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Eurosport cashes in on ATMs
British Eurosport has become the first broadcaster to use cash machines to advertise clips from its shows. The channel has signed a deal to run footage on 54 machines in London Underground stations as part of its Spend Your Summer with British Eurosport advertising campaign. The ads, which use new ...
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TwoFour move
TwoFour Productions has promoted Melanie Leach to director of broadcast, replacing Jill Lourie who has left to pursue other interests. Leach, who has been director of broadcast development for the past three years, will take up her new position with immediate effect, reporting to Charles Wace, managing director of TwoFour. ...
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Pact and Ofcom team up for census
Pact has teamed up with Ofcom to launch an industry-wide annual census in a bid to track the health of the programme production market.
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Skills Day in Bristol
Aardman Animations, Endemol West and TwoFour Productions are coming together for a skills day on 26 May. Senior and entry level staff from the three companies will join staff from South West Screen and Skillset for a tour of Endemol West's Bristol studio, a workshop in reality TV filming, and ...
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NewsWill Celebrity Love Island keep it up?
ITV1's new reality show Celebrity Love Islandgot off to a modest start this week.
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Extreme merges
Extreme Entertainment, the production and distribution arm of Extreme Group, has merged with Spanish-based marketing group Media Action Sports (MAS). The two businesses will continue to work as separate entities with MAS focusing on brand development for mainstream sports while Extreme Entertainment will distribute to broadcasters internationally.
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Rowden rises at Sky
Sky One has promoted Sam Rowden to head of acquisitions and co-productions (factual) as the channel looks to work more with UK and inter-national programme-makers. Formerly head of reality and daytime acquisitions in charge of drama and comedy genres, Rowden will now focus on developing co-production opportunities with British, Canadian, ...
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Mentorn award
Indie Mentorn has won an award for its BBC2 music documentary on Benjamin Britten. Director John Bridcut was handed the Royal Philharmonic Society's award for creative communication for Britten's Children, which explored the composer's music for children and his relationship with them. It aired in June ...
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MUTV to bring playout in-house
Manchester United Football Club's dedicated news channel, MUTV, has invested over half-a-million pounds to bring its playout in-house.
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Evolutions invests in grading and promotes Fallon
Evolutions Television has invested£250,000 to set up a Pogle grading suite as it prepares to dip its toe into the feature film market.
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Metropolis sets up post division
Recording specialist The Metropolis Group has set up a post-production arm to cover audio post for film and broadcast work at a cost of£200,000.
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MD for Soho Images
One Post managing director Paul Jones has taken over managerial duties at Soho Images from managing director Paul Collard, who has been charged with pushing Ascent's European business. Jones, now chief at both Soho facilities, assumed joint duties last Wednesday (11 May). Collard, newly appointed as vice-president of film and ...
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Maidstone hire
The Maidstone Studios has appointed Kenton Oxley, channel controller of Musicians Channel, as its new general manager. Oxley will oversee the day-to-day running of Maidstone's five studios and post-production facilities. Meridian Television and Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's Pett Productions are among the companies that use the studios. The Maidstone ...
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TK man moves
Framestore CFC has appointed colourist Ben Rogers to its telecine team. Rogers has previously worked for Condor and The Machine Room and also had an earlier stint at Framestore as a VT operator. Recent work includes a commercial spot for Sony Australia. The Soho high-end facility bought a Spirit 4K ...
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Racing camera
BBC Outside Broadcast's special camera team has developed a new camera set-up for horse-racing. The system, dubbed the 'starting stalls camera', is mounted on the moving part of the starting gate. The cameras are set to be used on BBC2's coverage of racing from Goodwood this Wednesday and Thursday (18 ...
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Mobile freeview
French technology group Thomson is due to launch a handheld TV that will allow people to watch Freeview digital channels on the move. The handset is expected to be on display at the German technology show Internationale Funkaustellung in September and will be available in UK stores in time for ...
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Blue in A Company of Soldiers
Blue has completed post-production on BBC4 Storyville documentary A Company of Soldiers. The 90-minute piece, produced by October Films, follows a US army division around Baghdad for a month. Dubbing mixer Matt Skilton's biggest challenge was dealing with footage from when the production team came under ...
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Suite posts Secrets of Sistine
Suite has post-produced Secrets of the Sistine Chapelfor ZCZ Films and Channel 4. Presenter and director Waldemar Januszczak reveals the hidden meaning behind one of the most famous pieces of art in the world, taking him from the Vatican to Texas to Jerusalem. Colourist Jim Hogan ...
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Woof and Hothouse brand BB
Branding agency Woof and special effects company Hothouse FX have teamed up to produce the promos for this summer's Big Brother. One thousand Big Brotherfans were invited to a secret east London location to grab their part of£100,000 of prizes after winning ...
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Man with a plan
Andy Duncan had his doubters when he took over as Channel 4 chief, but a year on he can point to groundbreaking programmes, a more ambitious multichannel strategy and greater profitability. But can he provide the kind of inspirational leadership that the likes of Isaacs and Grade could? By James ...