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RDF rights to handle con artist series
Distributor RDF Rights has taken on US cable channel Court TV's newest show The Takedownfor inter-national distribution. The 12 x 30-minute reality series, which premieres this week in the US, sees a reformed con artist and his team try to 'take down' everything from foolproof casino ...
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Telewest signs deals for on-demand
Telewest Broadband has signed programming deals with BBC Worldwide, Discovery Networks Europe and National Geographic Channel Europe for its forthcoming TV-on-demand (TVOD) service. BBC Worldwide will supply more than 180 hours of programming including classics such as What Not to Wear, Walking ...
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Fremantle buys Belgian town format
Fremantle Media has acquired the worldwide formats rights to the Belgian series Fata Morgana. Created by Sultan Sushi, the show sees a local town take on a challenge set by a well-known national celebrity. Fata Morganfirst launched in June last year and ...
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Zero Hour is sold around the world
Distributor Cineflix International has sold indie 3BM Television's factual entertainment series Zero Hourto RTL Belgium, TVP in Portugal, MBC in Dubai, RTV in Slovenia, SABC 2 in South Africa and TBS in Japan. RTE in Ireland has also bought the series and its follow-up ...
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C4 keeps horse racing on terrestrial
Channel 4 has struck an eleventh hour deal to continue terrestrial horse racing coverage for at least another year. On Wednesday (15 June) C4 agreed a pound;4m sponsorship deal with the tote and participating UK racecourses that will keep racing on the channel throughout 2006, with the option to renew ...
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BBC searches for factual commissioner
The BBC has resorted to headhunting within its own ranks for a new factual features commissioner, after an initial round of interviews failed to turn up any suitable candidates. The BBC advertised the post, which oversees long-running series such as What Not to Wearand ...
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Local Radio company buys Bath FM
The Local Radio Company has brought Bath FM in a cash-and-shares deal worth£675,000. The company, which runs Ivel FM in Yeovil and 3TR in nearby Warminster, paid£400,000 for the station, which was owned by a group of private shareholders. They will also get as much as£275,000 in TLRC shares depending ...
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OFT investigates ITV's Freeview deal
ITV's£134m acquisition of Freeview multiplex owner SDN is being investigated by the Office of Fair Trading to ensure the deal is not anti-competitive. The OFT this week invited concerned parties to comment on the deal in writing by 24 June. If the merger is found to be anti-competitive, it could ...
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Fuji takes action against family
Fuji Film has confirmed that it is taking its former broadcast divisional manager Eric Mould and stock supplier Transco Group plc directors to court over alleged trading irregularities.
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IBF invests in HDCam decks
International Broadcast Facilities (IBF) has invested more than£150,000 to boost its Sony HD capabilities as it predicts a swing from HD-D5 to HDCam SR.
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Metro chief follows 'passion'
Metro Broadcast chief executive has quit the WPP-owned company to pursue his 'passion' for architecture.
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Oasis posts Africa icons series
Oasis Television has completed post-production on Out of Africa: Heroes and Icons, a 90-minute documentary opening BBC's Africa season. The documentary features interviews and archive footage of some of the most famous and influential icons in Africa's recent history such as Nelson Mandela ...
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Positive change for Community
BBC Broadcast has completed a brand redesign for the Community Channel to represent it as a channel for positive change. BBC Broadcast designer Marc Hardman and design producer Janet Smith created the rebrand's orange and blue concept. An orange circle was used as a symbol of community inclusion while blue ...
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Tennis link to India
TWI is beaming this year's Wimbledon Tennis Championship to mobile handsets around the world. Mobile phones users in the UK, Spain, Malaysia and, for the first time, India will be able to watch coverage of the grass court tournament on the move. TWI's mobile ...
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Rudgard to move
Soho post house Golden Square has signed up Lord of the RingsFlame and Fire artist Tim Rudgard. Rudgard previously worked at Red Post for five years and at Oktobor Post in New Zealand, where he was involved in the Lord of the ...
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Kemistry wins MTV
Design and branding company Kemistry has won the contract to rebrand MTV3 in Finland. Kemistry will be responsible for producing the entire on-air package, covering idents, news programme graphics and website interfaces. The channel will relaunch in the autumn. Creative head Graham McCallum, who branded the original launch of MTV3 ...
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Funds for films
London's digital film festival, Pulse, has opened up£80,000 of funding to film-makers working in the digital medium. The funding will be spread among a maximum of 10 short films. Pulse was launched by Film London, in association with the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund in 2002, to help produce ...
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Musgrove Quits M2
Darren Musgrove has left Soho post-production company M2 to join broadcast facility Evolutions Television. Musgrove joins as a business development manager at the Berners Street post house. Musgrove previously worked for the BBC, Oasis and Broadcastmagazine. Post production producer Melanie Tomlin has also joined, leaving Nats ...
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Ofcom lays out vision for nations' future
Ofcom has called for dedicated digital channels to be set up for Wales, Scotland and Ireland in order to safeguard indigenous language broadcasting in the nations.
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NewsITV1 and C4's reality shows draw with 3.9m
The battle between ITV1 and Channel 4 for reality TV viewers raged on yesterday with both Celebrity Love Islandand Big Brotherat 10pm drawing with 3.9 million viewers.