reminiscing
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Kit companies: on the record
The demise of hire outfit VFG earlier this has year taught those working in the hire business a valuable lesson: if you're not succeeding as a one-stop shop in the face of dwindling TV production budgets, then diversify.
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The on-demand BBC
On-demand is at the core of the digital debate, and may even change what we mean by 'broadcasting'. The BBC must be at the forefront of developments, says director general Mark Thompson
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NewsITV nightly news may move (again)
ITV is considering moving its late-evening news once again - to a new 11pm slot.
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NewsITV in festival firing line
ITV is overreliant on Granada for its programming and needs to look for a greater range of programme suppliers, critics claimed during a session on 50 years of ITV.
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NewsC4 set to renew ITN contract
Channel 4 is likely to renew its news contract with ITN after its director of television, Kevin Lygo, said he believed it was the best option for the channel.
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NewsRDF Media takes stake in Baby Channel
Wife Swapindie RDF Media has made another investment - this time in a TV channel.
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NewsPiracy fears over BBC streaming
The BBC's proposed new online media player could expose indies to internet piracy, according to producers' alliance Pact.
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Sky One/HBO output deal falls through
BSkyB has ended talks with HBO, the US producer behind The Sopranos, over a possible output deal.