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Endemol in court over Champ show
Mark Burnett, the British producer behind reality show Survivor , has challenged Endemol to a bout in the US courts over rival reality boxing shows. Burnett, who is producing The Contender with Dreamworks for US network NBC, has called on ...
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Format Focus: A Chef in the Family
In this reality show, another offering from Scandinavian format specialist Strix, a top chef joins a family to show them new and exciting alternatives to their daily fare.
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Two Way names CTO
Two Way TV has appointed Simon Teppet as its new chief technology officer. Teppet leaves his position of vice president of technology, interactive services division at Chello Broadband. He was previously head of new media technology at Sky. Two Way TV's previous CTO, Richard Kydd, left to join NTL as ...
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Davies to star in ITV road movie
ITV has commissioned Zenith Entertainment to make a 90-minute comedy drama, billed as 'the ultimate road movie - on foot'.
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Outpost Digital opens HD site in move to Noho
US Facility house Outpost Digital is opening a purpose-built HD facility in Gresse Street, north of Oxford Street in London, so it can compete in both short-form and long-form markets.
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Miles starts distributor
Former September Films chief operating officer Sally Miles, who left the indie six months ago, has set up her own distribution company, supported by venture capitalists Ingenious Media.
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Kerrang!'s launch leader steps down
The managing director of West Midlands rock station Kerrang! 105.2, Lynne Wood, has quit with no job to go to.
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Peter Duncan takes son on trip for Five
Former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan has been commissioned by Five to make a travel documentary starring his son. Five controller of children's programmes Nick Wilson has ordered the 30-minute documentary Arthur's Trip from indie Here's One I Made Earlier. ...
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Farm Group posts Love for Ealin
The Farm Group has completed post on The Great Love Swindle for Ealing Studios. In the six-part series four self-proclaimed expert daters compete to get a woman to say 'I love you'; However, the women are actresses briefed to make their lives hell. The titles ...
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First job for Total Eclipse
TOTAL Eclipse Television, the new indie set up by former Carlton controller of children's David Mercer, has won its first commission, with a Christmas show for the BBC.
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Hutton journalist to talk at Edinburgh
Andrew Gilligan, the former Today programme journalist at the heart of the recent Hutton inquiry, is to give a lecture on broadcast journalism at next week's Edinburgh TV festival. Meanwhile, new Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan is to make his first major appearance at ...
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Saunders joins Evolutions
Evolutions Television has taken on Saunders and Gordon founder Robin Saunders as dubbing mixer to staff its new audio suite as it pursues short-form business.
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Lawrence joins Sky One as exec producer
Former World of Wonder head of development Jacquie Lawrence has joined Sky One as an executive producer on a three-month contract.
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Frost to do occasional interview series
The BBC has commissioned an occasional interview series featuring Sir David Frost after confirming his long-running Sunday morning show Breakfast with Frost is to end. The Frost Interview - part of a new three-year deal signed by Frost with the ...
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High Point goes into production
Drama distributor High Point Films and Television is to move into original production for the first time with the creation of an in-house division.
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Molinare hiring
Compositor Stuart Highsted has joined Molinare from M2. Highsted, who has previously worked on rebranding for MTV and Discovery, joins the Fouberts Place facility to drive its new HD Nitris. Managing director Mark Foligno said: 'Stuart's been brought in to bolster our high-end visual effects and CGI team as we ...
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Parkinson snares Hollywood stars
Titanic star Kate Winslet, Denzel Washington and The Office creator Ricky Gervais have been added to the list of guests for Michael Parkinson's new Saturday night ITV1 chat-show, which kicks off in September. The show has already confirmed Tom ...
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The Mill upgrades
Visual effects company The Mill is centralising its workflow by upgrading its 26 Flame, Smoke, Inferno and Backdraft systems and is purchasing a new Smoke. The new versions give the systems multi-resolution capabilities, which make it easier to deal with projects that have been shot across a range of formats. ...
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Wright picks Skin
Max Wright has turned down the role of creative manager at Discovery Networks to join design agency Skin as copywriter/director. Wright joins from Bruce Dunlop Associates where he was a creative manager for the Hallmark Channel's promo output. He also worked across projects for Simple, Ford and Land Rover. Wright ...
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NewsLygo handed£20m for C4 content push
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has been handed an extra£20m to plough into drama, comedy and current affairs.