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NewsNAB Show Focus: broadcast graphics
Companies that produce automated 2D and 3D graphics for live TV were out in force at NAB with a range of new products and technologies.
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MEDIA 100 POSTS THIRD-QUARTER LOSS
Media 100 has announced a net loss of $172,000 (£104,000) or 2 cents per share for its third quarter ending 31 August. The figures, however, include the write-down of intangible assets
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POUSHKINE CRASHES OUT OF GLASSWORKS
Glassworks general manager Georgina Poushkine has left the company after less than six months in the job. Managing director Hector MacLeod confirmed that Poushkine left the facility early last week. He
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TELE-CINE LURES RUSSELL FROM MOLINARE
Tele-Cine has poached former Molinare dubbing mixer Alan Russell to strengthen its audio department. Russell, who has been at Molinare for two years, is expected to arrive at Tele-Cine's Charlotte Street
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SGI FINDS 'MYSTERY PARTNER' FOR CRAY
SGI announced it has found a financial partner for its troubled super computer subsidiary, Cray Research, but is refusing to say who it is. SGI senior vice-president product group John Beau
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SYMPHONY STRIKES CHORD WITH FRONTIERPOST
London edit facility FrontierPost has signed a deal with MetroTyrell to buy the latest version of Avid Technology uncompressed online system Symphony. The order also includes a 180Gb fibre-channel disk array
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LOUGH HOUSE TO BUILD FILM STUDIOS ON ISLE OF MAN
Isle of Man media company Lough House Group is planning to construct a film studio complex on the island. Expected to be finished next spring, the complex is being built on
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ITK HAILS FIRST EURO ORDER FOR MILLENNIUM MACHINE
Innovation TK (ITK) has announced the first European order for its new high-end telecine Millennium Machine from Amsterdam facility Valkieser.Delivery of the machine, which will include a 4k option, is expected
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PRIX ITALIA AND RAI PLAN NEW PROGRAMME SALES MARKET
The Prix Italia and RAI are planning to launch a new programme sales market next year specialising in quality television and radio shows. The market will be held alongside the Prix
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CARLTON INTERNATIONAL UNVEILS MIPCOM LINE-UP
Carlton International's Mipcom line-up will include new ITV Sean Bean action vehicle Extremely Dangerous (4 x 60-minutes), along with new John Thaw dramas Monsignor Renard (4 x 90-minutes) and The Waiting
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PEAKVIEWING TAKES KIDS' TRIO TO MARKET
UK indie distributor Peakviewing Transatlantic will debut three new 26 x 11-minute pre-school children's series, Let's Go, Let's Make and Let's See, in the south of France next week. The educational
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GERI HEADS MINOTAUR SLATE FOR CANNES
Minotaur International's new programming slate to be unveiled at Mipcom next week will include Molly Dineen's Channel 4 documentary about former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, Geri (90-minutes). In association with La
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NVC ARTS TAKES OZ HISTORY TO MIPCOM
Specialist music and arts distributor NVC Arts will take new programming including Oxford Television Company documentary series Beyond The Fatal Shore (right) (6 x 60-minutes), a landmark BBC series about Australia
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MTE TO PREMIERE BRUCE CHATWIN DOCUMENTARY
Documentary In The Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin (2 x 60-minutes) is among the new titles UK distributor Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) will be taking to Cannes. Other new MTE programming for
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WORLDWIDE EXTENDS RUGBY LEAGUE EXPORT DEAL
BBC Worldwide has agreed a new five-year deal, 2000-2004, for overseas distribution of the rugby league Silk Cut Challenge Cup. As part of the new deal, the coverage will be distributed
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ELECTRIC SKY UNWRAPS MOB DOCUMENTARY
Electric Sky will be launching documentary series Mafia Empire (3 x 60-minutes) - which is co-produced by the distributor, ORTV and Discovery Communications - at the 1999 Mipcom market next week.
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UPCTV PAIR DOUBLE DUTCH DISTRIBUTION
United Pan-Europe Communications Television (UPCtv) services Extreme Sports and Film1 will double their distribution in Holland from 1.6 to more than 3.2 million subscribers, following a carriage deal with seven cable
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NewsNAB Show Focus: Converters, editors and signal generators
A round-up of some of the new engineering and systems innovations introduced at NAB last week by TV One, Crystal Vision, Omnitek, Hamlet and more.
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NewsQuantel Dino unleashed
Quantel used NAB to unveil Dino, a new collaborative workflow for sharing content between broadcast centres that is being described as 'email for television production.'
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NewsBaz: Divert public funds online
Public funds should be diverted into a new public service web platform and search engine rather than allocated to specific broadcasters, according to Peter Bazalgette.