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St Anne's set to up high-def capabilities
St Anne's Post is to upgrade its second C-reality telecine to HD as it completes£600,000 of investment in a bid to attract archive restoration and documentary work.
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One animates Nat Geo's new look
One post and Devilfish have created idents for the National Geographic Channel. The sequence of CGI-based idents incorporate live action elements into the 3D animation. The two were combined to create a sense of real depth and to avoid it feeling cartoon-heavy. One's 3D designers David Child and Duncan McWilliam ...
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Ali G in da usaiii to get airing in Croatia
Channel 4 International has secured sales of drama, comedy and animation to broadcasters across eastern Europe. Talkback Production's comedy series Ali G in da USAiii has been picked up by Nova TV in Croatia while National TV Romania has taken 6 x 60-minute drugs drama ...
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NewsTV's 50 most influential shows
This was never going to be an easy task: 13 television executives, three media journalists, a list of over 100 programmes and a mission to pick the 50 most influential programmes in British television history.
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Sit-up TV in£5m deal
Sit-up, the company behind bid-up.tv, price-drop.tv and Screenshop, will hand over large chunks of its schedule to infomercial broadcaster Vector Direct until 2008 in a£5m deal. Under the terms of the deal Vector will broadcast 24 hours a day on Screenshop and from 01.00 to 08.00 every night on the ...
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Punt and Dennis to write Radio 4 sitcom
Comedy duo Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis have been commissioned to write a new topical sitcom for BBC Radio 4. The Party Line, described as a cross between Drop the Dead Donkey and My ...
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Duncan canvasses C4 staff for views
Andy Duncan kicked off his first week as Channel 4 chief executive by encouraging its entire staff to share their ideas on the future of the broadcaster and the way it is run. Duncan hosted a drinks reception on Tuesday evening (20 July) for the entire channel, during which staff ...
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Postman pat set to deliver until 2010
The BBC has commissioned Entertainment Rights to deliver further new episodes of Postman Pat that will continue the series' run into 2010. The 26 x 15-minute order is on top of an initial commission of 26 x 15-minute episodes and 4 x 30-minute specials which ...
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BBC Resources' profits dip by£1m
BBC resources' profits dropped by£1m over 2003/2004, however it has still managed to return£7m in cash to the BBC.
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BBC1 puts£4m into Willows film
BBC1 is developing an ambitious£4m version of Kenneth Grahame's classic children's story Wind in the Willows featuring state-of-the-art animatronics.
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News'Make a baby' TV show under fire
One thousand men will compete for the opportunity to father a child in a controversial new format that is already provoking outrage among religious and fertility groups.
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NewsIndie quota has reached 28%, claims BBC
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has revealed that the corporation has not only met but will exceed its 25% independent quota for the first time in three years.
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NewsUK broadcasters vie for Captain Scarlet revamp
ITV, the BBC and Sky One are set to bid for the new£20m revamp of Captain Scarlet - the most expensive children's TV programme ever made.
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NewsBroadcast names TV's 50 most influential shows
The BBC has been responsible for 33 of the 50 most influential shows in British broadcasting history, according to a special report published by Broadcast this week.
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NewsReport finds public critical of the BBC
The BBC was confronted with more evidence this week of public concern about the quality of its output and value of the licence fee.
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Walters to star in Philip Lawrence school drama
ITV is lining up Julie Walters to star in a drama about the woman credited with turning around the north London school where head-teacher Philip Lawrence was killed in 1995.
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RDF looks at family feuds
RDF Media has begun work on a potential successor to its Channel 4 hit Wife Swap with a new show that aims to help families resolve long-running rifts.
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Saturn looks to buy up indies
Investment fund Saturn Capital is looking to buy up four or five independent production companies to create a new production entity, with a combined turnover of£20m.
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BBC2 signs up Whitehouse for comedy series
Paul Whitehouse has bagged a new TV series with a BBC2 comedy in which he plays a series of characters in need of psychiatric help.
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Cowell set to make music biz Apprentice
Simon Cowell, the acid-tongued Pop Idol judge, is set to front a music business version of NBC's hit reality show The Apprentice.