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Five clips online
Five and North One Television, the production company behind Fifth Gear, have launched a video download store capitalising on the motoring show's content. Viewers can download a choice of 40 downloadable clips to their home computer from www.7digital.com/fifthgear. lips will include a helicopter racing a sports ...
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Avid nears pinnacle
Avid Technologies is expected to have bought rival manufacturer Pinnacle Systems for $462m (£224.3m) by the end of the week. As part of the transaction Avid will issue 6.2 million shares to current Pinnacle Systems shareholders, a total of around 15% of the company. The deal was announced on Monday ...
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Budget welcome
UK Post chief executive Gaynor Davenport believes the government's recent announcement to extend tax relief for low-budget British feature films until April 2006 is 'encouraging' but still has a long way to go. '[The announcement] boosts confidence and provides certainty for both film-makers and post facilities in the short term ...
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Hammerhead posts
Equipment hire company Hammerhead has appointed VFG's Manchester video hire manager John Dardis as equipment manager. He started last week. Chief engineer John Hewart is also due to start at Hammerhead within a fortnight as engineering manager. Both former VFG employees will be based in Manchester.
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VTR recruits three
VTR has appointed Flame artist Lyndon Gaul, TK operator Kai Van Beers and executive producer Rebekah Hay. Hay joins from Red Post Production while Beers comes from The Mill. All three joined this month.
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Only nuts write letters
Broadcasters would welcome constructive critics but all they seem to get is 'angry of Tunbridge Wells' says Steven D Wright
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BBC1 welcomes back Two Ronnies
The return of veteran TV comics Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett was warmly welcomed by BBC1 viewers, with 8 million tuning in.
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Willock to advise indies
Southern Star head of factual Simon Willock is setting up his own specialist consultancy business to help indies secure financing and manage rights.
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Ransley does crime for ITV1
The scriptwriter behind the BBC's forthcoming costume drama Fingersmithhas been signed up by ITV to write an original crime drama.
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BBC1 goes to Egypt
The lives of the ancient Egyptians and the archaeologists who uncovered them are being portrayed in a landmark BBC1 series. Discovering Ancient Egyptwill dramatise the tales of explorers who searched for artefacts from the ancient civilization, and recreate the lives of the pharaohs. The 6 x ...
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Mote to step down
Community Channel controller Jane Mote is to step down at the end of June. She will return to the BBC, from where she has been on secondment since January 2003, in an as yet unspecified role. The not-for-profit channel, run by The Media Trust, has advertised for a replacement. Meanwhile, ...
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Rugby star for BBC
Rugby star Jonny Wilkinson is to follow in the footsteps of David Beckham and appear in BBC kids show Hotshots. The England player will front Wilkinson's Hotshots, a rugby version of the show which will see kids honing their sports skills under ...
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Hit sale nets£29m for founder Orton
HitEntertainment founder and chairman Peter Orton is set to leave the company after selling out to private equity firm Apax.
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ORTV on trail of wildebeest for Nat Geo
Factual indie ORTVis chronicling the annual migration of wildlife in Tanzania's Serengeti plains for National Geographic.
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Zig Zag goes to real-life Wacky Races
ZIG Zag Productionshas won the contract to produce coverage of this year's Gumball 3000 rally for the Extreme Sports Channel.
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Schoonmaker joins Portman
FORMER Emap TV and radio chief Tim Schoonmaker has been made a non-executive director of Portman Film and Television, the rights group recently taken over by Chrysalis chairman Chris Wright, writesPaul Revoir.
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Format focus: The Cut
The world of fashion gets the reality show treatment in this glitzy format fronted by Tommy Hilfiger.
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Little Red Tractor makes European trip
BBC pre-school cartoon Little Red Tractorhas been picked up by German children's channel Kika. The channel has taken all 52 episodes of the series, which is co-produced and distributed by Entertainment Rights. The programme will air across Germany, Switzerland and Austria from the autumn, reaching around ...
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RDF rights picks up Supersize She doc
RDF Rights has secured distribution of Five's forthcoming documentary on female body-building, Supersize She,and will launch it at MipTV in April. The 60-minute film focuses on the story of British woman Joanna Thomas and her bid to become Miss Olympia - the highest achievement in the ...
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TVF seals deals for UK factual shows
UK factual distributor TVF International has secured a series of deals throughout Europe with British programmes including the second in the BBC science documentary series, Motherland. Discovery Europe has picked up 60-minute film Motherland: Moving On, the follow-up to ...