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Mitcorp bags iVDR
Mitcorp has been appointed as the UK reseller for Thomson's Grass Valley brand - in particular the Grass Valley M-Series intelligent video recorder (iVDR), which combines traditional VTR functions, including playout and camera ingest, with video storage and media-exchange format. The move is intended to widen Thomson's pro-AV customer ...
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Heggessey brings back drama favourites
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has recommissioned three of the channel's dramas. Filming on a new 8 x 60-minute run of Down to Earth - now in its fifth series - begins in May with Sharon Houlihan returning as producer and Mervyn Watson executive producing. A ...
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Lads' Army indie hires factual head
Twenty Twenty, the indie behind shows such as Lads' Army and That'll Teach 'Em , has appointed freelance series producer Jamie Isaacs as its first head of factual.
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BBC opens archive
The BBC has launched a website which will allow people to use its archive to make their own one-minute-long movies. The site - at bbc.co.uk/films/oneminutemovies - will let film-makers download BBC archive soundtrack music for free and showcase their films on the BBC website. It will also include tips on ...
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Arab broadcaster options BBC series
Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based newscaster set up last year to rival al-Jazeera, has renewed its distribution ties with the BBC, optioning a further 125 hours of content, writes Colin Robertson.
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NHK buys little robots kids animation
BBC Worldwide has sold pre-school animation series Little Robots to public Japanese broadcaster NHK. The series, produced by Cosgrove Hall Films for indie Create TV & Film, will air from 10 April in an early evening slot on Saturdays. Little Robots has been sold to broadcasters in more than 60 ...
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Anglia factual hires Thomas
Marie Thomas, the commissioning editor behind ITV's forthcoming reality co-production Desperately Seeking Sheila , is leaving Australian broadcaster SBS to become part of Granada's Anglia network factual team in Norwich.
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It's all in the worst possible taste
Sky One head of factual Matthew Paice has commissioned three independents to make 4 x 60-minute programmes each about medical mishaps, sick movies and other tasteless subjects. The as-yet-untitled 12-part series will be made by Shine, Ten Alps and Bullseye Television.
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Animated Poirot to air in Japan
The classic crime novels of Agatha Christie have been animated for the first time following a deal between rights holder Chorion and Japanese broadcaster NHK. Two of Christie's most famous creations have been turned into cartoon characters for the 39 x 30-minute series, Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. ...
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Mentorn takes a look at foreign affairs
Indie Mentorn has been commissioned by Five controller of history Alex Sutherland to make a 60-minute documentary on women who fall in love with foreign men. Leaving for Love - produced by Nathalie Goldberg and executive produced by Rob Carey - will follow the stories of women who have left ...
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BBC checked for misleading advertising
The BBC has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority for promoting six digital channels as 'new'. The advert carried the line: 'Six bright new channels for your bunch - BBC.' The ASA upheld a complaint from a member of the public who pointed out that some of the channels ...
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RDF adds two agents to talent division
RDF Media has doubled the size of its talent management team with the appointments of agents Michael Joyce and Craig Latto from Silver Fox Artist Management.
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ER to handle Japanese toon across Europe
Entertainment Rights, the owner of Basil Brush and Postman Pat , is to distribute Japanese animation series Duel Masters in Europe. The cartoon, spawned by a comic book and video game, is to ...
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Evolutions wins 65-show RDF deal
Soho facility Evolutions Television has agreed a deal with independent production company RDF Media - maker of Banzai and Faking It - to post-produce 65 programmes for two new property series. Evolutions did not reveal how much the deal is worth, writes Farah Jifri.
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Murdoch vetoes launching Channel 6
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has halted plans to set up a 'Channel 6' entertainment channel on the Freeview platform.
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DGP invests in Symphony V5
DGP has bought eight of Avid's latest version of Symphony, writes Farah Jifri.
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Lux picks up C4 order for Celador
Celador Productions' decision to hire former Channel 4 head of entertainment group Danielle Lux as its new managing director appears to have paid off after the company landed its first commission from the channel in nearly 20 years, writes Paul Revoir.
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C4 child sex doc sells to Europe and USA
Channel 4 International has secured a raft of sales for Cutting Edge documentary The Child Sex Trade. The 50-minute co-production between Hardcash Productions and Arte France has been picked up by nearly a dozen broadcasters including CNN in the US, SRC in Canada and ...
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C4 loses news man
Channel 4 News senior foreign editor Andrew Macdonald is leaving the programme. Since he joined in 1989 he has worked as a field producer, covering uprisings in eastern Europe, and was responsible for setting up Channel 4 News' Moscow bureau before becoming senior foreign editor. He has yet to reveal ...
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BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more 'appointment to view' slots on the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.