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Filmlight bought
Framestore CFC and Molinare have both invested in FilmLight film scanning equipment. Framestore has invested in two Baselight Eight grading and finishing systems and a Northlight scanner, in total worth around£1m. Molinare has bought a£280,000 Northlight film scanner. Its technical director, Darren Woolfson, completed the deal at the NAB conference ...
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HDcam for Pepper
Covent Garden post facility Pepper has bought the first SRW-5500 HDCam SR recorder in the UK. The high-definition recorder, which was unveiled at NAB this week, costs up to£79,100 with all options attached. The kit will be delivered by the beginning of May. A Sony spokesman said that a number ...
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Help for starters
First Post, the Skillset-backed post-production initiative for industry starters, closes its doors to applications on Friday 29 April. The scheme, which has been designed to help London post-production companies train junior staff, will support up to 25 new starters. It will cost£900 a head and is subsidised by the London ...
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Animal Logic's toon campaign
Cartoon Network has used Animal Logic to create its new promo campaign. Animal Logic created 360-degree CG models of both Cartoon Network locations and everyday situations, which were then populated with the channel's cartoon characters. For instance, Samurai Jack and Johnny Bravo meet off-duty doing their washing at a local ...
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Saint titles Love My Kids project
Saint has designed and produced the titles and graphic elements for BBC1 series Love Me, Love My Kids. The RDF Media-produced six-part series aims to help single parents find companionship. The twist being that the kids are in charge. The titles take the viewer round the ...
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Allen turns down top comedy post
The BBC's comedy commissioning structure has been left in limbo after comedy editor Kenton Allen turned down the top job. Allen was offered the post of head of comedy commissioning following the departure of current head Mark Freeland but he rejected the offer, saying he wanted to stay in comedy ...
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Hit extends bidding deadline
Hit Entertainment has extended the deadline for rival bidders to step in and scupper a£489m offer from Apax Partners. Hit, the company behind Thomas the Tank Engineand Bob the Builder, said it would give two potential bidders a further 25 days to ...
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BBC News 24 to work to rule over cuts
Staff at BBC News 24 have announced a 'work to rule' in protest against job cuts that would mean the channel losing seven broadcast journalists. Union heads at the NUJ have warned the action could have a major effect on coverage of live events. The action is the unions' first ...
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New-look Men and Motors launches
ITV is launching its revamped Men and Motors channel on Freeview on 2 May, as a broader men's lifestyle channel with a completely new programming line-up. ITV is also weighing up plans to use the earlier part of the 18-hour Men and Motors slot to launch a children's channel. The ...
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Broadcast backs skills day
Broadcasthas teamed up with Skillset, the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Five, BSkyB, Pact and Bectu to back National Skills Day on Thursday, 26 May. The day will highlight the need for a skilled workforce with a series of events from job swaps to yoga lessons. For more information visit www.skillset.org.
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Purchasing power
George McGhee defends his BBC acquisitions department as a value-for-money way of filling gaps in the schedules, but rival terrestrial channels are increasingly pricing him out of the market.
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Tired of being pushed around?
Exploitation of TV workers is grabbing media headlines as aggrieved freelances get more vocal. Employers, meanwhile...
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Can the authored doc survive?
Formatted factual TV may have pushed authored documentaries to the sidelines, but do traditional film-makers see this as a new way to express themselves or a ratings-driven move which stifles their voice? Belinda Archer
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Going the distance for drama
As the new head of drama at Talkback Thames, Johnathan Young brings big ideas and a wealth of production experience...
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Playing the loyalty card
Marketed as a way to reward loyalty, the newly launched Skycard also opens up huge commercial opportunities, not only for Sky but for other channels that can use the second slot effectively, as James Curtis reports.
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How to fight apathy
Faced with public apathy and media cynicism over the election, commercial radio is hoping to introduce a human angle with a phone-in to the party leaders, says Mark Flanagan.
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The indie outlaws
We've all heard the horror stories but in order to address the problem of poor pay and conditions in TV we need details.
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Peter Salmon has quit his job as BBC director of sport after more than four years, becoming one of the most senior casualties yet of the BBC's relocation to Manchester.
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NewsIndies deny low pay claims
Indies have hit back at claims that exploitation of freelancers is rife in the TV industry. The majority of independents contacted by Broadcastinsisted that long hours are part and parcel of working in TV and that people are motivated by 'passion' rather than money.