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MTV MD given Paramount Comedy brief
MTV Networks UK & Ireland managing director Michiel Bakker is to take control of the UK Paramount Comedy channels.
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ABC1 up on Telewest
ABC1, the UK entertainment channel owned by Walt Disney, will be available to Telewest digital TV customers as of Friday, 10 December. The US channel that includes in its portfolio shows such as Home Improvement and General Hospital , will ...
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Bhopal hoax probed
The BBC has launched an investigation after it was tricked into broadcasting a live interview with a man who falsely claimed to be a spokesman for chemicals giant Dow Chemical and offered compensation to the victims of the Bhopal disaster. Deputy director general Mark Byford has ordered a report into ...
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Maverick hirings
Birmingham-based indie Maverick Television has appointed two non-executive directors to the board. They are Sally Luton, the chief executive of the Arts Council West Midlands, and Richard Burdett, planning director of 4Creative and former Flextech vice-president of marketing.
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Grade's idea for AGM
BBC chairman Michael Grade has proposed creating a 'virtual AGM' for viewers and listeners as part of further changes to the corporation's governance system. Grade said interactive technology could be used to link up viewers and governors across the country and also include an element of voting on key issues, ...
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Yipp gets C4 order about living with cancer
YIPP Films is to follow up its award-winning documentary The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off with a Channel 4 film exploring the friendship of two men brought together through chemotherapy.
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C4 film probes US racists
Leopard Films is making a film for Channel 4 following an American attorney's quest to bring down a white supremacist group by getting most of its members served with the death penalty.
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Discovery H&L orders for i2i
Indie i2i Television has been greenlit to make five series for Discovery Home & Leisure.
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Bravo to show real-life Fight Clubs
Scream Films has landed a deal to make Fight Night: White Collar Boxing for Bravo. The 15 x 30-minute series follows a number of rookie and professional white collar boxers, including Britain's first openly gay fighter known as the Pink Pounder, as they train and ...
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History Channel looks at life after demob
The History Channel has commissioned Oxford-based indie Red Admiral to produce Demob Happy. The hour-long documentary will tell the story of how Britain returned to peacetime following the surrender of Germany and later Japan in 1945. Produced by Red Admiral's Gail Downey, the programme ...
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Smooth operations lined up for R2 shows
Radio indie Smooth Operations has picked up a raft of commissions from BBC Radio 2. These include a six-part series on the history of comedy, a four-part series on plagiarism in music titled Same Old Song and a two-part programme to mark the 80th birthday ...
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C4 looks at what people do to get on TV
Channel 4 commissioning editor of factual entertainment Andrew MacKenzie has ordered a two-hour documentary I'll Do Anything to Get on TV from At It Productions, the company behind C4 youth strand T4. The programme will trace how members of the public have made it onto ...
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SMG puts£1.3m into boosting OB
SMG Broadcast and Event Solutions, the production resources arm of SMG, has spent£1.3m bolstering its outside broadcast capabilities to help it compete with the quality of Sky Sports.
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Macquarie Communications snaps up NTL Broadcast
NTL Broadcast is to be sold to an Australian consortium led by the Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG) for£1.27bn.
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Farrell wins RTS award for Men of Iron
The Farm's senior colourist Aidan Farrell led the way for the facilities sector at last week's RTS Craft and Design Awards, picking up his second trophy in four years.
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Triangle nabs Dixon
Triangle Post Production has poached compositor Paul Dixon from BBC Broadcast. Dixon worked on the title sequence for the BBC's Olympics coverage, which was shortlisted in the RTS Craft and Design Awards last week. He replaces Joe Billington who left to work for hardware and software developers Discreet. Triangle has ...
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Dunstall On Ascent
Award-winning titles, idents and branding designer Roisin Dunstall has left Blue to join Ascent Media's One Post. Her credits include on-air promos for the BBC, Channel 4 and Discovery and title sequences for The Bill and Dates from Hell. ...
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Collins finds Oasis
Editor Andy Collins will join Oasis Television this month. Collins worked for BBC Resources for 15 years where he worked on the Olympics and Paralympics in Athens. Upcoming jobs include the opening sequence for Match of the Day , BBC promos and an undisclosed BBC ...
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Parry on the move
Colourist Jamie Parry has joined Manchester post-production facility Sumners. Parry spent seven years at Granada where he worked on, among other things , The Forsyte Saga, Clocking Off, Phoenix Nights and Son of God. Parry joins as senior colourist ...
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Editworks expands
Light entertainment editing specialist Editworks is moving into the documentary and drama markets. Former St Anne's Post sales manager Dean Watkins has been appointed head of business development at the Noho post house - known for its work on productions such as Who Wants to ...