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NewsITV1 orders£1m gameshow
ITV1 has lined up a new big money gameshow with a£1m prize from Ant and Dec indie Gallowgate Productions.
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NewsITV board rejects£1.3bn takeover bid
The starting gun for a takeover of ITV was fired this week after a consortium of private equity groups staged an attempt to take control of the broadcaster.
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NewsInterview - Kevin Bakhurst: Rolling news man
As the new boss, Kevin Bakhurst can't take all the credit for BBC News 24's recent triumph as RTS news channel of the year. But as channel controller he has plenty of ideas on how to keep ahead of Sky.
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Pitfalls of the American way
Whether it's new media deals or old-style co-productions, the BBC's mania for US collaboration isn't good for the licence-fee payer
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This deal is no deal
It's unlikely an Apax deal would offer the answer to ITV's prayers, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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New indie Bellwether wins three orders
Former Darlow Smithson head of development Malcolm Neaum has set up his own indie, Bellwether Media, in partnership with freelance director Ian Denyer.
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NewsIndian firm set to bid for VTR stake
India's largest post-production company is understood to be on the brink of investing in a significant stake (estimated at up to£4.5m) in facilities group VTR plc.
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Rugby beefs up viewing figures for BBC1
BBC1's coverage of the Six Nations rugby union tournament proved its worth, getting its biggest audience since 1999.
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Interfield eats with the stars
Interfield Design has created the title sequence for Optomen Television's Eating with..., a 8 x 30-minute series detailing the
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New rights deadline
Ofcom has given Pact another week to report back on its negotiations with broadcasters over the thorny issue of new media rights. The regulator had originally set a deadline of Tuesday 21 March for a progress report on the issue. But it has now extended its deadline to Tuesday 28 ...
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Nitris ops to Envy
Post-production facility Envy has recruited two DS Nitris operators. Freelancer John Paul Davidson joins the facility, having worked at Smoke and Mirrors, Skaramoosh and Frontier Post. His recent projects include Making Slough Happy and Boris Johnson and the Romans. Senior ...
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GlobeCast sport job
Global content delivery company GlobeCast has been chosen to deliver UK-dedicated sports channel ESPN Classic to the Sky Digital platform. GlobeCast's solution for the channel - which launched last week - includes connectivity from the broadcaster's playout facility in west London to GlobeCast. The feed is then encoded, multiplexed and ...
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Red Bee Piero move
Multimedia facility Red Bee Media's Piero system - designed to enable better analysis of sporting action - has now been developed for use on archive footage and to repurpose clips for mobile phones. The new system uses image-based tracking for calibration, and will allow viewers to see 'play' from angles ...
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Gearhouse new kit
Broadcast rental company Gearhouse Broadcast has invested in Harris HD equipment, set to be used at the forthcoming World Cup in Germany. It includes HD infrastructure products from the 6800+ series to provide core processing and distribution functions and Videotek PTM-305 personal test and measurement devices.
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War by September
September Films has been commissioned by Five to make 60-minute programme Soldiers' Pictures of War, looking at 'uncensored' and 'truthful' images of war. It will air in Five's documentary strand Shock Docs this autumn. The producer/director is Helen Hill while ...
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Hegarty joins Talent
Indie Talent Television has poached Talkback Thames executive producer Nichola Hegarty to produce its latest Test the Nation programme. Hegarty, who worked on Bring Your Husband to Heel and The Jack Osbourne Show for Talkback, ...
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Monkey swings development deal
BBC Worldwide's indie unit has signed a development deal with Monkey, creator of Five comedy series Swinging.
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Target opens LA office to drive push into US
UK producer and distributor Target Entertainment has signalled an increased focus on the US market by opening a Los Angeles office and poaching a Granada executive to run it.
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Format focus: Class of 07
A new European format from the creators of The Farmtransforms high school drop-outs into top students.
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Minotaur swoops for latest Kudos drama
Flextech-owned distributor Minotaur has scored a coup by scooping the exclusive international rights to new BBC1 Kudos drama The Amazing Mrs Pritchard. BBC Worldwide has traditionally distributed series for the indie, including Spooksand Hustlefor which ...