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NewsMiramax eyes UK for fresh TV formats
Miramax, the US film company behind blockbusters such as Chicago and Kill Bill, is installing an executive in London to find new UK formats to export to the US.
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NewsSugar for The Apprentice
Electronics tycoon Alan Sugar looks set to step into Donald Trump's shoes for the UK version of US reality hit The Apprentice.
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NewsUp to 65 jobs to go at Kilroy TV
Around 65 jobs are to go at Kilroy Television Company after the BBC announced it was axing Now You're Talking! the show commissioned to replace Robert Kilroy Silk's talkshow.
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NewsSky retains football rights
BSkyB has kept its exclusive grip on FA Premier League football games for the next three years, despite an order from the European Commission (EC) to auction off up to eight games.
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NewsITV daytime in line for major shake-up
ITV is planning to shake up the way it commissions and runs its daytime schedule as part of a revamp of the management line-up at Network Centre.
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Avid wins news job at Meridian
ITV Meridian has chosen Avid to supply the newsroom technology for its new regional tapeless production centre. The initiative is being viewed as a blueprint for all ITV regional newsrooms across the UK and, if it goes to plan, could result in a multimillion pound contract for Avid Technology, ...
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Record results fuel Frontier expansion
london post house Frontier Post is investing£500,000 to expand its Wells Street facility after record turnover results, writes Rick Dacey.
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Resolution ups editing options
Post-production company Resolution has launched a new talent service aimed at attracting factual and documentary clients.
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One has new flame
Ascent Media-owned post-production facility One has bought a new Flame system based on SGI's Tezro workstation. The SGI Tezro allows data to be transferred between the various components at high rates and incorporates the bandwidth and capabilities for real-time data transfers of 2K resolution and greater.
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Mpc staff in rejig
MPC has shuffled some of its senior staff. Graham Bird has become head of production for commercials and television programmes with Alex Webster as his deputy, while Amanda Libotte has been made head of operations within the same area. Martin Hobbs has been appointed as head of production for film ...
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bda opens in Asia
Bruce Dunlop and Associates has set up a new business division in Singapore. Philip Kitcher heads the new office, bringing over 12 years' experience of working in Asia as executive creative director of Discovery Networks Asia, Singapore and Star TV and Turner Broadcasting, both Hong Kong. James Chung joins as ...
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BBC tech shortlist
The BBC has cut the shortlist of potential buyers for BBC Technology down to three. Accenture, CSC (Computer Sciences Corporation) and Siemens now remain as the companies that could win the right to buy the£250m a year company. The purchase brings with it a 10-year£2bn contract with the BBC ...
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Pinewood floats
Pinewood Shepperton film studio last week raised£46m through a share flotation on the London stock exchange. Nearly 28 million shares were sold
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Moyles reverses R1 breakfast dip
Chris Moyles has lived up to his promise to be the 'saviour of Radio 1' by picking up an extra 680,000 listeners for the BBC station's breakfast show.
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Tarrant leaves Capital FM on a high
Veteran breakfast DJ Chris Tarrant left 95.8 Capital FM in good shape but has put pressure on Johnny Vaughan to perform in his place.
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Kerrang! rocks another 50,000
Kerrang has grown its audience by over 50,000 in the first three months of the year, taking its total to 775,000, according to Rajar.
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Dyke and Ball to join saban pay-tv group
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke is set to join ex-BSkyB chief executive Tony Ball, who is working for Israeli billionaire Haim Saban's German pay-TV group ProSieben SAT 1. The former adversaries, who famously clashed over Dyke's decision to broadcast the BBC's services on satellite 'in the clear', will sit ...
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SMG boss' pay breaks£500,000 barrier
Andrew Flanagan, chief executive of SMG, owner of Scottish TV, Grampian TV and Virgin Radio, saw his pay rise to£562,000, from last year's£476,000, according to the company's annual report. Donald Emslie, the chief executive of SMG Television, had a 35% boost in his pay and received£311,000, up from£230,000 in 2002. ...
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Cowell to give richard dunn lecture
Pop Idol judge Simon Cowell is to give this year's Richard Dunn memorial interview at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. Cowell, whose indie Syco (formerly Simcow) is making X Factor, a major new pop contest for ITV, will give the interview to ITV marketing director Jim Hytner. Organisers ...
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hallmark reports subscriber growth
The international arm of the American Hallmark Channel, put up for sale by owners Crown Media last month, has reported a 5% growth in subscribers. The business, which includes channels in the UK, Latin America and Asia, grew its subscriber base to 57.3 million for the three months to 31 ...