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De Lane Lea sold to US film outfit
London audio post-production facility De Lane Lea has been bought by a US company which pledges to make the facility a rival to those in Hollywood, writes Sam Espensen.
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September Sky deal
September Films has sold its extreme makeover reality series Snip & Tuckto Sky One. The 10 x 60-minute series, which focuses on a New York plastic surgery clinic, is executive produced by Sam Brick and Sally Miles and produced by Andy Harrison. Sky One plans ...
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Wife Swap in further deals
RDF media has completed further deals on its break-out hit Wife Swap following its commission last week from US network ABC for a full series.
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Nick Jr pins down three new shows
Nickelodeon UK has made three acquisitions for its pre-school channel Nick Jr. Angelina Ballerina, a 39 x 30-minute series from Hit Entertainment featuring the voices of Judi Dench and her daughter Finty Williams, I Spy, a 26 x 30-minute show ...
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Hodgson in plea for less Ofcom duties
Patricia Hodgson, the chief executive of the Independent Television Commission, has called for fewer duties and responsibilities to be imposed on new super-regulator Ofcom once it takes over from the ITC. In a speech at the Treasury on Wednesday night (15 October), Hodgson said Ofcom has been charged with deregulating ...
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Paramount orders first original shows
Paramount Comedy has ordered its first original commissions. Director of programming Heather Jones has ordered a home-grown chatshow, which is being shot at this month's Paramount Comedy Festival in Brighton and fronted by Jo Brand. The plan is to pilot it this year and develop it as a series for ...
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French resistance
Zeal Television and R&G productions in France have secured a deal with French broadcaster Comedie to make a local version of surreal BBC3 gameshow format Resistance. The French version of the Chatterbox format will be made by R&G as a 60 x 5-minute series to ...
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Global Midsomer
Chrysalis Distribution has announced further deals for its hit drama Midsomer Murders, made by Bentley Productions. The 13 x 100-minute series seven and eight have been pre-sold to France 3, while South Africa's SABC3 has acquired a total of seven episodes from series five and ...
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Unions reject granada pay offer
Broadcast unions Bectu, the National Union of Journalists and Amicus have unanimously rejected Granada's pay offer of 2%. Around 60 union representatives met on Tuesday (14 October), where they agreed to ask the company for a new offer. Granada offered a cash rise of 2% to all employees who had ...
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Hampshire upgrades
Broadcast kit reseller McMillan has supplied£50,000 of new technology to Hampshire Street Studios. The three-year-old studio, based in north London, has added Panasonic camera equipment and an Avid Xpress Pro suite to existing facilities. The Hampshire Street Studio has been used so far for all kinds of production, including corporate ...
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Ofcom to tackle 'regional' issue
Ofcom is planning a crackdown on what counts as a regional operation for indie producers and could insist on senior indie staff living in the area where the office is based, writes Jane Marlow.
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Japan to be tested
Indie Talent Television has brokered a deal for a Japanese version of Test the Nation. The Eyeworks live event format, which has been screened in the UK on BBC1, is set to air later this year on TV Asahi and is co-produced with TV Man ...
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A view from MipCom
Allen and Green have been doing a lot of posturing lately yet few have heard of ITV outside the UK. Neverthless it was the talk of the town at last weekend's feisty Mipcom, says Broadcastnews editor Colin Robertson
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New OB vision mixer
An ultra-compact vision mixer designed for use in OB vehicles is being made available by broadcast solutions specialist Eyeheight. Managing director Martin Moore said the system was developed in response to 'the demand for a robust system which can be used as the main vision mixer in today's ultra-compact OB ...
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Pye resurfaces at Sony
Former Granada senior executive Chris Pye has resurfaced with a new role as vice-president of worldwide formats at Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI), writes Michael Rosser.
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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, ...