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NewsC4 explores cult of homegrown bomber
Channel 4 has ordered a second run of its thought-provoking documentary series Cult of the Suicide Bomber- this time focusing on female and western terrorists.
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C4 turns back the clock on kids
Indie Twenty Twenty is to turn back the clock in a primetime series for Channel 4 that will give spoilt modern-day kids a taste of the childhood their parents would have typically lived through.
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Sky airs BB-style Brainiac spin-off
Sky One is to expand its award-winning popular science show Brainiacwith a new spin-off studio show, modelled on the success of Channel 4's brand extensions, Big Brother's Big Mouth and Big Brother's Little Brother.
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Metro to expand broadcast arm
Hire, events and post facility Metro Broadcast is looking to spend an estimated£2.5m on a new Soho facility in a bid to expand its broadcast post-production business and reposition itself in the market.
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Envy launches 3D graphics arm
London-based facility Envy is to set up a 3D graphics arm to provide graphics for broadcast, commercials and channel branding.
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Telegenic builds hi-def scanner for OB
OB company Telegenic has ploughed£5m into building a new HD scanner to service its increasing portfolio of sports contracts.
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TSI Transmission calls in the administrators
TSI Transmission - the playout arm of troubled facility TSI - has gone into administration after failing to attract a buyer.
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Video Europe kit
Broadcast rental company Video Europe has splashed out around£1m on Avid kit and broadcast HD equipment. It includes three Avid Unity Lanshares, two Symphony Nitris and 20 Adrenaline HD Systems. Video Europe has also started to build a HD flyaway system for contracts such as the 2006 Asian Games and ...
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Arqiva airs Bubble
Transmission company Arqiva has won the contract to provide direct-to-home (DTH) services for the UK's first ad-free music TV channel, Bubble Hits. The deal with Creative Sounds UK is worth over£1m across a five-year period. Arqiva is providing co-location and uplinking facilities for Bubble Hits from one of its UK ...
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Platform Post grows
Platform Post is expanding its facilities to occupy all four floors of its D'Arblay Street site. Around£400,000 has been invested in upgrading its three Avid Symphony suites, and installing a fourth, which will be fully integrated with a shared media storage system. The investment also covers a 5.1 audio suite ...
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DGP invests in HD
DVD and post facility DGP has spent around£100,000 on a DS Nitris version 8. The system has a dual boot option for Symphony Nitris, dual-link RGB 444 and 5Tb of raid-protected storage. It will be used for managing all HD formats and to help clients work across platforms on both ...
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FD leaves VTR
VTR's finance director, Peter Samengo-Turner, has left the company to work in the financial sector after 11 years at the company. He has been replaced by Prime Focus' vice-president, strategy and business development, Anshul Doshi, who joined VTR's board of directors last month.
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Tapeless at Flextech
Flextech has completed the switch of its linear channels to tapeless playout two weeks before the planned date of 18 July, with the move of Living TV to Red Bee Media's Broadcast Centre in west London. FTN, Bravo, Challenge, Living TV2, Trouble and associated timeshift channels are now being played ...
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Evolutions posts Sunday Service
Evolutions is working on the online and audio post for Radar Productions' Christian O'Connell's Sunday Service, a new 10 x 60-minute entertainment programme. The show, recorded in front of a live studio audience, is similar to O'Connell's radio show, with one-off features, regular items and ...
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Jump shows impact of sport
Jump has created the titles and graphics for BBC's Sport Relief 2006. The graphics were inserted in real environments with contact information on billboards and roadwork signs lighting up to show how the surrounding environment affects the way people live. Commissioned by BBC executive producer ...
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Edinburgh puts technology centre stage
The Edinburgh Television Festival's advisory chair, Alison Sharman, has put the changes being wrought by technology at the heart of this year's event.
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On the box: African escapades
The story of Mark Thatcher and the failed coup in Equatorial Guinea failed to sustain its pace while C4's Sugar Rush was rude and slick, says Cassian Hall
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Redback to make Real Jackal doc for ABC
Indie RedBack has signed a deal with the ABC Network to co-produce a two-hour documentary on one of the world's most famous identity thieves, to be presented by Martin Bashir.
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Francis heads This Morning
ITV is planning to overhaul its flagship daytime brand This Morningwith a new journalistic edge and revamped on-air look, following the promotion of Anya Francis to the role of editor.