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Jetix moves into TV gaming
Jetix UK has launched a free-to-play games service on Telewest which allows kids to watch TV and play games at the same time.
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Playout jobs under threat at Ascent
Staff at Ascent Media Network Services' playout centre at Stephen Street, London are braced for redundancies as a result of BBC Broadcast's successful bid to provide playout facilities for Flextech, writesAlice de Picarda.
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TV3 picks designer
Design and branding outfit Turquoise has been hired by Irish free-to-air commercial broadcaster TV3 to come up with...
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Avanti profits up
In-store media group Avanti Screenmedia has announced results for the year to June 2005, with operating profit doubling to£1.93m from£835,000 in the 15 months to June 2004. Revenues were up from£4.62m to£8.44m. Earlier this month Avanti was granted satellite spectrum by Ofcom and plans to launch its first communications satellite ...
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Frontier hiring
Frontier Post has hired online editor/colourist Gareth Williams to boost the facility's finishing team. Williams joins from the BBC where he was an in-house editor for five years. His credits include Panorama, Holidays in the Danger Zone, and ...
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Imagine upgrade
Reseller Altered Images has fitted out Newcastle-based facility Imagine Nonlinear Post Production with a 4 terabyte LANshare, two new digitising stations and Avid 1000 and Media Composer offline plus four Avid Xpress Pro offline edit suites. Altered Images also gave Imagine's existing Symphony and Avid 1000 digitising stations an upgrade. ...
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Scolnik to Nat Geo
National Geographic has appointed Betsy Scolnik as vice-president of content operations, reporting to Nat Geo digital media president Chris McAndrews. The US-based Scolnik will develop new markets for Nat Geo content in wireless, video games, broadband and education.
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ITN broadband move
ITN has signed up to broadband TV service GreenGrass, a pre-pay internet broadcast network set to launch next year which aims to make it easier and more cost-effective for broadcasters to launch internet versions of their channels.
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BDH titles Granada comedy
Design company BDH has provided the titles for All About George, Granada's new comedy drama for ITV1. Designer and director Steve Bell photographed Rik Mayall and the rest of the cast, with their images manipulated to resemble string puppets. Bell combined digital photography with graphic backgrounds to ...
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Edit & Sound finishes Dylan doc
The Edit and Sound Store was responsible for post-production on Lone Star's Arenadocumentary, Dylan in the Madhouse. The 60-minute programme traces Bob Dylan's first visit to London in the 1960s. Film editors Dave Howell, Geoff Pope and Linda Featherstone of Lone Star ...
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The Farm nabs armed robbers job
The Farm Group has completed the post-production for Firefly Productions' latest documentary Armed Robbery Orgasmfor Channel 4's Sexologystrand. Directed by Norman Hull and produced by Sascha Olofson, the 60-minute drama-documentary tells the story of Ron Keyes and Debbie Myers and their sexually ...
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BT Broadband staffs up for launch
BT is beefing up its headcount ahead of the launch of its new broadband television service, poaching staff from The Hallmark Channel and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). TCM programme director Bobbie Fox will take on the role of head of film and Hallmark Channel research manager Luba Kassova becomes head ...
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ITV wants to sell 021 by Christmas
ITV has confirmed that its outside broadcasting business 021 is up for sale and hopes to do a deal before Christmas, writes Alice de Picarda.
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DGP hires Evolutions graphics head
Soho-based DVD and post-production facility DGP has hired former Evolutions head of graphics Frankie Jacobs to boost the company's broadcast portfolio.
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Beam.tv founders move on
The Mill Group is to lose the founders of its online advertising archive, Beam.tv, who are leaving to launch their own independent company.
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NewsBT staffs-up for TV push
BT is beefing up its headcount ahead of the launch of its new TV over broadband service next summer, poaching staff from The Hallmark Channel and Turner Classic Movies (TCM).
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Production - On Location - Wandering souls.
Director Richard Parry found himself wrestling with his conscience when tragedy struck during the filming of a series about the lives and legal wrangles of the travelling community.
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NewsMobile TV firms lobby Ofcom
Companies backing the Oxford mobile TV trial hope the launch of the initiative next week will finally persuade Ofcom to officially licence the service.
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Tax doubts hit film-making
Continued uncertainty over tax breaks for the UK film industry could cost the UK economy£1.4bn a year, according to research published this week.
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BBC OBS makes splash with plunge cam
BBC Outside Broadcasts is next year to develop and build the world's first HD plunge camera. The broadcast-quality HD mini camera application will be mounted on a 16m vertical track and will capture divers in real time as they free fall into the pool. Covering all three diving platforms it ...