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No DG, no comment
Greg Dyke insists he would have done things differently at the BBC, but his comments exist only in the realm of theory, writes Conor Dignam, Editor
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Rivals acquire VFG kit and staff
The recent collapse of equipment hire business VFG has benefited two of its main competitors.
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BBC looks at improving subtitling and signing service
BBC Broadcast and the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) have begun a study to improve television for minors with hearing difficulties.
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BSkyB spends£5m on Sony HD facility
BSkyB is spending£5m with Sony on establishing its high definition facility in west London.
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Knight's move
West London facility Clear Cut Pictures has appointed Louise Knight as general manager and Natalie Bayford as head of sales. Knight joins from Nats Post Production where she was post-production manager. She will work alongside managing director Jo Beighton in the day-to-day running of the facility. Bayford joins from fellow ...
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High speed camera
Video Europe has bought the Vision Research high speed camera for£50,000 which Sky is set to use on its cricket coverage and which could prove to be influential in controversial game decisions. The maximum speed of recording is 4,800 frames per second but it is expected to operate closer to ...
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Skin hires Munt
TSI design agency Skin has appointed executive producer Jill Munt, who leaves Bruce Dunlop Associates after nine years working on projects for broadcasters such as ITV, Discovery, Five and the Paramount Comedy Channel. Former Red Post Production art director Zak Ezzati also joins as creative director. He has previously worked ...
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Bollywood playout
Advanced Broadcast Services has won the contract to provide all playout for Bollywood movie channel B4U. B4U broadc...
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Infinite move
UK crewing company Infinite Vision has appointed Patrick Lindsell as head of cameras.
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Blue stitches up celebs for ITV1
Broadcast post facility Blue has created the look for the new ITV1 series Celebrity Stitch-Up.Blue graphic designer Simon Wye created the title sequence, bumpers and stings using Adobe's After Effects on Apple G5s. The titles use footage from the show of practical jokes being played on celebrities, ...
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DGP arranges TV club nights
DGP has designed and produced titles for a new strand on Thomson TV, produced by the Travel Channel. Freestyleis a weekly programme showcasing club-based hen and stag breaks in the sun for the 18 to 30-year-old age group. Designer Liam Corner worked in Photoshop and Flint ...
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Belgium gambles on The X Factor
The X Factoris set to be remade for audiences in Belgium, despite disappointing ratings for the Australian version.
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Sky Travel gets in on poker deal with Heads-Up event
Sky Travel has become the latest channel to turn its hand to poker after buying the UK rights to the World Heads-Up Championship 2005.
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RDF buys sealife series
RDF Rights has secured inter-national pre-sales for a self-funded adventure series in which explorer and marine biologist Monty Halls travels the world to swim with some of the sea's most spectacular creatures.
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Sci-fi orders Star Wars shorts
Sci Fi UK has greenlit its first commission in over two years, ordering a series of Star Warsshorts which will also air across owner NBC Universal's network of European channels. London-based Flawless Media, in collaboration with Lucas Film and Twentieth Century Fox, is making ...
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Format focus: The Castle
Celebrities are thrown together to experience life in medieval times in this format.
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ABC Australia buys 35 hours from C4I
Channel 4 International has sold 35 hours of programmes to ABC Australia including the fourth series of Tiger Aspect drama Teachers. ABC has also picked up the second series of Brat Camp, two-part documentary Who Wrote the Bible?,the second run of comedy ...
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My Family set to show on UKTV Gold
UKTV Gold has signed a three-year deal with BBC Worldwide and DLT Entertainment to take all five series of BBC1 sitcom My Family. The fifth series of the sitcom, which stars Robert Lindsay and Zoë Wanamaker, will get its first airing on the channel on 14 ...
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ID sends documentaries to New Zealand
ID Distribution has secured a series of deals with New Zealand public network TVNZ. The UK sales house has sold Five documentaries Mini Me Me Meand Bisexual Girls, ITV's 8 x 30-minute series Running Away with the Circusand Discovery ...
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Target makes pre-sales of Five's Fifi
Target Entertainment has made pre-sales of pre-school series Fifi and the Flowertotsto nine broadcasters. The 52 x 10-minute series, set to launch on Five and Nick Jr, has been sold to Australian public broadcaster ABC, France5, South Africa's MNET-K-TV & GO and SVT Sweden. The animated ...