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Clerkenwell wins second ITV order
ITV has commissioned Clerkenwell Films, the indie co-owned by actor John Hannah and producer Murray Ferguson, to make a four-part supernatural drama starring Andrew Lincoln and Lesley Sharp.
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Cleese fronts UK film list
Monty Python star John Cleese is to front a countdown of the UK's 100 most successful films in a six-hour Channel 4 marathon for later this year.
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Commissioners Q&A: Clare Laycock
Discovery Health vice-president and channel director takes the cues for her programming from women's magazines and believes there's a lot more life in the cosmetic surgery genre yet
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Cimelli to be CTV MD
Corinthian Television Facilities (CTV) has appointed Maurizio Cimelli as its new managing director. Cimelli joins Corinthian after three years as managing director of the London Playout Centre. Chief executive Mike Silverman will step to one side to focus on developing new business while Cimelli focuses on current customers. Also joining ...
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Chorion deal sends Noddy on global mission
Intellectual property company Chorion has signed a slew of free-to-air and pay-TV deals to take its£10m, CGI animated series Make Way for Noddy to 10 new territories.
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New channel threatens Sky over its EPG ranking
The Move Channel has registered complaints with Ofcom and the Office of Fair Trading over its placing on BSkyB's electronic programme guide (EPG).
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Living launches reality channel
Flextech is pursuing its strategy of making Living TV the country's sixth channel with the launch of a service devoted to reality and real-life entertainment.
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Cannes keeps MIP
Reed Midem, organiser of the Mip television festivals, has secured a new 10-year deal with the city of Cannes. The deal will see the company host the international markets, which include Mipcom, MipTV and MipDoc, in the Palais des Festivals on the Cote d'Azur until at least 2014. Over 10,000 ...
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Tory MP calls for end to Yentob Inquiry
Conservative media spokesman John Whittingdale has called on the BBC to bring the ongoing inquiry into its creative...
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CBC buys Dr Who
Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television has become the first channel to buy the new series of Doctor Who , months before it is due to air in the UK. The deal was completed at Mipcom by BBC Worldwide. Doctor Who ...
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King Rollo divides into two businesses
King Rollo Films, the animation production house behind classic kids series Mr Benn , has split its production arm from its rights-holding company. Following the restructure, Devon-based King Rollo Films and Rollo Rights are now separate businesses. King Rollo was set up in 1979 by ...
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Brighter reveal new formats at Mipcom
Brighter Pictures has created two new formats which were launched at Mipcom this week. In Queens in Country three headlining Las Vegas drag queens move to a provincial backwater and put on a cabaret in a working men's club using the locals. In ...
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New hiring at bluw
Creative agency Bluw has hired illustrator and animator Matt Borle. Borle's credits include work on BBC3's dark animation series Monkey Dust and he has been employed to work across broadcast projects. Bluw has dealt with design applications for Michael Hurll Television on the British Comedy ...
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Video Networks puts kids to bed
Video Networks has designed and produced a new section, Time for Bed, for the Scamp channel. Time for Bed uses animated sequences to package Scamp's pre-school programmes. A sunset is played before the packaged programme with a moonrise sequence at the end of the section to show it's bedtime. Creative ...
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New name for BBCT
BBC Technology was sold to German engineering firm Siemens last Friday and will be renamed Siemens Business Services Media Holdings Ltd. Siemens Business Services will work closely with the BBC Technology Direction group, which is responsible for developing the BBC's technology strategy across the corporation for the duration of the£2bn, ...
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RDF rights wins BBC-produced shows
RDF Rights has secured the rights to its first BBC-produced titles. Made by the BBC's documentaries and contemporary factual department, The Challenge follows a member of the public taking on ultra marathons and races to the North Pole. Meanwhile, This ...
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BBC NI orders three series from Waddell
BBC Northern Ireland has ordered three factual series from Brian Waddell Productions. The six-part House Traders looks at the life of a local estate agent, while two-parter Farmers Wanted (working title) chronicles two Ulster farming families moving from the UK ...
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Soho raises fears over tapeless BBC
Facilities trade associations Cheff and UK Post have voiced concerns over the BBC's plans to adopt tapeless production.
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Watts in BBC return
One of the major BBC players in the Hutton affair, Newsnight science editor Susan Watts, has returned to work following maternity leave. Watts, who stepped back into her post last week, recorded the voice of Dr David Kelly, which was later used by the BBC ...