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S&V wins ocean race
Indie Sunset & Vine has won the contract to produce and distribute the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race. The Television Corporation subsidiary, which also produces cricket for Channel 4 and other sports coverage broadcast around the world, will be the race's global television production partner, producing several hundred hours of programming. ...
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Green Bay scheme
Cardiff-based indie Green Bay Media is to join other Welsh production companies to launch a drama development fund, which will create a slate of film scripts for broadcasters, film financiers, distributors and investors. Wales' biggest production facilities group, Barcud Derwen, will co-finance the fund's start-up phase with Sgrin, the media ...
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BBC1 plans issue focused dramas
BBC1 has commissioned a factual drama exploring what would happen if London was attacked by a 'dirty' radiological bomb, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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BBC1 banks on Spicer for daytime show
Self-made millionaire and TV antiques expert Lorne Spicer will attempt to boost the coffers of families around the country in a new daytime show for BBC1, writes Michael Rosser.
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S4C drama to celebrate Cardiff city
The director of British gangster film Rancid Aluminium is making a£1.5m Cardiff-based drama series for Welsh channel S4C, writes Michael Rosser.
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ITV commissions 2DTV for fifth run
ITV has commissioned another series of satirical animation show 2DTV from the indie of the same name. The 6 x 30-minute series, ordered by ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam, will feature new celebrities such as rugby hero Jonny Wilkinson. The series, which is due ...
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Maidstone indie wins commissions
Maidstone-based indie Peter Williams Television has been commissioned to make a 6 x 30-minute regional series on crime during the second world war for Meridian. Underworld at War, dubbed the 'factual Foyle's War', was commissioned by Meridian controller of regional programming Mark Southgate. It will be produced and directed by ...
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Top trumps inspires Challenge TV show
Challenge TV has ordered 20 x 30-minute episodes of a comedy panel show from Princess Productions, based on the classic card game Top Trumps. Totally Top Trumps was commissioned by Challenge channel controller Jonathon Webb and will air in April. Sebastian Scott will executive produce ...
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Somethin' else looks at branding sport
Indie Somethin' Else is to chart the history of the brand within the world of sport for BBC Radio 5 Live. The 4 x 30-minute series, Brand It Like Beckham , will run from Monday to Thursday at the end of May. Presented by journalist ...
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Objective makes over E4 dating show
Objective Productions is to revamp its E4 dating show Five Go Dating and will deliver 30 episodes of a new-look programme. Called Four Go Dating, the new run will place four men and four women in two£1.5m loft apartments in London. The two groups will ...
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Endemol UK promotes paradise man
Endemol UK has promoted David Flynn to deputy head of its creative unit. Flynn, who joined Endemol in 1999, has spent the past two years as a development producer working on formats such as the forthcoming ITV reality series Trouble in Paradise. He will report to creative unit head Richard ...
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Tories not to be on panel to find BBC chair
The Tory party has said it will not sit on the scrutiny panel to oversee the selection process for the new BBC chairman. Former Conservative Home Secretary Lord Baker turned down a request from the Commissioner for Public Appointments, Dame Rennie Fritchie, who will chair the panel, after expressing concern ...
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CBM four aim to launch Freesport
Four members of CBM Media - the company that made an aborted attempt to launch a free-to-air sports channel on Freeview - are forming a new enterprise to further develop the idea. The group, comprising Simon Bazalgette, David Bellin, Peter Knowles and Rod Connors, are aiming to launch Freesport, a ...
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Disney rejects hostile bid by Comcast
Walt Disney this week rejected a hostile $66bn (£37bn) takeover bid from US cable giant Comcast and bolstered its portfolio of characters by buying The Muppets from the Jim Henson Company for an undisclosed sum. The deal with Henson, which also includes characters from Bear ...
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Five commissions more 'swap' shows
Five has created its own 'swap' strand, following the success of RDF's Wife Swap and Boss Swap on Channel 4. Controller of special events and pop features Sham Sandhu has commissioned indie Flame TV to produce three 60-minute instalments: ...
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NewsDyke's Manchester vision under threat
The BBC could scrap a controversial Charter review plan to move a huge chunk of the corporation to Manchester.
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NewsDigital debate hots up
Broadcasters this week stepped up their call on the government to give a precise date for analogue switch-off as they unveiled exactly how they would go about achieving it.
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NewsRoot eyes Discovery job
Jane Root, BBC2's controller, is considering quitting to take a senior executive role at Discovery Communications in the US.
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NewsWomen still lagging, says Skillset survey
Low pay and poor job prospects are endemic among women working in broadcasting, with the majority earning below£20,000.