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NewsRolf's Portraits to air down under
Indie Hotbed Media is to co-produce an Australian version of its BBC1 series Star Portraits with Rolf Harris with the country's public broadcaster ABC.
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Format focus: A song for...
A new format aims to find the nation a new football anthem in time for the Fifa World Cup.
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New-look Toonami soups up schedule
Toonami is adding live-action drama and comedy to its line-up for the first time in a bid to attract more girls to the channel. New shows acquired for primetime include US comedy Life with Derekfrom Shaftsbury Films and sun and surf-based Aussie soap ...
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RDF gets first look at Special Edition
RDF Rights has signed a two-year first-look deal with indie Special Edition Films for all international TV and consumer product rights to their output. The deal will cover upcoming Channel 4 special Strictly Baby Ballroom, which follows young dancers competing over a year. RDF Rights ...
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ITV turns the cameras on Pinewood Shepperton
The action, egos and high drama of the film-making industry are set to be revealed when Shepperton and Pinewood Studios become the subjects of a forthcoming documentary series from Lab Broadcast and Shepperton-based Fire Mountain Productions.
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W10 facility doubles as training camp
A new west London-based editing facility that will double up as a Final Cut Pro training centre is set to launch next month.
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Pixel Farm release
Digital post-production specialist The Pixel Farm has announced the release of the PFTrack 3.5, a camera tracking and motion analysis product. Added features in the new version include segmented shot solving, improved geometry tracking and extensive UI and workflow improvements.
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Swepson promotion
Golden Square Post Production has promoted senior producer Andrew Swepson to head of production, where he will develop client relations. Swepson, who joined in 2004, had previously worked at The Mill as head of library, before setting up Peach Post Production in 2001. He replaces Golden Square co-founder Ewan MacLeod, ...
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Osbourne gets a second adrenaline run
Jack Osbourne is to return to ITV2 for a second run of his Adrenaline Junkieseries, this time taking on a desert marathon and a jungle expedition in South America. Made by Ginger TV Productions, Jack Osbourne - Adrenaline Junkiehas been ...
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Made in Manchester marks IRA blast
ITV has commissioned Made in Manchester Productions to produce a 30-minute documentary marking the 10th anniversary of the IRA bomb blast of 1996. From Bomb to Boomis due to air on ITV1 at the end of March and charts the city's rise from devastation to ...
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The Comedy Unit works on Dunbar pilots
Glasgow-based indie The Comedy Unit is working on a pair of pilots with its performer Karen Dunbar. The indie is working on two sitcoms starring Dunbar, who has won two Rose D'Or nominations for her BBC1 Scotland sketch series The Karen Dunbar Show. The pilots ...
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Living orders follow-up to Jade's Salon
Living TV has handed Big Brotherstar Jade Goody a second show, a follow-up of last year's Jade's Salon.
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Winter Olympics brings viewers in from the cold
Viewers have flocked to BBC2's extensive coverage of the 20th Winter Olympics.
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Leopard hires Davies
Leopard Films has appointed True North head of new programmes Julie Davies to the newly created role of executive producer, documentaries. Davies, who will report to Leopard chief executive James Burstall, has been given a brief to win primetime one-off and series commissions. She previously worked as a producer at ...
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Third reality slot
Zone Vision Networks is adding a third offering to its stable of reality channels with the launch of Reality Extra. The channel, set to launch on 28 February, will sit alongside Reality TV and Reality TV+1 on Sky EPG 152.
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ITV hires Optimistic exec to lead Play
ITV has poached Optimistic Entertainment's director of strategic and corporate development, William van Rest, to head its forthcoming ITV Play channel. As controller of ITV Play, the network's participation TV channel due to launch in the coming months, van Rest will be responsible for Play's financial performance, creative programming and ...
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MPs rebuke BBC over White City 'waste'
The BBC has been slammed by MPs for 'waste and extravagance' after a building project ended up£60m over budget. The corporation's White City 2 offices were meant to cost£210m, but the bill spiralled due to extra spending on technical improvements and furniture. The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, which ...
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ITV News investigates climate change
ITV News is to screen an ambitious series of climate change reports over the next three months, with science editor Lawrence McGinty travelling the globe to report from the world's 'climatic hot spots'. The Three Degrees from Disasterseries will launch next week, covering sites including ...
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NewsReview: Davina's plug-fest
One of the highlights of Big Brother- flirting, fighting and flesh-baring aside - was presenter Davina McCall's probing interview of evicted contestants, conducted in her trademark easy, breezy style.
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NewsWho Do You Think You Are? goes to BBC1
2.30pm: BBC1 controller Peter Fincham has poached one of BBC2's most successful formats, Who Do You Think You Are?