All Broadcast articles in 28 July 2006 – Page 2
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NewsUKTV snaps up US Food
UKTV and US lifestyle broadcaster Scripps Networks have signed an acquisitions deal for food-related programming.
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The Farm merges Squash into Uncle
The Farm Group's DVD arm, Squash, is moving out of its Soho premises and merging with Farm subsidiary Uncle in west London.
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ITV ties down Schofield for This Morning
ITV has agreed an exclusive two-year deal with presenter Phillip Schofield that will see him continue to host popular daytime series This Morning. The new deal will also see the former children's TV presenter front a new series of Dancing ...
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Time Warner chief honoured by Mipcom
The chairman and chief executive of US media giant Time Warner, Richard Parsons, has been named TV personality of the year by Mipcom. He will be honoured in an industry event at the TV festival in Cannes on 11 October. Time Warner's businesses include cable network HBO, CNN owner Turner ...
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New jvc cameras
JVC has launched new versions of its ProHD 100 series. The new GY-HD110 and 111 camcorders have features including simultaneous use of both eyepiece viewfinder and tri-mode LCD display, the option of switching the viewfinder to black and white display and a selectable mirror mode on a vertically flipped LCD ...
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VTR buys Clear
Prime Focus-owned VTR plc has completed its acquisition of visual effects house Clear for£300,000 in cash and around 2 million VTR shares. The move comes after Broadcast revealed the company's plans to take over the boutique last month ( Broadcast, ...
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Sky online boost
Sky has taken full control of web publishing company mykindaplace as part of the satellite group's strategy to expand its online presence and better serve teenage and over-45 audiences.
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NAO to look at BBC
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has called in the taxpayers' watchdog to scrutinise the BBC's bid to raise the licence fee to£180.
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SNP demands meeting with BBC over cuts
The Scottish National Party has demanded a meeting with BBC director general Mark Thompson amid fears the corporation is planning a further 10% cutback, on top of the 15% already being pushed through in the country.
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Yomego to supply avatars for MTV Flux
Glaswegian-based interactive company Yomego - which was responsible for creating a virtual Geoff Boycott for Five's website - has been commissioned to supply 3D avatars for new user-generated content channel MTV Flux.
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Arqiva wins Nick job
Transmissions specialist Arqiva has won a five-year contract with Nickleodeon to uplink Nick Jr 2 onto the Sky platform. The channel will be uplinked to the Eurobird satellite and broadcast on the C3 transponder so pre-school children can catch up with Nick Jr shows such as ...
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Rainbow goes all HD
Rainbow Post has upgraded from a Symphony to a Symphony Nitris. It joins the Quantel eQ in the online department and has been installed primarily to work on programmes edited on Avid offline systems including an upcoming HD series for National Geographic Channel, Naked Science ...
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E-auctions for wet hire to roll out across BBC
The BBC is to expand its eBay-style auction used to select crew and kit hire firms for its preferred suppliers list to the rest of the corporation.
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Film4 scores a hit with free-to-air launch
Channel 4's movie channel Film Four received a massive boost in viewers when it was relaunched as a free-to-air channel under the name Film4 earlier this week.
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Ventuz 3D launch
3D graphics software developer Ventuz Technology Group has launched a 3D content authoring and rendering package designed for TV graphics, digital signage and presentations. The range includes authoring tools for presentation creation, extensions for broadcast TV production and tools to create, schedule and update distributed digital signage systems.
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id3tv titles the Road to Hell
Id3tv has created the opening title sequence and programme graphics for Big Easy Productions' M25 - the Road to Hell, which looks at the motorway's infamous history on its 20th anniversary. Designed and produced by id3tv's creative director, Ian Carley, the sequence grades fiery, hell-like effects across the motorway footage ...
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Challenge to show Miss World 2006
Challenge has picked up the exclusive UK rights to the 56th Miss World 2006 competition - the second year running the event has failed to secure a terrestrial window.
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NewsMcGrath leaves Redback to launch indie
Redback Films' managing director Vivian McGrath is leaving the Tinopolis-owned company to set up her own indie.