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Somethin' Else appoints South Bank Show director
Indie Somethin' Else has added extra clout to its television division by appointing South Bank Show producer and director Leo Burley as head of development.
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Design duo front more for Five
Five's star signings Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are to present a raft of new shows for the broadcaster, all through Ricochet South, including one in which they try to create dream weddings on a budget.
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Duncan: indies not ethnic enough
Channel 4's new chief executive Andy Duncan has told indies working with the channel that they are 'not ethnic enough'.
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C4 ties in T4's Jones for 2005
Channel 4 has signed up T4 presenter Steve Jones to an exclusive, 12-month golden-handcuffs deal to keep him on the channel throughout 2005.
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Sex Traffic film to hit cinemas
Channel 4's successful sex slave drama Sex Traffic is being remade as a feature-length film.
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NewsUS media giant makes overture to Endemol
US giant Time Warner is reportedly interested in buying Big Brother creator Endemol from Spanish telecoms giant Telefónica for at least Eu2bn (£1.38bn).
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NewsNow BBC owes Yentob£12,000
BBC creative director Alan Yentob, cleared of expenses abuses by an internal investigation this week, is actually owed around£12,000 in unclaimed money from the corporation.
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NewsEmap readies bid for SRH
Emap is expected to make a takeover bid for Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) before the end of November, and is reshuffling its top level management in preparation for the deal.
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NewsYorke set to take top BBC drama role
Channel 4 head of drama John Yorke is set to return to the BBC to take a major drama role, as the corporation's drama department was this week hit by its third executive departure in less than a month.
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History Channel gets redesign
Lambie Nairn has redesigned The History Channel's international branding package. Lambie Nairn used modern and anci...
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Fusion rides high after stabilising debts
Fusion Post Production has successfully secured a company voluntary agreement (CVA) and has recorded its two most successful months ever.
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Management buyout at MPC ?doubtful'
The rumoured£50m price tag for the Moving Picture Company (MPC) has silenced industry talk of a management buyout.
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Crow names MD
Crow TV has appointed Jocelyn Buckley as its new managing director. The west London post-production facility's former managing director Paul Kingsley will pass the day-to-day running of the company to Buckley, but insists he will remain closely involved in his position as chief executive. Buckley joined last week from the ...
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Hawkeye a winner
Hawkeye, the tennis and cricket virtual replay system, has won two IT awards at this year's British Computer Society Awards. Hawkeye Innovations scooped both the applications award and flagship award. The system tracks the motion of the ball during cricket and tennis matches with the resulting information being used to ...
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BBC billing protest
UK Post has registered concerns with the BBC and electronic billing company Open Business Exchange (OBE) over the implementation of a new billing system called OB10. Fifteen members of the post sector's industry body have approached UK Post chief executive Gaynor Davenport over the system, as they had not been ...
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Easy starts blaze
Software developer Easy Effects has launched its first vfx plug-ins, following beta testing at Nats Post Production. The plug-in, Blaze, is the first in a line called The Look which is designed specifically for offline and online editors using Avid systems. It aims to fulfil the demands that are put ...
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Rainy day saving
Xtreme Information has launched Weather-Proof, a service that aims to provide an alternative to weather insurance for location shoots. Weather-Proof claims to be able to save productions between 20% and 50% compared with ordinary weather insurance. The client stipulates how much rain will cause a problem at what times on ...
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Bluw delivers Classic FM idents
Bluw has completed production on idents for Classic FM TV. The series of promos bring the channel's television and radio offerings closer by promoting the radio shows to the brand's TV audience. The idents attempt to mirror the channel's sense of calm by using filmic images and languid camera movements. ...
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Sanctuary posts Bomber Crew
Sanctuary post has post-produced RDF Media's Bomber Crew for Channel 4. The series gives five grandchildren of second world war bomber crews the same training undertaken by their grandfathers, culminating in flights on the same planes. It combines the training with archive footage and interviews. ...
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Ascent reveals Euro ambitions
Ascent Media Group (AMG) UK managing director Brenda Smith has set out a blueprint for the group's expansion in 2005 that includes plans for an attack on business in mainland Europe.