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Wife Swap prompts Resolution expansion
Resolution has opened another facility in the former Barracuda Media building, following the closure of the Final Cut Pro specialist, to cope with an influx of work from the Wife Swap franchise.
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Evolutions' reign of terror
Evolutions Television has worked with Scream Films on docu-drama Terror Alert - Could You Survive?. Ex-SAS hard man Chris Ryan looks at what civilians should do if disaster strikes. Reconstruction, archive footage and expert analysis were used to create a fast-paced documentary series. Graeme ...
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Nat geo picks DMC
The Digital Media Centre has been selected by the National Geographic Channel to perform playout for their Scandinavian services. This brings the total count of the National Geographic Channel's local feeds originating from the Digital Media Centre to five and language services provided by the centre to 16.
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Mirren in frame to play queen in Diana film
Prime Suspect star Helen Mirren is being lined up by Granada to play the Queen in an ambitious new cinema film charting the death of Princess Diana from the view of the royal family and Tony Blair. The film is due to go into ...
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NewsWhy Gavin decided it was time to go
Rupert Gavin's decision to quit as chief executive of BBC Worldwide is closely linked to the increased likelihood of the privatisation of the company
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Format focus: PA for a day
In PA For a Day, the presenter acts as personal assistant in order to explore office life from the inside
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ER creates international director role
Entertainment Rights, the owner of Postman Pat and Basil Brush , has promoted Chloe van den Berg to director of international. In the newly created role, van den Berg will develop the international business strategy for all the company's brands ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Richard Woolfe
Bravo's director of programmes wants the channel to become the alternative home of sports in a bid to hold the attention of young men for more than three minutes
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EYE to make children's eel island drama
Norwich-based indie Eye Film and Television has been commissioned to make a children's drama for Five as part of a clutch of new commissions. The 13 x 12-minute The Secret of Eel Island , ordered by Five controller of children's Nick Wilson, focuses on the ...
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Reality TV channel launched in Portugal
London-based Zone Vision is to launch its Reality TV channel in Portugal. The three-year deal with cable operator Cabovisao will see the 24-hour channel broadcast in English to 230,000 homes throughout the country. Worldwide, the channel is available to around 120 million subscribers and is broadcast in 18 different languages. ...
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Comedian gets CBBC show
Stand-up comedian Marcus Brigstocke is to front a children's comedy show for the BBC.
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Capital and GWR rumours intensify
Capital Radio and Classic FM-owner GWR remained tight-lipped this week over speculation that they are in merger talks to create an£800m radio giant. Share prices have soared amid the rumours, with Capital seeing an increase of 51p and GWR growing by 20p since 8 July. The rumours stemmed from a ...
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Granada pulls off bumper drama deal
Granada International has sold more than 500 hours of drama to broadcasters in Denmark, including the four new Poirot films.
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Bectu to confirm technology strike date
Bectu is expected to confirm the dates for BBC Technology's industrial action this Friday (23 July). BBC sources maintained that the strike will not affect output or the TV schedule and claimed to have a contingency plan in place, details of which were not disclosed.
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BBC's wide eye sells to Eastern Europe
Abbey Home Media has licensed BBC pre-school show Wide Eye to eastern European children's network Minimax. The channel has acquired the cable, satellite and video rights for Slovakia, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The 26 x 10-minute series, already sold to South Korea, Australia, ...
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BBC broadcast deal
BBC Broadcast has won a five-year deal with Channel 4 to provide all its access services: subtitling, audio description and signing following an open competitive tender. By January next year BBC Broadcast will be providing tailored services on all Channel 4 channels from the Broadcast Centre in west London. More ...
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BBC looks at night working
Welsh indie Aspect Television has been commissioned by BBC controller of daytime, Alison Sharman, to make a show about people who work during the night.
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Five favourite to bag Joey in bidding war
A bidding war has begun for Friends spin-off Joey after Channel 4 failed to capitalise on its first-look deal. C4, which aired all nine series of Friends , did have a first look window with ...
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Endemol expands into south-east asia
Endemol has hired former Zeal director Ed Sharples to expand its reach into south-east Asia. Sharples, who covered India and the Middle East as director of international television for Zeal, will relocate to Bangkok. He will attempt to drive Endemol formats into territories such as Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. ...
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Celador fails in bid to appeal ruling
Celador's application for permission to appeal against a High Court ruling which leaves it liable to potential damages of $40m (£23m) has been quashed. A judge ruled in May that Celador International had no grounds for breaking its licence contract with Arief, Indonesian producer of ...