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Elliott recommissions Midsomer Murders
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Bentley Productions to make a sixth series of Midsomer Murders. The 5 x 120-minute series once again stars John Nettles as DCI Tom Barnaby. The executive producer is Brian True-May with Ian Strachan as line producer. Directors are Sarah Hellings, Peter Smith ...
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The Bridge to make Brighton Festival doc
Independent The Bridge has been commissioned to make a television documentary charting the Brighton Festival for BBC South and BBC South East. The Brighton-based outfit tracked the 700 events that took place over the 23 days of England's biggest arts festival in May. BBC South East head of regional and ...
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Sky One to look at the real Lewis and Tyson
Sky One is to air a documentary previewing the big fight between Lennox Lewis and Mike Tyson, examining the men behind the machismo. Lewis vs Tyson: Gloves Offwill be shown at 21.00 on Tuesday (4 June) and will cover the background to the fight and ...
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Jubilee events set OB record
The technical requirements for the Queen's Jubilee weekend celebrations are huge and have resulted in the largest temporary outside broadcast and media facility ever constructed for a single event, writes Barbara Marshall
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Walston leaves Liberty group
In a shock move, Liberty Livewire president and chief executive Robert Walston has left the US facilities giant that owns London's 4MC, Rushes, SVC and Soho 601 - 'to pursue other interests', writes Barbara Marshall
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BBC US deal signals the start of 'video jockey' reporting
The BBC signed a major deal with a US consultant last Tuesday (21 May) that will see around half of all journalists from nations and regions train to become 'video jockeys' (VJs), writes Claire Atkinson
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Orange and GWR develop mobile link
Classic FM-owner GWR Group is working with Orange to develop a digital audio broadcast link using mobile telephones, writes Barbara Marshall
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Punk's 25th birthday
Malcolm Garrett, designer of several 1977 seminal punk rock record sleeves, created the titles for The Punk Years, a 10-part history of punk rock produced by Free@last TV for Play UK. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the birth of punk, the series features interviews with major players from the era, ...
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Resources in rebrand
BBC Resources is to reintroduce individual identities for services such as studios, outside broadcasts and post-production, which will now be known as BBC studios, BBC outside broadcast and BBC post-production instead of the generic BBC Resources. The graphic design division will retain its MediaArc moniker. Collectively, the activities will continue ...
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Virtual idea for Scots
Metro Ecosse has created a virtual parliamentary newsroom for the Scottish Parliament, which moved to Aberdeen on Monday (27 May) for one week. The parliament has vacated its usual Edinburgh home to allow the Church of Scotland to return temporarily to The Mound for its general annual assembly. The parliament's ...
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New owner at Air-Edel
Music publisher and rights owner Sanctuary Group has bought the company behind the Walking with Dinosaurs soundtrack - Air-Edel. Set up by former Beatles producer George Martin and Herman Edel more than 30 years ago, Air-Edel represents over 40 artists whose credits range from Oscar-winning films such as ...
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Avid moves to Soho
Avid Technology has moved the majority of its UK operation from Pinewood Studios to new premises in Soho. The Poland Street office houses 20 staff covering sales, marketing, technical support and product specialists. Demonstration facilities cover the full range of products from Avid Xpress DV to Avid DS HD and ...
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Clipvault put on show
London's Printout Video Publishing was showing its low-cost Clipvault online video distribution service at the Production Show last week. The service allows regular or occasional users to deliver video, picture and audio files over the internet from as little as£25 per 100 megabytes. The files are saved on a central ...
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BBC in five-figure compensation payout
The BBC has paid out a five-figure sum to Kamal Khalfan, the director of Omani diamond firm Oryx which was falsely linked to the al-Qaida network in a BBC news report last October, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsKingston reports sharp profit increase
Hull-based telecoms and media firm Kingston Communications today said it was well placed for further revenue growth as it reported a sharp increase in underlying profits in its final results, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsC5 ups peaktime arts programming
Channel 5 has boosted its commitment to peaktime arts programming by commissioning a raft of new programmes for its 19.00 slot, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsEU gives BBC's new digital services the all-clear
The European Commission has given approval to the BBC's new digital radio and television services after ruling they were not anti-competitive, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Independent CHX branches out into film
Independent CHX Productions is to expand into the film industry for the first time after releasing details of its first cinematic ventures, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsGWR dismisses Capital merger rumours
GWR has dismissed reports that it is in talks with Capital Radio over a merger of the two companies, writes Georgina Lipscomb