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Collins finds Oasis
Editor Andy Collins will join Oasis Television this month. Collins worked for BBC Resources for 15 years where he worked on the Olympics and Paralympics in Athens. Upcoming jobs include the opening sequence for Match of the Day , BBC promos and an undisclosed BBC ...
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Parry on the move
Colourist Jamie Parry has joined Manchester post-production facility Sumners. Parry spent seven years at Granada where he worked on, among other things , The Forsyte Saga, Clocking Off, Phoenix Nights and Son of God. Parry joins as senior colourist ...
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Editworks expands
Light entertainment editing specialist Editworks is moving into the documentary and drama markets. Former St Anne's Post sales manager Dean Watkins has been appointed head of business development at the Noho post house - known for its work on productions such as Who Wants to ...
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Metrostar to make Flextech spin-offs
Flextech has struck a deal with brand licensing company Metrostar to launch a range of merchandising spin-offs of its key shows.
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All3Media does Serious business
Distributor All3Media International has scored further worldwide sales for children's environmental adventure strand Serious... as a fourth series is greenlit by the BBC.
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Fifa and BBC team up for World Cup doc
The BBC and BBC Worldwide are to team up with Fifa for a documentary series charting the history of the World Cup to coincide with the next finals in Germany in 2006.
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C4 News to air from Africa
Channel 4 News will broadcast live from Africa for a week next July to mark the 2005 G8 Summit in Scotland.
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A Touch of Frost reaches Russia
Granada International has sold all 11 series of ITV crime series A Touch of Frost to Russia. Over 70 hours of the drama, starring David Jason as Detective Inspector Jack Frost, has been bought by Russian terrestrial channel Center TV. It will begin screening it ...
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BBC worldwide keeps hold of boat race
BBC Worldwide has signed a new six-year deal to continue representing the rights to the annual Oxford versus Cambridge University Boat Race. The new arrangement was brokered by Korer Media and includes international broadcast and other audiovisual media rights. In 2004, BBC Worldwide licensed the boat race to 98 counties.
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Sky One takes seventh series of Pokemon
Sky One has picked up the seventh season of Japanese animation Pokemon from US distributor 4Kids Entertainment. The 52-episode series, Pokemon: Advanced Challenge , introduces new characters in Teams Magma and Aqua to the perennial cast. Sky One currently airs ...
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Yates to be Playboy TV international MD
Playboy TV International has promoted Jeremy Yates to managing director following the departure of William Campbell earlier this month. Yates was director of channels and digital media but will now hold responsibility for managing and developing Playboy TV's UK businesses. These include seven networks, the newly built digital broadcast centre ...
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Fans bring Fraggle Rock back to Danish TV
Hit Entertainment has relicensed children's series Fraggle Rock to Danish TV channel Danmarks Radio after 20,000 viewers petitioned the station. The first 26 episodes of the Jim Henson show have been picked up by Danmarks Radio after a campaign was launched by Danish radio station ...
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Action sports fest sold around globe
Distributor Extreme Entertainment has confirmed sales of the second annual LG Action Sports Championships to over 150 territories. The event, which features skateboarding, BMX and motocross, will be shown in the UK on British Eurosport. Other sales of the 8 x 52-minute series are in Europe, Asia, Australia, Japan and ...
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Industry gathers to debate Ofcom's PSP
Ofcom's controversial proposal to create a public service publisher with a£300m annual budget was put to its first real test last week at a 'hypothetical pitch' staged by the regulator for an audience of 200 industry figures.
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Jowell backs ITV regional cutbacks
ITV looks set to be given the green light to phase out its non-news regional programmes after media secretary Tessa Jowell agreed with Ofcom that such content was unsustainable.
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BBC rejects Barwise findings on BBC3 and 4
The BBC has rejected the key recommendation of a government-backed report that called for its digital television channels BBC3 and BBC4 to become more mainstream.
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Woodward to quit after C4 restructure
Channel 4 is to fold key chunks of commercial division 4 Ventures, such as E4, back into the main channel in a move that will see the departure of 4Ventures chief Rob Woodward.
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Cbeebies boss quits
The editor of BBC pre-school channel CBeebies, Paul Shuttleworth, is to leave the corporation on 11 February to set up his own indie, London-based Handle and Spout. CBeebies is set to move to Manchester in five years.
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Jobs go at Granada
Twenty-three people have been made redundant at Granada Sky Broadcasting following the axing of its channel Plus. The remaining 29 GSB staff, who mainly work on Men and Motors, are still in consultation with ITV over the future of the venture, which ITV took full control of from Sky last ...
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Mowlam in Emap bid
Mo Mowlam, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to lead Broadcast publisher Emap's bid to roll out its Kerrang! rock music brand in Belfast. Also backing the bid is Barry McIlheney, the Belfast-born editor-in-chief of Emap ...