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Atom titles Manilow special
Atom Pictures has produced the opening titles for the BBC's One Night with Barry Manilow. The sequence features BBC Television Centre at twilight being strafed by spotlights in a way that's reminiscent of a Hollywood gala. Images of Barry Manilow were composited onto the ...
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Porter moves to BBC World
The editor of BBC Breakfast, Richard Porter, is to take over the running of BBC World.
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Future slicing the BBC?
The debate about the future of public service broadcasting is set to call into question the credibility of Ofcom
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BBC indie champ commissions survey
BBC independents executive Elaine Bedell has commissioned a major external study on the corporation's relationship with indies. Consultancy Opinion Leader Research is currently interviewing over 200 indies across the country about their relationship with the BBC on issues such as commissioning and business affairs. The results are due in early ...
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BDH gives Mobos Caribbean theme
Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) has designed and directed the titles and packaging for the Mobo Awards 2004 for Scarlet Productions. The sequence is based on a pool party theme with artists and presenters enjoying a Caribbean sunset from the roof of the Royal Albert Hall as the dome opens skywards. ...
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Murder prevention sold on before debut
World Productions' new crime show Murder Prevention is being adapted for a US network before it has even aired in the UK. The show, which centres around an elite police unit that monitors and arrests potential murderers before they commit a crime, is being scripted ...
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Bernard Hayes titles Himalaya
Bernard Hayes Design has created the opening sequence for Himalaya with Michael Palin. Palin's 2,000-mile journey takes him through the Himalayan states, from the Khyber Pass to the Bay of Bengal. Within the titles, the camera follows Palin through temples and over mountains. Digibeta footage ...
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Locomotion buys four Final Cut systems
Locomotion Creative Production Services is installing Final Cut Pro editing facilities at three further production companies.
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Format Focus: Captive
This format builds on the familiar theme of locking a group of people in house by adding a quiz element.
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DLT Entertainment nets cartoon rights
DLT Entertainment is bringing 1980s cartoon The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin back to the international market. The indie and distributor has picked up the international rights to all 65 x 30-minute episodes of the series. The show, produced by DiC and Alchemy II, will be ...
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Good start for Disney freeview channel
Disney's new Freeview channel ABC1 made a strong debut this week, attracting a healthy share of viewers with its line-up of US soaps and sitcoms. During its broadcast hours of 6am to 6pm, ABC1 achieved an average share of 1.61% in Freeview homes on Monday, growing this to 2.05% on ...
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Silicone chicks gets second run
Discovery Health has commissioned indie TwoFour to produce a second series of factual entertainment show Silicone Chicks for next year. The 15 x 30-minute run tracks five people undergoing the latest cosmetic procedures available in the UK, as well as showing non-cosmetic alternatives in each ...
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Tiger to make Vicar Christmas special
Tiger Aspect is producing a Christmas special of comedy series The Vicar of Dibley for BBC1. Richard Curtis will be writing the show with Paul Mayhew-Archer, as well as executive producing alongside Jon Plowman and Peter Bennett-Jones. While the storyline has not been re-vealed, the ...
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Design co launches
Ex-BBC design directors Dave Freeman and Simon Brown have set up Pixels and Potions and Kiss My Pixel as part of a new collective based in Bristol. Freeman and Brown, both formerly of BBC design in Bristol, set up last week to focus on broadcast and feature film design. They ...
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Commissioners Q&A: Martin Morgan
The History Channel's deputy head of programming is excited about a new series that focuses on second world war stories and is looks enviously at C4's Time Team
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Shorts for daytime
BBC controller of daytime Alison Sharman is to commission a series of short dramas from up-and-coming writers. The 10 x 15-minute series, working-titled Brief Encounters , will give new writers the opportunity to develop scripts with the help of mentors including established writers for television ...
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Zig Zag lands Duracell-funded series deal
ADVERTISER-funded programming specialists Broadcast Marketing has appointed Zig Zag Productions to make the third series of a Duracell-funded science series.
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Miles to debut deals at Mipcom
Sally Miles, the former chief operating officer of September Films, has unveiled the formats and indies she will be pushing at Mipcom with her new venture ID Distribution.
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Rajar weighs up replacements for diary
Rajar is planning to drop its diary system of measuring radio audiences and replace it with electronic methods by 2007. Three candidates, Arbitron, Gfk and Eurisko, will submit devices for testing between now and March 2005. The new research contract will be put out in tender in April next year ...