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Fremantle buys Aussie company
Fremantle media has bought Australian TV production company Crackerjack to develop Antipodean versions of Talkback formats such as How Clean is Your House?, writes Michael Rosser
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Another TV burp for Harry Hill
Comedian Harry Hill is to present a second series of his comedy TV review show Harry Hill's TV Burp. ITV controller of comedy Sioned Wiliam has asked Avalon Television to make the 8 x 30-minute show, two more episodes than the
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Carlton to make kids series with Spanish animator
Carlton International and Spanish animation company Zinkia Entertainment have teamed up on a new pre-school TV property, Pocoyo, which has already been commissioned by ITV. The show, which uses Pixar-style 3D CGI animation, centres around a young child called Pocoyo, and a host of other characters. Fifty-two x 7-minute episodes ...
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Altered Images moves
Altered Images, the broadcast technology reseller has moved from south-west London to Shepperton as part of an expansion plan. It has already acquired a new distribution partner, Lynx Technik, a German company which develops and makes hardware and software solutions for the broadcast industry. Altered Images is to be the ...
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Granada's Allsop leaves to be consultant
Granada controller of format sales and acquisitions Malcolm Allsop is leaving the company to work as an independent consultant in the international arena. Allsop, who as Anglia's director of programmes was responsible for launching The Vanessa Feltz Showfor ITV, also discovered Trisha Goddard in Australia ...
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Carlton and ABC sign co-pro deal
Carlton has signed a multi-million pound deal with Australian broadcaster ABC to co-produce a raft of factual programming, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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C4 snaps up latest touchstone cop show
Channel 4 has acquired the free-to-air and pay-TV rights to Touchstone Television's new FBI drama, Line of Fire. Written and directed by Rod Lurie, whose credits include The Contenderand The Last Castle, ...
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Animated Wimbledon airs on C4
New Balls Please is the latest Channel 4 short film from Sherbet director Richard James. The story is about a clash between defending Wimbledon champion Kurt Bruckner and up-and-coming star Jorge Romeo. James created his own Centre Court using Flash animation combined with After Effects and 3D Studio Max. Sound ...
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Mezzo does scary job for C4
The 100 Greatest Scariest Moments is the latest in the Greatest of... series from Channel 4. The shows, produced by Yorkshire and Tyne Tees TV, have all been branded with graphics that use a video wall. For this latest instalment, head of design Paul Peppiate of Leeds-based Mezzo decided to ...
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C4 looks at Princess Di's guys
Channel 4 is to screen a revealing two-part documentary spotlighting the men who featured in the life of the late Princess Diana.
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Monkey tests couples for C4 pilot
Monkey, the indie behind shows such as Swag and Make My Day, is to make a pilot for Channel 4 which will test the commitment of an engaged couple. Ex Ratedwill see the couple ...
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Tern TV to review 2003 for discovery
Scottish indie Tern Television has received its first international commission from Discovery Europe to produce a new review show. 2003 will air on New Year's Day 2004 and look back at the year's events. Ordered by director of programmes Katy Thorogood, the 60-minute programme will ...
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R2 deputy sought
BBC executive Lesley Douglas is set to succeed Jim Moir as controller of BBC Radio 2 and is now considering who to appoint as her deputy. Douglas, who is currently head of programmes at R2, will take over the position on 5 January when Moir retires. She will also be ...
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Jump gives Ab Fab 1980s look
Absolutely Fab-ulous returns this Friday with a new title sequence created by Jump Design. Che Guevara posters, punk record sleeves and 1980s-style magazines, such as ID, inspired the new sequence, which is a departure from previous Ab Fab titles which relied solely on the typography of the logo. Stills of ...
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NewsNew Sky One chief to review 14 pilots
Independent producers commissioned by Sara Ramsden to make pilots for around 14 new shows for Sky One are now waiting to see whether the channel's new chief, James Baker, will back or drop their ideas, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsC4 accuses police over doc
The delicate relationship of trust between investigative journalists and the police could be destroyed, Channel 4's head of documentaries, Peter Dale, has warned after officers threatened to block one of its documentaries, writes Lisa Campbell.
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NewsDisney signals Flextech interest
Disney's most senior UK executive has revealed the entertainment giant would buy Telewest content arm Flextech if the price was right, write Colin Robertson and Rosemary Gallagher.
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NewsC4 to counter Blaine flak with famine doc
Channel 4 plans to counter criticism that its coverage of David Blaine's latest stunt trivialises third-world hunger, with an important film in which award-winning African journalist Sorious Samura spends a month living with undernourished Ethiopians, writes Colin Robertson.
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Ant & Dec to make US show in the UK
Geordie presenting duo Ant and Dec are finally 'off' to the US after signing a deal for a pilot of their ITV show Saturday Night Takeawaywith Fox - but in an unprecedented twist they will stay in the UK to make it, ...
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LNN poised to unveil job cuts
London News Network (LNN) is poised to announce major cuts of between 30 and 75 jobs at its 105-strong newsroom as Carlton and Granada prepare to merge the regional service into ITN, writes Michael Rosser.