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Imago inks Extreme entertainment deal
Indie Imago Productions has signed a joint-venture deal with Extreme Entertainment to represent its new projects around the world. The deal is intended to generate
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Mouse could die out
Editors may one day cut programmes the way Tom Cruise controlled his anti-crime application in the film Minority Report if research at the University of Salford comes to fruition. The university is using tracking technology from Vicon to 'demonstrate and evaluate real-world ways for people to interact with computers and ...
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RDF wins two travel shows from five
Five controller, features and entertainment Ben Frow has ordered two travel shows from RDF Media - Great Escapes and The World's 20 Best?. The shows are due to air next month and were both executive produced by RDF chief executive David Frank
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Hallmark pulls out of international TV
US giant Hallmark is pulling out of all its international TV operations including the UK. Its subsidiary Crown Media, which distributes the Hallmark channel in 122 countries and sells programmes from the Hallmark library, said this week it wanted to focus on the US market only. Assets up for sale ...
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Low-cost tv station
Trimedia has completed the design and implementation of a fully digital TV station for Viavision's three new for-profit channels. Built for just over£700,000 - a fraction of the cost of a usual operation - the small studios use Globecaster clip playback, an Incite server and Air Box scheduling software rather ...
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Monet shows at NAB
Imagineer systems will unveil Monet, its start-to-finish image insertion solution, at NAB next week. The product is used for inserting images, moving or still, into moving footage. Monet was developed in collaboration with Cinesite for use on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban but is touted as having widespread ...
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NewsITV turns to Cowell to fill Pop Idol slot
ITV has called in Simon Cowell's new independent production company, Simcow, to make a Saturday night replacement for Pop Idol.
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NewsAbrupt end for Forever Eden
Mentorn's push into the US has been dealt a major blow after Fox TV shelved its $20m 'never-ending' reality show Forever Eden just a month into its run.
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NewsSky: bring BBC under Ofcom
BSkyB, has called on the government to bring the BBC fully under Ofcom and give BBC1 and BBC2 specific remits.
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NewsLiving TV sends divorced couples on honeymoon
Divorced couples are to be flown back to their honeymoon destination to consider where it all went wrong for a Living TV series.
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NewsBBC reality show to look at family life
The BBC is developing one of its most ambitious shows ever - a docu-soap with Big Brother -style cameras installed in family homes throughout Britain.
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ITV puts£20m into Midsomer
ITV has made another long-order commission, taking 16 episodes of Bentley Productions' detective series Midsomer Murders in a deal worth around£20m.
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4 Ventures plans gambling service
Channel 4 racing is to offer punters the chance to gamble via the on-screen red button for the first time in a new deal struck by 4 Ventures.
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Mentorn picks BBC exec for factual role
Mentorn has poached the deputy editor of Panorama to head its factual division weeks after the BBC swooped on the indie's director of development.
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NewsByford to set out his stall
Acting BBC director general Mark Byford will attempt to rally staff morale next week with a major address in which he will launch an initiative to improve training and internal communication.
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Fake lottery winners run amok in latest Sky show
Sky One is continuing the trend for cruel reality shows with a series in which members of the public dupe friends and families into believing they've won the lottery.
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NewsFox pulls UK indie shows
Mentorn and Lion Television have both been delivered a blow by US network Fox TV after their ambitious reality shows were yanked from the schedule after just a month.
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Hawking (BBC2) - Nancy Banks-Smith, Guardian
'You could spend 90 happy minutes in its company.'...
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Hawking (BBC2) - Joe Joseph, The Times
'Stephen Moffat's ingenuity with the scientific exposition made you wince with disbelief.'...