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Sky newsman to head university Dept
Sky News executive producer Adrian Monck has been taken on by City University to head its department of journalism and publishing. Monck, who only joined Sky in January, will be responsible for 500 students and around 35 staff. He begins in mid-May and takes over from former ...
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Entertainment Rights moves into profit
Entertainment Rights, the company behind Postman Pat and Basil Brush, has reported a 28% boost in turnover and a move into profit. Pre-tax profits last year totalled£1.1m following a£400,000 loss in 2003. Turnover also rose to£25.5m, up from£19.8m the previous year.
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Granada exec to head Target production
Distributor/producer Target Entertainment has confirmed the appointment of Ed Forsdick as the new managing director of its in-house production division. Forsdick, who is currently executive producer for Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeawayat Granada, joins the company from mid-April. The executive, who previously ran Planet 24, ...
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Steadman for fest
Actress Alison Steadman has been named as this year's spokesperson for the Rushes Soho Shorts competition. Meanwhile, Shorts International has been appointed international distributor.
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Sewell tours Italian landmarks for Five
Art critic Brian Sewell is to follow up his Naked Pilgrimseries for Five with a tour of Italy's most prominent art and architectural landmarks. Brian Sewell's Grand Tour of Italywill air this autumn over a 9 x 45-minute series. Kim Peat, controller ...
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UBM 'prepares to sell Five stake'
United Business Media is reported to be on the verge of pulling out of terrestrial station Five, with plans to sell its 35% stake to majority shareholder RTL within the next few weeks.
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Lipsync titles Five's Machines
Lipsync Post has created titles for Five's forthcoming 10 x 30-minute series Massive Machines. The programme provides in-depth analysis of extreme machines, including episodes on amphibious vehicles, submarines and tanks. Senior designer Gareth Tansey designed and animated the sequence, using Illustrator and After Effects to combine images ...
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The Hive tools up Gardens ident
Dunning Eley Jones and The Hive have collaborated to create the on-screen identity for the launch of UKTV Style Gardens, the 10th UKTV Network channel. The sequences feature plants and flowers constructed from a combination of garden tools and paraphernalia such as rakes, trowels and watering cans. The computer-generated images ...
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Iran to get sanitised Peak Practice
ITV's one-time flagship medical drama Peak Practiceis set to go under the censor's knife after Granada International sold the series to Iran.
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Granada Sky move
Granada Sky Broadcasting managing director Rob Ovens has been made redundant and will leave at the end of the month. His departure comes after ITV bought out Sky's stake in GSB and moved its remaining channel Men and Motors in-house. Ovens, who was at the company when it launched in ...
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Nokia to offer interactive Visual Radio
Nokia is hoping to boost take-up of its new Visual Radio technology by giving broadcasters the computer software for free.
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ITV to serve up primetime series on obesity
ITV has commissioned a primetime documentary series that will focus on Britain's first private obesity hospital.
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Midnight upgrade
Midnight Transfer has spent£2m investing in a digital intermediary service called 'DI from Day One'. It has bought technologies from FilmLight, Thomson Grass Valley, Root6, DVS and Barco. The DI process allows colourists to grade throughout the process. Midnight Transfer is launching the DI service next month.
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Stott to star as Rebus returns
ITV1 is to bring back Scottish detective drama Rebus, after a four-year break, with The Vice star Ken Stott taking over the lead role from John Hannah.
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Losing on appeal
The BBC pulled Bafta-nominated legal drama Outlaws after one series, despite reviewers' plaudits. Its creator Steve Coombes says the BBC's digital strategy is largely to blame
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On the Box - Life behind closed doors
Paul Bader wonders if some things are too private for TV, but will he make his excuses and leave while watching Extraordinary Families and Blame the Parents?
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Breaking free from TV
As Channel 4 invests in FourDocs, an open access broadband channel, has the time finally arrived for broadcasters to embrace the democratising possibilities of broadband technology, asks Peter Keighron.
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Please don't pick me
Impending cuts and a change of values has turned the once-prized post of controller of BBC1 into a poisoned chalice.
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Which way forward for indies?
As investors eye the TV production sector, new routes to growth have opened up for indies. Belinda Archer