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Bulgaria to air Big Brother
Bulgarian channel NTV is bringing reality television to the country for the first time next month with the launch of a local version of Endemol's Big Brother.
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Jetix signs toon co-pro
Jetix Europe, the recently rebranded Fox Kids Europe service, has signed a co-production deal with French production company SIP Animation for an animated action series. The 26 x 30-minute The Insiders (working title) will follow the exploits of a team of rebellious action heroes. It ...
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Challenge picks up new celeb poker show
Challenge, the Flextech-owned entertainment channel, has picked up two new US shows involving Hollywood stars playing poker and a behind-the-scenes look at Las Vegas. Celebrity Poker Showdown will see the likes of Mena Suvari and Matthew Perry compete for a charity prize pot of $250,000. ...
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In It to Win It to be remade for Middle East
BBC1 lottery show In It to Win It , made by indie 12 Yard Productions, is to be remade for audiences in the Middle East. Distributor Screentime Partners has sold the format to pan-Arab satellite broadcaster Abu Dhabi Television, which has commissioned 60 episodes from ...
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Serbian TV reorders 19TV's idol format
Fremantle Media has secured second seasons for the Pop Idol format across Europe. The 19TV pop talent format has been recommissioned by Serbian commercial broadcaster RTV BK Telecom, TV3 in Denmark and TV2 in Iceland following successful first seasons.
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Distraction wins trio of Mid East sales
Distraction Formats has secured a hat trick of format deals in the Middle East. Pan-Arabian broadcaster MBC has opted for 14 episodes of Le Grand Tralala , in which celebrities have to host a live show with no preparation. Future TV will screen 20 episodes ...
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Five makes three factual acquisitions
Five has acquired three documentaries from US distributor Solid Entertainment. The first is historical documentary The Hittites: The Lost Civilization , while 50-minute one-off Inside the Britannic will revisit the 1916 shipwreck. Also, the 48-minute documentary ...
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Bad Girls distributor on awards shortlist
Alison Rayson, chief executive of Bad Girls distributor Target Entertainment, has been shortlisted for the entrepreneur of the year prize at the National Business Awards. The awards will be held in London on 9 November.
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Format focus: Ivana Man
Ivana Trump turns her hand to match-making to help an older woman find love with an eligible bachelor
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NewsTechnicolor to move to new HQ
Technicolor Creative Services is to move to a new state of the art west London facility as part of a£5m investment.
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TSI TX to offer live football services
TSI TX has purpose-built a new live sports production area to cope with a two-year deal between itself, BT Broadcast Services and Uefa and Fifa.
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Filmlight goes into video post market
Filmlight Digital Film Technology is targeting the video post-production market for the first time.
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ABS ups capacity
Advanced Broadcast Services (ABS) has increased its broadcast capacity by 15 channels with the opening of Unit 15, its state-of-the-art playout pod. ABS has set up terminals via internet links to
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Editor joins Pepper
Covent Garden facility Pepper has appointed Justin Eely from Oasis Television as a senior editor and Marco Fabbri from Avid Technology as a junior editor and DS specialist. Eely has worked on projects such as Sex Traffic, Foyle's War I, II and III and State of Play during his 15-year ...
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Sales for Monet
Imagineer's recently launched system Monet has found its first customers. Cineimage, Capital FX and Mac Million have all bought the post-production tool. Monet is used to replace elements in moving images. The technology for Monet was developed in collaboration with Cinesite (Europe) Ltd for use on the feature film ...
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New scout in place
DVD authoring and design house Cheerful Scout has employed senior producer Miles Furnell to produce original programming for DVD extras. Furnell, previously of The Edge Picture Company, has more than 10 years of production experience and has produced more than 100 programmes in his career. Many have won prestigious awards ...
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Golden sq 3D move
Soho-based Golden Square Post Production has appointed senior 3D animator Sean Elliott to head its expanding 3D department. Elliott moves to Golden Square after nearly five years at Glassworks. Elliott has worked on a number of high-profile commercial projects, including jobs for Aero, Churchill, Ford and the latest Keane promo ...
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Liquid marks 40 years of Horizon
Liquid TV has created the titles for the new series of Horizon. Celebrating its 40-year history, the sequence attempts to create a sense of journey and discovery by showing images of the natural world; dramatic balls of fire, fisheye landscapes and billowing clouds. The ...
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ITV1 drama belongs to Pepper
Pepper has completed all picture post-production work on ITV's forthcoming drama Belonging. The drama features Brenda Blethyn as a woman whose husband leaves her for another woman and is left in charge of his elderly relatives. The drama was shot on 16mm film and ...
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BBC doc led to Libyan's torture
The BBC has been slammed by Ofcom after one of its Holidays in the Axis of Evil documentaries led to a Libyan tour guide being detained and beaten by the Libyan government.