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ITV gives go-ahead for more Dial-a-Mum
ITV has ordered a further five episodes of Ludus and Objective Productions' forthcoming ITV daytime show Dial-a-Mum. The ITV1 show, which sends a four-strong team of 'no-nonsense mums' off to sort out people's problems, will now air as a 30 x 45-minute series from 5 September. ...
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Commissioner's Q & A: Lucy Willis
C4's commissioning editor, education, is on the lookout for fresh on-screen talent, wants to challenge our ideas on teenage addiction and is impressed by the edgy and exciting style of indie outfit Firefly.
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BBC factual trials in-house editing
The BBC's latest scheme for cutting the cost of programme-making will be tested at the corporation's London-based factual and learning department later this year with the introduction of low-cost desktop editing systems for production teams.
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Pepper Post revamps to grab film business
Pepper Post has restructured its senior management team, creating the new posts of head of operations and head of film as part of a fresh drive to win more film business.
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Avid buys out Pinnacle in£259m deal
Avid is to complete its proposed takeover of California-based video-editing firm Pinnacle Systems this week after the£259m deal was cleared by the European Commission.
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DI kit for Resolution
Resolution has bought a Discreet Smoke DI editing system running on Linux from Autodesk through reseller XTFX. The Smoke DI system will replace Resolution's Quantel Editbox for short-form and long-form work. The facility also expects the system to bring in more HD work.It's the second Discreet system that Resolution has ...
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Sky's HD sat move
Sky has leased three extra transponders from satellite firm SES Astra to transmit its package of HD services, expected to launch in the UK in the first half of next year. Sky chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein said that the HD launches would be a key part of the satellite ...
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Martyr gets Nitris
London post house Martyr has beefed up its HD finishing, spending£250,000 on an Avid DS Nitris editing system, plus HD monitoring and a Sony HDCam VTR. Martyr is already using the HD kit and its Edifis Finaliser HD grading system on Talkback Thames' HDCam series Murder ...
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BBC's Belgian job
BBC Broadcast has created a fresh football brand for Belgian telco Belgacom and public service broadcasters VRT and RTBF. The idents will be used on football broadcasts and matches streamed on the web. Produced by Louise Braham and designed by Katy Jones the work was posted in 3D by Andy ...
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New in-car TV tuner
Spanish-based hi-fi firm Vieta is to launch a compact Freeview in-car tuner that will enable passengers to watch Freeview broadcasts en route. The TDT500C tuner is designed to operate with Vieta's range of in-car LCD monitors. The tuner aims to put an end to the drawbacks that have always plagued ...
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Top Banana studio
Birmingham-based commercials production company Top Banana has acquired Optical Image's Stourbridge facilities business, which includes the lease on a 9,000sq ft studio, five edit suites and the company's existing client base and has relocated to Optical's site in Broome, near Stourbridge. Optical Image has refocused its activities, but will continue ...
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The Hive provides the fear factor
VTR's graphics specialist The Hive has teamed up with ITV's promos unit to create a 30-second spot for reality hit The X-Factor. The sequence is based on the journey contestants take to reach their auditions through a long and ominous corridor lined with footage of people being ...
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London Post dresses the part
Titles for BBC2's 8 x 30-minute factual series A Week of Dressing Dangerouslywere created in Softimage XSI by London Post's 2D and 3D graphics designers Toby Goulding and Simon Hooley. The duo used the idea of a zip fastener to introduce the BBC in-house series which ...
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Nats gets equation right for C4
Nats has finished posting Channel 4's£1.3m E=MC2, a docu-drama which traces the roles played by five scientists in piecing together the world's best known equation. It was produced in HD by indie Darlow Smithson using DVCPro HD on the Panasonic Varicam at 720p. Post-production supervisor Richard Gillespie ...
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Heart hits out at R1 share rise
Heart 106.2 programme director Mark Browning has hit out at the BBC, blaming a shift in Radio 1's programming focus for Heart's poor showing in the latest Rajars.
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Bravo puts ultimate fighting centre stage
Ultimate Fighting, the extreme combat phenomenon where contestants batter each other using a mix of martial arts, is to be given a permanent fixture on men's channel Bravo.
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NewsChannel 4 bowls a nation over
Channel 4 secured its highest all-hours share for a Saturday last weekend after winning its biggest ever test cricket audience.
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Arnell goes to ITV4
ITV3 channel editor Stephen Arnell has been appointed ITV4 channel editor in preparation for the channel's launch on 1 November. He takes on the role immediately and will keep his ITV3 responsibilities until a replacement has been found. He said he planed to use ITV4's£15m budget to secure exclusive content. ...
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Bibby joins Optomen
Optomen Television, producer of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, has poached Talkback Thames financial director Mike Bibby to become deputy managing director. He will work alongside managing director Pat Llewellyn who was promoted last month after Peter Gillbe left the company after 15 years. Bibby has previously worked ...