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Five Saturday slot for duel masters
Five has acquired the latest animé series from the maker of Pokémon after signing a deal with distributor Entertainment Rights. Duel Masters will air in Five's Saturday morning action slot, targeting boys aged seven to 11, from the autumn. The 26 x 30-minute series, spawned by a Japanese comic and ...
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Two more leave TSI for Evolutions
Evolutions Television has poached two more senior staff from rival TSI, bringing the number of ex-TSI staff at the Berners Street facility to four.
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Living TV orders more Queer Eye
Living TV has commissioned a second series of the British version of hit US gay makeover show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy - and has also succeeded in selling the show back to America.
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HD first for UK TV
Metro Broadcast, BowTie TV and ntl last week aired the UK's first commercial 4:2:2, MPeg-encoded, high definition transmission in Dolby 5.1 surround. NHK, the Japanese broadcaster, chose Metro to project manage the first European transmission of Nodojiman , the long-running Japanese karaoke entertainment show. It ...
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Glassworks flames
Glassworks has bought four HD-compatible Flames to cater for an increase in HD work. Managing director Hector MacLeod said: 'The new Discreet suites can work at HD but when they work at standard definition the difference will really be noticed.' Glassworks is due to work on the new Robbie Williams ...
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Ofcom imposes subtitle rules
Minority channels including Sky One and E4 are to be forced to provide subtitling and audio description for the first time.
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ITN to vote on rights for news staff
ITN will this Friday vote on new terms for staff hoping to move to BSkyB when it takes over the Five News contract at the end of the year and could strike if they are rejected. The NUJ and Bectu have been locked in talks with ITN and Five since ...
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New pepper kit
Pepper has installed Finaliser, the Edifis colour processor and finishing system, to replace the Ursa Diamond that it sold to TK One in May. Finaliser provides extensive creative capabilities in disk-based and tape-to-tape colour correction, in HD as well as standard definition. Managing director Patrick Holzen said: 'We were looking ...
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Pepper shakes up love story
Pepper has completed picture post on BBC2 drama When I'm 64. The film is an unconventional love story about two gay men who reach retirement, and look back on the difficulties they experienced coming out in their youth. Colourist Chris Beeton graded and Simon ...
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Zeppotron's new MD
Endemol UK subsidiary Zeppotron has appointed Annabel Jones as its new managing director. She fills the role vacated by Paul Gilheany eight months ago. Jones was previously Endemol's head of business development and will not be replaced.
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UBC reports sales up
UBC Media, the group developing Channel 4's first radio venture, has reported a 78% rise in sales at its commercial division in the first quarter. The commercial unit, which produces and sells news bulletins to radio stations around the country, accounted for 40% of group revenues last year.
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NewsDigital switchover set to cost£1bn
Broadcasters have told media secretary Tessa Jowell that the cost of digital switchover could be as high as£1bn.
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NewsPact warns ITV over terms of trade
Pact chief executive John McVay fired a warning shot at ITV this week, saying he was very near to making a formal complaint to Ofcom if the broadcaster does not begin new terms of trade discussions with independent producers very soon.
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NewsBBC halts£6m film as Equity cries foul
A£6m BBC project to create a big-screen movie made entirely by amateurs is facing the axe amid criticism from actors' union Equity that it would deprive professional actors of work.
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NewsFive show puts celebs in 19th-century farm
Five's new reality show from Big Brother producer Endemol will challenge celebrities to fend for themselves on a 19th-century farm.
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Pact pushes for better radio deal
Producers' alliance Pact is lobbying the BBC in an attempt to secure improved terms of trade for its members that make radio programmes.
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BBC to send soap stars to Africa
Characters from BBC1 soaps such as EastEnders could find themselves in Africa next summer as part of plans to relocate the channel to the continent for a week of special programming.
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NewsSambrook: Hutton no longer an issue for us
Outgoing BBC director of news Richard Sambrook claimed this week the Hutton inquiry was no longer an issue for the corporation's journalists.
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Crown Media ends Hallmark bidding
The deadline for firm bids for Crown Media's international Hallmark business closed this week, with Japanese giant Sony tipped as the strongest bidder.