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Hoaxer made death threats to indie execs
Senior executives at indie Zig Zag Productions, including managing director Danny Fenton, were issued with death threats by Britain's most notorious prankster, a court heard this week.
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Dee takes lead in Simon Nye film for ITV
Jack Dee is to star in an ITV film penned by Men Behaving Badlycreator Simon Nye, writes Michael Rosser.
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New Design Outfit
Three former senior designers from Carlton this week set up a graphics design company, Bottletop. Dave Beeson, John Hunt and Anne Whitley decided to form the business to capitalise on the vacuum that would be left with the closure of the Nottingham studios. Bottletop is due to move into the ...
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Uncle to set up Endemol facility
The Farm Group subsidiary Uncle has won the contract to build a dedicated post facility for Big Brotherproducer Endemol in Bristol.
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Rights for lion shows go to screentime
Screentime Partners has picked up the rights to a brace of entertainment formats from Lion Television. The indie, r...
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ITV watches naturists at work
Naturists of all professions are to star in an ITV primetime show called Going to Work Naked. Indie Hanharan Media, which is making the show, claimed to have found people doing a diverse range of jobs who can work unclothed. Ordered by ITV controller ...
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Kerrang! rolls out
Emap, publisher of Broadcast , is to roll out rock station Kerrang! across seven digital radio multiplexes, growing its coverage to two-thirds of the UK. The station, which was only available to digital listeners in London and Aberdeen, will cover Yorkshire, the north-east, north-west, West ...
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Lambie-nairn rival
Former Lambie-Nairn managing director Sharon Wheeler has set up a new company, Turquoise, in Covent Garden in direct competition with her former employer. Wheeler, who left Lambie-Nairn in June last year, said: 'I didn't intend to set up Turquoise when I left - it grew organically.' Twelve months after leaving ...
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Saga radio launch
Saga Radio has revealed it will launch its FM radio station for Glasgow on 7 September. The over-50s specialist won a competitive bid to launch Saga 105.2 last November, beating 12 competitors for the licence worth up to£20m in annual advertising revenue and commercial opportunities. Saga will have a potential ...
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nvidia launch
New PC video technology to be released later this year from Nvidia is expected to provide a major boost to live-performance animation characters. As PC manufacturers switch from AGP-based video boards to the higher bandwidth PCI Express, real-time render rates will leap forward. The boost comes from specially built motherboards ...
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A question of leadership
Andy Duncan has established strong credentials as a strategist, but must now prove himself as C4's new leader.
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Whistledown profiles Thackray's life
Whistledown Productions has secured three commissions for BBC Radio 4. That Jake Thackray Thing, a 30-minute programme profiling the folk singer/songwriter (pictured) who died last year, is due to air towards the end of 2005. The producer is David Prest. ...
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Miami opening for September
September Films has opened an office in Miami on the back of two factual series commissions from US broadcasters Bravo and Women's Entertainment (WE).
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ofcom raps top-up
Top-Up TV, the pay-TV service for Freeview customers, has been forced to change its advertising campaign after Ofcom said it was misleading. Top-Up has been advertising its service as a 'ten-channel' offering but Ofcom ruled yesterday (5 July) that the ads were misleading as the ten channels shown on Top-Up, ...
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NewsElstein in£500m bid for Hallmark
David Elstein has launched a bid to buy the Hallmark Channel's international business with an offer believed to be worth£500m.
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NewsITV turns to soap spin-offs to boost teatime
ITV is turning to spin-offs of soaps such as The Bill and Coronation Street to rescue its troubled teatime slot.
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NewsFive show will offer brides plastic surgery
Five has commissioned an outrageous new reality show which will transform the lives of engaged couples with extreme makeovers, involving liposuction and plastic surgery, immediately before their wedding days.
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North One poaches Discovery chief
North One Television has poached Discovery Channel director Katy Thorogood to oversee a push into factual and formatted programming.
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C4 courts controversy with film on foetus life
Channel 4 is set to reignite the abortion debate with a film showing never-before-seen video footage of what foetuses can do in the very first weeks of life.