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Five goes for Supersize She
Five is to explore the world of female body-building in documentary Supersize She. The 60-minute film will focus on the story of British female body-builder Joanna Thomas, in her bid to become Miss Olympia - the highest accolade in the sport. Producer Special Edition Films will ...
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Commissioner's Q&A: Finn Arnesen
Senior vice-president original animation and acquisitions Cartoon Network, Toonami, Boomerang and EMEA international head of programme production on his admiration for Spongebob Squarepants
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Dickinson stumps up own cash for show
Antiques expert David Dickinson is to host a new 6 x 60-minute peaktime series for BBC1 in which he gives 12 people£50,000 of his own money to buy and sell collectables. Dealing with Dickinsonwill be made by Lion TV and has been ordered by outgoing BBC1 ...
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Hartswood in Australian co-pro comedy
Hartswood Films, the indie behind BBC1 series Carrie and Barry, has started shooting its latest comedy series, Supernova, in Australia. A co-production with Fox World Australia, the 6 x 30-minute BBC2 series is about a team of astronomers working in the desert. ...
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Channel 4 conceives Morning After Show
Popworldhost Simon Amstell is to front a new live magazine show for Channel 4 taking a comedic look at the week's events. The 6 x 60-minute series, The Morning After Show, will be produced by Talkback Thames and see Amstell and co-hosts Olivia Lee and Barunka ...
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UKTV History orders WWII specials
UKTV History has commissioned two series as part of a special V for Victory season, marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory in the second world war. Wingspan Fulcrum TV has been commissioned to make 1945, a 5 x 46-minute series on the last months ...
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Industry to act on sound levels
The Advertising Producers Association (APA) has told broadcasters for the first time how they should operate with post-production companies on the problem of sound levels.
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Presteigne builds HD unit
Equipment hire company Presteigne Broadcast Hire is spending around£750,000 on creating a high-definition fly-away unit.
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Fine Point and O21 buy into HD
Outside broadcast company 021 Television and hire company Fine Point Broadcast are committing£2m between them to cover high-definition sports and arts programming.
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Siemens appointees
Siemens Business Services has appointed Kevin Newport head of media and entertainment business development while Craig Dwyer is to lead media and entertainment solutions. Newport, a former BBC executive producer, joins Siemens from Cable and Wireless.
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ProVision in Manc
Granada-owned ProVision, the Leeds-based location equipment hire company, is set to open a Manchester office in early April at ITV Granada, Quay Street. The ProVision Manchester site will be headed by newly appointed operations manager Stuart Grant and supported by equipment co-ordinator James Jones. Grant joins from 3sixtymedia and Jones ...
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Pink MD on UK post
Anita Nandwani, managing director of Bristol's Pink House Post Production, has been voted onto the UK Post board as the second regional representative, joining Barcud Derwen managing director Bryn Roberts. Nandwani won her place by receiving over 30% of the regional members' vote. Nandwani highlighted increasing network commissions outside London ...
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Inman joins input
Mike Inman, the former executive producer for sport at Carlton, is joining production and post company The Input Video Group as executive producer. Inman is the second appointment in as many weeks, following head of business development Richard Markell. Inman brings a wealth of sports experience having been involved with ...
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Promax UK awards
Promax UK is launching its annual student awards aimed at promoting the broadcast promo and marketing industry within colleges and universities. The competition involves challenging students to brand and promote a celebrity showdown format or an idea of their own choosing. The 2005 Promax Student Awards competition is being run ...
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Golden Square gets mobile
Soho's Golden Square Post Production has completed work on sponsorship idents for Formula 1 on ITV and T-Mobile. The idents feature a mobile phone passing itself off as various parts of a Formula 1 racing car, such as the car's wing-mirror or a spinning wheel, but soon reveal that the ...
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Addiction gives us H Side Story
Addiction has just finished a title sequence and content graphics for Blaze Television's H Side Story. The series follows pop group Steps' H as he embarks upon a musical theatre course at the Royal Academy of Music. The sequence illustrates H's journey from pop megastar to ...
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Blue executes Murder in Rome
Post facility Blue has completed full post on Murder in Rome, the first episode of the new series of Timewatch. The re-enactment is based around a trial taking place in an amphitheatre in Rome in 81BC. Audio post was undertaken by Blue ...
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FX lands Fat Actress for UK
Multichannel broadcaster FX has acquired exclusive UK rights to Cheersstar Kirstie Alley's much-hyped new comedy reality show, Fat Actress.
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Lion follows Dickens' trip
Lion TV Scotland is to produce a major new documentary for the BBC chronicling Charles Dickens' travels around the US.
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C4 suffers Friday night slump
Channel 4 suffered its second worst peaktime performance on a Friday since 1992 as comedy Nathan Barleydrew an average of just 700,000 (3.3%) at 10pm.