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Lab's Harrison moves to Sky
Sky Productions head Mark Freeland has continued to boost his in-house programme-making department by recruiting Andy Harrison from LWT's low-cost programme-making unit The Lab, writes David Wood.
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Arena plans major Kurosawa co-production
Veteran BBC 2 arts strand Arena is planning an ambitious film examining the life and work of the late Japanese film-maker Akira Kurosawa, writes Steve Clarke.
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Cintel denies crisis as PR agent pulls out
Telecine manufacturer Cintel has denied it is facing financial difficulties after the surprise decision by its long-standing press and marketing advisor Hobbs Associates to terminate their nine-year relationship. Dick Hobbs said
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Intelsat tests show high degree of interoperability
Intelsat has published the results of its latest interoperability testing for digital video compression equipment in satellite use, including equipment that can operate in a plug-and-play environment using some specific parameters.
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Szabo joins Red Post to work new Spirit
Red Post Production has bought a Philips Spirit Datacine with a Pandora MegaDEF secondary colour corrector, and hired telecine colourist Gary Szabo (left) to lead the team working with the system.
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Evans sets up DVD facility
Andy Evans, the pioneering former head of DVD authoring house Stream at TVI, is setting up a new DVD consultancy and production facility called The Pavement Studios, writes Joanna Scott.
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NewsViacom tells YouTube to remove illegal content
Viacom has demanded that Google's online video service YouTube remove more than 100,000 video clips after failing to reach a distribution agreement.
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BBC expert calls for more virtual set use
BBC virtual studios expert Danny Popkin criticised the UK television industry last week for not making better use of virtual set technology.Popkin, who is development manager at BBC Resources, was chairing
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Metro Broadcast and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) have joined forces for a series of virtual set production training courses. Courses lasting one, two and three days will begin
Metro Broadcast and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) have joined forces for a series of virtual set production training courses. Courses lasting one, two and three days will begin
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Soho mourns loss of Andrew Vere
Soho was this week mourning the unexpected loss of SVC founder Andrew Vere, who died of a heart attack on 25 January at his home in Surrey.The SVC chairman had been
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NewsITV sends Clunes to New Zealand
ITV has lined up Martin Clunes to play a straight laced museum curator in a comedy drama set in New Zealand.
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Team seeks out second UK indie
US independent Team Communications is scouring the UK independent production sector to find a second acquisition target following its $5 million (£3.1 million) purchase of UK sales outfit Dandelion Distribution.Team bought
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France sets precedent for Turner
The French government is to allow Turner Network Television to transmit a French version of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) broadcast from the UK, in a landmark ruling, writes Paul Michaud.
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Dyke's Euro TV plea
New BBC director general Greg Dyke warned this week that Europe runs the risk of being flooded with cheap US imports without the continued presence of strong public service broadcasters, writes John Plunkett.
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GBTV, the joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Granada Media, has secured its first deal stateside, in the form of a pilot based on Silent Witness for the NBC network, writes
GBTV, the joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Granada Media, has secured its first deal stateside, in the form of a pilot based on Silent Witness for the NBC network, writes
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NewsEU adds to kids programmes crisis
Fewer children's shows will be made in the UK if the government fails to persuade Brussels to change new TV advertising rules. Film 4 will be forced to show more American movies and ITV news could also be under threat.
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Postcard from ... Isabelle Repiton in Paris
France is gripped by convergence mania, just like the rest of the world, and there is no greater champion of this phenomenon than Vivendi chief Jean Marie Messier, who has been
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Hughes becomes Hat Trick International director
Hat Trick International sales manager Isobel Hughes (right) has been promoted to the new post of sales director. Hat Trick Productions commercial director Hilary Strong, to whom Hughes reports, said the
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RDF sells Royal Wedding Bells to PBS
Indie factual specialist RDF Television has sold Royal Wedding Bells to PBS. The US public broadcaster will reformat the 3 x 60-minute series, which aired on BBC 1 three weeks before
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NewsBlog: Wimpy C4 should stand by 'wank week'
Broadcast senior reporter Dan Wootton says Channel 4's last-minute decision to pull 'wank week' is wimpy and, after the way senior executives defended Celebrity Big Brother, hypocritical too.