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Hilary to take BBC America to ?next level'
Former BBC executive Bill Hilary has been confirmed as the new head of BBC America.
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Sky One buys American sci-fi series
Sky One has bought the rights to US sci-fi series Stargate Atlantis and apocalyptic drama Revelations from MGM International Television Distribution. The deal, which includes pay, free and basic cable TV rights, also includes the renewal of the rights for ...
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Liquid creates celeb ancestors
Liquid TV has created the branding and graphics for the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?. The Wall-to-Wall-produced show explores the ancestors of among others Meera Syal, Vic Reeves and David Baddiel. The celebrities were shot on blue-screen and then composited into traditional ...
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Beard for Ascent
Ascent Media Network Services Europe (AMNSE) has appointed former BBC sales manager for media communications Mark Beard as vice-president, sales. Beard joins senior vice-president Bob Gentry, another Ascent man who came directly from the BBC.
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Aussies to try strictly come dancing
Hit BBC1 entertainment format Strictly Come Dancing has been sold to Australia in a co-production deal between BBC Worldwide and Granada Productions. The show, which features celebrities paired with professional dancers, will be known as Dancing with the Stars when ...
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RDF bags rights to Granada show
Indie RDF has scored a major coup after winning the international rights to a new ITV reality show from the Granada team behind I'm a Celebrity? Get Me out of Here!.
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BBC NI orders three series from Waddell
BBC Northern Ireland has ordered three factual series from Brian Waddell Productions. The six-part House Traders looks at the life of a local estate agent, while two-parter Farmers Wanted (working title) chronicles two Ulster farming families moving from the UK ...
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Soho raises fears over tapeless BBC
Facilities trade associations Cheff and UK Post have voiced concerns over the BBC's plans to adopt tapeless production.
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Watts in BBC return
One of the major BBC players in the Hutton affair, Newsnight science editor Susan Watts, has returned to work following maternity leave. Watts, who stepped back into her post last week, recorded the voice of Dr David Kelly, which was later used by the BBC ...
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BBC Reviews Religion's role on TV
The BBC is to launch an independent review of its religious programming on television, particularly on BBC1. The move follows criticism from the Central Religious Advisory committee about the 'marginalised' scheduling of the genre and the absence of a regular slot. The assessment will report on the strategy approved by ...
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RDF rights wins BBC-produced shows
RDF Rights has secured the rights to its first BBC-produced titles. Made by the BBC's documentaries and contemporary factual department, The Challenge follows a member of the public taking on ultra marathons and races to the North Pole. Meanwhile, This ...
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New name for BBCT
BBC Technology was sold to German engineering firm Siemens last Friday and will be renamed Siemens Business Services Media Holdings Ltd. Siemens Business Services will work closely with the BBC Technology Direction group, which is responsible for developing the BBC's technology strategy across the corporation for the duration of the£2bn, ...
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Video Networks puts kids to bed
Video Networks has designed and produced a new section, Time for Bed, for the Scamp channel. Time for Bed uses animated sequences to package Scamp's pre-school programmes. A sunset is played before the packaged programme with a moonrise sequence at the end of the section to show it's bedtime. Creative ...
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New hiring at bluw
Creative agency Bluw has hired illustrator and animator Matt Borle. Borle's credits include work on BBC3's dark animation series Monkey Dust and he has been employed to work across broadcast projects. Bluw has dealt with design applications for Michael Hurll Television on the British Comedy ...
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Brighter reveal new formats at Mipcom
Brighter Pictures has created two new formats which were launched at Mipcom this week. In Queens in Country three headlining Las Vegas drag queens move to a provincial backwater and put on a cabaret in a working men's club using the locals. In ...
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King Rollo divides into two businesses
King Rollo Films, the animation production house behind classic kids series Mr Benn , has split its production arm from its rights-holding company. Following the restructure, Devon-based King Rollo Films and Rollo Rights are now separate businesses. King Rollo was set up in 1979 by ...
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CBC buys Dr Who
Canadian public broadcaster CBC Television has become the first channel to buy the new series of Doctor Who , months before it is due to air in the UK. The deal was completed at Mipcom by BBC Worldwide. Doctor Who ...
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Tory MP calls for end to Yentob Inquiry
Conservative media spokesman John Whittingdale has called on the BBC to bring the ongoing inquiry into its creative...
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Cannes keeps MIP
Reed Midem, organiser of the Mip television festivals, has secured a new 10-year deal with the city of Cannes. The deal will see the company host the international markets, which include Mipcom, MipTV and MipDoc, in the Palais des Festivals on the Cote d'Azur until at least 2014. Over 10,000 ...