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OB truck on order
dB Broadcast has won an order from BBC Resources, Radio & Music to fit-out a radio OB vehicle, Sound Four. The new sound OB truck will cover sports meetings, concerts and large public events. It will be completed early next year.
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Piers Morgan to present This Morning
Ex- Mirror editor Piers Morgan is to guest present ITV1's This Morning later this month. Morgan, who left the Mirror earlier this year over the paper's publication of faked pictures purporting to be of Iraqi ...
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Sanctuary mixer
Audio facility Sanctuary Post has signed up dubbing mixer Mark Restuccia to run the company's second dubbing suite at its Frith Street site. Restuccia joins from Silverglade and will work on a number of projects at Sanctuary, including work for Tiger Aspect and the BBC. Previous credits include ...
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Robinson to Holiday
Paul Robinson, former managing director of Disney's UK television channels, has resurfaced in a non-executive director role at Capital Radio-owned Holiday FM. Robinson will be involved at a 'strategic level' as the business, which operates nine stations in mainland Spain and the Canary Islands, continues to grow. Holiday FM broadcasts ...
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History series kicks off on Four
Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) has designed titles and graphics for Granada Television series Monarchy. The series examines the relationship between the monarchy, its people and the forging of the British nation. The David Starkey-fronted programme kicks off with a sequence using bold colour and ...
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Zeal nets rights package for Flipside TV
Zeal Television has picked up the rights to channel surfing show Flipside TV. The show was first shown on the Optimistic Network-owned channel Nation 217 last November and has since been simulcast on Channel 4 and Paramount. Zeal TV will sell the format outside ...
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Support falls for licence fee
The number of people supporting the licence fee has dropped by 9% over the past 14 years, a new BBC survey has found.
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Five orders eighth series of Rad
Five has commissioned an eighth series of its youth sports series Rad from indie Sunset and Vine. Ordered by Five controller of children's Nick Wilson , Rad - The Groms Tour America will feature six of the ...
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Outpost director
Outpost Digital has appointed Jonathan Davies as director of production at its newly launched Noho facility. Davies joins the company following four years at Rushes, where he set up their music video department, Adrenalin. Davies will set up Outpost's visual effects division and will be responsible for long-form work, commercials ...
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GMTV to ditch Disney's Diggin' it
GMTV is to dump Disney's weekend kids block, Diggin' it , because it wants to take the production in-house to save money. The slot, which provides wrap-around links to programming, will be renamed. Disney will still provide animated content for the strand after signing a ...
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TCM cuts universal film deal
Turner Classic Movies has struck its first content deal with a non-AOL Time Warner company, buying a series of films from Universal Studios. The deal gives TCM access to a range
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Edit Store completes HD expansion
The Edit Store has completed a major HD expansion costing over£500,000.
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So come dancing for Graham Norton
BBC1 has revealed details of star signing Graham Norton's first project for the corporation - a further spin-off from Strictly Come Dancing. Norton, who was poached from Channel 4 last December, will front the in-house produced Strictly Dance Fever ...
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ITV to show Christmas Day kids doc
A documentary following the children and teachers of St Stephen's Church of England primary school will form part of ITV1's morning Christmas Day output this year. The 60-minute religious show, Don't Drop the Baby Jesus , is being produced by Ray Bruce with Nick Stuart ...
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September chief quits UK for LA
Veteran indie chief David Green is to quit the UK to head September Films' office in Los Angeles and has taken his director of programmes with him.
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RDF Rights chalks up first DVD deal
RDF Rights has pushed into the consumer products market with its first book and DVD contracts.
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Pearson quits as Virgin CEO
John Pearson has quit as chief executive of SMG-owned Virgin Radio after 12 years at the station he helped launch.
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Capital merger
Capital Radio has been given the green light by Ofcom to merge its two London Choice FM urban music stations. Choice currently broadcasts on two frequencies, serving the north and south of London, but a new schedule will launch on 18 October that synchronises the pair. Four of the stations' ...
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Peacock in subs call
Sir Alan Peacock, the professor who conducted a wide-ranging review of the BBC's finances in the 1980s, has renewed his call for the BBC to be funded by subscription. The claim comes in a new Institute of Economic Affairs report which echoes his controversial 1986 Peacock Report, which outlined alternative ...
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Snoddy grills Byford
The BBC's new 'right to reply' programme dealing with issues surrounding its news output kicks off on Friday (15 October) night with an interview with deputy director general Mark Byford. NewsWatch , which will be presented by former Times ...