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Rushes Soho Shorts swamped by 2009 entries
The Rushes Soho Shorts Festival has received 1,159 entries for this year’s short film competition and added two new categories to the judging process.
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NewsGearhouse heads to Costa Rica for US ‘I’m a Celeb’
Gearhouse Broadcast is providing broadcast and technical facilities in Costa Rica for coverage of the US version of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
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NewsNorton chatshow heads to BBC1
Graham Norton’s BBC2 chatshow will move to BBC1 in the autumn as part of a plan to make him one of the principle faces of the channel.
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NewsVisions to provide Twenty20 coverage
OB company NEP Visions will provide host broadcaster ESPN Star with the worldwide HD feed for the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup which starts in London this week.
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NewsTerry Smith joins Evolutions
Evolutions has appointed former IBF chief executive Terry Smith to the role of business development manager.
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NewsVitec Group to scale back IBC presence
The broadcast systems division of British plc The Vitec Group will scale back its presence at IBC in September and instead focus is marketing efforts on locally run events and targeted activities.
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NewsNarduzzo readies bigger Pinewood suite
Colourist Vince Narduzzo is to move from his temporary home at Pinewood Studios to a new larger grading suite within the Iver Heath studio complex.
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NewsTern Digital debuts iPhone game spin-off
Tern Digital is launching an iPhone game based on its Channel 4 educational show KNTV.
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NewsFoundry team completes MBO
A management team at London visual effects technology developer The Foundry has completed a buyout of the company.
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NewsBBC1 cools on acquisitions
BBC1 controller Jay Hunt has warned that she will not be shopping for US acquisitions and pledged her support to British productions instead.
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NewsExport revenues for UK indies near £400m
TV export revenues for UK-based independent producers were the highest on record in 2008, according to a report commissioned by Pact.
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NewsNorthern screen agencies launch online database
North England’s regional screen agencies have teamed up to launch an online database listing everything from crew to facilities in a bid to maximise jobs for freelance production staff.
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NewsBBC4 needs more Answers
BBC4 has commissioned 13 more episodes of offbeat quiz show We Need Answers following a three-part trial run.
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Pact kicks off indie roadshows
Pact is extending a helping hand to struggling indies with a series of roadshows over the next month.
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Primates to "funk up" CBeebies
CBeebies controller Michael Carrington is to “funk up the channel” with a major new 52 x 22-minute live action series fronted by primates.
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NewsSky to ramp up VoD service
Sky is set to go head-to-head with Virgin Media in the ‘pull VoD’ market with plans to launch a service in about a year’s time.
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NewsBBC1 revives spirit of Tomorrow's World
BBC1 is to reinvent the Tomorrow’s World format with new science series Bang Goes the Theory.
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NewsBGT sparks 350 complaints
Nearly 350 complaints were lodged with Ofcom last weekend over Britain’s Got Talent – but less than 16 of them were about the treatment of singing sensation Susan Boyle.
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RatingsITV1’s Tornado lacks gusto
ITV1’s peaktime line up ran out of steam last night as its new series Nature’s Fury: Tornado impressed just 1.9m viewers (9.5%) at 8pm, losing out to BBC1, BBC2 and Channel 4 at the time.
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ITV and UTV defend £100m budget for regional news
ITV and UTV have stepped in to defend Ofcom’s proposed £100m budget for regional news, after the BBC dismissed the figure as “fantasy”.