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Two Way uses Aussie cash for production move
Interactive TV specialist Two Way TV is to expand its UK business and move into television production following an $8m (£4.3m) cash boost by its Australian counterpart.
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Orion opens Geordie base
London-based factual producer Orion TV, the company behind ITV's Trading Treasures, is to open a northern base in Newcastle.
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Bashir to testify at Jacko trial in March
Former ITV reporter Martin Bashir is to appear as a witness at Michael Jackson's impending US trial. Bashir, who made the 2003 documentary Living with Michael Jackson, will testify for the prosecution on 1 March. The 13-year-old boy featured in Bashir's film later accused Jackson of ...
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BBC must ride protests
The BBC should be applauded for upholding the principle of free speech and airing Jerry Springer - The Opera.
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Grade highlights key BBC charter issues
BBC chairman Michael Grade this week identified three key areas he believes will be central to securing a new Charter. Speaking at a Broadcast Press Guild lunch, he said the issue of the BBC's governance, its relationship with the indie sector and 'complete transparency' over the new 25% Window of ...
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Distant Shores hits beach running
After a disappointing Christmas performance overall, the terrestrial broadcasters regained some ground with new shows for the new year.
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Bid-up.tv rebrand
Interactive auction channel bid-up.tv is to rebrand as Bid TV from the end of the month. The change, which kicks off with a£250,000 advertising campaign featuring TV auctioneer David Dickinson, was decided upon because the majority of auctions on the channel fall in price, rather than rise.
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Charitable Big Bro
Channel 4 and Endemol UK are to donate 9p from every public vote cast on Celebrity Big Brotherto the Asian tsunami appeal, meaning that£90,000 will be given for every million votes cast. Each Celebrity Big Brothervote costs 50p and generates 25p for ...
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Diesel makes Botham fly-fishing films
Indie Diesel Films has won four commissions from Discovery Home & Leisure. The 5 x 30-minute Botham on the Fly, due to air in summer, follows ex-England cricketer Ian Botham as he goes fly fishing with celebrity pals. The 5 x 30-minute ...
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TWI takes ITV cookery brief
TWI has landed its first daytime commission for a terrestrial channel in the UK after ITV commissioned it to make a cookery series that pits members of the public against a celebrity chef.
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Turquoise brief
Design and branding company Turquoise has won a contract to rebrand Middle East pay-TV platform Arab Radio and Television (ART). The project includes a brand audit and the subsequent rebranding of ART's 14 channels. Managing director Sharon Wheeler worked with ART chief executive Assad Abulgadail when he worked for Middle ...
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Sony lands contract to bring HD to Royal Opera House
Sony has won a contract to turn the Royal Opera House into a high-definition broadcast studio.
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Magic brings in Park to crack London
Emap has appointed former Capital Radio director of programming Richard Park to spearhead a full strategic review of its Magic 105.4 easy-listening station as part of a plan to build its share in the crowded London market.
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LRC's Liverpool buy
The Local Radio Company (LRC) has made its first acquisition in Liverpool. Music station KCR FM, which launched in June 2001, has been bought for£507,000 and is the 26th station in LRC's portfolio. The station, which will receive its first audience figures from Rajar in January, broadcasts to listeners in ...
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Laughton to head new Celador children's division
Celador International has hired the former managing director of Nelvana Enterprises, Cathy Laughton, to head a new division dedicated to children's programming.
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Moov titles celeb gameshow
Moov has created the title sequence for new BBC1 comedy 29 Minutes of Famefor Angst Productions. The Bob Mortimer-hosted gameshow takes a sideswipe at the overinflated world of celebrity and fame. Designers Nevil Appleton, Graham Clarkin and Jane Aspinwall used 2D still imagery to create a ...
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Five plans children's digital channel
Five is developing a digital channel based on its early morning children's strand Milkshake. A spokesman said Five controller of children's programming Nick Wilson was behind the idea, but added that plans had not extended beyond an initial discussion stage. The channel would be called Milkshake.
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Channels scale down tsunami operations
Broadcasters have started to pull resources back from south-east Asia following the Boxing Day tsunami, although all insist they will continue to cover the aftermath of the tragedy in depth.
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Clear Cut posts latest Horizon
Clear Cut Pictures has posted an edition of Horizon: Global Dimming. Dox Productions reveals how global warming could be a more serious, immediate and complicated issue than previously believed, unleashing cataclysmic climate change. Film editor Horacio Queiro cut the offline, colourist Mike Curd graded and onlined. ...
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Granada distribution for comedy duo
Granada International has acquired two new comedies for distribution from indie Red Production, including the ITV1 series Dead Man Weds. The 6 x 30-minute series stars Johnny Vegas and Phoenix Nightsactor Dave Spikey, and began its run last week ...