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Rose d'Or reveals boost to formats
Figures unveiled at the Format Recognition and Protection Association (Frapa) conference held during last weekend's Rose d'Or Festival have revealed that reality TV is far from dead.
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British broadcasters net awards
British broadcasters cleaned up at the Rose d'Or Festival at the weekend, picking up all the awards in the comedy and sitcom performance categories.
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C4i sells programme packages
Channel 4 International has sold 26 hours of programming to MTV3 Finland. Titles include Dom Joly's World Shut Your Mouthand series one of Peter Kay comedy Max and Paddy. DR Denmark has also acquired a 16-hour package including drama documentary ...
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Aardman to adapt Doyle novel
Wallace and Grommitproducer Aardman is making a stop-motion TV adaptation of Roddy Doyle's children's book The Giggler Treatment. The Bristol-based indie has teamed up with Treasure Entertainment on the 30-minute show, which is currently being pitched to broadcasters. Production is expected to start in the autumn.
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Ex-Heart DJ backs 'flashback' show
Former Heart 106.2 breakfast DJ Jono Coleman is in talks with Virgin, Magic and Radio 2 to bring a hit flashback radio show from Australia to a UK station. My Generationfocuses on a specific year, reviewing the top news stories and events, and playing the hit ...
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Apax set to seal Hit Entertainment deal
Private equity firm Apax Partners is set to complete a deal to take over Bob the Builderowner Hit Entertainment for£489m. Apax, whose bid has been recommended to shareholders, had faced competition from Lions Gate Entertainment, but the Vancouver-based company withdrew its interest last week.
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Kiss 100 increases audience share
Dance station Kiss 100 has lost listeners in London but strengthened its grip on the youth market with shows such as the Bam Bam Breakfast. The station, owned by Broadcastpublisher Emap, has 1.2 million London listeners, a 3.9% share of the capital's ...
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Jazz FM gains share before relaunch
Jazz FM, owned by GMG, lifted its share to 2.8%, up from 1.7% last quarter. Reach was up marginally by 11,000 to 652,000 after losing 204,000 listeners over the previous quarter. GMG is hoping Jazz FM's relaunch as Smooth FM in June will add listeners.
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Xfm sheds London and national listeners
GCap-media owned Xfm continued to lose adult listeners in London and has lost adult digital listeners nationwide. Its weekly adult audience in the capital now stands at 517,000, down from 535,000 last quarter, and its audience share also dropped, from 1.8% to 1.6%. Digital listenership also dropped 42,000 from last ...
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Mixed result for BBC digital stations
Digital station BBC Asian Network dropped from a 0.3% share last quarter to 0.2% while share slid by 92,000 listeners to 443,000. The corporation's three other digital stations performed better. Speech station BBC7 added 165,000 listeners over the last quarter with a reach of 556,000, growing its share from 0.2% ...
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Choice FM adds 50,000 to audience
Urban station Choice FM has gained its highest weekly audience, adding 50,000 listeners over the last quarter. The station, which is owned by GCap, pulls in 525,000 listeners per week, according to the Rajar figures.
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Banks exits VTR, Tracey steps in
VTR plc managing director John Banks has resigned from the company after 20 years and has been replaced by corporate development director Paul Tracey.
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Bafta Craft honours Sex Traffic
Sex Trafficcleared up at the Bafta Craft Awards last Sunday, winning six of the seven categories in which it had been nominated.
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Evolutions buys Vivid
Evolutions Television has bought Vivid Post Production in its first major move since Simon Kanjee led a management buyout last December.
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VoD holds little appeal, says study
Broadcasters and channel owners could be pursuing the wrong technologies to attract new customers, which may spell trouble for Freeview and IPTV companies.
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Lime hires flame op
Lime has poached Flame operator Paul Marangos from vfx house The Mill as the M2-backed company attempts to establish itself in the high-end market. Senior Flame operator and visual effects artist Marangos will start at Lime on 1 June and work on commercials and broadcast work, including idents and graphics. ...
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Promotion opening
Equipment company Promotion Hire has been opened up for business by ex-Video Europe staff. Joint owners Duncan Martin and Miles Standish will launch the company from Monday when Standish has completed his notice period at Video Europe. The Kennington-based company will offer broadcast production and post-production kit. It is currently ...
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Le Grys moves on
Frontline Television has appointed Phillipa Le Grys from duplication facility TC Soho to work in new business development. Le Grys had previously worked for Design Weekmagazine.
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Pepper VFX move
Covent Garden facility Pepper has appointed senior vfx artist Dolores McGinley to replace freelance vfx artist Jamie Russell. McGinley will work on Flame creating visual effects for drama, film, title sequences and commercials. She has been freelancing for the past two years and has worked on projects including ...
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Focal awards
BBC documentary series The Power of Nightmareswon the award for the best use of footage in a current affairs production at Monday night's Focal Awards. Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11,another production looking at the after effects of the attack on the World Trade ...