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Optex unveils kit
Optex, which manufactures broadcast equipment, has launched two products. The Digidolly, which is a portable tripod dolly and track kit, and the Silverskin, an all-weather protective cover for use with Sony DSR-PD-170 and 150 camcorders. The camera cover is made from military-grade fabric and costs£150. The Digidolly is constructed from ...
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BBC hires Stewart
BBC Broadcast has hired Stephen Stewart from the London Playout Centre (LPC) to manage channels in the new Broadcast centre. He previously managed the Five account at LPC and before that he looked after the Flextech channels - including five satellite channels, a live studio and 13 post suites.
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Pinnacle of freebies
Pinnacle Systems is giving away free audio-editing software from 15 January. Anyone who buys a full version of its non-linear editing application Liquid Edition or Liquid Edition Pro will get a copy of Steinberg's Wavelab Essential Audio Editor, worth£179, free.
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Clear cut designer
Clear Cut Pictures has hired a graphics designer from Sky. Pryce Duncalf came second in the new designers award 2002 and was responsible for the recent rebranding of The Biography Channel. It is hoped that Duncalf will allow Clear Cut to take on larger 3D reconstruction series.
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Softimage contest
Softimage has launched its Student Animation Contest 2004. Top prizes include a production licence of Softimage XSI with one year's maintenance, plus academic versions of the software for the winner's college. The deadline for entries is 1 June, and pieces must include a coherent narrative and run for between 10 ...
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Pixel farm in tie-up
Digital post-producer the Pixel Farm has announced a partnership with chromakey specialist Reflecmedia. The two companies hope to create products that solve keying and tracking problems during post.
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Oasis gives Feather Boy wings
Feather Boy is a new kids series from Childsplay TV, which is expected to air on BBC1 this month. Based on the acclaimed novel by Nicky Singer, it explores problems experienced by young people. Oasis TV has done all the fx and titling work ...
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Mainframe brands sitcom battle
The 12-week battle to decide on Britain's Best Sitcom begins this weekend and, to help the nation choose, Mainframe has produced the branding package for the series.
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MPC conjures up surreality TV
Inseparable Bonds is the latest short film from Lars Magnus Holmgren, who won a Turner nomination for his work with artist Liam Gillick, AnLee You Propose.
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RDFI sells Holiday Showdown to Oz
RDF International (RDFI) has sold its ITV1 format Holiday Showdown to Network 9 in Australia as part of a host of deals.
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Mentorn wins£20m Fox order
Mentorn has secured a further $20m from US broadcaster Fox after getting the greenlight for a 25-hour first instalment of 'never-ending' reality show, Forever Eden.
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BBC takes on US' Arrested Development
The BBC has secured the exclusive UK television rights to the acclaimed US comedy Arrested Development from 20th Century Fox TV.
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Channel 4 picks up Britney
Fremantle International Distribution has scored 25 sales for ABC's behind-the-scenes special on popstar Britney Spears. Channel 4 is among those which will screen Britney Spears: In the Zone , after Fremantle picked up the rights to distribute the 60-minute programme in November. Other European broadcasters ...
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Format focus: Harem
Will the British public fall for a Swedish dating show where women call the shots, asks Michael Rosser
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C4I chalks up That'll Teach 'Em deal
Channel 4 International has optioned the format of That'll Teach 'Em to Endemol Spain. The reality format, in which a class of pupils are put through a month-long 1950s-style boarding school regime, has already been picked up by Endemol in France, Italy and the Netherlands as well as Tresor Television ...
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What about Mimi? makes return to CITV
Decode Entertainment has sold a further 13 episodes of animated series What About Mimi? to ITV children's strand CiTV. The deal follows an initial pick-up of the first 13 x 22-minute episodes in September. The second season of the Canadian series, which follows the adventures ...
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Cheaters set to appear on European TV
Distraction Formats has agreed a series of European deals with gameshow Dirty Rotten Cheaters. TWI Entertainment is already developing the format for the UK, but StormyEyeworks is now working on a German version of the show, which could go to parent company RTL Television. ...
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Fireworks shows get UK showings
Fireworks International has secured a range of deals with broadcasters in the UK for action, adventure, drama and kids live-action series. Sky One has committed to the third season of Mutant X while Granada Sky Broadcasting has acquired all 52 episodes of crime drama series ...
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Electric Sky takes shark bay catalogue
Factual distributor Electric Sky has picked up the international rights to Shark Bay Films' catalogue of marine-based films as part of its plans to develop a natural history slate. The deal will see the Brighton-based distributor start with five titles, including Secrets of Southern ...
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BBC offers fresh take on history
Nick Knowles, the presenter of BBC1's long-running home improvement show DIY SOS , has written a six-part comedy history series for BBC1 in which he travels back in time to meet notorious figures such as Dick Turpin.