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BBC3 to show life in a fashion store
Richard Macer, the film-maker behind Shaun Ryder: The Ecstasy and the Agony, has trained his camera on a Middlesbrough fashion store for a new BBC3 documentary. Working-titled Psycheafter the Middlesbrough shop where he has been filming, the 4 x ...
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TV performance boosts Pinewood
Pinewood Shepperton Studios welcomed the Chancellor's recent feature film tax breaks in its annual results, but credited strong growth in the TV division with boosting the company's performance.
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Aquarium expands into online with Mosaic takeover
Soho audio company Aquarium has taken over Mosaic Pictures' facility arm in a profit-related deal as it expands into online services.
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NTL puts net broadcasting to the test
NTL is field testing high-definition internet broadcasting with consumers in the Guildford area.
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Green Apple explodes Colditz
The Green Apple has produced visual effects shots for ITV's Easter weekend drama Colditz.The 2 x 120-minute follows two soldiers, one of whom is captured and held at Colditz; while the other makes it home to his friend's fiance but suffers a crisis of conscience when ...
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Pepper spices up Fingersmith
Pepper has completed visual effects on the three-part adaptation of the Booker-nominated novel Fingersmith. The crime drama, set in 19th-century London, is the story of conman Richard Rivers who enlists petty thief Sue Trinder on the most ambitious scam of his career. Joint managing director Shane ...
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Nats posts Holy Warriors
Nats Post Production has completed work on Holy Warriorsfor Atlantic Productions. The 90-minute drama-documentary focuses on Richard the Lionheart and Salah Al-din, the leaders who came to symbolise the struggle between Christianity and Islam in the battle for the Holy Land. Location film footage was mixed ...
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Mill's who record
Mill TV has broken UK television production records by creating 1,300 visual effects for the return of Doctor Who. A team of 10 CGI artists, seven Flame and Shake compositors and one digital matte painter completed the special effects over eight months. However, Framestore CFC managed ...
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Five clips online
Five and North One Television, the production company behind Fifth Gear, have launched a video download store capitalising on the motoring show's content. Viewers can download a choice of 40 downloadable clips to their home computer from www.7digital.com/fifthgear. lips will include a helicopter racing a sports ...
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Avid nears pinnacle
Avid Technologies is expected to have bought rival manufacturer Pinnacle Systems for $462m (£224.3m) by the end of the week. As part of the transaction Avid will issue 6.2 million shares to current Pinnacle Systems shareholders, a total of around 15% of the company. The deal was announced on Monday ...
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Budget welcome
UK Post chief executive Gaynor Davenport believes the government's recent announcement to extend tax relief for low-budget British feature films until April 2006 is 'encouraging' but still has a long way to go. '[The announcement] boosts confidence and provides certainty for both film-makers and post facilities in the short term ...
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Hammerhead posts
Equipment hire company Hammerhead has appointed VFG's Manchester video hire manager John Dardis as equipment manager. He started last week. Chief engineer John Hewart is also due to start at Hammerhead within a fortnight as engineering manager. Both former VFG employees will be based in Manchester.
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VTR recruits three
VTR has appointed Flame artist Lyndon Gaul, TK operator Kai Van Beers and executive producer Rebekah Hay. Hay joins from Red Post Production while Beers comes from The Mill. All three joined this month.
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Only nuts write letters
Broadcasters would welcome constructive critics but all they seem to get is 'angry of Tunbridge Wells' says Steven D Wright
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BBC1 welcomes back Two Ronnies
The return of veteran TV comics Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett was warmly welcomed by BBC1 viewers, with 8 million tuning in.
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Willock to advise indies
Southern Star head of factual Simon Willock is setting up his own specialist consultancy business to help indies secure financing and manage rights.
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Ransley does crime for ITV1
The scriptwriter behind the BBC's forthcoming costume drama Fingersmithhas been signed up by ITV to write an original crime drama.
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BBC1 goes to Egypt
The lives of the ancient Egyptians and the archaeologists who uncovered them are being portrayed in a landmark BBC1 series. Discovering Ancient Egyptwill dramatise the tales of explorers who searched for artefacts from the ancient civilization, and recreate the lives of the pharaohs. The 6 x ...
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Mote to step down
Community Channel controller Jane Mote is to step down at the end of June. She will return to the BBC, from where she has been on secondment since January 2003, in an as yet unspecified role. The not-for-profit channel, run by The Media Trust, has advertised for a replacement. Meanwhile, ...
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Rugby star for BBC
Rugby star Jonny Wilkinson is to follow in the footsteps of David Beckham and appear in BBC kids show Hotshots. The England player will front Wilkinson's Hotshots, a rugby version of the show which will see kids honing their sports skills under ...