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NewsLA Screenings: James Patterson eyes TV adaptations
James Patterson is priming his crime thriller The Postcard Killers for development as a Scandinavian TV show as the author aims to secure more adaptations.
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NewsDoP Martin Hawkins honoured at GTC awards
Director of photography and lighting director Martin Hawkins scooped the main award at The Guild of Television Cameramen’s 42nd annual awards.
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NewsFelstead recruited to align Quantel and Snell kit
Former Harris and Thomson employee Tim Felstead has joined Quantel and Snell as head of product marketing.
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NewsMagner joins Visual Data
Visual Data Media Services has appointed Polly Magner as head of client services.
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NewsSky expands kids VoD by 600%
Sky is to beef up its VoD library of kids content by 600% - offering subscribers access to around 4000 episodes of shows including Spongebob Squarepants and Horrible Histories.
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NewsCarlye Group sells The Foundry to private equity firm
VFX software firm The Foundry has been acquired by private equity firm HgCapital for £200m.
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NewsBhatia sets out Blue 2.0 plans
Blue 2.0 managing director Parvinder Bhatia has laid out his blueprint for the Soho facility, including a renewed focus on drama post-production and an enlarged VFX division with operations in India and Canada.
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NewsDFT launches wet-gate option for Scanity HDR
Film-scanning equipment firm DFT has launched a wet-gate option for its latest Scanity HDR film scanner.
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NewsMolinare wins ITV deal for Beowulf post-production
Molinare has been appointed by ITV to undertake picture and sound post-production on upcoming drama Beowulf, which is an adaptation of the epic Old English poem.
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NewsDave plots move into drama
Dave will move into drama as parent company UKTV prepares to turbocharge the channel with a 70% increase in its budget.
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NewsDisabled care doc series leads Ricochet slate
A BBC3 doc series about young jobseekers unwittingly thrown into care work leads a slate of new Ricochet commissions.
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NewsITV looks beyond Downton Abbey
ITV has taken a major step into the post-Downton era by ordering three high-end dramas that it hopes will ease the departure of the country house smash.
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NewsCreative Skillset: TV barriers are still up
Barriers to entry in the UK television industry remain high, but there are rich rewards for those that get their foot in the door, according to a study published this week.
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NewsLA Screenings: the hottest shows
Rain fell in a dull and dreary Los Angeles in May for the first time in many years, but the 2015 LA Screenings began brightly, with British buyers buzzing over a batch of new shows.
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NewsVoltage TV lands C4 funding
Channel 4 has backed Sanjay Singhal’s Voltage TV as it continues to spend its £20m Growth Fund.
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NewsBBC Radio 4 Extra leads digital radio gains
Radio 4 Extra grew its audience to over 2m weekly listeners, as sister spin-off station Radio 5 Live Sports Extra bolstered its listenership by almost two-thirds on the back of the Cricket World Cup.
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NewsSpotify moves into video
Digital music service Spotify has agreed deals with rights holders including BBC Worldwide, Comedy Central, Maker Studios, Turner Broadcasting and Vice Media as it prepares to feature a raft of audio and video content.
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NewsBBC freezes recruitment for digital content director
The BBC has called a temporary halt to its hunt for a digital content director after it struggled to find the right candidate and to allow incoming executive Emma Swain to clarify the remit of the role.
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NewsRacing firms to unite for single production centre
Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and Arena Racing Company (ARC) are set to join forces and create a single production centre for their picture and data feeds of horse racing events from around the UK.
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NewsIn brief: Lime Pictures; The Garden; Nan; Radio 5 Live 606
Lime Pictures is to delve into the world of clairvoyants for Channel 4 and Nan is to return for a two-part series on BBC1. Click for the rest of today’s news round-up.