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    BBC spends£2m on HD upgrades

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    BBC Post Production has ploughed£2m into HD upgrades of its operations in London, Birmingham and Bristol.

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    HD cameras at IBC

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    The camera wars heated up at IBC this year with Grass Valley launching its new Infinity camcorder, a low-end HD camera aimed at taking on Sony's HDV market. Sony completed its line-up of HD formats with the launch of the HD version of its tapeless XDCAM, positioned between its HDV ...

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    Resellers for Nitris

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Altered Images, Root6 and Dublin-based Tyrell have been appointed as resellers for Avid's Symphony Nitris, the first time the long-form finishing kit has been offered to third-party dealerships. Symphony Nitris offers real-time uncompressed HD and SD finishing and primary and secondary colour correction.

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    Dubbing expands

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Glasgow-based audio post facility The Dubbing Theatre has moved to the city's The Waterfront Studios and doubled its capacity because of increased bookings. It now offers five studios with Protools, Avid Audiovisions and Digital performer.

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    Quantel's new suite

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Quantel has launched a new grading option the Pablo Suite, combining image processing hardware and colour correction software. Founded on eQ and iQ, the suite offers a complete digital intermediate system. Three Pablo models have been developed: the eQ for HD applications, the iQ2 for 2K digital intermediates and the ...

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    Sport deal renewed

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Arqiva has renewed its contract with British Eurosport in a five-year deal worth over£6m. The channel will move from Arqiva's Langley studio to the company's Broadcast Media Centre at Feltham, which will be British Eurosports' production and administration base. Arqiva receives worldwide feeds and provides playout to Sky at Osterley ...

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    Framestore tends Gardener FX

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Framestore CFC has supplied the special effects for Focus Features' new film The Constant Gardener, starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Set in Kenya, the film recounts a man's quest to expose corruption in the pharmaceutical industry after his wife is murdered. Digitally supervised by Adrian ...

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    3sixtymedia titles Gameshow

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    3sixtymedia Creative produced titles and graphics for ITV1's Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathonfrom Granada/Talkback Thames. Creative director Paul Kearton and designer Sue Bodicoat designed and directed the opening sequence in which Ant and Dec appear in seven old gameshows. Bluescreen footage was shot of the duo ...

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    The Hive animates UKTV idents

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    VTR design house The Hive has created new idents for UKTV Gold's latest season of programmes. The concept is simple - the new programmes arriving are represented by an animated box with UKTV Gold's logo on it falling at high speed through a brightly coloured cloudy sky. Designed by Dunning ...

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    Ford reshapes acquisitions at C4

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Jeff Ford, Channel 4's new director of acquisitions, has stamped his mark on the department with a wide-ranging staff restructure.

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    Ofcom opens bidding for Tyne FM licence

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom has put one of the last remaining regional FM licences up for grabs, this time covering Tyne & Wear and Teesside.

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    BBC loses Cole to Tigress factual team

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Tigress Productions has appointed BBC executive producer Matthew Cole to join its factual entertainment, science and contemporary factual team.

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    News is too white, says ITV's Mannion

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    ITV News editor in chief David Mannion has called for broadcasters to use 'positive discrimination' to make TV newsrooms more multicultural.

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    BBC website revamps to plug key shows

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    The BBC TV channels' website is to be revamped to focus promotion on just a few key programmes.

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    UTV buys up Juice

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Ulster TV (UTV) has acquired the remaining 67% of Liverpool station Juice FM that it did not already own from joint-venture partner Absolute Radio UK. The station will now be integrated into UTV Radio. UTV bought the station from Forever Broadcasting in September 2003 for£3.1m, in partnership with Absolute, an ...

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    Purvis: ITV cost-cutting threatens news

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Former ITN chief executive Stewart Purvis has suggested that regional and late-night news on ITV could struggle to survive if the broadcaster implements further cost-cutting.

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    Newsnight 'not fair'

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Former Conservative party press chief Guy Black has won a partial victory against the BBC, after he complained about a Newsnightreport on the party's leader, Michael Howard last year. Black complained about the programme's coverage, claiming extracts from interviews had been used selectively and missed out ...

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    ITV plans terror doc

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Rageh Omaar, the reporter famed for his coverage of the war in Iraq for the BBC, will set his sights closer to home for his next ITV project. ITV controller of current affairs, arts and religion Dominic Crossley-Holland is looking to sign the reporter to present a Christmas special on ...

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    ITV and Sky renew Champions League deal

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    ITV and Sky have retained the rights to UEFA Champions League Football for a further three years. Under the new deal, which kicks off from the start of next season, ITV will take the pick of the two best matches on Tuesday nights - one on ITV1 and the other ...

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    Licences awarded

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom has awarded 10 community radio licences, in Bradford, Halifax, Chorley, Rochdale, Norwich, Aberdeen, the Orkney Islands, the Isles of Scilly and Ardwick and Wythenshawe in the Manchester area. Community radio stations cover small transmission areas, are run on a not-for-profit basis, and are geared to support the local community.