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Farrell wins RTS award for Men of Iron
The Farm's senior colourist Aidan Farrell led the way for the facilities sector at last week's RTS Craft and Design Awards, picking up his second trophy in four years.
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Fans bring Fraggle Rock back to Danish TV
Hit Entertainment has relicensed children's series Fraggle Rock to Danish TV channel Danmarks Radio after 20,000 viewers petitioned the station. The first 26 episodes of the Jim Henson show have been picked up by Danmarks Radio after a campaign was launched by Danish radio station ...
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Jowell backs ITV regional cutbacks
ITV looks set to be given the green light to phase out its non-news regional programmes after media secretary Tessa Jowell agreed with Ofcom that such content was unsustainable.
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Fifa and BBC team up for World Cup doc
The BBC and BBC Worldwide are to team up with Fifa for a documentary series charting the history of the World Cup to coincide with the next finals in Germany in 2006.
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BBC worldwide keeps hold of boat race
BBC Worldwide has signed a new six-year deal to continue representing the rights to the annual Oxford versus Cambridge University Boat Race. The new arrangement was brokered by Korer Media and includes international broadcast and other audiovisual media rights. In 2004, BBC Worldwide licensed the boat race to 98 counties.
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Bhopal hoax probed
The BBC has launched an investigation after it was tricked into broadcasting a live interview with a man who falsely claimed to be a spokesman for chemicals giant Dow Chemical and offered compensation to the victims of the Bhopal disaster. Deputy director general Mark Byford has ordered a report into ...
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Mowlam in Emap bid
Mo Mowlam, the former Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to lead Broadcast publisher Emap's bid to roll out its Kerrang! rock music brand in Belfast. Also backing the bid is Barry McIlheney, the Belfast-born editor-in-chief of Emap ...
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Cbeebies boss quits
The editor of BBC pre-school channel CBeebies, Paul Shuttleworth, is to leave the corporation on 11 February to set up his own indie, London-based Handle and Spout. CBeebies is set to move to Manchester in five years.
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Bravo to show real-life Fight Clubs
Scream Films has landed a deal to make Fight Night: White Collar Boxing for Bravo. The 15 x 30-minute series follows a number of rookie and professional white collar boxers, including Britain's first openly gay fighter known as the Pink Pounder, as they train and ...
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MTV MD given Paramount Comedy brief
MTV Networks UK & Ireland managing director Michiel Bakker is to take control of the UK Paramount Comedy channels.
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Macquarie Communications snaps up NTL Broadcast
NTL Broadcast is to be sold to an Australian consortium led by the Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group (MCG) for£1.27bn.
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Leopard snaps up ex-Talkback factual chief
Ruth Wrigley, the former head of factual entertainment for Talkback Thames, is to join indie Leopard Films as its first head of entertainment.
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Collins finds Oasis
Editor Andy Collins will join Oasis Television this month. Collins worked for BBC Resources for 15 years where he worked on the Olympics and Paralympics in Athens. Upcoming jobs include the opening sequence for Match of the Day , BBC promos and an undisclosed BBC ...
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Industry gathers to debate Ofcom's PSP
Ofcom's controversial proposal to create a public service publisher with a£300m annual budget was put to its first real test last week at a 'hypothetical pitch' staged by the regulator for an audience of 200 industry figures.
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Triangle nabs Dixon
Triangle Post Production has poached compositor Paul Dixon from BBC Broadcast. Dixon worked on the title sequence for the BBC's Olympics coverage, which was shortlisted in the RTS Craft and Design Awards last week. He replaces Joe Billington who left to work for hardware and software developers Discreet. Triangle has ...
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Sky drops Fashion TV
Fashion TV (FTV) has been removed from its slot on the Sky line-up because of a standoff with the pay-TV broadcaster. The 24-hour, free-to-air station wants to become part of a subscription package and receive per subscriber revenues from Sky. FTV owner and president Michel Adam said: 'Sky has now ...
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Editworks expands
Light entertainment editing specialist Editworks is moving into the documentary and drama markets. Former St Anne's Post sales manager Dean Watkins has been appointed head of business development at the Noho post house - known for its work on productions such as Who Wants to ...
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Endemol fined
Endemol UK has been forced to pay almost£15,000 for failing to protect employees from asbestos on the set of BBC talent show Fame Academy. The fines were issued by a London magistrates' court after Endemol UK pleaded guilty to two charges relating to the ...
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Gaydar expands
Gaydar Radio is to launch a£1.5m investment and development programme that will see the opening of new broadcast studios, extra live programming and the creation of its own sales division. The three-year-old station, which broadcasts on DAB in London and the south-east and on Sky Channel 908 as well as ...
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Metrostar to make Flextech spin-offs
Flextech has struck a deal with brand licensing company Metrostar to launch a range of merchandising spin-offs of its key shows.