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Black diamond deals in poker tournament
Indie Black Diamond Films is making The European Nations Poker Challenge for Sky Sports. The 4 x 120-minute series follows the poker event held in the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, Russia last month. Black Diamond holds all worldwide distribution rights to the event, which ...
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Thomson buys in to Corinthian TV
Thomson has bought a majority stake of playout specialist Corinthian Television Facilities for an undisclosed figure.
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Video buys tapeless
Video Europe has bought£500,000 of high-definition and tapeless broadcast equipment because of increasing demand for the new formats. Managing director Steve Green said: 'We held off until we thought that the demand was strong enough. We think that this equipment will cover the demand for now.' Video Europe's haul includes ...
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Peck honours cameraman
The British TV cameraman killed in the Gaza Strip while making a documentary for HBO was this week honoured posthumously with a Rory Peck award.
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Creature Comforts heads to Japan
Granada International has sold Aardman Animations' award-winning animated series Creature Comforts to Japanese distributor Gaga Communications. The company has acquired all 26 x 10-minute episodes, plus a five-minute special and a 30-minute documentary, Creating Creature Comforts.
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Commissioner's Q&A: Jay Hunt
The BBC's senior commissioning executive, daytime wants ideas for returnable factual strands for mornings on BBC1 and wants pitches for any genre to fill the 6pm to 7pm slot on BBC2
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RDFI set to distribute lost dragon doc
RDF International has picked up the distribution rights to a new wildlife documentary from indie Steel Spyda. Butann: The Lost Dragon is about the discovery of a giant tree-living lizard by scientist Daniel Bennet, which was previously thought to be extinct. The one-hour documentary was ...
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London team make Queer Eye US episodes
Via London, the indie behind the UK version of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy , is to produce two episodes for the hit US series. The latest season of the makeover series, shown on US cable channel Bravo, will include two 60-minute, London-based episodes ...
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Ex-Blue Peter host goes to Hollywood
Former Blue Peter presenter Tim Vincent is to host the highest rated entertainment programme in the US - Access Hollywood. The£5m-a-year deal will see Vincent host the NBC show six nights a week and follows his presenting duties on the ...
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September poaches Lion exec
September Films has poached Lion TV producer Peter Davey to oversee its factual and reality slate.
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Photomec first
Todd-AO Creative Services has bought a 16mm/35mm Photo-mec film processor for about£80,000. The new machine will be able to process Super 8mm negative film and is believed to make Todd-AO the only company in the UK to offer this processing service. The availability of the processor in Camden will improve ...
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Jordan goes undercover on Five
Glamour model Jordan is to discover what her family and friends really think of her, as part of a celebrity makeover programme commissioned by Five.
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Format Focus: Kept
Another take on the dating format merges romance and celebrity, with Jerry Hall searching for a toy boy.
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VTR profits surge following investment in K-Post
Facilities group VTR has revealed a 72% increase in profits to£901,554 for the year ending September 2004.
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Set regions free with local TV
As the winds of change blow through the regions, this week's nations and regions conference asks who should be the true regional champion. Not ITV, says panellist Steve Hewlett, who offers a more radical solution
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Prospect wins orders for Gay Mates
Indie Prospect Pictures's dating show Straight Dates by Gay Mates has been commissioned for a second series in both Israel and Italy. Production on the shows - which features two gay men choosing dates for single girls - is due to begin in January. The ...
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Radio giants vie for Manchester
The UK's biggest radio groups are to turn their attention to Manchester in a bid to win a lucrative new FM licence worth an estimated£5m a year in advertising revenue.
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Sky's Roberts goes to LA
Sky One commissioning editor Jamie Roberts is to take a new permanent job in Los Angeles to source American content for Sky's network of channels.
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Living to hunt for UK's top model
Flextech lifestyle channel Living TV is to make another UK version of one its US acquisitions.
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Machine Takes MTI
The Machine Room has spent£200,000 on a digital restoration suite from MTI. The VTR Media Services company, which specialises in film treatment, will be able to work up to 4K. The company is believed to have several projects lined up.