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Wark clements sleepover club rolls out
Scottish indie Wark Clements' comedy series The Sleepover Club is to be screened across France and Asia. The Asian divisions of Disney and Turner Entertainment Network have acquired television rights to the 26 x 30-minute series, which features a secret society operated by a group ...
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Fremantle hires clark for global role
Rob Clark, former head of entertainment for SMG TV, has been hired by Fremantle Media in the new role of senior vice-president of production for the company's worldwide entertainment department. Based in London and reporting to Fremantle president of worldwide entertainment Alan Boyd, he will be tasked with rolling out ...
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Charter statement
The government's key advisor on BBC Charter renewal, Terry Burns, will make his first public statement on the issue at a Westminster Media Forum event next month. He will be joined by media secretary Tessa Jowell and Ofcom's Ed Richards at the BBC-sponsored event at the Lewis Media Centre in ...
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ITV licences changes
Ofcom this week announced plans to release a 'streamlined' ITV licence review process, which will mean all 16 regional franchises can be looked at simultaneously next year. Ofcom said aligning the process allows a 'consistent licensing timetable' and reduces the regulatory burden.
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Governance must change
Lord Hutton's verdict this week amounts to a death sentence for the BBC's current system of governance. Gavyn Davies' resignation as chairman will not be enough and further reform of the BBC governors and their relationship with management is inevitable.
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Leitch hires CEO
Leitch Technology Corporation has appointed Tim Thorsteinson as president and chief executive. Thorsteinson joins Leitch after leaving his position at Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions where he was responsible for the broadcast product line. Formerly the president of the video and networking division of Tektronix, Thorsteinson also ran ...
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Living TV puts celebs in haunted house
Living TV is hoping to have its own group of celebrities screaming 'get me out of here' in a live reality show with a paranormal twist.
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Celebrities to be made to learn Welsh
Janet Street-Porter and former Hi De Hi star Ruth Madoc are two of the stars set to take part in a Welsh language Big Brother-style show commissioned by S4C. Cariad@iaith , produced by Cardiff-based indie Fflic, will follow a selection of celebrities as they study ...
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Celador up for Oscar
The debut production from Celador Films, the movie offshoot of indie Celador Productions, has been nominated for an Oscar. Dirty Pretty Things , which was developed with BBC Films, is up for the best original screenplay award for the script written by Steve Knight. All3Media ...
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MPC buys licences
The Moving Picture Company (MPC) has picked up another batch of plug-in licences from visual effects sparks developer The Foundry. The company has purchased 22 remote-processing licences and four full licences of Furnace for their Shake systems. Paddy Eason, visual effects supervisor at The Moving Picture Company, said that the ...
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ITV news refreshes brand
ITV News has unveiled its new look and£1m state of the art set, which will accompany its relaunch on 2 February - the day the merger between Carlton and Granada becomes official. The revamp will mark the creation of the ITV News Group when national, international and regional news services ...
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Jago bids to stay put
Becky Jago, Chris Tarrant's sidekick on Capital Radio, has been tipped to keep her position on the breakfast show when Johnny Vaughan takes over in a few months. Insiders claimed she has produced the strongest demo tape and has the best chemistry of all contenders with the ...
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BBC Broadcast ups capability
BBC Broadcast is to tighten up the playout operations at its Broadcast Centre facility in preparation for the launch of services from the site in April.
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BBC worldwide sends wildlife to Croatia
BBC Worldwide has re-signed a deal with Croatia's national broadcaster to provide a weekly block of wildlife programming. The 12-month agreement with HRT will see programmes such as Born to be Wild, Big Cat Diary and Wild Down Under broadcast in a one-hour, weekly slot branded BBC Wild. The channel ...
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Avid buys German software outfit
Editing and graphics equipment manufacturer Avid Technology has bought the German company NXN Software in a cash transaction worth around£24m, writes Farah Jifri.
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Terrorist attack on financial systems at heart of new show
The critically acclaimed 'doomsday drama' The Day Britain Stopped is set for a return to BBC2 after the channel's controller, Jane Root, commissioned a follow-up from Wall to Wall, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Ascent fills gaps
Ascent Media has moved quickly to replace its departing senior management team of Sam Husain and Simon Kay by appointing a new finance director and two managing directors. Terry Downing will be the new chief financial officer - he was previously finance director at AOL UK. David Barrett becomes managing ...
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Emap appoints Kerrang! boss
Emap has taken a step closer to launching its West Midlands rock station Kerrang! with the appointment of Andrew Jeffries as programme director.
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Apple-based facility opens in London
Exactly 20 years after the first Apple Macintosh computer was sold as a consumer product, a post-production facility has been set up in London based purely on Apple G5s, writes John Oates.
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Central to air house-building challenge
ITV1 Central has ordered a new series from Carlton and indie Newman Productions, which follows a race to build two brand new houses from scratch. The 7 x 30-minute series, which is also being made into a longer 10 x 30-minute series for Discovery Home and Leisure, is called ...