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HBO buys The Sex Inspectors from Talkback Thames
Fremantle International Distribution has sold Talkback Thames' controversial sex therapy series The Sex Inspectorsto US broadcaster HBO.
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Format focus: Speedword Sudoku
With sudoku all the rage in newspapers it was only a matter of time before a TV format was developed, but will it translate to the screen.
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Germany takes pick of Granada shows
Granada International has concluded its first deal with Premiere, Germany's leading pay-TV broadcaster. The agreement with the Nostalgie network, which is aimed at an older audience, covers a large selection of Granada's classic TV series and films including The Saint,The Persuaders, Department ...
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BBC2 to show world cricket highlights
The BBC has won the rights to show international cricket for the first time in six years after landing the highlights of the ICC Cricket World Cup in March and April 2007. Throughout the tournament, which is being held in the West Indies, BBC2 will air highlights of the day's ...
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Seven buys more world record shows
Australia's terrestrial Seven Network has commissioned a further 4 x 60-minute primetime shows from Guinness World Records TV - a division of HIT Entertainment - to be produced by Granada Australia. The deal follows the success of the first 13 instalments of Australia's Guinness World Records, ...
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Hypnotised Hewitt reveals Di secrets
Distraction Formats has secured international rights to Making Time's 60-minute documentary Under Hypnosis: James Hewitt, which airs on Five this week (22 September). The format sees Princess Diana's former lover reveal to a hypnotist that their relationship became intimate years before he had previously stated. The company ...
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9/11 doc is hit for Discovery in the US
A Brook Lapping film about the passengers who tackled hijackers in the September 11 attacks produced one of the highest ratings ever on Discovery Channel in the US. The Flight That Fought Back, which looked at passengers' attempts to fight back against the hijackers on one ...
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Tax doubts hit film-making
Continued uncertainty over tax breaks for the UK film industry could cost the UK economy£1.4bn a year, according to research published this week.
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BBC OBS makes splash with plunge cam
BBC Outside Broadcasts is next year to develop and build the world's first HD plunge camera. The broadcast-quality HD mini camera application will be mounted on a 16m vertical track and will capture divers in real time as they free fall into the pool. Covering all three diving platforms it ...
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Fusion reopens after three-day shutdown
Fusion Post Production was closed down for three days last week after staff were locked out of the D'Arblay Street facility following a dispute with the building's landlord over payment of rent.
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Morph job for kids health show
BBC Broadcast has created animated morph sequences for Honey, We're Killing the Kids, BBC3's new 6 x 60-minute series which aims to transform UK families' unhealthy habits. The morphs, by designers Martin Shannon and Ruth Abrams, show the accelerated effect of an
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Brand new look for The Den
RTE Two's children's channel The Den has been given a facelift, with a range of idents and logos for use off and on air. Creative agency Dunning Eley Jones designed and produced the new look, which shows doors opening out of the show's title to reveal the programme content. The ...
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Saint titles for Rock School
RDF's new show Rock Schoolrolls up next week with a title sequence by design agency Saint. The programme follows Gene Simmons of Kiss teaching kids in an independent school how to rock and roll and form a band. Creative directors Nicky Thompson and Matt Cosserat designed ...
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Everest to Charter
Borehamwood-based hire firm Charter Broadcast has confirmed that Ed Everest, managing director of one of the UK's largest OB firms, 021 Television, is to join the company next month in the same role. Broadcastrevealed in July (7.7.05) that Everest would be leaving Birmingham-based 021 to join ...
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MPC wins Emmy
MPC has won an Emmy award for its 3D work on Discovery's Virtual History: the Secret Plot to Kill Hitler, produced by Tiger Aspect. MPC creative head of 3D, commercials and TV picked up the award in the category of outstanding individual achievement in craft; graphic ...
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JVC moves UK HQ
Camera manufacturer JVC Professional Europe is moving its headquarters to new purpose-built premises at Staples Corner, north London next month, bringing its UK-based consumer and professional divisions under one roof. JVC has also launched the tapeless DR-HD100 40GB and 80GB hard disk drive as its latest ProHD recorder, to enable ...
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BBC hires Blomberg
BBC Broadcast has appointed Thomas Blomberg - former managing director of the UK arm of global subtitling group, SDI Media - in a newly created role as its head of language services. The position was created to facilitate BBC Broadcast's expansion in the translation broadcast market; it will now offer ...
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Mansi to Clear Cut
Clear Cut Pictures has appointed online editor/colourist Bruno Mansi to head the company's online team. Mansi joins Clear Cut from Hillside Studios where he was senior editor for four years. His recent credits include 90-minute doc The Spy Who Stole my Lifefor Five and C4's ...
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Ten Alps sets up Midlands factual arm
Indie Ten Alps has launched a new company in the East Midlands, after taking over Derbyshire-based indie Rock Hammer and winning a year-long commission from the BBC.
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Byford defends BBC's 'hateful' Katrina report
BBC deputy director general Mark Byford has defended the BBC's coverage of Hurricane Katrina, following allegations that Tony Blair described it as 'full of hatred of America and gloating'.