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BBC Broadcast wins ITV identity brief
BBC Broadcast, the up-for-sale commercial arm of the BBC, has won the pitch to redesign ITV's on-screen identity. The creative services division will work alongside advertising agency M&C Saatchi to review the onscreen identity of the ITV channels, which may include producing new channel idents and logos.
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IBF brings in Ashby
International Broadcast Facilities has taken on DVD producer Hilary Ashby from Figment Media. Ashby will oversee DVD and video-on-demand projects at the Covent Garden-based facility. She has previously worked on titles such as Dawn of the Deadand Beyond the Sea.
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Sky to air football awards
Sky One has picked up the UK rights to a new awards ceremony that is being billed as football's answer to the Oscar...
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NBC set to air hit me baby in JUne
US network NBC has rushed through production on its version of Granada's Saturday night entertainment show Hit Me Baby One More Timeto get the format on air early next month. NBC has ordered three episodes of the show and plans to debut it on 2 June ...
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Murdoch admits disappointment over Sky One
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has admitted that, despite a change in strategy for flagship channel Sky One, r...
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Abbott wins award
Shamelesswriter Paul Abbott has gained another award for his thriller State of Play. The programme was picked up by BBC America and won best television feature in the Edgar Allan Poe Awards in the US this week. It is the latest in a series of victories ...
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Black Diamond in 70-hour M&M deal
Producer and distributor Black Diamond Films has struck a deal for 70 hours of programming with ITV for the relaunched Men and Motors channel, which debuted on Freeview this week.
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Network 7 options TwoFour format
Indie TwoFour Television has sold the option to new factual entertainment format What Are You Worth?to Network 7 in Australia. The show gives one participant expert advice on how to improve his or her salary. The indie is currently working on a 30-minute pilot of the ...
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BBC HR department to shed 495 jobs
The BBC's human resources department has confirmed the final numbers for its job losses, as part of a corporation-wide review. The 990-strong department will lose half its staff, subject to talks with unions, with half the jobs lost being outsourced to an outside agency. The cuts form part of Mark ...
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4 Creative MD role review as Green quits
Lisa Green, managing director of 4 Creative and 124 Facilities, has resigned to pursue other interests. ...
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C4I sells vain men and That'll Teach 'Em
Channel 4 International has sold one-off documentary Vain Mento Franco-German broadcaster Arte. The 50-minute documentary was originally made for C4 in 2002 and deals with male insecurities and body image. C4 has also sold the format of That'll Teach 'Emto TV2 in ...
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C4 aims to find a family for the elderly
Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned by Channel 4 to make a show in which elderly people are adopted by families who have no grandparents.
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SC4 tasks indies to produce three documentary strands
Welsh channel S4C has commissioned content for three new documentary strands it plans to introduce next year.
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C4 takes on Comedy unit's Music spoof
Scottish indie The Comedy Unit has secured a brace of new commissions including a new mockumentary for Channel 4 based on the music scene. Neil McCallum, commissioning editor for music, youth and T4, has ordered 6 x 20-minute series Soundproof.The spoof documentary series will explore why ...
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Wife swap set to return to C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor of documentaries Meredith Chambers has ordered a further two 6 x 60-minute series of RDF Media's Wife Swap.The fifth series will air in the autumn, while the sixth will go out next year.
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Welsh indies benefit from C4 support
Channel 4 and the Welsh Development Agency (WDA) are ploughing£225,000 into Cardiff indies Green Bay and Boomerang...
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C4 lures BBC executive for More4 service
Channel 4 has poached a BBC executive to join the commissioning team for its upcoming free-to-air digital service More4.
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C4 appoints Bulford to finance post
Channel 4 has appointed Royal Opera House executive Anne Bulford to replace outgoing deputy chief executive David Scott. Bulford, currently director of finance and business affairs at the Royal Opera House, will be joining the C4 board at the start of July in the newly created role of group finance ...
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Lime animates Farm 3D idents
Lime has completed 3D animated idents for Five's second series of ...
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3BM development
Factual indie 3BM has promoted Annalisa D'Innella to the newly created role of head of development. She will oversee all aspects of the company's development work and will work closely with the company's managing directors on its pitching strategy to both domestic and international broadcasters. She joined 3BM in 2000 ...