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NewsThe Bill stops 6.6m
ITV1's normally robust The Billtook a knock in the ratings with a peak of 6.6 million (29%) at the start as BBC1's Comic Relief Does Fame Academycontinued to attract viewers.
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Vizrt shells out $9m for Curious
The UK graphics company Curious Software, whose software creates maps for BBC and Sky news, has been sold to the virtual set company Vizrt for $9m (£4.7m).
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BBC takes top iTV Bafta award for Spooks Interactive
SpooksInteractive won the top iTV accolade at last week's Bafta Games and Interactive Awards.
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Interested parties queue up to buy SSL
UK audio equipment manufacturer Solid State Logic (SSL) has been put up for sale and 40 enquiries have already been received regarding the purchase of the business.
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Oasis lands series
Oasis Television has won the contract to post Natural Born Dealersfor Leopard Films, off the back of a£200,000 investment in a Pogle grading system. The Soho company will do full post on the 22 x 60-minute series, which is expected to air this summer. Oasis Television ...
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Resolution hirings
Resolution has appointed facility manager Tatiana Cook and bookings co-ordinator Will Emms, who both join from West London post facility Crow Television. Cook will head Resolution's Shoreditch facility, following the departure of Rick Horne. Managing director Mike Saunders said that 'it was a real coup to hire them'. Resolution is ...
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Rushes Shorts '05
The Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival 2005 has opened for entries. All films entered must have been produced in the past 12 months up until the closing date of submissions, which is 6 May 2005. The maximum running time is 12 minutes in all categories, which cover short film, newcomer, ...
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Broadcast show
The Broadcast Production Show will this year host a new interactive demo area, provided by equipment provider Gearhouse Broadcast. The Gearhouse Broadcast acquisition demo area is being created in conjunction with The London Studios, to provide a realistic production environment housing a live set and actors. A number of Sony ...
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Strongroom hire
Strongroom Post has appointed Luke Colson from fellow audio facility Wild Tracks as post-production manager. Colson will join business development manager Rob Kelly and will be post-producing Bounty Hunters, a 15 x 30-minute series for Bravo produced by Bullseye TV.
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Farm appointment
Jannine Martin has been promoted to director of post-production at post facility group The Farm. Martin joined from Video London in 2000 and was the founding general manager of HD facility Home.
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Arena P3 posts BBC's Parents
Arena P3 has completed post-production on BBC series Blame the Parents.
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Frontier ties up film about Biggs
Frontier Posthas post-produced Ronnie Biggs: Last Escape?for Sky One. The 60-minute North One Television documentary charts the life of Ronnie Biggs, one of the criminals prosecuted for the Great Train Robbery of 1963. The story follows Biggs from his 1965 Wandsworth Prison ...
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The Farm covers C4's X Rated
The Farm Group has completed the titles and post-production for X Rated: The Sex Films They Tried to Banfor Channel 4.
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Fremantle snaps up Planet Cook
Pop Idoldistributor Fremantle Media is moving into children's formats and has picked up BBC series Planet Cookas its first property.
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Initial wins Andersen anniversary deal
Endemol-owned indie Initial has secured a multimillion-pound deal to produce a live event commemorating the 200th anniversary of Danish fairy-tale writer Hans Christian Andersen's birth.
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Australasian deals for BBC Worldwide
BBC Worldwide has secured a number of deals throughout Australasia including shifting nearly 30 hours of BBC factual programming, such as docu-dramas Krakatoaand Hiroshima, to Australia's Nine Network. New Zealand's TVNZ has picked up over 110 hours of factual, drama and children's ...
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ID strikes shine distribution agreement
ID Distribution has made its first distribution deal with Liz Murdoch's indie, Shine. Shine's The Hunt, a 3 x 60-minute series for Sky One, will now be represented internationally by the distribution company, which was launched last year by former September Films US president Sally Miles. ...
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Discovery takes martial arts series
Zeal Television has sold BBC3 series Mind Bodyand Kick Ass Movesto Discovery Channel, taking the series into 100 territories. The 10 x 30-minute series, produced by indie August Productions, traces various martial arts styles. Discovery will air the show in spring.
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ZDF to handle S4C catalogue in Germany
S4C International has signed a five-year deal with Germany's ZDF Enterprises to represent its documentary catalogue in the region. The deal, which will cover distribution in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, will also include all S4C documentaries that are produced over the five-year period.
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RFDR scores with BBC4's FC Barcelona
RDF Rights has acquired international rights to BBC4 football documentary FC Barcelona Confidential. The 90-minute special, made by Spanish production companies JWP and Alea TV, documents the inner workings of super-club FC Barcelona. It was shown on BBC4 last month as part of the channel's ...