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Contender launches Peppa Pig in US
Contender Entertainment Group is to launch its pre-school cartoon Peppa Pig in the US after signing a deal with the Cartoon Network. The 52 x 5-minute series, which began on Five and Nick Jr in May, will air weekday mornings on the Turner-owned station from April 2005. Cartoon Network has ...
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Devilfish gives new look to Five
Devilfish has redesigned Five's on-screen ident package. The package places the Five logo within the branding, appearing on pregnancy scans and being borne by leaf-carrying ants. Devilfish's Sean de Sparengo directed the sequences. The idents were post-produced at VTR and worked on by colourist Tareq Kubaisi, Flame
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Goes set to leave Endemol in January
Endemol Holding's chief operating officer and executive board member Ronald Goes is to quit the company on 1 January 2005. Endemol confirmed that he will be replaced. Goes, a co-founder of the Netherland's SBS Broadcasting group, joined Endemol in 2001. His departure comes as speculation mounts over the company's sell-off ...
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Pioneer to produce two HD shows for US
Pioneer Productions is making two shows in high definition for US broadcasters. The History Channel has ordered Amazon Adventures , a 120-minute feature shot in the Brazilian rainforest. It will recount the stories of adventurers who have sought to explore the forest over the ...
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Pepper hires TK man
Pepper Post has appointed Aubrey Wooliwiss as assistant colourist. He joins from Framestore CFC. Wooliwiss will work with senior colourists Chris Beeton and Jet Omeshebi and colourist Dan Coles. Managing director Patrick Holzen said Wooliwiss' appointment had increased overall staffing at the department and that the newcomer had great potential.
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Rajar hits out at ?Publicity' Mackenzie
The Wireless Group chief executive Kelvin MacKenzie was this week accused of launching a legal action against Rajar to court publicity for his radio stations. Rajar's QC, Nicholas Green, made the comment at a High Court hearing to decide whether MacKenzie's case citing that Rajar's methods of audience measurement discriminates ...
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Stokes replaces Hutchison on Holby
The BBC has promoted drama development producer Richard Stokes to executive producer of the hospital-based show Holby City. He replaces Kathleen Hutchison who was appointed executive producer of EastEnders. Stokes, who has previously worked as a series producer ...
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RTS issues shortlist
The Royal Television Society has released the nominations for its London awards with
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ITV sells Oz media stake
ITV continued the disposal of its non-core interests this week, selling its 18% investment in Australian media company Village Roadshow for£36m.
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Martinez to Liquid
Freelance designer Victor Martinez is set to join design agency Liquid TV in January. Martinez will report directly to managing director Azra Alikhan as a senior designer. He won a Sportel award for ITV's The Premiership 2002/2003 idents and has been nominated for both Bafta ...
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Oxford scientific in Meerkat Manor
Indie Oxford Scientific Films (OSF) has been commissioned to make a 'soap opera' based on the life of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert. The 13 x 30-minute Meerkat Manor for Animal Planet International will feature the everyday trials and tribulations of meerkat life, such as ...
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The passionate regulator
Ofcom's plans for a public service publisher should not dominate debate to the detriment of existing PSB, writes Conor Dignam, Editor
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News200 more jobs to go in ITV regions
Another 200 jobs are set to be axed from the ITV regions as a result of Ofcom's proposal to cut the broadcaster's regional programme commitments.
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News'PSP could be the UK's HBO'
Ofcom senior partner Ed Richards this week said the regulator's proposed public service publisher (PSP) could be the UK equivalent of HBO, as he issued a
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NewsBroadcasters fight CPS ban
The BBC, BSkyB and ITN have teamed up to mount a challenge to the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) ban on giving TV producers access to video evidence used in criminal trials.
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NewsC4 to seek£100m from public purse
Channel 4 is planning a radical shift in its thinking and will seek about£100m in public funding, possibly through tie-ups with the BBC.
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BBC Worldwide in Endemol deal
BBC Worldwide has signed its first output deal with an indie, securing distribution rights for all of Endemol UK's BBC commissions for the next three years in an agreement expected to be worth more than£5m.
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C4 unveils new season
Channel 4 is planning to broadcast the decomposition of a human body as part of a winter season of factual programmes.
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Governors' role 'must change'
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has said the BBC's current governance system is no longer sustainable.
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Redmond takes over Hollyoaks storylines
Hollyoaks creator Phil Redmond is to take back overall control of the Channel 4 soap's storylines after its joint series producers left following a clash over its creative direction.