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Big Squid recreates shipwreck
Big Squid has produced content graphics for a new Discovery Channel series shot in high definition called Quest for Columbus. The programme, produced by New York's Engel Brothers Media, pieces together the search for the explorer's Santa Maria boat that was shipwrecked on his ...
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Somerville to head up BBC's interactive TV
The BBC has promoted Emma Somerville to head its interactive TV programming department as it prepares to launch enhanced services this year for Wimbledon, the Olympics and Restoration II.
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BBC wins NY prizes
BBC Post Production has won two golds - for best art direction and best digital effects - at the 46th New York Festival for Secret Weapons. The 3D and digital effects team at BBC Post created the effects. The producer was Big Wave Productions. ...
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Stand up for the BBC
Whatever reservations we might have about the BBC, we must rally to defend its core principles
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Carr's distraction back for second run
Channel 4 comedy gameshow Distraction is to return for a second series. The programme, which showcases talents of writer and presenter Jimmy Carr, will return later this year after being given the green light by commissioning editor, comedy Iain Morris. As host, Carr asks contestants general knowledge questions while subjecting ...
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Brook Lapping wins awards for Maggie
Brook Lapping producers Anne and Brian Lapping have picked up two awards at the New York Festivals. Anne Lapping won gold in the biography and profile category with four-part series Maggie - the First Lady , shown on ITV while Brian Lapping was awarded gold ...
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Mwnci buys in Avid systems
Cardiff-based post-production company Mwnci has purchased a range of kit from Avid including the first Avid DS Nitris to be installed in Wales. Also included in the deal are four Avid Media Composer Adrenalines and an Avid Unity Media Network system. Avid declined to reveal how much the deal is ...
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Attheraces serves notice on TV deal
Attheraces has served notice on its TV deal with the Racecourse Association (RCA). The 10-year,£30m media-rights agreement with 49 UK racecourses will now terminate on 29 March. The Office of Fair Trading is also expected to rule against the existing deal on the basis that it is uncompetitive. Attheraces will ...
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ATG signs BBC deal
Systems integrator ATG Broadcast has signed a deal with BBC Broadcast for the integration of a central storage and archive system to be installed at its new Broadcast Centre facility in west London. The initial phase of the project will allow several days' worth of programme files to be archived ...
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Somethin' else to make arabic selector
Somethin' Else, the UK's biggest radio production company, has been commissioned by the British Council to produce an Arabic version of music show The Selector. The weekly, hour-long mix of music and live sessions will be broadcast on the MBC Network in eight countries ...
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Anvil relocates
Dubbing and ADR facility Anvil Post Production is moving from Buckinghamshire to a facility in Perivale, west London. Work on the new premises will begin this month, with existing equipment being transferred from the old studios over the next six months.
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ITV's Andrew stocks up on kids shows
ITV controller of children's and youth programmes Steven Andrew has commissioned a number of new programmes. My Life as a Popat , a Feelgood Fiction production, follows Anand Popat, a 12-year-old Asian Adrian Mole who lives in a fantasy world to escape his squabbling family. ...
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Bravo and Living to take over Alias
Bravo and Living TV have secured a deal with Buena Vista International Television to acquire US drama series Alias. The Flextech-owned channels will screen the third season of the 22 x 60-minute series from mid-March before its terrestrial outing on Five. The third series, ...
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Carlton looks after Tell-Tale's Sprogs
Carlton International has picked up the TV and video rights for animated series Sprogs. The deal covers the first 13 x 22-minute episodes of the show, which is made by indie Tell-Tale Productions and features a modern American family coming to terms with the ...
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The BBC after Hutton
The shock has begun to subside slightly after the high drama of last week - but the questions about the leadership and direction of the BBC post-Hutton and post-Dyke go on. Most industry figures who we talked to felt - perhaps for different reasons - that former BBC chairman Gavyn ...
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Hot-Heads in action
Picture Canning Company has been contracted to provide technical facilities and equipment for a new RDF reality TV show called The Penthouse. Currently in production, the show follows a group of celebrities in a penthouse as they complete tasks. Computer controlled hot-head cameras and ...
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Staff plan more action
BBC staff were preparing to show their support for deposed director general Greg Dyke again on Thursday (5 February) exactly a week after thousands spontaneously took to the streets to protest at his sudden departure.
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BBC Technology attracts 40 bids
The BBC has received 40 serious bids for its BBC Technology arm, writes Farah Jifri.
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C4 helps indies break America
Eleven independent production companies from outside London are to receive a crash course in breaking the US market as part of a new initiative from Channel 4 and producers' alliance Pact, writes Glen Mutel.
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C4 jettisons my new best friend
Tiger Aspect's award-winning comedy My New Best Friend has become the victim of its own success after Channel 4 deemed chief protagonist Marc Wootton too recognisable to front another series. The