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Wright picks Skin
Max Wright has turned down the role of creative manager at Discovery Networks to join design agency Skin as copywriter/director. Wright joins from Bruce Dunlop Associates where he was a creative manager for the Hallmark Channel's promo output. He also worked across projects for Simple, Ford and Land Rover. Wright ...
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Molinare hiring
Compositor Stuart Highsted has joined Molinare from M2. Highsted, who has previously worked on rebranding for MTV and Discovery, joins the Fouberts Place facility to drive its new HD Nitris. Managing director Mark Foligno said: 'Stuart's been brought in to bolster our high-end visual effects and CGI team as we ...
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The Mill upgrades
Visual effects company The Mill is centralising its workflow by upgrading its 26 Flame, Smoke, Inferno and Backdraft systems and is purchasing a new Smoke. The new versions give the systems multi-resolution capabilities, which make it easier to deal with projects that have been shot across a range of formats. ...
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IBC award to Turner
International media mogul Ted Turner has been awarded the IBC International Honour for Excellence award in recognition of his skill in exploiting the potential of media technology advancements within broadcast delivery. Turner's CNN was the first news channel to become a 24-hour service and was a pioneer of the video-on-demand ...
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Two Way names CTO
Two Way TV has appointed Simon Teppet as its new chief technology officer. Teppet leaves his position of vice president of technology, interactive services division at Chello Broadband. He was previously head of new media technology at Sky. Two Way TV's previous CTO, Richard Kydd, left to join NTL as ...
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Blue finishes Blakeway's Diana
Blue has finished work on Diana for Blakeway Productions. The 90-minute documentary, a follow-up of Blakeway's The Queen's Story of 2002, examines the impact on the royal family of the princess's death and the constant posthumous revelations. Online editor Clive Mattock completed the online, colourist ...
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Farm Group posts Love for Ealin
The Farm Group has completed post on The Great Love Swindle for Ealing Studios. In the six-part series four self-proclaimed expert daters compete to get a woman to say 'I love you'; However, the women are actresses briefed to make their lives hell. The titles ...
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E4 tunes up new idents in-house
E4 Creative Services has created a set of 10 continuity idents for the channel. The idents feature a group of five lounge-lizard musicians clad in E4-purple-coloured retro velvet suits playing muzak in a variety of different locations, including an aircraft hangar and the balcony of a council flat. The original ...
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BBC1 to restage Trafalgar battle
One of history's most decisive sea confrontations, the battle of Trafalgar, is to be dramatised as part of a raft of major BBC1 factual commissions.
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Kerrang!'s launch leader steps down
The managing director of West Midlands rock station Kerrang! 105.2, Lynne Wood, has quit with no job to go to.
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NewsAirey questions C4/Five tie-up
Former Five chief executive Dawn Airey has spoken out against a possible merger of her former employer with Channel 4, suggesting the deal does not make sense.
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Lawrence joins Sky One as exec producer
Former World of Wonder head of development Jacquie Lawrence has joined Sky One as an executive producer on a three-month contract.
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Carr pilot for C4
Channel 4 head of entertainment Andrew Newman is piloting a topical panel show, which will be hosted by comedian Jimmy Carr. The show, entitled 8 out of 10 Cats , is a non-broadcast pilot, which will be produced by indie Endemol.
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BBC1 grabs BBC3 hit
The second series of hit BBC3 comedy Little Britain is to air on BBC1 after it finishes its run on the digital channel. The first series was repeated on BBC2, but BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey snapped it up after it built a cult following. The new series, which will again ...
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GWR boosts bid with ?rock school'
Radio group GWR is proposing a new rock station for Edinburgh and would set up a 'school of rock' for young musicians if given the go-ahead.
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First job for Total Eclipse
TOTAL Eclipse Television, the new indie set up by former Carlton controller of children's David Mercer, has won its first commission, with a Christmas show for the BBC.
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Miles starts distributor
Former September Films chief operating officer Sally Miles, who left the indie six months ago, has set up her own distribution company, supported by venture capitalists Ingenious Media.
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C4 unlocks racing revenue with Sky deal
Channel 4 has opened up a new revenue stream after asking Sky Bet to provide an interactive gambling service for its horse-racing coverage.
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The case for a new deal
It was with gritted teeth that Celador gave away a million this week. Not because of another cheating contestant but because it failed to disguise its greed in court.
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Sky FD's£1m hello
BSkyB's new finance chief, Jeremy Darroch, has been handed a golden hello package of shares worth£1.18m. The entitlement is part of Sky's incentive scheme and the benefits will not vest until summer 2007. Crucially, they are linked to a number of performance factors including subscriber acquisition and an increase ...