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MTV and Tiger Aspect plan kids series
Indie Tiger Aspect has teamed up with MTV to produce a 13-part, live-action series for CITV, writes Penny Hughes
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Nigella indie to look at the Great British bottom
Channel 4 has commissioned Nigella Lawson's indie, Pabulum Productions, to produce a 60-minute special on the history of the backside, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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C4 moves fast on Washington sniper film
Ideal World Productions is working on a one-hour, fast-turnaround documentary for Channel 4 charting the recent reign of terror inflicted on the US by the Washington sniper, writes Penny Hughes
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Foyle's War gets second series from Elliott
Greenlit Productions second world war crime drama Foyle's Warhas been commissioned for a second series before its first series has even finished its run. ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered 4 x 120-minutes of the series. Executive producer is Greenlit Productions head Jill ...
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HTV commissions pop factory music awards
Welsh indie Avanti Productions has been commissioned by HTV controller and director of programmes Elis Owen to produce a 60-minute awards show spin-off from its regular music strand The Pop Factory. The Pop Factory Awardstakes place in a disused lemonade ...
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ITV 2 to show warm-up to comedy awards
ITV 2 head of programmes Daniella Neumann has ordered a 60-minute special starring Jack Dee as a warm-up show for this year's British Comedy Awards. Countdown to the British Comedy Awards will be produced by Michael Hurll Television, which also produces the main awards ceremony ...
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The Bridge plans doc about Brighton music
Brighton-based indie The Bridge is to make a 6 x 30-minute series on the rise of the Brighton music scene for Meridian. The series, Brighton Beats, which will include the story of Fatboy Slim's notorious free beach parties and cover regional bands such as Electric ...
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BBC 1 to air Elton John special for Xmas
Elton John is to perform some of his most memorable songs in a special one-off concert for BBC 1. Elton John at the Royal Opera House, which will be recorded early next month to air around Christmas, will feature a 90-piece orchestra made up of ...
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Midsomer Murders wins two more orders
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has ordered a further two series of Bentley Productions' crime drama Midsomer Murders. The seventh series will be a 6 x 120-minute run with filming beginning in mid-May next year. A minimum of four other programmes have also been ...
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Men & Motors to show a-z of sex in the US
Men & Motors channel manager Lesley Johnson has commissioned Leeds-based indie Daisybeck Productions to produce Emma's A to Z of American Sex. The 13 x 30-minute series as been shot on location in the US will be broadcast early next year. The series will be ...
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Radio 4 drama snaps up Sex and the City star
Sex and the City actor Kyle MacLachlan has been lined up to star in a radio drama for BBC Radio 4. Love Letters, by American playwright Albert Ramsdell Gurney, is a 45-minute drama which revolves around the love letters written between characters Andrew Ladd (played ...
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Riverside Studios gets£3m revamp
Riverside Studios, the BBC's old Hammersmith base and former home to Chris Evans' TFI Fridayshow, has been given a£3m overhaul with the addition of permanent in-house sound, lighting and vision facilities, writes Colin Robertson
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Investor group buys out Maidstone
A consortium of Kent business people is pondering its next move after paying£4.25m for complete ownership of Maidstone Studios, writes John Oates
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Resellers anxious over Avid direct sales tack
Avid resellers and users are becoming increasingly worried by the manufacturer's attempts to sell products direct to its customers, writes John Oates
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Farm posts top 45s
Soho facility The Farm has completed titles and post work on this weekend's flagship Channel 4 show The Top 100 Best Selling UK Singles. The three-hour programme, produced by Chrysalis Television, counts down the biggest songs in UK chart history. Designed by Editbox operator Marcus ...
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British Pathe online
British Pathe Ltd has put its 3,500-hour archive online and has already seen a big jump in sales. British Pathe managing director Julian Aston said: 'We've already seen a 20 per cent jump in orders. For our core audience of documentary researchers this makes life much easier and cheaper. But, ...
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5D jobs may be saved
Post-production manufacturer 5D may be brought back from the brink - and some jobs could be saved. Stan Coltman, senior manager at Tenon Recovery, said he was still hoping to sell the company and some people could be re-employed. Coltman said several interested parties had been shown round the company ...
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Cheap PCI card on sale
Broadcasters such as Channel 4, which have been pushing for post-production to be done at DigiBeta quality, will welcome a cheap-to-buy Mac card that allows producers to do uncompressed editing on Apple's Final Cut Pro. The Blackmagic Design DeckLink card, designed to connect directly to digital broadcast tape decks, allows ...
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Hogan joins TMR
Soho post facility The Machine Room has poached telecine colourist James Hogan from VCC Germany. Hogan, who has also worked for Complete Video, FrameStore and Wiseman London, will work on The Machine Room's Thomson HD Shadow and Ursa Diamond telecines. While in Germany, Hogan worked on both features and commercials. ...
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NewsSimply Television to launch Asian channel
Simply Television is set to launch a new channel aimed at Asians living in the UK, after tying up strategic partnerships with key Asian content suppliers, writes Paul Revoir