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NewsWebsite launches to sell public's news footage
'Citizen journalists' are to be given a helping hand with the launch of a new website set up to sell video footage and photos from the public.
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NewsYooMedia launches mobile channel
Interactive group YooMedia has launched a mobile gaming channel, in the form of a spin off of its Avago TV channel and website.
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NewsSky's Goswami to launch broadband TV service
Former BSkyB commercial director Martin Goswami is looking to launch a TV over broadband service called Aggregator TV.
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NewsBroadband users flock to BBC3 comedy
The BBC's first experiment with broadband video-on-demand has been hailed a success, after 35,000 people watched the first episode of The Mighty Booshonline.
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NewsArmchair anarchist: BiBc puts sex pistols on download
Rare footage from the ITN archive, including the Sex Pistols' debut UK TV performance, is available to download from the internet for the first time.
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Top of the Scots
Whether you're shooting and posting in Edinburgh, Glasgow or London, production talent north of the border shouldn'...
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BBC research opens Pandora box
The BBC is funding research into a Freeview personal video recorder (PVR) capable of outperforming rivals such as Sky+.
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London Studios offers HD editing
The London Studios is investing£1.5m in its post-production facilities as it adds an additional 11 suites and makes its first step into high-definition editing.
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Mobile phone TVs set for rapid growth
Mobile phone sales will hit 1 billion in 2009 with smartphones the fastest growing area of the market.
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Melt in£1m grant initiative
A new South Yorkshire-based initiative called Melt, whose backers include the BBC, Channel 4 and Pact, will be handing out£1m to producers using new technology.
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Men and Motors puts programming online
Men and Motors is launching a broadband service this August, putting over 100 hours of programming online.
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Digidesign move
ProTools developer Digidesign has appointed Martin Bennett as its new European marketing and strategic business manager. Bennett, who has been with Digidesign for over eight years, has latterly been responsible for selling the ICON system into high-end post, music and broadcast studios and facilities. He is now charged with overseeing ...
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Lola up for Emmy
Special effects facility Lola is up for an Emmy award for outstanding special visual effects for a miniseries, movie or a special for its work on the HD BBC/Discovery co-production Supervolcano. MPC is also up for an Emmy for outstanding individual achievement for its work on ...
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BBC goes on demand
BBC Broadcast has signed a three-year deal with Telewest Broadband to provide encoding and navigational services for its new TV-on-demand service, Teleport. BBC Broadcast will encode programmes, making them ready for broadcast on the digital platform and provide information which allows digital viewers to search for programmes which interest them. ...
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Zone/Two Way deal
Interactive TV specialist Two Way TV has signed up with broadcaster and channel distributor Zone Vision Networks to provide software which could boost mobile revenues for MTV and Discovery across Europe. Zone Vision last week signed a deal to become Two Way TV's agent for its Simcast technology across the ...
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Blue completes Naked Us work
Blue has completed post-production on the BBC's three-part series Naked Us. The show follows a number of couples as they not only strip themselves bare physically, but also of everything they own to pursue their dreams, such as one pair who head off to Spain to ...
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Golden Square finishes Sky job
Soho post-production house Golden Square has just completed work on the first two instalments of the new campaign for Sky. The spots focus on a dog that is confused by the services offered by Sky. His housemate, a duck, explains what is available. Split-screen composites and 3D CGI photo-realistic body ...
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Shooting in HD: it's all in the detail
High definition is at last becoming a reality as the number of shows being shot on the format continues to rise. Bu...
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NewsDCMS clears BBC Broadcast sale
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has rubberstamped the£166m sale of BBC Broadcast to Australian consortium Creative Broadcast Services.
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NewsBBC launches EPG design competition
The BBC is to let computer developers and designers re-build its TV schedules, in a competition to create their own customised electronic programme guides.