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NewsDiscovery gives Nat Geo deja vu
The National Geographic Channel is considering taking legal action over two of its formats which it says Discovery Networks has ripped off.
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NewsSecond series could be last for Green Wing
Channel 4 has commissioned a one-off feature-length episode of Green Wing that will tie up loose plot lines but feed speculation that the comedy will not return for a third series.
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BBC2 plans 9.50pm docs to hold evening viewers
BBC2 is planning to launch a new strand of weekly 40-minute documentaries in a 9.50pm slot, aimed at keeping viewers tuned to the channel during the 10pm junction.
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NewsSpringer to pilot ITV1 gameshow
Talkshow legend Jerry Springer has been lined up for a new ITV1 gameshow called Aladdin's Cave, which sees couples battling their greedy urges in a room full of treasures.
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NewsC4 fills Friday gap with IT star
Channel 4 has handed one of the stars of The IT Crowd his own comedy as it looks to strengthen its struggling Friday night line-up.
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Ascent goes to MK
Ascent Media Management Services is spending around£500,000 on a purpose-built facility in Milton Keynes specialising in archive storage for film, tape and file-based formats. Clients will be able to allocate their stored content between Ascent's Drummond Street facility and the Milton Keynes site, while Drummond Street will focus exclusively on ...
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Location Guide 2007
The Location Guide, aimed at producers and production companies involved in location and studio shoots, has launched its 2007 edition with several new features. It now includes co-production treaties in all the countries in the manual, information on tax incentives, a global location report on location filming worldwide, climate chart ...
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Hit meets demand
Kids TV production company and rights owner Hit Entertainment has installed universal encoding platform ContentAgent-XR from Root6. The new kit will be used to help generate and distribute material for client and sales presentations more quickly. The purchase comes in response to an increased demand for encoded clips on DVD.
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Broadcast Live
IPTV platform GDBTVT will be transmitting live footage over broadband from next week's Broadcast Live show in Earls Court 2 to 76 countries worldwide. A local TV studio will be built within the show, and will be transmitted live with a mixture of interviews and technical demonstrations. The live delivery ...
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Evolutions poaches
Evolutions has poached The Facility's facilities director, Tracy Thomas, as business development manager. Thomas had also overseen sales and marketing with clients such as North One Television, Al-Jazeera, Endemol and RDF. She will join the business development team working across both Evolutions and Nats.
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HD Smoke for Jelly
Bristol-based post facility Jelly Television has invested in a Smoke HD editing and finishing system running on Linux, in addition to upgrading its existing Smoke system to version 7. The newly installed system will be used to create the graphics for the second series of BBC's ...
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A Productions trails CBBC site
Bristol-based A Productions has just completed CBBC's World Cup website promo. The trailer was turned around in just over a week. It shows a football literally bursting with features from the CBBC website. A Productions' Duncan Fraser and Paul Hill animated using 3DS Max and After Effects for the light ...
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The Convent completed by Envy
Envy has completed the post for Tiger Aspect's The Convent. Produced and directed by Sandi Scott and Rebecca Ciallella, the 4 x 60-minute series follows four women who leave everything behind to live for 40 days with a community of nuns at Arundel in Sussex ...
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Rushes scores with BBC titles
Rushes post production has completed the post for the BBC's World Cup title sequence from Red Bee Media. The titles feature football stars including Steven Gerrard being teleported into iconic Berlin locations and showcasing their ball skills. Rushes head colourist Adrian Seery started the full grade of the background plates ...
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Gaming group pays£20m for Red Vision
Bafta-winning visual effects outfit Red Vision has been snapped up by Inspired Gaming Group (IGG) for up to£20m.
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Avid wins contract to kit out BBC Pacific Quay
Avid has clinched a deal with Siemens Business Services worth an estimated£4m to kit out BBC Scotland's forthcoming Pacific Quay headquarters .
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VTR Group moves to dismantle TMR
The VTR Group is dismantling its loss-making archive and restoration subsidiary TMR, which includes closing its two Soho offices and making redundancies.
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MTV reorders September lookalike show
September Films has been commissioned to make a second series of its fantasy dating format My Ownfor MTV in the US . The 20 x 30-minute series, to air later this year, will be executive produced by David Green. In the show music fans get ...
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RAI 2 renews local CD:UK version
Italian network RAI 2 has renewed its local version of Blaze Television format CD:UK for a further year. CD:Livewill continue to air at 2pm on Saturdays. A Croatian version of CD:UK is also being piloted ...
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Granada ships Hell's Kitchen to Asia
Granada International (GI) has sold the US version of Hell's Kitchen(pictured) across Asia . The 9 x 60-minute Gordon Ramsay show will be screened by The Asia Food Network, UBC Thailand, Orion Media Korea, Discovery India and Solar in the Philippines . GI has also ...