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Anvil relocates
Dubbing and ADR facility Anvil Post Production is moving from Buckinghamshire to a facility in Perivale, west London. Work on the new premises will begin this month, with existing equipment being transferred from the old studios over the next six months.
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ITV's Andrew stocks up on kids shows
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Steven Andrew has commissioned a number of new programmes. My Life as a Popat , a Feelgood Fiction production, follows Anand Popat, a 12-year-old Asian Adrian Mole who lives in a fantasy world to escape his squabbling family. ...
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Bravo and Living to take over Alias
Bravo and Living TV have secured a deal with Buena Vista International Television to acquire US drama series Alias. The Flextech-owned channels will screen the third season of the 22 x 60-minute series from mid-March before its terrestrial outing on Five. The third series, ...
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Carlton looks after Tell-Tale's Sprogs
Carlton International has picked up the TV and video rights for animated series Sprogs. The deal covers the first 13 x 22-minute episodes of the show, which is made by indie Tell-Tale Productions and features a modern American family coming to terms with the ...
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The BBC after Hutton
The shock has begun to subside slightly after the high drama of last week - but the questions about the leadership and direction of the BBC post-Hutton and post-Dyke go on. Most industry figures who we talked to felt - perhaps for different reasons - that former BBC chairman Gavyn ...
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Hot-Heads in action
Picture Canning Company has been contracted to provide technical facilities and equipment for a new RDF reality TV show called The Penthouse. Currently in production, the show follows a group of celebrities in a penthouse as they complete tasks. Computer controlled hot-head cameras and ...
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Staff plan more action
BBC staff were preparing to show their support for deposed director general Greg Dyke again on Thursday (5 February) exactly a week after thousands spontaneously took to the streets to protest at his sudden departure.
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BBC Technology attracts 40 bids
The BBC has received 40 serious bids for its BBC Technology arm, writes Farah Jifri.
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C4 helps indies break America
Eleven independent production companies from outside London are to receive a crash course in breaking the US market as part of a new initiative from Channel 4 and producers' alliance Pact, writes Glen Mutel.
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C4 jettisons my new best friend
Tiger Aspect's award-winning comedy My New Best Friend has become the victim of its own success after Channel 4 deemed chief protagonist Marc Wootton too recognisable to front another series. The
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Channel 4 goes for longer ski run
Channel 4 is to double the length of its Sunday morning edition of Skiing on 4. The show will now run for one hour from 08.00 each Sunday until the end of the season. The move has been motivated by a recent string of ...
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Robinson takes 'worst jobs in history' for C4
Time Team presenter Tony Robinson is to trample woollen cloth barefoot in a bucket of stale urine as part of a new social history series for Channel 4, writes Jon Rogers.
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Red3 transitions travel time
Red3, a recently established offshoot of Red Vision, has provided transitional shots for a show within the BBC's Natural World strand called The Amber Time Machine. The film follows David Attenborough as he traces a piece of amber he was ...
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BBC2 wins three prizes for spy drama
BBC2 drama Cambridge Spies has won three awards at France's prestigious television festival Fipa, which attracts entries from all over the world. The programme took the silver award for best series, best actor in a series, and best music. It was made by the BBC ...
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Granada Bristol wins ITV1 orders
Granada Bristol has won its biggest ever raft of commissions from ITV1 with three series including a reality show in which members of the public are press-ganged into crewing an ocean-going vessel, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsByford to lead review into Kelly decisions
Acting BBC director general Mark Byford is to personally lead a review into the conduct of BBC staff involved in the Dr David Kelly affair following the stinging criticisms in the Hutton report.
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NewsRyder delays Dyke Charter document
Acting BBC chairman Richard Ryder's decision not to publish the BBC's 2006 Charter renewal proposals represents an unwelcome delay for the corporation.
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NewsElstein panel loses another member
Another TV industry executive has quit the group chaired by David Elstein which is charged with advising the Tory party on BBC Charter review.
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NewsIn the shadow of Dyke: Byford steps forward
Mark Byford may have moved into Greg Dyke's old job, but he hasn't moved into his office. While he holds the BBC fort in the immediate post-Hutton period, Byford has been conducting business from a small conference room next door to Dyke's former office suite in Broadcasting House. As if ...
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NewsSky finance director quits
BSkyB chief financial officer Martin Stewart has quit the satellite operator after eight years to pursue 'new opportunities'.