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    Big Squid recreates shipwreck

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    Big Squid has produced content graphics for a new Discovery Channel series shot in high definition called Quest for Columbus. The programme, produced by New York's Engel Brothers Media, pieces together the search for the explorer's Santa Maria boat that was shipwrecked on his ...

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    Red3 transitions travel time

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    Red3, a recently established offshoot of Red Vision, has provided transitional shots for a show within the BBC's Natural World strand called The Amber Time Machine. The film follows David Attenborough as he traces a piece of amber he was ...

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    Farm lays down Dunkirk sound

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    The Farm has completed audio post work on Dunkirk , a three-part BBC drama documentary. The series recreates events in June 1940 and the race against time to save Allied soldiers trapped in France. Sound effects were tracked down via specialist archives in order to ...

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    Anvil relocates

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    Dubbing and ADR facility Anvil Post Production is moving from Buckinghamshire to a facility in Perivale, west London. Work on the new premises will begin this month, with existing equipment being transferred from the old studios over the next six months.

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    ATG signs BBC deal

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    Systems integrator ATG Broadcast has signed a deal with BBC Broadcast for the integration of a central storage and archive system to be installed at its new Broadcast Centre facility in west London. The initial phase of the project will allow several days' worth of programme files to be archived ...

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    Hot-Heads in action

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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

    2004-02-05T08:30:00Z

    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 ...