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Firecracker goes Superhuman
Firecracker Films has completed the graphics package for Superhuman, Channel 4's extreme reality contest. In the two-hour test of human performance one man and one woman will win the 'Superhuman' title.
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Top notch and off the fence get together
Indie Top Notch Productions has joined forces with Dutch indie Off the Fence to co-fund several new factual programmes, including two documentaries for Five. Distribution of Top Notch's science and history programmes will be handled by Off the Fence, which will include forthcoming Five documentaries ...
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ITV discredits reports of McDonald exit
ITV News has quashed reports claiming Sir Trevor McDonald is to leave the evening bulletin on ITV1 within a year. The broadcaster has said the veteran newsreader would stay at ITV News beyond 2005, but has yet to finalise a contract that would retain him at the helm of 22.30 ...
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Park decamps to Emap in Manchester
Former Capital Radio group programme director Richard Park has been hired by Broadcast publisher Emap to develop its two stations in Manchester. He will work as a programming consultant on Key 103 and Magic 1152 for the next 12 months. Meanwhile, Anthony Gay has been ...
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De Mol: reality genre is at risk
Big Brother creator Jon De Mol has warned producers to put more effort into reality shows, claiming that lacklustre production is threatening the credibility of the genre, writes Glen Mutel and Kate Bulkley.
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It'll be a long courtship
Channel 4 and Five can go in for some corporate flirting but it will take years to tie the knot, says Conor Dignam, Editor
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Talent tv sets up kids output co-pro
Indie Talent Television is bolstering its children's output with a partnership deal with Canadian indie Amberwood Entertainment. Amberwood specialises in animation and live-action shows for youngsters. In the strategic alliance the two companies will work together on all future animated and live-action children's programmes.
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Stephen Fry's QI wins second commission
Talkback has been commissioned by BBC2 to make a second series of comedy quiz show QI, which will again be hosted by Stephen Fry. Filming will start this week on the 12 x 30-minute series, which is due to feature in BBC2's autumn schedule. Produced by creator John Lloyd, the ...
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Farm posts chess master film
The farm has completed post-production work on Alliance Atlantis' (producer of Bowling for Columbine) feature documentary Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine.
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UKTV channels get new identity
Dunning Eley Jones has designed the new channel identity for UKTV People, one of two factual channels being launched by the Flextech/BBC joint-venture this week. Based on the proposition of 'capturing what we do in our world' the identity features colour-saturated images derived from personal snapshots, CCTV and paparazzi photography. ...
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GWR burn it service
Classic FM-owner GWR has unveiled a new premium service that allows listeners to buy songs on the internet being broadcast by its stations. Hear It, Buy It, Burn It will launch this month on the radio's group network of 34 local radio stations and its national digital station, Core. GWR ...
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Brits make strong start at Rose d'Or
UK shows dominate the shortlists for this year's Rose d'Or Awards, picking up 45 out of the 119 nominations, writes Sam Matthews.
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Multichannel body boosted
The Satellite and Cable Broadcasters Group - a little known but established trade body representing multichannel broadcasters - has made two appointments as it gears up to play a more active role in the sector.
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BFBS buys system
BFBS(British Forces Broadcasting Service), the television arm of the Services Sound & Vision Corporation, has purchased a transmission automation system from Ibis in a deal worth£50,000. The Ibis LandScape system will be used to produce a live television service for BFBS' Navy TV. It will control the switching and branding ...
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Bennett puts more cash into 'big ideas'
BBC director of television Jana Bennett has pumped another£2m into her 'big ideas' fund in order to create more cross-platform projects.
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BBC prepares for DG choice
The BBC's board of governors has set up a nominations committee to oversee the first stages of the appointment of a new director general.
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BBC loses Scottish football rights
The BBC has lost the rights to screen live Scottish Premier League (SPL) games after the league handed the four-year contract to Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta. Setanta will show 38 live games per season from next season after paying around£32m. It will also show 10 pay-per-view games in the Republic ...
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BBC debuts Glasto on broadband
The Glastonbury music festival and the Athens Olympics are to be the first events broadcast via broadband by the BBC.
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Ladbroke's BBC push
Radio indie Ladbroke Productions has made two heavyweight appointments to its creative department. Richard Bannerman, former editor of BBC Radio documentary programmes, and Paul Kent, former programme director of digital speech station OneWord, will work on developing BBC commissioning proposals for the indie and will also help foster new talent.
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BBC regional split
The BBC is to create a 12th English region by splitting the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire area in two and appointing two heads of regional and local programming to run them. Yorkshire will be overseen from Leeds by BBC North West's current television editor, Tamsin O'Brien, while Lincolnshire will be headed ...