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New Diary entries for distraction
Distraction Formats has sold its TV Diariesformat to Ireland, Canada and the Middle East. The format, in which contestants attempt to submit the most interesting video diary to avoid elimination, has been picked up by RTE in the Republic of Ireland, Zone 3 in Canada and ...
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NewsWoolfe named as Flextech director of TV
Flextech has promoted Living TV and Bravo director of programmes Richard Woolfe to the new role of director of television.
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London figurehead ousted in Disney shake-up
Disney International has signalled a shift in power back to Los Angeles after its London-based president David Hulbert was ousted as part of a management shake-up.
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Tsunami triggers NGTI documentary sales
National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has made several sales of documentary Tsunami: Killer Wave, in the wake of the Asian disaster.
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Double order for September
Indie September Films has landed two new commissions, including a primetime special for ITV1 about nightmare nannies.
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Van Outen in drama
Former Big Breakfastpresenter and West End musical star Denise Van Outen is to join the cast of ITV1's drama Where the Heart Is. Van Outen will play district nurse and single mum Kim Blakeney, who moves to rural Yorkshire to start a ...
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Lipsync puts images to eulogy
Lipsync Post has produced titles for and onlined Holocaust - A Music Memorial Filmfrom Auschwitzfor the BBC. The graphics had to be evocative yet appropriate to the subject matter. Senior designer Julia Blake and creative director Howard Watkins used After Effects to make the titles appear ...
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Format Focus: Face Off
This general knowledge knock-out format has done well in France and could soon reach UK shores. The format
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New Zealand sticks to the facts
Factual specialist TVF International has sold 26 hours of British documentaries to broadcasters in New Zealand. Foxtel has picked up a slate of 13 titles including Brook Lapping's Playing the China Cardand Diana: Story of a Princess. In addition, TV3 New Zealand ...
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Featherstone to lead Flame global push
Flame Television has promoted its head of production, Claire Featherstone, to managing director as it attempts a major push into the international market.
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Filming in London reaches record high
Filming on the streets of London has soared by 10% over the past 12 months according to a study by Film London.
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NewsScream! Get it off the schedule
Poor-performing shows such as Scream! If You Want to Get Off- which has been pulled from this Saturday's ITV1 line-up - can have a knock-on effect across that channel's schedule.
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Technicolor hiring
Technicolor Creative Services has appointed senior online editor Dominic Thomson to drive its Smoke suite and work within the digital intermediate department, which received a£2.6m investment in 2004. Technicolor recently moved its Denham operations to its new Perivale HQ.Thomson previously worked at Blue and Soho 601.
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Tailor-made seeks injunction on VRT
Indie Tailor-Made Films is seeking an injunction to stop Belgium's VRT broadcasting an alleged copycat version of its BBC1 format Come and Have a Go If You Think You're Smart Enough. Lawyers will try to block the public broadcaster from screening the show this Friday (21 ...
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On-demand launches
Telewest Broadband and NTL have launched the first phase of their TV on-demand services, which they plan to roll out region by region this year. Telewest's movies-on-demand service, provided by FilmFlex, is now available to its customers in Bristol who will be offered film titles through their existing set-top box. ...
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Twofourtv's price
Producer twofourtv has appointed Nick Price as head of branded content. Price, formerly head of programme development and co-production at Extreme Entertainment, will be charged with growing the company's advertiser-funded programming which already includes projects such as Audi at Le Mans (Channel 4), The British Heart Foundation's Kitchen Detective (Discovery) ...
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NewsBBC ban taxis for freelance staff
The BBC has banned freelance staff from taking taxis and minicabs on expenses after working late nights or early mornings - provoking a furious response from trade unions.
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NewsBBC staff get trauma help
The BBC is offering news staff trauma counselling in a bid to counter the often horrific images such as those from the Asian tsunami and hostage beheadings in Iraq that they have to deal with.
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NewsRoot poaches BBC factual boss for Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel general manager Jane Root has poached the BBC's head of factual development Peter Lovering to become her 'point man' in the UK - looking for ideas and formats that could be produced for the US.
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NewsTinopolis aims for London indie
Tinopolis, Wales' largest independent production company, is to list on the London Stock Market and use the injection of cash to shop for a London indie.