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NewsMooschool on Bikers' menu
Mooschool has designed and animated the titles, maps and menu graphics for a Big Bear Films/VixPix Films co-pro, The Hairy Bikers' Cookbook. Designer Nick Maroussas worked textures such as creased notepaper and coffee-ringed maps into the graphics to reflect bikes, cooking and travel. The graphics ...
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Newton to take control of UKTV Gold
UKTV has promoted James Newton to head its flagship channel UKTV Gold, replacing Red Johnston who quit last month.
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Life on Mars a hit
BBC1's new drama Life on Mars debuted with an average audience of 7 million (27.3%) at 9pm. The eight-part series from Kudos Productions, starring John Simm as a policeman who wakes up in 1973 after a road accident, grew its audience over 60 minutes and ...
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Wall To Wall hiring
Indie Wall To Wall has poached the BBC's specialist factual head of production to become its financial director. Stuart Mullin had been with the corporation since 2001, when he joined its corporate finance team. He had previously worked for BBC Worldwide and Five in strategic and financial planning roles. Mullin ...
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House again on Five
Five has secured the first run UK rights for the second series of US medical drama series House, following a new deal with distributor NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The first run was shown first in the UK on multichannel broadcaster Hallmark, followed by a ...
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ITV invests£3m in new channel idents
ITV this week unveiled the results of its year-long rebranding project, with a series of new channel identities aimed at creating a more clearly defined personality for each of its offerings.
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Rick Stein to escape to Mediterranean
Chef Rick Stein is to continue his cooking tour of Europe with a series on Mediterranean cuisine. Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapesis a 10 x 30-minute series produced by Plymouth-based indie Denham Productions for BBC2. Due for transmission in autumn next year, the series sees the ...
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Fourth Karen Dunbar for BBC Scotland
BBC1 Scotland has ordered a fourth series of the Karen Dunbar Showfrom indie the Comedy Unit. Series produced by Rab Christie and Iain Davidson, the 4 x 30-minute sketch show series will transmit in the spring. BBC Scotland commissioning editor, television Ewan Angus, who ordered ...
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Sky One wins Nicolas Cage exclusive
Sky One has secured exclusive UK rights to The Dresden Filesfollowing a deal with Lionsgate and Nicolas Cage's Saturn Films to co-produce a two-hour pilot. Based on the best-selling series of novels by Jim Butcher of the same name, the show tells the story of ...
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Tinopolis meets with TV Corp bosses
Tinopolis bosses have started meeting with senior staff at TV Corp in advance of their formal takeover of the company. Discussions are being held between Tinopolis executive chairman, Ron Jones, and leading TV Corp executives, including chief executive Peter Salmon and director of sport Jeff Foulser.
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Marsh quits Sky Italia for UK return
Kate Marsh has quit Sky Italia where she was consultant and head of Primo Channels, to return to the UK as director of media investment operation GroupM Entertainment Europe. Starting immediately, Marsh will be responsible for the media investment group's drive into TV, involving advertiser-funded and multimedia programming.
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Open University strikes BBC co-pro deal
Open University (OU) has signed a year-long deal with the BBC to co-produce its history strand Timewatch. The OU will get a co-producer credit on the programme, supply an executive producer where appropriate, and have the right to use the programmes for educational purposes. The ...
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ITV Granada prepares for HQ move
ITV Granada has submitted a planning application for the£18m redevelopment of the Bonded Warehouse in Manchester. The broadcaster is proposing to move 800 staff to the new headquarters from its current location in Quay Street.
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Indie Survey 2006 deadline nears
Broadcast is currently compiling its Indie Survey 2006. To ensure your company is included in this annual survey of the UK's independent TV producers, please submit your details using the form on broadcastnow.co.uk, or email lorna.goodyer@emap.com. The deadline for submissions is 19 January.
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NewsPEER POLL: Nigel Pickard
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did Nigel Pickard make a success of ITV?
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NewsITV postpones kids channel launch
ITV is delaying the launch of its children's channel by a month, as the broadcaster admits it will not have everything ready in time for its original date in February.
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NewsSky faces losing Irish Ryder Cup rights
BSkyB has found itself in the midst of another sports rights dispute, this time over the Ryder Cup.
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NewsIndies should get PVR royalties says Pact report
A Pact-commissioned report has called for personal video recorder (PVR) platform owners such as Sky+ to pay royalties to programme makers.
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NewsITV and unions settle pay dispute
8am:Unions have accepted an improved pay offer from ITV, averting a repeat of last year's industrial action which affected shows including Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeawayand Coronation Street.
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NewsNTL ups Virgin Mobile offer as Branson steps in
The Virgin Mobile board is mulling over an increased offer from NTL after Sir Richard Branson said he would dip into his own pockets to break the impasse.