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NewsC4 commissions gay prom series
Channel 4's commissioning editor for education Deborah Ward has greenlit September Films to make a 2 x 60-minute series following the adventures of five gay teenagers as they attempt to put on a gay prom for 200 British teens.
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ITV reorders Planet Sketch
Decode Entertainment and Aardman Animations have been commissioned by CITV and Canadian broadcaster Teletoon to make a further 26 x 11-minute episodes of its hit animated series Planet Sketch.
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Celebrity Soup back on E! Entertainment
E! Entertainment UK has ordered a second series of Celebrity Soup, a version of long-running US celebrity gossip review show The Soup.
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NewsCBS fails in bid for genealogy format
Wall To Wall has turned down an offer from number one US terrestrial network CBS to make an American version of its hit series Who Do You Think You Are?- but is still in talks about the format with other broadcasters.
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Spelling's 7th Heaven to air on Hallmark
Aaron Spelling's 7th Heaven, is to return to UK screens, following a deal signed by the Hallmark Channel with US studio CBS Paramount.
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US Strictly Come Dancing up for Emmy
Richard Hopkins, the managing director of start-up indie Fever, has been nominated for an Emmy - alongside fellow executive producers Conrad Green and Izzie Pick - for his work on the US version of Strictly Come Dancing, which is produced for Disney-owned network ABC by BBC Worldwide.
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Research Centre chooses indies
The Research Centre has selected a new group of indies to take part in the second year of its international programme, which sees executives visiting the US and Canada for meetings with broadcasters including HBO, Discovery, MTV and National Geographic.
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Strawberry hires sales executive
UK-based distributor Strawberry Entertainment - the international sales arm of AIM-listed MEM - has hired Fabrice Gaude to manage sales and commercial development in western Europe, Japan, South Africa and Latin America.
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RDF Rights secures first-look deal with Spun Gold TV
RDF Rights has tied up a two-year, first-look deal with indie Spun Gold TV, which covers all international TV and consumer product rights to its output.
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Culligan to Baraka
Baraka Post Production has hired Blue producer Ross Culligan to join as senior producer.
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OB co offers post
OB company Fleetwood Mobiles has launched a new post-production facility at its headquarters in Denham. The studio will offer live sound recording, mixing, mastering, sound to picture dubbing and DVD encoding for its music and broadcast customers.The studio is equipped with a 104-channel Euphonix CS3000 console and has 5.1 surround ...
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Lau to Designlab
DVD and post company Designlab has recruited TMR designer Stan Lau. At TMR, Lau had worked on titles including K-Paxand Nanny McPheefor major studios and independent film distributors such as Fremantle Media, Revolver and Artificial Eye.
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Format Focus: Inked
This docu-soap format goes behind the scenes at a glamorous tattoo parlour in a Vegas casino.
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New DVD service
IBF (International Broadcast Facilities) new media division the Garden has launched a new content generation service, Garden Extra. The service aims to provide DVD companies with a cheaper option for generating additional content for their DVD releases by creating and editing content in-house using Final Cut Pro. Garden Extra recently ...
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Unit nabs Burton
Soho-based dry hire facility Unit Post has hired Clear Cut Picture's Tim Burton as technical manager. Burton had previously worked at Dubbs as new media operator and the BBC, where he was involved in supporting the corporation's first Final Cut Pro pilots. He brings with him Clear Cut's James Willett ...
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Charity CD release
Production music library publisher JW Media Music has teamed up with the charity WaterAid for the release of its latest production music CD. The CD, Water Music, features a range of music designed for TV programmes with around 60% of the royalties going to WaterAid, ...
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MEM finds Fountain Studios buyer
Medal Entertainment & Media-owned Fountain TV Studios has found a potential buyer and is set to be sold within a week.
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NewsMaidstone Studios wins Trisha series
Warring audience members will now be housed under a new roof as Five's The Trisha Goddard Show moves from Teddington Studios to Maidstone in a two-year,£1.75m deal.
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Prime moves to set up vfx facility
Indian super-facility Prime Focus' restructure of the VTR Group is poised for the next step - merging commercials facility VTR with design arm The Hive and newly acquired graphics outfit Clear into The Hive's 37 Dean Street premises.
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NewsEight out of 10 viewers pick BBC1 for World Cup final
The World Cup final between France and Italy, shown live on both ITV1 and BBC1 on Sunday (9 July), hit a combined peak audience of 21.2 million - just over a third of the entire population of the UK - at 9.15pm.