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Five, UKTV style get extreme makeover
Five and UKTV Style have acquired US property series Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The 13 x 60-minute series, produced by ABC America and distributed by Endemol International, sees radical transformations on homes in just a week, with a production budget of $1m per ...
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Veronica takes content from CD:UK
ITV1 chart show CD:UK has been licensed to SBS-owned Dutch channel Veronica following a deal with Zeal TV. The channel will pick the best performances from the Blaze TV-produced show and insert them into its own chart show, Countdown. ...
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Disney adapts pre-school show for UK
Disney is to air pre-school show Play with me Sesame on the Playhouse Disney channel, with two new British muppets created exclusively for the UK. The two new characters, Kit and Domby, will appear in a specially inserted segment to bring a more local feel ...
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S4C to co-produce china documentaries
Welsh channel S4C is to co-produce a£3.3m documentary series on China with broadcasters from Canada, the US, Germany and France. The 4 x 60-minute series, China Rises, will focus on the country's economy, culture, society and politics, and will air in 2006. It is being co-produced by S4C, the Canadian ...
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Record numbers visit this year's Mipcom
Reed Midem has reported record figures for this year's Mipcom television market, which took place from 4 to 8 October. More than 3,550 companies attended the 20th Mipcom, 30% up on last year and beating the record of 2,918 set in 2000. The number of executives in attendance in Cannes ...
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VTR opens new facility in Leeds
Facilities Group VTR is to open a branch in Leeds. The move, which is being made in partnership with a local company, will create 11 new jobs and bring£450,000 of business to the city.
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BBC entrusts Dr Who delivery to Beam.tv
The Mill is using its delivery and viewing system Beam.tv on the new series of Dr Who , the first time it has been used for a longform broadcast project.
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Evolutions TV splashes out on high-def kit
Evolutions Television has spent£175,000 on high-end HD kit.
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EU funds BT project
The EU has given millions of pounds in funding to a British Telecom project aimed at formulating new ways of creating and viewing media. The New Media for a New Millennium project (NM2) is split across a number of countries, with research shared across technology companies and educational institutions. NM2 ...
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Promax nominates
The BBC and Channel 4 dominate the nominations for this year's Promax UK awards, with half the shortlist split between them. In a year that saw a record number of entries - almost 1,200 - the two public service broadcasters secured 97 of 198 nominations across categories such as best ...
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Buy for films at 59
Films at 59 has purchased an Avid Unity System from Avid, capping£1.5m of investment in the past six months. The server will connect to 35 edit systems across Bristol-based facility houses Films at 59 and Pink House, including four recently purchased Avid Adrenalines. Films at 59 managing director Gina Fucci ...
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Paleth in US return
US citizen Dal Rae Paleth has been forced to leave north London facility Online Post Production due to visa complications. Paleth had recently been promoted to look after new business development before unexpectedly having her visa extension turned down. She has returned to the US.
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The Hive titles live breast op
The Hive has created the graphics and title sequence for Breast Cancer - The Operation for BBC3. To coincide with National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the BBC is screening a live mastectomy operation and reconstruction. The graphics will be used to explain the disease and ...
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The Farm posts World drama
The Farm group has completed post on World Productions' latest drama , Murder Prevention , for Five. The crime drama is inspired by the Metropolitan Police's real-life Homicide Prevention Unit, who target potential murderers. The series of three two-parters had no score and relied on ...
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Big Squid brings us Too Close
Big Squid has completed titles for Too Close for Comfort for BBC1. The series aims to help families whose living arrangements have been the cause of arguments and family conflict. Each programme tries to resolve one home's problems by altering the living space with the ...
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BSkyB readies launch to fight off Freeview
BSkyB is expected to launch its free satellite proposition within the next couple of days as new figures for the rival Freeview platform show box sales are now running at around 60,000 a week.
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Box TV makes sitcom for US
Box TV is developing a comedy series for US network Lifetime Television with the writers behind classic 1980s sitcom Moonlighting.
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Neville-Jones leaves BBC a year early
BBC governor Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, who former director general Greg Dyke branded the 'posh lady' who helped force him out, is to leave the corporation a year before her term ends.
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Bacon on board
TV and radio presenter Richard Bacon has been appointed to the board of the Optimistic Network, owner of producer-broadcaster Nation 217, as a non-executive director. Bacon, an executive producer on Nation 217's channel-surfing format Flipside TV, will be advising on formats and talent for the company. Advertising veteran Jay Pond-Jones ...
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ID appoints two
ID Distribution has poached two executives to complete its senior line-up. Managing director Sally Miles has appointed BBC drama co-production executive Katherine McMillan to oversee pre-sales and co-production and hired Distraction Formats sales director Beata Hegedus to sell reality, lifestyle and finished programmes.