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NewsSony's tapeless HD
Sony has launched its tapeless production solution in HD in its full range of XDCam Professional Disc System products. The HD versions of the XDCam now include two camcorders and two decks, which up-convert XDCam SD content to 1080i HD definition at output.
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FX rebrand tender
Fox channel FX is set to rebrand with a new graphics package, inviting Red Bee Media, Addiction, Bruce Dunlop Associates and DED Ass to pitch to provide the bumpers, idents and interstitials for on-air use. Fox International Channels (UK) marketing director Cecilia Parker has been promoted to communications director, and ...
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Low viewing figures spoil awards parties
Despite having all their usual pomp, TV viewers paid little interest to this year's Brits and Bafta awards.
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Watson to Mentorn
Mentorn has appointed Who Do You Think You Are? and Not Forgotten series producer Victoria Watson as an executive producer working on the indie's factual slate. Watson, who joins from Wall To Wall, will work with Mentorn creative director of ...
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Zig Zag poaches
Zig Zag has poached Ben Barrett, managing director of Extreme International, to fill the role of head of international distribution and commercial ventures. Reporting to Danny Fenton, Zig Zag managing director, Barrett handles distribution of the indie's own content and that of third parties. He is also be responsible for ...
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Gervais' Extras vs The Office in Rose d'Or Awards
Ricky Gervais will be competing against himself in the prestigious Rose d'Or Awards as his BBC comedy Extrasgoes up against NBC's version of The Officein the sitcom category.
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Graef revisits rape cases
Film-maker Roger Graef is to revisit the way the police investigate rape allegations, more than 20 years after his influential film - Police: A Complaint of Rape- helped change the way such cases are handled.
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ITV's Oliver joins BBC
The BBC has poached ITV News' head of network programmes, Craig Oliver, to be editor of the Ten O'Clock News. Oliver replaces Kevin Bakhurst, who was promoted to controller of News 24 in December. He joined the ITN trainee scheme in 1993, became producer of ...
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Sunset + Vine ties-up Five cricket deal
Sunset + Vine has bagged the four-year contract to produce Five's cricket highlights coverage. The Tinopolis-owned indie will produce coverage of Test match and One Day International matches for a 45-minute highlights show, which will air at 7.15pm after every day of play. The four-year deal will see Sunset + ...
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Lawrence set to leave Sky One docs
Sky One commissioning editor, documentaries Jacquie Lawrence is quitting the channel to go freelance. She leaves on 24 March after a year and a half, but will continue to work with Sky One on an ad hoc basis. She is likely to be replaced when new Sky One controller Richard ...
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Smith is new BBC entertainment head
Karen Smith has been confirmed as the replacement for Richard Hopkins, the BBC creative head of format entertainment, who is leaving to set up his own indie. Smith is currently executive producing BBC1 duet show Just the Two of Us. Hopkins and David Mortimer, creative ...
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Reinventing ITV popular factual
With the appointment of Mentorn creative director Jane Rogerson to head ITV features, the broadcaster's factual output looks set for a shake-up.
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What price high-def effects?
Visual effects in HD inevitably demand more time and money, so careful budgeting and planning is needed to minimise the impact. Michael Burnsgathers some tips from the experts and reports on three examples of HD fx in practice.
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Interview - Nick Broomfield: Mr Reality Check
Documentary maestro Nick Broomfield is unfazed by his scary interviewees but he is scared by the BBC's attitude to indies, the UK's exploitation of immigrants and the blights of reality TV. Suzy Bashfordmet him.
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Keeping it in the family
As terrestrial channels leak viewers to multichannel, the main broadcasters are trying to manage their portfolio of channels to minimise the net audience loss. Dan Wootton investigates how they are doing.
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Making Freeview HD-ready
Freeview viewers need to be kept in touch with the HD future, writes Conor Dignam, Editor.
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NewsTalkback wins£4.5m Price is Right order
ITV is set to pitch revamped gameshow The Price Is Right against Channel 4 ratings juggernaut Deal or No Deal and has handed Talkback Thames a£4.5m order for 150 episodes.
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NewsITV does U-turn on stars' golf
Ant and Dec are set to take their celebrity golf tournament, All Star Cup, from Sky One to ITV this summer - and this time they will present it.
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NewsLiving orders Forensics again
Living TV is having a second stab at making a UK version of Family Forensics- the reality series it took a£600,000 hit on last year after a participant was convicted of a child sex crime.
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ITV 'unhappy' with ITV4
ITV director of digital channels Jonathan Lewis has admitted the broadcaster is 'unhappy' with the ratings for its new digital service ITV4.