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Eight quit Nats to launch Station or join Farm
Eight members of Soho Square facility Nats are quitting the company in two separate moves this week. Six are to launch new venture The Station while two are joining The Farm
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NewsSports deals see North One head to Oz
Indie North One is opening an office in Australia on the back of securing two major sports contracts in the territory.
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SIGGRAPH SPECIAL: WILL MAN AND MACHINE MERGE? - Graphics in techno leap
The future is 'one huge graphics challenge' said keynote speaker Ray Kurzweil last week at computer graphics convention Siggraph, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Friendly computers the way forward
The emerging technologies forum at Siggraph painted a bleak picture of society as we strive to make friends of computers, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Pye tipped to head joint GMI/Itel arm
Granada Media's new commercial director and executive vice-president, international production, Chris Pye, is being tipped to oversee a combined Granada Media International (GMI) and Itel.Granada said this week that details of
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India goes digital
BBC Worldwide has brokered a deal for BBC Resources to develop a blueprint for the introduction of digital terrestrial TV (DTT) in India, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Imago Productions has won two wildlife commissions from Discovery, write Ashley Davies and Simon Ellery. The Norwich-based indie's first commission is a 15 x 30-minute series for Animal Planet Europe,
Imago Productions has won two wildlife commissions from Discovery, write Ashley Davies and Simon Ellery. The Norwich-based indie's first commission is a 15 x 30-minute series for Animal Planet Europe, that
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Postcard from ... Denis Seguin in Toronto
This July three events changed the face of Canadian television broadcasting.Since anyone cares to remember, there have been two national television networks: CBC and CTV, representing the public and private sectors
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CANWEST DOUBLES PROGRAMME LIBRARY IN ENDEMOL DEAL
CanWest Entertainment has announced two deals this week. One is an agreement with Endemol Entertainment to acquire its international distribution subsidiary Endemol International Distribution (Endemol). The deal, valued at more than
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TONG MOVES UP TO HEAD MINOTAUR SALES TEAM
Flextech distribution company Minotaur International has promoted senior sales executive Sarah Tong to head of sales. She reports to Minotaur International managing director Jane Lighting and will lead an 18-strong sales
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BT LAUNCHES PARIS/LONDON FIBREOPTIC CABLE LINK
BT Broadcast Services is hoping to strike deals with French broadcasters after launching a new fibreoptic cable link between Paris and London.The link means French companies can gain access to BT's
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FRENCH LAP UP MILLIONAIRE QUIZ SHOW
French broadcaster TF1 is considering a primetime slot this autumn for its version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (right), after saying the recent airing of the show was a
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CINAR FACES ACTION OVER ACQUISITION LOSSES
Canadian-based producer Cinar Corporation has had an action filed against it by the former owners of its subsidiary, Carsol-Dellosa Publishing.The move is to recover alleged losses related to a stock purchase
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MEDIA MOGULS LAUNCH CHANNEL FOR BRITTANY
Rupert Murdoch, Silvio Berlusconi and TF1 have together launched a new French channel dedicated to Brittany and the Breton language. The service, which will broadcast magazine series, drama and news for
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Taking control
Northern Ireland controller is a tough role, but those who have worked with her are sure Anna Carragher is up to the job. Tara Conlan reports.
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Trade Talk - Jana Bennett
On the wealth and diversity of new programming being enjoyed by US audiences this summer.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - And divided they fall
As Granada moves to take over United's TV franchises, Colin Robertson asks what consolidation means for the future of the new ITV behemoth's production activities.
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OPINION - ITV's battles are far from over
So Granada has emerged as the winner in the ITV consolidation game, as we always suspected it would. It survived three consecutive weeks of jousting with its other ITV shareholders without
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HALF-YEAR REPORT - Seconds out, round two
It's six months since Greg Dyke entered the ring at the BBC. He may have secured round one, but will the pugilist win the fight or end up on the ropes in the trickier second round? Four industry observers measure his form.
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NewsEndemol COO steps down
Endemol chief operating officer Tom Barnicoat has left the production company with immediate effect.