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BBC to feature entrepreneurs
The BBC is to launch its own business entertainment format featuring wannabe entrepreneurs.
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Fremantle backs new IWC drama
Fremantle International Distribution (FID) is to plough cash into new drama produced by Scottish indie IWC Media - formerly Wark Clements and Ideal World - as part of an exclusive two-year deal.
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Carlton kids team bounce back with indie
Carlton's former controller of children's David Mercer has set up a new indie along with members of his old team who failed to find jobs within the newly merged ITV.
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Awards honour young talent
Dublin-based Daniel O'Hara won best young director award at Wednesday (19 May) night's Broadcast Young Talent Awards.
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Audio reseller set up
HHB Communications has launched a reseller division to supply audio kit to the television post-production sector. Headed by former Tyrell sales manager Ben Nemes the new branch will be called Scrub and will sell and service Digidesign systems and extras. The new division will initially employ three people and be ...
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Condor takes on Flame artist
Condor Post-production has recruited Flame and Smoke artist Gary Driver, reuniting him with his former boss Tom Horton.
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Granada appoints Woodward as MD
Granada Television has appointed director of regional affairs Susan Woodward as managing director of the regional broadcaster. As part of her promotion she will also become director of regional affairs for the whole of ITV plc. She will be based in Manchester and will oversee Granada's strategy for the North ...
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BBC America lines up retro UK dramas
Granada International has sold a trio of cult UK series to BBC America as part of a 90-hour package deal. The Saint , The Persuaders and The Prisoner have been sold to the US cable ...
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BBC heads North for current affairs
The BBC has launched a radio current affairs department and set up an investigative journalism unit in Manchester. The move will see 80 members of staff break away from the main current affairs hub and operate independently of the TV current affairs division. Gwyneth Williams, who has been heading the ...
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Machine Room adds HD and offline services
The Machine Room has spent£300,000 on HD grading and offline services.
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Ofcom to act if quality of regional ITV suffers
Ofcom has told MPs it will act if further studio closures threaten ITV's ability to deliver high-quality regional programmes.
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5 Live nabs O'Connell
Former Xfm breakfast DJ Christian O'Connell is to take over from Johnny Vaughan as the host of BBC Radio 5 Live sports debate show Fighting Talk. O'Connell, who picked up the Sony Award for best DJ last week, will start on 14 August when ...
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422 goes Wild with Bill Oddie
Bristol-based 422 South has completed a branded graphics package for Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie for the BBC. A bird emblem was set in different natural environments using a hand-drawn logo by Howard Moses, who also created hand-made models for the sequence, including ice ...
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C4 reality formats travel down under
Channel 4 International has secured deals with New Zealand channels TVNZ and ABC. TVNZ has a 20-hour package, including 8 x 50-minute series Regency House Party from Wall to Wall and 4 x 50-minute series Brat Camp from Twenty Twenty ...
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C4 set to trace contemporary jazz path
Somethin' Else is to travel throughout the US and Europe for a Channel 4 documentary on contemporary jazz. The 90-minute documentary, It's a Jazz Thing , will be broadcast in November. Saxophonist Branford Marsalis will present the programme and talk to leading figures in jazz ...
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Endemol makes BB 4Broadband footage
Channel 4 has commissioned Endemol UK to make a series of behind the scenes Big Brother documentaries specifically for its 4Broadband service. Subscribers will also be able to view back stage footage of the Big Brother house and the studio/gallery ...
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C4 news steals Five editor for top job
Channel 4 has poached Five News managing editor Gay Flashman to become the new managing editor of its news service. She replaces Guy Ker who is leaving after five years to become chief operating officer at ITV News. Channel 4 News has also recruited BBC current affairs series producer and ...
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Australia to remake BBC1 lottery show
BBC1 lottery show In It to Win It , made by indie 12 Yard Productions and hosted by Dale Winton, is to be remade for Australia. The format of the show has been optioned to Fremantle-owned company Crackerjack , which ...
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20,000 tune in to hit Top-up target
Top-Up TV, the new pay-TV service for Freeview viewers, has signed up 20,000 subscribers since its launch two months ago, the company has said, adding that it was on target to meet its break-even target of 250,000 subscribers within two years. Top-Up offers channels such as E4 and Cartoon Network ...
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NewsDigital switchover moves step closer
The government is to take its first tentative step towards analogue switch-off with a trial scheme in Wales to give away free set-top boxes to households.