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NewsIndies overpriced, says City report
The first signs that the City could be cooling on the attraction of independent production companies came this week in a briefing document from media analysts at Numis Securities, which claimed that both Shed Productions and RDF Media were overvalued.
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NewsHow much money does this man need?
The general consensus is that the BBC should not receive any licence-fee increase above inflation - but the debate is far from over, says James Curtis.
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Smart money on Ball's return
Uncompromising, feared and respected and, from his Sky days, moneyed? Tony Ball is back on the UK media scene as chairman of investment vehicle IMAC, writes Lucy Rouse.
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In my view - A licence fee for all
A licence fee rise, shared with other broadcasters, will safeguard public service broadcasts in a digital age, says Ann Rossiter
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Talk the talk
How do some chat shows hit on a winning formula, while others fall at the first hurdle? Is it down to the personality of the presenter or is sticking to tried and tested scheduling the key, asks James Curtis.
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Interview - Deborah Turness: Making headlines
Since Deborah Turness became editor, ITV News has scored a series of scoops and a slew of awards - and now a boost to her budget is helping her ensure the network stays on top of the news.
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Leader - All that glistens...
As RDF loses its latest BBC recruit, City analysts wonder whether the shine has rubbed off the indie sector.
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Sleeper hit Tribe wins double run
BBC2 controller Roly Keating has ordered a further two runs of hit anthropology series Tribe, in which adventurer Bruce Parry spends time living with remote world communities.
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Three-piece body work for C4
Channel 4 is to explore Britain's obsession with body shape and appearance in three different hour-long documentaries.
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North One secures popular science task
North One Television has won its first commission from National Geographic Channel (NGC) for a Brainiac-style popular science series.
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Living lines up Most Haunted burial stunt
Living TV is planning a live burial in its next episode of Most Haunted Liveafter the special was recommissioned for a 19th and 20th run. A psychic is to be lowered in a coffin fitted with cameras into a grave in Portsmouth in May. A ...
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Star makes Indian Housewives
Hit US drama Desperate Housewivesis set to be remade in India by Rupert Murdoch-owned cable broadcaster Star TV.
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Sun Hill cops' European beat
The Billwill continue to pound the beat in Denmark and Belgium after Fremantle International Distribution signed lucrative new deals to keep the long-running ITV1 show on air.
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Sky One bags Ludlum thriller rights
Sky One has picked up the multichannel and terrestrial TV rights to Robert Ludlum's bio-terrorism thriller The Hades Factor. The 2 x 90-minute miniseries, starring Stephen Dorff, Anjelica Huston and Mira Sorvino, was acquired from Tandem Communications. It is due to air on Sky in ...
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Italian job for ITV1's The Sketch Show
ITV1 classic comedy The Sketch Showis to be made in Italian after Avalon International secured a new deal for the show at MipTV. Magnolia Italy has purchased all the UK scripts from the first series of the Bafta award-winning show, which it will use as ...
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ITN buys 56 Sony cameras for use in field
ITN is upgrading its news cameras with an investment in 56 Sony DSR-450WSP DVCam camcorders and more than 30 DSR-1500 DVCam compact editing recorders for all of its ITV international and domestic coverage.
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Seamless editing
Dayang International has signed an XDCam alliance agreement with Sony to aid seamless interoperability between Sony's XDCam blue-laser optical disc system and Dayang's editing equipment. This includes enabling Dayang's D3-Edit workstation to link with the XDCam optical disc media for faster editing.
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MTV software
MTV Networks has launched on-air creative software to allow designers and editors from various parts of the world to work on projects simultaneously. Creative Hub software, based on Apple's Final Cut Studio, is designed to enable numerous systems to connect to form a Storage Area Network (SAN) to allow creative ...
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Quake special effects from DVA
DVA has produced the special effects, graphics and map sequences for Cicada Films' Europe's Secret Quakes, a 60-minute programme on the effects of earthquakes. DVA created 20 HD special effects shots with creative director Matthew Baxter devising the sequences. Senior animator Andy Kucharczyk and animator ...
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Format Focus: American Inventor
Simon Cowell's Syco Television and Fremantle Media have launched a US-wide hunt for a winning new invention and $1m in prize money is up for grabs.