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Pinnacle launches new kit
Pinnacle Systems is launching a PAL version of its digital production switcher at IBC on Friday (8 September). The PDS 9000, which was first seen at NAB earlier this year in
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Two British companies were rewarded at the creative arts Emmy Awards held in Los Angeles recently. FrameStore picked up three gongs, taking the outstanding visual effects category for the fifth consec
Two British companies were rewarded at the creative arts Emmy Awards held in Los Angeles recently. FrameStore picked up three gongs, taking the outstanding visual effects category for the fifth consecutive
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Tremor now on Spirint platform
Post Impressions will launch Tremor on its Spirint HD platform when IBC opens this week. The workstation, which started shipping in June, is the first to run the new compositing software
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - WORLDWIDE SELLS STYLE CHALLENGE FORMAT TO US
BBC Worldwide has signed a US format deal for Style Challenge with Apis Productions - the production company owned by singer/actress Cher. The BBC Birmingham daytime makeover series, which airs on
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - GEE QUITS C4I TO JOIN INFORMED SOURCES
Channel 4 International (C4I) director of marketing and strategy Matthew Gee has quit to become a strategic consultant with Informed Sources. Gee (left) said his resignation was not related to that
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - ENFOCAST TO TAKE NEWS STRAIGHT INTO THE OFFICE
New broadband outfit Enfocast has signed deals with BBC News 24, CNBC, Euronews, CNN, Bloomberg, The Money Channel and ITN News Channel to deliver its content directly to offices via standard
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - VENICE UNVEILS PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL TV FESTIVAL
A new international television festival is to be held in Venice from 2002, with the plans due to be unveiled this week at the Venice Film Festival. The new event will
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - ENGLISH AND POCKETT BRAND CHANNEL NEWS ASIA ROLL-OUT
English and Pockett has created a new branding package for the pan-Asian roll-out of Singapore service Channel News Asia. The branding consultancy has created a range of new tools, including 10
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - ZONE VISION STRIKES ROMANIAN CHANNEL DEAL
UK-based channel producer Zone Vision has struck carriage deals for three channels in Romania this month. Agreements have been signed with UPC networks fto carry factual channel Reality TV and entertainment
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Fraser chosen for key Granada role
Granada is making final preparations for its planned expansion of production and broadcasting activities overseas by appointing David Fraser to the new post of director of international production.Reporting to Granada Creative
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Just Group expands in US
Children's specialist producer Just Group has made its first major strike on the US by hiring a chief executive officer for the country and selling 150 hours of programming to the
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Former APTN man launches Mercury
Former APTN programmes and entertainment executive Tim Sparke has set up a new distribution and production company, Mercury Media, which has already tied up a deal to represent APTN's programming and
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Postcard from ... Dieter Brockmeyer in Dusseldorf
The trend in contemporary German television programming stood out for all to see at this year's TeleMesse in Dusseldorf when advertisers and their respective agencies gathered to see what commercial channels
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TRADE TALK - On his bike
Harley-Davidson fan Julian Turner is to head the BBC's Beeb Ventures. But will it be the right stage for his commercial nous?
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Brotherly concerns
Endemol is setting up Gem Talent Management on the back of Big Brother and its stars' unproven appeal. Is this the start of a US-style 'talent-before-idea' system in the UK?
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OPINION - More drama is not the answer
It's a brave broadcaster that commissions a new soap. But while the price of failure is high, the rewards of a successful new regular drama could be huge.Soaps such as Coronation
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ENTERTAINMENT - Goodbye mainstream, hello niche programming
Tim Ewington lays out the challenges for the major broadcasters as they are increasingly forced to choose between new niche viewers and the heavy-viewing, but gradually disappearing, older audiences.
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ENTERTAINMENT: PARAMOUNT - Mountain to climb
In the first of a series analysing niche channels Ed Shelton considers whether the Paramount Comedy Channel will be outflanked by British newcomers like E4.
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INTERVIEW - GMTV's dawn raider
As editor of GMTV, journalist and former presenter Martin Frizell has big plans. He wants to give the show a harder news edge and lure audiences from BBC 1. But he faces a major battle against falling figures.
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OFF THE RECORD - On the hair
There was a time when Disney Channel pontiff Paul Robinson, formerly of Talk Radio, was satisfied with having a face for radio. But telly does funny things to a man and