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Films of Record follows girl cops
The BBC has commissioned Films of Record to make two ambitious fly-on-the-wall documentary series, charting the lives of women police officers and prison staff.
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Sky One to co-pro
Sky One has signed on as a co-production partner with CBS Paramount for two series of new sci-fi drama Threshold. The one-hour thriller series follows a team of experts who are brought together when the US Navy discovers an extraterrestrial craft has landed in the Atlantic ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Jill Offman
The senior vice-president of Discovery and Developing Networks is constantly on the lookout for trademark shows, as she attempts to stamp more personality on the network
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UKTV doles out property show cash
Brighton-based Maverik Motion Pictures is about to go into production with a property show for UKTV Style. The 15 x 30-minute series, In Grand Style, focuses on first-time buyers in the Brighton and Hove area, who are given£1,000 and 36 hours to kit out their new ...
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Brian Waddell profiles movie cars
Northern Ireland indie Brian Waddell Productions has been commissioned by Sky One to make a two-hour clip show called Movies' Greatest Cars. The show will feature famous vehicles such as the BullittFord Mustang, Goldfinger's Aston Martin, ...
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EPGs to boost radio
The digital radio handheld market will change the way radio operates within three years and may bring subscription radio stations within five, said industry chiefs last week. Electronic programme guides (EPGs) similar to Sky+ will be available on handheld devices within 12 months and will open up new ways for ...
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BBC Resources sale put on hold
The BBC's offer to put a sale of BBC Resources on hold for two years following last week's strike has been welcomed by the industry but has rekindled concerns over BBC sweeteners.
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BBC tapeless trials near final hurdle
The BBC has confirmed that the lucrative preferred solutions slots being battled over by Sony and Panasonic are still open to competition.
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Granada poaches senior BBC executive
Granada International has poached senior BBC acquisitions executive Helen Fox Gladwell to head its business affairs team. Currently BBC head of business and legal affairs programme acquisition, Fox Gladwell will report to Granada International chief Nadine Nohr. She will be joined by James Penny, who moves across from Granada's business ...
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BB producer award
Big Brothersenior producer Melissa Brown was among those honoured at the Broadcast Young Talent Awards at the National Film Theatre last week. Head of More4 Peter Dale presented Brown - who has been employed as a senior producer by Endemol on flagship shows such as Big ...
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Aquarium dubs Beethoven
Aquarium has completed audio and online post on BBC documentary drama Beethoven. The 3 x 60-minute series, presented by conductor Charles Hazlewood, follows eyewitness accounts of Beethoven's life and legendary compositions. Audio recordings of Beethoven playing alongside an orchestra were made on set and passed on ...
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Rival channels air views on BBC charter
ITV, Five and BSkyB are set to give evidence to a House of Lords committee which is considering the BBC Charter review. ITV chief executive Charles Allen, BSkyB chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein and Five chief executive Jane Lighting will all put forward their views to the committee, chaired by ...
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Top UP TV adds British Eurosport
Top Up TV has added British Eurosport to its premium Freeview line-up, making it the first dedicated sports channel to air on the DTT platform. Launched on 31 May in a 2pm and 11pm slot on channel 49, Eurosport replaces E4, which left Top Up to go free-to-air last week. ...
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EC lobbies for end to ad restrictions
Restrictions on the amount of advertising broadcasters can show could be lifted under plans devised by the European Union's media commissioner Viviane Reding. Reding is expected to call for the lifting of restrictions currently in place that limit advertising to no more than 20% of total daily broadcasts. Under Reding's ...
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Worldwide sales for C4I disaster films
Channel 4 International has made a slew of international sales for Pioneer Productions' two disaster documentaries Krakatoaand The Wave That Shook the World. Krakatoa, a 60-minute film which aired on C4 in January, has been shifted to six ...
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Blunkett drama kicks off More4
Channel 4 is launching its new More4 service in October with a satire on the life of David Blunkett. A Very Social Secretary, a one-off 90-minute drama from indie Mentorn, will follow Blunkett's recent past as a Cabinet minister, focusing on events surrounding his affair with ...
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C4 in Freeview slot
Crown Castle has confirmed that Channel 4 has won the last available slot on Freeview after bidding over£5m for a space on the digital terrestrial platform. C4 was awarded the slot on Multiplex C last month but has been awaiting approval from other broadcasters. The contract gives C4 the space ...
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Lime sees colour of M2's money in£750,000 set-up
M2 financial director John Tadros is pumping over£750,000 into vfx start-up Lime.
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Shocks to the system
Taboo-busting is de rigeur on both high and lowbrow channels, and Ofcom is showing no inclination to stem the tide, writes Sam Delaney.
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Uplifting misery
With a C4 doc about cancer following The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, Patrick Collerton has cornered the market in films about death. But his rapport with his subjects and irreverence make his work inspiring. By Suzy Bashford.