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Norton opens NY office for Comedy Central show
So Television, the indie owned by comedian Graham Norton, has set up a US office in preparation for the launch of Norton's new show on Comedy Central, writes Colin Robertson.
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Five keeps capital FM's party in the park
Five has secured the exclusive rights to show 95.8 Capital FM's music concert, Party in the Park, for a further two years. However, Endemol-owned Initial, which has produced the show for the past three years, has lost the contract to indie Done and Dusted. The show, which features Will Young, ...
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Sky buys pinnacles
BSkyB has bought two Pinnacle DekoCasts to create 'automated interstitials' during ad breaks on the international feed of Sky News. The new machines will take info from Sky News data streams
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BSkyB explores tapeless future
BSkyB has taken a significant step towards becoming a tapeless broadcaster with the purchase of Sony's XDCam disk-based production equipment and its automated robotic playout system, writes Rick Dacey.
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Zig zag brings olympics into front room
Zig Zag Productions has been commissioned to make an indoor version of the Olympic Games for Challenge TV to coincide with the international event in August. The 16 x 30-minute Household Olympics will see Olympic events brought indoors, with families competing in events such as dressing gown judo and real ...
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ITV Yorkshire boss given broader role
ITV Yorkshire controller of programmes Clare Morrow has been given an additional role co-ordinating the activities of all the regional controllers in the north and midlands. Morrow will take on the title of controller of regional programmes, north and report to ITV News Group director of regional production Ian Squires. ...
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Bloomberg supplies business show to LBC
Chrysalis-owned LBC News has struck a deal with Bloomberg to air a 90-minute early morning money programme, Bloomberg Business Breakfast. The show, which launched this week, airs from 05.00 to 06.30, Monday to Friday, and goes head to head with Five Live's ...
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titeuf becomes tootuff for gmtv
GMTV has snapped up French animation series Titeuf from distributor Moonscoop, buying all 78 episodes of the seven-minute programme. It will be rebranded Tootuff and broadcast in GMTV's weekend morning schedule from early next year. It is produced by France Animation with co-production partners Editions Glenat, Canal J, France 3 ...
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BBC buys final cut
BBC Technology has added Apple's Final Cut Pro HD editing software to the workflow for its Colledia production product. Colledia - which enables production staff to access electronically stored tapeless material on a shared IT platform - will be rolled out across the BBC over the next five to 10 ...
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Report into BBC online to come out in May
Former Trinity Mirror chief executive Philip Graf is expected to hand his report on the BBC's online services to the government on Friday (30 April). Media secretary Tessa Jowell commissioned Graf to review the BBC's internet services in August last year. Jowell is expected to publish Graf's report by mid-May. ...
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Comcast bails out on Disney deal
US cable giant Comcast has withdrawn its $54.1bn (£30.2bn) unsolicited bid for Walt Disney, citing a lack of interest in the bid from Disney. 'It has become clear that there is no interest on the part of Disney's management and board in putting Comcast and Disney together,' said Comcast president ...
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BBC backs free satellite service
The BBC has called on the government to back a controversial free-to-air satellite TV service, claiming without it the government will not meet its analogue switch-off target.
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The Station hires Avid op
Avid DS operator Carl Greep has joined The Station. Greep, who has previously worked at Red and Red Square, is joining the graphics department headed by chief designer Sharon Spencer. The appointment topped off a period of significant expansion for the D'Arblay Street facility, which has opened a second office ...
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ITV sales arm reaches out to poland
ITV programme sales arm Granada International has agreed a deal to supply a package of TV movies to TV Polska Channel 1. The Polish broadcaster has taken seven movies including Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, Hollywood Wives and Maiden Voyage: Ocean Hijack.
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Royal approval
Software developer Curious and wireless camera innovator Link Research have each been rewarded for business innovation with the Queen's Award for Enterprise. Curious, an eight-person software company based in London, received its award for its World Map software, which enables users to create broadcast quality still and animated maps. Link ...
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Ant and Dec's takeaway sold to Belgians
ITV's Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is to be made for Belgium. Granada International has agreed a licence deal with TeVe Company, which will make a version of the show for VTM Belgium. VTM will keep the same format as the British version but the Geordie duo will be ...
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BBC makes teen version of little angels
The BBC is to make an 8 x 30-minute spin-off series of Little Angels, in which parents are given tips on how to deal with their children. Teen Angels, which will air first on BBC3 and then transfer to BBC1, will feature experts giving advice to parents and their unruly ...
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Performance to air eastwood interview
The Performance Channel general manager Bob Lynton has bought another two years' worth of Inside the Actors' Studio.The deal is for 50 new episodes, which include interviews with Tom Cruise and Clint Eastwood. Lynton originally commissioned 26 x 60-minute episodes in 2001, featuring in-depth interviews with actors such as Gwyneth ...
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ITV fields Parky against football
ITV stunned the BBC this week by recruiting veteran chat show host Michael Parkinson to join its Saturday night line-up.
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DGP adds dvd site
Soho facility DGP is adding a second site to allow it to do more DVD work at its current premises. Last year, the company produced masters for over 60 million DVDs. The company is the only Warner Bros DVD affiliate in the UK and uses its recommended Toshiba authoring kit. ...