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    Hot seats 2005

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    The leaders of the UK's major television broadcasters are all facing tough tests in 2005

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    New sports programme from Nation 217

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Producer-broadcaster Nation 217 has created sports show Backawinnerin the run-up to the launch of its sports channel. Hosted by former jockey Richard Dunwoody, the weekly Friday night show helps viewers pick winners for the weekend's sporting events and also provides sports-related trivia. The hour-long show is ...

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    BBC3 greenlights disability sitcom

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    BBC3 controller Stuart Murphy is adding to his channel's growing reputation for comedy with a new show about the unlikely relationship between a man confined to a wheelchair and his homeless friend.

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    ArenaP3 hails the Messiah

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    ArenaP3 has completed post-production on Objective Productions' Derren Brown: Messiah, a 60-minute special for Channel 4, in which Brown is filmed tricking Americans. Director Tim Knight and producer Debbie Young shot on Super 8 and Digibeta. Editing was by offline editors Guy Savin and Tristram Giff ...

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    Tiger Aspect wins C4 orders

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 has ordered more than 40 hours of lifestyle programming from producer Tiger Aspect to fill daytime slots.

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    Pepper pot comedy for Baby Cow

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Pepper has graded new Johnny Vegas comedy series I Dealfor Baby Cow Productions. Vegas plays a small-time dope dealer in Manchester who lives and works from his bedsit, and who sees himself as providing a service to the community. Colourist Jet Omoshebi worked with director of ...

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    Mainframe titles BBC sitcom

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Mainframe has designed the titles for comedy According to Bex. The BBC comedy department-produced sitcom stars Jessica Stevenson ( Spaced, Sean of the Dead) as a secretary in a world of near misses. Lead designer Mike Alderson created the titles in After Effects ...

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    Benny Hill in the US

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    BBC America is building on the recent popularity of The Benny Hill Showby acquiring another string of episodes. After debuting the show in October last year, the BBC's US service has signed up for a further 85 episodes of the Thames Television show.

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    Russia buys The Bill

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Russian terrestrial broadcaster Center TV has licensed 140 episodes of ITV's The Bill. The channel, which has already aired 50 instalments of the Thames-produced series, will screen the new episodes early this year. Meanwhile, Estonian free-to-air channel TV3 has picked up 130 episodes of Australian soap ...

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    ITV sets out to transform extreme Brits

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    ITV controller of factual Bridget Boseley has commissioned a new factual strand which will see extreme characters given 'mental makeovers'.

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    Brook Lapping duo given CBEs

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Husband and wife documentary team Anne and Brian Lapping were among the broadcasting figures recognised in the new year honours list.

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    Framestore buys kit

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Framestore CFC has invested in Panasonic equipment with the purchase of an AJ-HD3700BE VTR. Framestore CFC senior supervising engineer Andy Howard said: 'With worldwide acceptance of this format and the ability to deliver HD on 16:9, 4:3 and Cinemascope [as well as] DVD and film transfer, we felt secure in ...

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    Sit-up to launch two movie channels

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    TV shopping broadcaster Sit-up is to expand by launching two movie channels in the spring. Real-movies.tv will feature TV and cinematic releases based on real-life events, and Movies on 333 will consist of westerns and showcase the best student films. Sit-up is currently sourcing material and is set to do ...

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    Commissioner's Q&A: Maxine Watson

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    With What Ron Said and Who Do You Think You Are? on her CV, the commissioning executive BBC documentaries and contemporary factual would like to steal - and star in - Channel 4's Musicality

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    MBO gives Kanjee control of Evolutions

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Evolutions Television is set for major expansion following a multimillion-pound management buyout led by managing director Simon Kanjee.

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    Crow TV opens second facility

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Crow Television is doubling its capacity by setting up shop on the doorstep of Endemol, Atlantic Productions and National Geographic.

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    Deayton to host guru series

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    ITV1 has commissioned a six-part, studio-based entertainment series, fronted by Angus Deayton, which explores the world of self-help gurus.

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    Digital triumphs in Xmas ratings

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    The terrestrial broadcasters suffered their lowest combined Christmas audience share ever as multichannel broadcasters continued to gain ground.

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    Ofcom urges digital radio expansion

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom has proposed a radical expansion of the radio industry, including the launch of at least 100 local digital stations. In the first of a two-stage industry review, a block of local licences is proposed to plug gaps in the UK's digital radio map. On medium wave, 10 new analogue ...

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    Sky goes early with Five news

    2005-01-06T08:30:00Z

    Five brought forward the handover of its news operation from ITN to Sky News by two days following the Asian tsunami disaster. Instead of launching on Monday (3 January), Sky News produced two short updates on the disaster that were broadcast on Five at 9pm on Saturday and Sunday (1 ...