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Emap to appoint Kiss and Magic MDs
Emap Performance is hunting for two managing directors for its Kiss and Magic networks in a bid to establish them as national brands. The move follows the decision by Emap managing director of radio programming Mark Story to relinquish his combined role as managing director of Kiss and Magic in ...
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Baker at St Anne's
Colourist Ross Baker has joined the St Anne's Post telecine department to work with colourist Vince Narduzzo. Baker leaves Pepper Post where he was telecine assistant and trained under Narduzzo before the colourist left in 2002. Baker has worked on projects such as Hell in ...
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Animals to have winter games
Polar bears will compete with penguins in a bobsleigh competition in a winter follow-up to this summer's BBC1 CGI-show Animal Games.
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Sky One to seek out Britain's Angriest
Sky One has commissioned indie Landmark Films to find the nation's most enraged residents. Angry Britain has been ordered by Sky One commissioning editor Paul Crompton and will follow some of the nation's most short-tempered people as they seek anger management. The 2 x ...
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US ahead in digital TV
The US is expected to reach full digital television penetration a year before the UK, in 2014, a report has said. The Global Digital TV Forecasts from the Informa Media Group, which looked at 43 countries, predicted the US will reach 100% digital penetration by 2014 along with Canada, Finland, ...
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South Africa buys into The Farm
Reality format The Farm , which ended its run on Five last month, is to be made for audiences in South Africa. Endemol, the indie behind the UK version of the format, has secured the rights to make the show in the region. The format, ...
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CPS grants access to crime videos
Broadcasters look set to push for further concessions from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after it offered a partial climb-down on its decision to ban police from giving TV producers access to video evidence. The CPS has now told broadcasters 'non-contentious' types of video footage, such as scenes of crime ...
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Rapido to make C4 doc on porn star Lolo
Rapido Television has scored its first commission since the company's relaunch earlier this year. Channel 4 editor of factual entertainment Andrew Mackenzie has ordered The Death of a Porn Queen , a one-hour documentary about French star Lolo Ferrari, whose record bust measured 54G ...
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C4 and RDF Media open up Rock School
Channel 4 has commissioned RDF Media to make Rock School , a 6 x 30-minute series designed to turn a group of teenagers into rock stars in one month. The group will be tutored by Kiss frontman Gene Simmons in the history of rock, song ...
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Silks herald arrival of C4 Racing
Victor Martinez and The Mill have completed the titles and graphics for the launch of Channel 4 Racing for Highflyer Productions. Racing silks are seen weaving in and out of a race before coming together to form the shape of a galloping horse, charging towards ...
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Channel 4's PR problem
Big Brother is the main reason C4 faces an uphill struggle to convince policy-makers it can do the PSB thing.
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BBC2 to explore Asian experience
Pakistani immigrants are to talk about their experiences of coming to the UK as part of a raft of new commissions for the BBC Asian programme unit (APU).
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NewsRoss returns to top C4 drama role
Channel 4 head of film Tessa Ross is poised to take back her old drama brief, as head of drama John Yorke this week confirmed his deal to return to the BBC.
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NewsInjured Hell's Kitchen man gets $125,000
Granada has paid out around $125,000 (£67,000) to the contestant on the US version of Hell's Kitchen who was injured after a scuffle with hot-tempered chef Gordon Ramsay.
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NewsITV Tyne Tees to axe more jobs
Up to 30 jobs are set to go at ITV Tyne Tees as the company moves out of its City Road headquarters in Newcastle to a new production centre in Gateshead.
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Duncan reviews C4 International
Channel 4 could pull out of the international rights distribution business following a review of the company's commercial activities.
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Government weighs up ?digital licence fee'
The government is considering handing the BBC a separate 'digital licence' to pay towards the cost of switching off analogue signals.
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Five gives celebrities a baby in reality show
Five is to give celebrities the chance to show off their maternal skills in a new reality show that will see model Caprice attempt to care for a£40,000 baby doll.
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Objective opens in north
Objective Productions, the company behind Derren Brown's Mind Control, has become the latest indie to set up a base in Manchester.
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MTV US takes Tiger Friend
A version of Tiger Aspect's comedy format My New Best Friend has been greenlit for a series by MTV in the US.