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NewsI want that one...
As delegates of the National Association of Broadcasting prepare for the 10-hour flight to Vegas this week, Adrian Penningtonfinds out what's on their shopping list
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Still a lot of Living to do
Claudia Rosencrantz has traded her top job at ITV for running Living TV. But how will the doyenne of entertainment handle life in the multichannel world?
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Is HDV the way ahead for docs?
HDV camcorders are fast becoming a must as a second or field camera on many factual productions. But camera operators have complained about the format's quality and, while it's been flagged as a pure HD technology, most HD broadcasters only accept up to 25% HDV material. ...
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Four into one makes...?
As the newly merged NTL/Telewest adds Virgin Mobile to its business, it's making plans to pioneer TV, telephony and broadband under one brand. Lucy Rouseasks whether the 'four-play' package will add up
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More money than sense?
When the BBC unveiled its bid for a new licence fee last October it enthusiastically clapped itself on the back for being prepared to do its sums in public. For BBC chairman Michael Grade it was yet another example of the secretive old BBC throwing open its doors to external ...
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Morgan exposes celeb sackings
Piers Morgan is returning to BBC1 to reveal the stories behind the high-profile sackings of celebrities including Linford Christie and Vinnie Jones.
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Sunset + Vine lays down pack of poker shows
Sunset + Vine has secured orders for five gaming series from Challenge in a deal understood to be worth more than£4m.
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Sky One makes explosive history
Sky One is tracing the history of all things explosive in a new documentary series presented by The Fast Show's Mark Williams (pictured). Made by Granite Films Production, Mark Williams' Big Bangs is a 4 x - 60-minute series in ...
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Sky Sports trials Arri super-slo-mo prototype
Sky Sports is trialling a prototype high-speed camera which captures 1,080 progressive images at 300 frames per second and could displace orders for next generation Sony and Grass Valley super-slow-motion cameras, writes Adrian Pennington.
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Resolution goes to Movies
Resolution has produced the titles and programme graphics for Diverse's Greatest Ever Movies, a 6 x 180-minute series about six genres of film - comedy, disaster, blockbuster, romantic, 1980s and horror - counting down the top 40. Creative director Darren Marshall designed, animated and composited ...
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Sumners fires up Shootout
Sumners has created the titles for Suburban Shootout, an 8 x 30-minute co-production from Five, Paramount Comedy, Feelgood Fiction and Oxygen. The series is a Desperate Housewives-style black comedy set in the home counties. Designers Alan O'Brien and Anthony Scott ...
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Vizrt signs BBC deal
Graphics specialist Vizrt has signed a four-year deal with the BBC to provide it with live rendered 3D graphics systems. The deal, worth between£1m and£2m, will enable the BBC to buy Vizrt graphics software at reduced rates. Networked news programmes and the larger national and regional stations are expected to ...
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Tigress stalks yeti for Animal Planet
Bristol-based factual indie Tigress Productions has secured a commission from Animal Planet US to produce a major new programme on the search to uncover the yeti.
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ID scores flurry of Landmark sales at MipTV
ID Distribution has secured a number of sales for regional indie Landmark Films on the back of MipTV.
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Fremantle brings back quiz classics
Fremantle Media wants to capitalise on its upcoming US version of ITV1's Gameshow Marathon for CBS by reviving other classic quiz formats from its extensive library.
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Format Focus: No smoking
Scandinavian production company Strix is rolling out a format which helps people quit smoking by locking them in a house with no cigarettes.
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Maddigan's Quest to air on HD network
All3Media International has licensed CBBC drama Maddigan's Questto HDNet USA, the first American network broadcasting fully in 1080i HD. The 13 x 30-minute fantasy drama was produced by All3Media New Zealand company South Pacific Pictures as a co-production with CBBC, Nine Network Australia and TV3 ...
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Lagardere to distribute Performance
UK arts and entertainment digital broadcaster Performance Channel, which is owned and operated by Eicom, has entered a distribution agreement with French channel distributor Lagardere Networks International, a subsidiary of Lagardere Active. Under the terms of the agreement, Lagardere will be the exclusive representative for the channel's distribution within continental ...
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Zone signs mobile deal with Player X
Zone Mobile, the newly created mobile media division of Zone Vision Networks, has concluded a deal with mobile content publisher Player X to distribute mobile video clips of its Reality TV channel. The deal will see clips distributed to operators in a number of territories including the UK, eastern and ...
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Seeing the news from a different perspective
Ties with its Arabic-language namesake have made life difficult for Al Jazeera International, says Kate Bulkey.