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Talpa buys in to Fox
Talpa Capital BV, the Dutch company owned by Endemol founder John de Mol, has taken a 5.1% stake in Fox Kids Europe, the kids channel and content business in which Disney holds a 76% stake.
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Shriek sounds out Sky Movies
Shriek music and sound design has produced the soundtrack for Sky Movies' new idents. Shriek joined a five-way pitch, which required a new non-Hollywood approach. Sky commissioner Paul Butler said that he chose Shriek because 'it came up with something unexpected, and has produced a series of highly creative scores ...
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Blunt animated after double act
Canned Heat is the first of two S4C commissions for Blunt Pictures, a division of Siriol Pictures set up to produce adult animation. It is described by the producers as 'a humorous exploration of prejudice and intolerance featuring animated cans of soup which prove that despite our differences, we all ...
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Gabriel gig is Done and Dusted
Peter Gabriel's latest concert, Growing up Live, was filmed by Done and Dusted using 26 HD cameras from three main angles - above, below and eye level. This was to give the impression of heaven, hell and earth. The complicated post work was done at The Farm. The offline was ...
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Leitch defers agm
Leitch Technology has rescheduled its annual general meeting after receiving a vote of no confidence from shareholders. According to Leitch, the company does not have to postpone the AGM but has chosen to do so because it 'gives an opportunity to see the argument that these shareholders are presenting'. The ...
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Corinthian move
Corinthian TV has hired a new chief technology officer from the BBC. Paul Wilcock began his career at Granada in the 1980s and was head of operations
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Outsource in LA deal
ITV voice production company Outsource Media has entered into a partnership with US audio facility group LA Studios. The deal gives Outsource exclusive use of its West Coast studios, while LA Studios will have access to Outsource's new facility in Sheffield, which it moves into this week. The company does ...
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VTR profits shrink
UK post-production giant VTR plc has suffered a drop in its year-on-year operating profits. The group, which includes Soho post facilities VTR, Blue and The Machine Room, saw its figures fall by£2.2m to£1m for the year ending August 31 2003. But there was good news as pre-tax profits rose from ...
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Promax awards
Changes to the way the Promax UK Awards are judged have brought an end to the BBC's dominance of the design and branding category. Amendments were made to both the make-up of the judging panels and the awards categories and the result saw this year's Gold awards being shared out ...
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BBC takes flak for war stance
Coverage of the war in Iraq by UK broadcasters - including the BBC - was frequently one-sided, with newscasters often taking government information as fact regardless of its accuracy, according to a major new study on the media's coverage of the conflict.
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Highfield pledges limits to online activity
BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield has pledged to stay out of key commercial areas following criticism from commercial rivals.
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Fox & Science Museum make aliens series
Fox has teamed up with the London Science Museum on a TV project that will become the first original production to air on its new UK entertainment channel, FX.
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Apes prove big hit for Granada
A regional ITV wildlife show made for the Meridian region has made its way into the top five of Granada International's best selling programmes alongside Coronation Streetand Agatha Christie's Poirot, following a deal with Discovery Networks International.
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Sky is digital choice
More people listen to digital radio through the Sky platform than any other, including DAB digital radio sets, Freeview and cable, according to a new survey by Continental Research. It found that 4.8m people aged 15 or over use Sky to listen to digital radio, compared with 783,860 using Freeview ...
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Daly escapes charge
The undercover BBC reporter who exposed racism in the police force will not be prosecuted, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said this week. Greater Manchester Police originally arrested Mark Daly on suspicion of obtaining a pecuniary advantage by deception and damaging police property. However, following the broadcast of his explosive ...
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My Family cracks German market
Award-winning BBC comedy My Familyis set to be made for viewers in Poland and Germany after producer DLT Entertainment secured format deals with TVP and RTL, writes Michael Rosser.
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UKTV launches NZ channel on sky digital
UKTV is launching a sister channel in New Zealand this month to be carried on the country's Sky Digital platform. The joint-venture between BBC Worldwide, Fremantle Media and Foxtel will screen a mix of contemporary, classic and popular British programmes. UKTV, which runs a similar station in Australia, will include ...
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Carlton to make soldier, soldier for US
Carlton America has joined up with the team behind The West Wingto recreate army drama Soldier, Soldierfor the US. The ITV series, which ran for 82 episodes over six years, will be adapted by West Wing writer, producer and director ...
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Greece takes 200 ready steady cooks
Screentime Partners has secured a raft of new distribution deals with formats including Ready Steady Cook and The Chair. A further 200 episodes of Endemol UK format Ready Steady Cook have been picked up by Mega Channel in Greece while another 44 episodes of quiz show The Chair have been ...
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BBC World to air on Italian DTT station
The BBC is poised to launch its 24-hour news and information channel BBC World on Italy's new digital terrestrial television service, which launches next month. The deal between BBC World and Italian broadcaster Mediaset will give the commercial channel access to around 50% of the Italian population through the free-to-air ...