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NewsSoho to host stereoscopic HD post suite
Broadcast graphics and visual effects facility Concrete and Shepperton’s Axis Post, part of hire firm Axis Films, have joined together to launch the first stereoscopic HD post-production suite in Europe.
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NewsOfcom: Lords will be consulted over ITV news cuts
ITV could face even more political opposition to its plans to cut back on regional news after Ofcom reassured members of the House of Lords that it will listen to their concerns.
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NewsShaps hails new era in ITV drama
ITV director of television Simon Shaps has announced a new era in the broadcaster’s relationship with drama producers as it continues its drive to modernise its output in the genre.
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NewsWaddington quits IMG to run his own consultancy
Alastair Waddington, the head of the UK’s biggest indie, is to leave IMG Media after 13 years.
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NewsITV signs up MPW
ITV has signed celebrity chef Marco Pierre White in a golden handcuffs deal which will see him working exclusively for the broadcaster until 2010.
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NewsC4 to outsource to Red Bee
Channel 4 plans to outsource its transmission, broadcast engineering and production services to Red Bee Media in a move that will save 10% to 15% of its channel operations budget.
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NewsSurvey finds London-centric focus
Companies outside the M25 feel they are routinely discriminated against when it comes to commissioning, according to a Broadcast survey.
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NewsHorrocks points to early BBC newsroom benefits
BBC newsroom head Peter Horrocks is braced for industrial action over the cuts within BBC news, but has insisted the majority of staff support the corporation’s fledgling multi-media newsroom.
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NewsBorder viewers primed for analogue shutdown
Digital switchover body Digital UK has begun advising residents in the Scottish Border region in anticipation of switching off the analogue signal in the region in November 2008.
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NewsBBC2 boosted by top rating fact ent trio
BBC2 shows such as Autumnwatch, Long Way Down and the ever-popular Top Gear have made a significant impression with viewers in recent weeks.
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NewsGecko wins two orders for hard-hitting docs
Gecko Productions is to produce a doc about homeless ex-services personnel for BBC1.
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NewsBBC3 comedy gets US greenlight
Comedy indie Brown Eyed Boy has secured an order for a full series of BBC3 pilot How Not to Live Your Life and has been given the greenlight to produce a US pilot of the show.
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NewsFilm-maker Treays to make C4 ‘love’ trilogy
Channel 4 has commissioned a trilogy of films from documentary film-maker Jane Treays investigating the themes of love, sex and marriage.
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NewsFrost cold on heated interview style
Veteran presenter Sir David Frost has criticised the current trend for aggressive political interviews.
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NewsC4 orders doc about Jesus’ other lives
Documentary-maker David Batty is to follow last year’s controversial The Secret Jesus Family with a film exploring the parallels between the Christian interpretation of Jesus Christ and major figures in other religions.
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NewsGold reunites Eric and Ernie
UKTV Gold has ordered a one-off special featuring the greatest performances by Morecambe and Wise.
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Golden Square expands
Post house Golden Square is expanding its digital design division Disqo and its 3D animation department.
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Constable to Ascent ops
Simon Constable has been appointed vice-president of operations for content management services at Ascent Media.
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NewsFive invites viewers to judge Spice Girls
Five will attempt to gauge the public’s reaction to the Spice Girls’s reunion in a one-off documentary from Twofour, The Spice Girls on Trial.
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Videosonics TV unit moves
TV and film sound post-production specialist Videosonics has relocated its Camden-based TV unit from Hawley Crescent to Delancey Street to join the bulk of its business at this site.