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3DD sells U2 concert to Channel 4
Music programming distributor 3DD Entertainment has been appointed to handle worldwide distribution of the high definition special Vertigo 2005 - U2 Live from Chicago.
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Princess launches new formats at Mipcom
Princess Productions will launch new formats We are Detectivesand Office Monkeyat Mipcom.
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Zig Zag's James Dean doc sold in Sweden
Amsterdam-based production and distribution company Off the Fencehas sold Zig Zag's brand new investigative documentary The Day That James Dean Diedto TV4 Fakta in Sweden.
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Schlessinger Media licenses BBC titles
US distributor Schlessinger Media, a division of Library Video Company, has licensed exclusive US educational and home video distribution rights to three new BBC series: Primary History: Aztecs, Science Clipsand Primary Geography: Water.
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Granda scoops HBO factual deal
Granada International has scored a coup by replacing Channel 4 International (C4I) as the distributor of HBO's documentary and family programming slates.
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Jetix moves into TV gaming
Jetix UK has launched a free-to-play games service on Telewest which allows kids to watch TV and play games at the same time.
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NewsPEER POLL: football coverage
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is overexposure by Sky damaging the Premiership?
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NewsGeorge reigns over Elizabeth with 5.3m
ITV1's new series All About Georgedebuted with 5.3 million (23.4%) last night - winning the 9pm slot ahead of Spooksand the first part of Channel 4's acclaimed drama Elizabeth I.
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NewsShare bonanza for ITV execs
ITV chief executive Charles Allen could bag over£1.5m after he was handed new share options this week.
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NewsEC on verge of antitrust action over TV football rights
The European Commission is on the brink of beginning legal action against the English Football Association Premier League over the carving up of television broadcasting rights.
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NewsSupernanny continues to grow with 5.3m
The long-running success of Channel 4's Supernannycontinued last night as the penultimate episode won its slot with 5.3 million (22.8%).
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Playout jobs under threat at Ascent
Staff at Ascent Media Network Services' playout centre at Stephen Street, London are braced for redundancies as a result of BBC Broadcast's successful bid to provide playout facilities for Flextech, writesAlice de Picarda.
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TV3 picks designer
Design and branding outfit Turquoise has been hired by Irish free-to-air commercial broadcaster TV3 to come up with...
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Avanti profits up
In-store media group Avanti Screenmedia has announced results for the year to June 2005, with operating profit doubling to£1.93m from£835,000 in the 15 months to June 2004. Revenues were up from£4.62m to£8.44m. Earlier this month Avanti was granted satellite spectrum by Ofcom and plans to launch its first communications satellite ...
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Frontier hiring
Frontier Post has hired online editor/colourist Gareth Williams to boost the facility's finishing team. Williams joins from the BBC where he was an in-house editor for five years. His credits include Panorama, Holidays in the Danger Zone, and ...
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Imagine upgrade
Reseller Altered Images has fitted out Newcastle-based facility Imagine Nonlinear Post Production with a 4 terabyte LANshare, two new digitising stations and Avid 1000 and Media Composer offline plus four Avid Xpress Pro offline edit suites. Altered Images also gave Imagine's existing Symphony and Avid 1000 digitising stations an upgrade. ...
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Scolnik to Nat Geo
National Geographic has appointed Betsy Scolnik as vice-president of content operations, reporting to Nat Geo digital media president Chris McAndrews. The US-based Scolnik will develop new markets for Nat Geo content in wireless, video games, broadband and education.
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ITN broadband move
ITN has signed up to broadband TV service GreenGrass, a pre-pay internet broadcast network set to launch next year which aims to make it easier and more cost-effective for broadcasters to launch internet versions of their channels.
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BDH titles Granada comedy
Design company BDH has provided the titles for All About George, Granada's new comedy drama for ITV1. Designer and director Steve Bell photographed Rik Mayall and the rest of the cast, with their images manipulated to resemble string puppets. Bell combined digital photography with graphic backgrounds to ...
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Edit & Sound finishes Dylan doc
The Edit and Sound Store was responsible for post-production on Lone Star's Arenadocumentary, Dylan in the Madhouse. The 60-minute programme traces Bob Dylan's first visit to London in the 1960s. Film editors Dave Howell, Geoff Pope and Linda Featherstone of Lone Star ...