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Thompson continues talks with unions
BBC director general Mark Thompson and union negotiators sat down for more crisis talks as Broadcast went to press in a bid to resolve the ongoing dispute over job cuts. The meeting followed an invitation from Thompson last week, who asked unions to meet him so he could 'clarify' the ...
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UK shows boost ratings in the US
IT was a strong week for British TV shows in the US last week as the American versions of Strictly Come Dancing, Hell's Kitchenand Hit Me Baby One More Timedebuted with solid ratings.
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MTV secures second run of Date My Mom
Princess Productions has scored a high-volume second renewal for its dating format Date My Momfrom US music channel MTV.
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Rosemary and Thyme head to Italy
Granada International has sold crime series, Rosemary and Thymeand Murder in Suburbiainto Italy. RAI Italy's state broadcaster has picked up series one and two of both ITV1 dramas. The deal follows RAI's earlier purchase of Miss Marple. The ...
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Format focus: Going Hollywood
Trainees show just how hard it is to break into the LA entertainment industry - even if you have Method Man as a mentor - in this US reality series.
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BBC America signs Footballers' Wives
BBC America has bought the first four series of Footballers' Wivesand series one of Bad Girlsfrom distributor Target Entertainment. Both shows, made by Shed Productions, will air from 17 July. BBC America is hopeful that the ITV drama ...
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All3Media wins show rights
All3Media International has picked up rights to three shows from non-UK producers. The distributor has acquired US programme Busting Out, a Stir It Up production about breast obsession, and half-hour documentary Eva's Bag from the Netherlands' EO/Q Best Production, which deals with the memoirs of a Jewish family during the ...
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Discovery us takes on Pop Nation
Jane Root, the former BBC2 controller who now runs the Discovery Channel in the US, has commissioned Pop Nation: America's Coolest Stuff, a show about contemporary collectables, from Tiger Aspect Productions. The 8 x 60-minute series gives viewers valuations on items such as records and comics ...
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RDF Rights takes on Shingleton
RDF Rights has hired former Fremantle executive Barnaby Shingleton as an acquisitions executive. Shingleton joins RDF this month and will handle sales across all genres, with a particular focus on light and formatted entertainment. He has previously worked at ECM (now Screentime Partners), FremantleMedia Worldwide Productions and advertising agency Bartle ...
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C4's Perry Documentary sold to NZ
Why Men Wear Frocks, Twofour Productions' Channel 4 documentary on transvestite Turner Prize-winner Grayson Perry, has been sold to New Zealand's Prime. The deal was made by distributor TVF International, which has also sold Maverick TV's C4 show Happy Birthday Thalidomideto ABC Asia Pacific.
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Nats to pioneer remote editing
Clients of Nats Post Production will soon be able to cut basic offline edits from home, in their office or out on location thanks to a partnership the facility is forming with an internet-based editing company.
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NewsBBC2's Secretary takes 3.5m
BBC2 had a strong performance throughout peaktime last night with its most popular programme The Secretary Who Stole£4 Millionattracting a peak audience of 3.5 million (17%) at the end.
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UK Post looks to fill board places
The Farm Group managing director Nicky Sargent and Framestore-CFC managing director William Sargent have stepped down from the board of UK Post ahead of its elections.
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BBC Sport records HD tennis first
BBC Sport is to produce its first high-definition recording for broadcast at The Hastings Direct International Championship next week.
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HQ for assimilate
Digital Intermediary developer Assimilate last week opened its European headquarters in central London. European sales manager Marie Buckley, who has previously held sales management positions for 5D and SpeedSix, will head up Assimilate's new office. Film post-production facility Cinesite recently bought four Assimilate Scratch DI systems.
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Abery steps down
Crown Castle chief executive Peter Abery is to step down by the end of the year to make way for chief operating officer Steven Marshall. Abery will remain heavily involved in the broadcast side of operations in the role of deputy chairman at the company. He will ...
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New location guide
The 2005 edition of The Location Guide, which is about to launch its seventh edition with over 100 countries covered as filming destinations, has been expanded to include locations such as Uganda and Macedonia. The book, which acts as a guide to production service companies and ...
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Show visitors rise
Last week's Broadcast Production Show recorded a 19% increase in visitors year-on-year to over 9,400 and has laid out plans for expansion in 2006. Arqiva - formerly NTL Broadcast - has already signed up to create a new Content and Delivery Zone at next year's show. Keynote sessions will be ...
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Willey joins Pepper
Post-production facility Pepper has appointed Paul Willey as a new business executive across broadcast and film projects at its Covent Garden headquarters. Willey comes direct from broadcast facility VTR Media Services company Blue. He had previously worked at fellow VMS company The Machine Room.
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Music vision award
Rushes' VFX team has picked up the best special effects prize at the CADS Music Vision awards for its work on Dizzee Rascal's Dream, beating off competition from U2's Vertigo and UNKLE's Reign. Vfx artists Marcus Wood, Brian Carbin and Dave Bannister claimed the award.