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Map Man gets a second series on BBC2
Indie Tern Television is to make a second series of BBC2 factual series Map Man. BBC2 commissioner Nicola Moody has ordered an 8 x 30-minute series, presented by cartography expert Nicolas Crane. Each episode explores 'ingenious and revolutionary' British maps. A delivery date has ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Chantal Rutherford Browne
UKTV Style channel executive Chantal Rutherford Browne cares more about 'life' than style ideas and is keen to find out what women want
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Radio indie goes into distribution
Somethin' Else, the UK's largest radio indie, is launching an international distribution arm.
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3rd Rock finds permanent home on ITV2
ITV2 has exclusively acquired the entire catalogue of US series 3rd Rock from the Sun in the UK, which it will air from January, writes Paul Revoir.
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Living to air Boston Legal
Living TV has signed its first deal with Twentieth Century Fox, picking up all UK rights to US primetime drama Boston Legal.
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UK on top at Emmys
British television was the resounding winner at the International Emmy Awards, picking up six out of seven trophies.
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Celador sells diet across the globe
Celador International has made a hat-trick of sales of You Are What You Eat. The diet and nutrition series, which airs on Channel 4 and features Dr Gillian McKeith, has been sold to MTV3 in Finland. The second 18-episode series will air on C4 ...
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Gavin to be non-exec chair at Contender
Rupert Gavin, the former chief executive of BBC Worldwide, is to take up the non-executive chairman role at animation company Contender Entertainment Group, producer of Tractor Tom. Gavin, who unexpectedly quit the corporation's commercial division in the summer, is to help the company attempt ...
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RDFR set to distribute Bad Lads' Army
RDF Rights has secured the distribution rights for the format and finished series of Bad Lads' Army. The 8 x 60-minute series, which indie Twenty Twenty produced for ITV, follows 30 young offenders who are put through an army-style regime in an attempt to change ...
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A place in? finds new homes in world
Channel 4 International has inked several deals for Tiger Aspect series A Place in? including a second window in the UK. Discovery UK has picked up repeat rights to all four titles - A Place in France, Greece, Spain and ...
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Electric Sky takes on At it's slate
Distributor Electric Sky has picked up a raft of new titles from indie At It Productions. Among the new titles are 25 x 30-minute travel series Perfect Getaway, which focuses on destinations that have yet to make holiday brochures and is to air on Channel ...
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FX to exclusively air Sony drama Huff
FX has clinched exclusive multichannel rights to Sony Pictures' Huff. The 13 x 60-minute drama follows psychiatrist Dr Craig 'Huff' Huffstodt (Hank Azaria) and also stars Oliver Platt ( The West Wing ). It was written and created by ...
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Format Focus: Music Farm
An Italian format gives one-hit wonders the chance to make a second impression.
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Goldcrest adds to TV facilities
Feature film facility Goldcrest Post is expanding its broadcast capacity, spending up to£200,000 as it pursues managing director Peter Joly's policy of diversification.
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BBC to terror-proof Five's playout
BBC Broadcast has signed a new five-year contract to provide Five with level-one disaster recovery as commercial broadcasters invest in resilience amid continuing terrorist fears.
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Manchester's Flix acquires Avid Nitris HD
Manchester edit house Flix Facilities is to invest£100,000 in new equipment including an Avid DS Nitris HD.
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Darkhorse FX opens
Three former BBC Design employees have opened a new vfx company in Bristol. Darkhouse FX is owned by broadcast designer Jean Cramond and digital effects designers Craig Higgins and Adrian Woodward. They have worked on projects including the award-winning Monsters We Met and ...
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C4's mobile games
Channel 4 has launched a mobile phone gaming service through 4Interactive, entering a Eu100m (£70m) market. Games are downloaded through the C4 website for£4.50 each. Research has suggested that the downloadable Java games market could generate revenues of up to $2bn (£1.08bn) by 2008. C4 has teamed up with European ...
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Golden Sq new staff
Golden Square Post Production has recruited two new staff. Senior producer Andrew Swepson joins from Pepper, where he was facility manager and senior producer. His recent credits include the BBC documentary Dirty War and ITV's Lawless. Senior Inferno artist ...
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Absolute Flame hire
Absolute Post has appointed James Allen as a senior Flame artist. He joins from Glassworks. Allen has worked with directors Chris Cunningham and Will van der Vluht as a Flame operator.