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Hot-Heads in action
Picture Canning Company has been contracted to provide technical facilities and equipment for a new RDF reality TV show called The Penthouse. Currently in production, the show follows a group of celebrities in a penthouse as they complete tasks. Computer controlled hot-head cameras and ...
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BBC wins NY prizes
BBC Post Production has won two golds - for best art direction and best digital effects - at the 46th New York Festival for Secret Weapons. The 3D and digital effects team at BBC Post created the effects. The producer was Big Wave Productions. ...
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C4 helps indies break America
Eleven independent production companies from outside London are to receive a crash course in breaking the US market as part of a new initiative from Channel 4 and producers' alliance Pact, writes Glen Mutel.
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CD-UK invades Germany
Blaze Television's ITV1 music show CD:UK is to be adapted for Germany where it will go head-to-head with BBC rival Top of the Pops , writes Michael Rosser.
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C4 jettisons my new best friend
Tiger Aspect's award-winning comedy My New Best Friend has become the victim of its own success after Channel 4 deemed chief protagonist Marc Wootton too recognisable to front another series. The
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Bravo and Living to take over Alias
Bravo and Living TV have secured a deal with Buena Vista International Television to acquire US drama series Alias. The Flextech-owned channels will screen the third season of the 22 x 60-minute series from mid-March before its terrestrial outing on Five. The third series, ...
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Carlton looks after Tell-Tale's Sprogs
Carlton International has picked up the TV and video rights for animated series Sprogs. The deal covers the first 13 x 22-minute episodes of the show, which is made by indie Tell-Tale Productions and features a modern American family coming to terms with the ...
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Somethin' else to make arabic selector
Somethin' Else, the UK's biggest radio production company, has been commissioned by the British Council to produce an Arabic version of music show The Selector. The weekly, hour-long mix of music and live sessions will be broadcast on the MBC Network in eight countries ...
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RDFI teams up with Zig Zag in factual deal
RDF International has secured the worldwide distribution rights to a host of new factual programmes from indie Zig Zag Productions. The shows include one-hour documentary DIY Surgery , which features people who have had to operate unexpectedly on themselves or others, and a one-hour exploration ...
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Zone Vision buys rights to US Cheaters
Zone Vision's Reality TV channel has picked up the rights to the latest season of US reality show Cheaters. The fourth series of the show, made by Cinamour Entertainment, will feature more suspicious people attempting to uncover whether their partner is being unfaithful. The ...
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Rajar under fire for survey flaw
Virgin Radio has suffered an unexpected blow to its audience figures and has laid the blame on research body Rajar.
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Capital regains Londons heart
Capital Radio has reclaimed the top commercial spot in London, putting distance between its flagship 95.8FM station and Chrysalis-owned rival Heart.
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New launches give boost to growth of digital radio
Digital radio is continuing its steady growth with half a dozen new stations unveiling listening figures for the first time.
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BBC2 wins three prizes for spy drama
BBC2 drama Cambridge Spies has won three awards at France's prestigious television festival Fipa, which attracts entries from all over the world. The programme took the silver award for best series, best actor in a series, and best music. It was made by the BBC ...
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Attheraces serves notice on TV deal
Attheraces has served notice on its TV deal with the Racecourse Association (RCA). The 10-year,£30m media-rights agreement with 49 UK racecourses will now terminate on 29 March. The Office of Fair Trading is also expected to rule against the existing deal on the basis that it is uncompetitive. Attheraces will ...
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Brook Lapping wins awards for Maggie
Brook Lapping producers Anne and Brian Lapping have picked up two awards at the New York Festivals. Anne Lapping won gold in the biography and profile category with four-part series Maggie - the First Lady , shown on ITV while Brian Lapping was awarded gold ...
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Channel 4 goes for longer ski run
Channel 4 is to double the length of its Sunday morning edition of Skiing on 4. The show will now run for one hour from 08.00 each Sunday until the end of the season. The move has been motivated by a recent string of ...
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Henderson chosen for chart show
Somethin' Else has appointed Sarah Henderson as executive producer for commercial radio chart show Hit40UK. Henderson, most recently a former head of music at GWR, is head of music and artist relations at Emap.
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Double launch for merged ITV
The launch of ITV plc on Monday (2 February) brought a major fillip to the network's financial position and a strong boost to the ratings of its relaunched flagship news programme.
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RDF opens 'regional' office in Guildford
RDF Media is to tap into Channel 4's 30% regional quota by setting up an office in Guildford, Surrey.