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    WHO SAID WHAT

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    ITV director of channels David Liddiment: 'It's still the same old sunshine and showers with the advertisers and, let me tell you, at the moment it's pissing down'- Clive Anderson's advice

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    ANIMATION STUDIO UP

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Producer Clive Hedges and former Audiomotion managing director Mike Cox have set up a motion capture and computer animation studio called Animotion at Pinewood Studios. Two former Audiomotion colleagues have joined

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    HILLSIDE UGPRADES KIT

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Hillside Studios has upgraded its sound dubbing suite. Based around a Soundtracs DS3, the new suite has been designed and constructed by The Studio People while technical installation has been done

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    WINKLE TO REBRAND

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Winkle Films, part of Saatchi & Saatchi-owned The Facilities Group (TFG), is to be rebranded following the appointment of Sophie Hooper as executive producer. Hooper was senior producer at the Advertising

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    ENHANCED TALK AT IBC

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Enhanced television is the subject of a special 'super session' to be held at IBC next month. Featuring speakers such as Two Way TV md Simon Cornwell, BBC controller of new

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    Mokey expected to revolutionise post

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    A revolutionary moving matte software tool, Mokey, which launched last week, could lead to major savings in the post-production process.The $10,000 (£6,900) package developed by Guildford-based Imagineer software separates foreground elements

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    Miller freezes PMPP wind-up

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Paul Miller is to reconsider his decision to wind up post facility PMPP following the demise of joint-venture The Gargoyle Club, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    TOP SOAP SILHOUETTES

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Skaramoosh designed the titles and graphics package for Soapstars, the ITV series that follows the search for a real family to appear in Emmerdale. The titles reflect the audition process -

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    CNBC pioneers fibre channel distribution

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    CNBC claims to be the first broadcaster to have used a fibre network to distribute programming on an international basis, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Sky axes The Match

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Sky One is calling full-time on reality football show The Matchbecause of fears that the Endemol format is getting tired.

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    BrandTheory launches DigiMediaDisk

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Music industry specialist BrandTheory has developed a new CD-based digital media format that can play full-screen video as well as music and text-based information, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Who should judge TV success?

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Some organisations, like some people, are incapable of knowing how they're perceived by others. The BBC and Channel 4 - equally under the spotlight at last weekend's Edinburgh TV festival -

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    FREE TO AIR - Blood on the BBC carpet

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Sunday should have been a red-letter day for the BBC. For the second week running Anne Robinson had exposed Des Lynam as ITV's weakest link.The Independent on Sunday, meanwhile, splashed with

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    ITV may restructure news as Jones quits

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    ITV chief executive of news and regions Clive Jones is leaving the broadcaster after 29 years, prompting it to consider a shake-up of the structure of its news management team.

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    TRADE TALK - Monster talent

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Digital animation pioneer Mike Milne is mixing his passion for science with his artistic skills on his latest project, Walking with Beasts.

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    ON THE BOX - A captive audience

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    The Facilities Group director of television Tom Horton would rather spend time with Ten Most Wanted Murderers than JK Rowling.

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    Fantasy Jobs - Downshift daydreams

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Ever dreamed of living a simpler, less frantic life? Ashley Davies canvassed some top figures in the TV industry to find out what they'd be doing if they decided to drop out of the rat race.

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    INTERVIEW - Write on primetime

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Russell T Davies, creator of the explicit C4 hit Queer as Folk, will have his latest project shown on primetime ITV but, he insists, he's not toning down his act.

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    BBC's Queen Vic lock-in no match for Queen Mum

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    All except one place in the first 14 of the top 50 were taken by soaps as BBC 1 launched its Friday helping of EastEnders at 20.00. ITV's Coronation Street was

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    INDIE FINANCE - It takes Two Four to tango with risk

    2001-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Set up over 10 years ago by two BBC employees hoping to spice up their careers, Two Four Productions has spawned an iTV outfit and has expanded its London base and is confident it will beat the slump.