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Ex-Sky One factual head joins Diverse
Former Sky One head of factual programmes Matthew Paice has joined Diverse Production, the indie behind Operatunity.
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Digidesign move
ProTools developer Digidesign has appointed Martin Bennett as its new European marketing and strategic business manager. Bennett, who has been with Digidesign for over eight years, has latterly been responsible for selling the ICON system into high-end post, music and broadcast studios and facilities. He is now charged with overseeing ...
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TV news debate
The Edinburgh TV Festival organisers have added a new session debating how much gory footage newscasters should show. The panel session will ask whether recent editorial decisions over tragedies such as the Asian tsunami and the 7 July bombings have pushed the limits of taste and decency too far. Panellists ...
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Zone/Two Way deal
Interactive TV specialist Two Way TV has signed up with broadcaster and channel distributor Zone Vision Networks to provide software which could boost mobile revenues for MTV and Discovery across Europe. Zone Vision last week signed a deal to become Two Way TV's agent for its Simcast technology across the ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Geoff Daniels
The senior vice-president of development & production for National Geographic Channels International hopes to stir things up again with a provocative new format and find a breakout science series
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Chorion gobbles up Hungry Caterpillar
Chorion, the rights company that owns Noddyand Mr Men, has bought up the rights to classic kids book The Very Hungry Caterpillar. It has paid an undisclosed sum for New York firm Silver Lining Productions, which owns the ...
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Bombings fuel demand for news
The main terrestrial news bulletins have all increased their audiences since the 7 July terrorists attacks - notably ITV1 and Channel 4.
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Blue completes Naked Us work
Blue has completed post-production on the BBC's three-part series Naked Us. The show follows a number of couples as they not only strip themselves bare physically, but also of everything they own to pursue their dreams, such as one pair who head off to Spain to ...
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Marr to host BBC's European quiz show
The BBC's outgoing political editor, Andrew Marr, is to front a BBC2 quiz that will test the European credentials of British viewers. How Euro Are You?is being made by Talent TV, the indie behind inter-active quiz Test the Nation, and will test ...
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BBC goes on demand
BBC Broadcast has signed a three-year deal with Telewest Broadband to provide encoding and navigational services for its new TV-on-demand service, Teleport. BBC Broadcast will encode programmes, making them ready for broadcast on the digital platform and provide information which allows digital viewers to search for programmes which interest them. ...
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Ofcom wins legal battle over licences
Ofcom has won the first of two legal challenges over FM radio licences it has awarded. In the first such action taken against the regulator, A-Ten FM chairman Francis Wildman brought a judicial review to the High Court over its awarding of the recent Ashford licence to Local Ashford Radio ...
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Objective wins Balls of Steel spin-off
Objective has been commissioned to make a spin-off of its forthcoming Balls of Steelprank show - the programme which famously filmed actor Tom Cruise getting sprayed with a water pistol, writesGeoff White.
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Living TV buys UK rights to Teen Awards
Living TV has bought UK exclusive rights to 20th Century Fox's Teen Choice Awards(pictured). The annual live event in which American teenagers vote for their favourite movies, actors, sports icons and singers via an online ballot will air on Living on 21 August, a week after ...
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Sit-Up TV licenses formats in Asia
TV retailer Sit-Up TV has licensed its channel formats across Asia in a 20-year deal worth upwards of $20m. Asian TV shopping specialist Pacific Media is to make an initial payment of $14m to Sit-Up allowing it to adapt Price-Drop TV and Bid TV channels for its own market. The ...
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Unclear future for Celador sales arm
Who Wants to be a Millionaire?producer Celador this week said it would be prepared to allow a management buyout of its international sales arm - but said talks about a possible sale had now been put on hold.
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Fremantle media appoints new US head
Fremantle Media has promoted Cecile Frot-Coutaz to chief executive of its North American arm, filling the role left vacant by Tom Gutteridge's exit. Frot-Coutaz, currently chief operating officer of Fremantle Media North America (FMNA), will report to Fremantle Media chief executive Tony Cohen. She said one of her priorities was ...
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Initial to make John Peel special for C4
Channel 4 is to dig into the late Radio 1 DJ John Peel's record collection for a documentary special this autumn. Initial is making John Peel's Record Boxwith help from the Peel family, notably his son Tom Ravenscroft who is a researcher on the 60-minute show. ...
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C4 and ITV set to join NTL VoD service
NTL is close to signing licensing deals with Channel 4 and ITV for its video on demand service.
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NewsBBC2 scores hits
BBC2 scored a trio of significant ratings hits last week. Ricky Gervais's new comedy Extrasattracted 4.6 million (23.5%) on Thursday (21 July) at 9pm and was the most-watched programme at that time. On Sunday (24 July) Top Gearpulled in 5.1 million (21.8%) ...
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Outhwaite to star in BBC1 hotel drama
The world of sex and seduction in the luxury hotel industry is being filmed for a new BBC1 drama by indie Carnival Films. Hotel Babylon- inspired by author Imogen Edwards-Jones' book of the same name - stars Tamzin Outhwaite as an ambitious hotel manager and Max Beesley ...