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BBC post buys from Quantel
BBC Post Production has spent nearly£750,000 on a new HD finishing system, including kit from Quantel, writes Will Strauss.
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Consumer interest is key to HD adoption, says BBC
The BBC's production modernisation guru Andy Quested believes that consumer interest in better quality television pictures will help to drive the amount of production done in HD by the broadcast sector, writes Will Strauss.
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Leading light makes bold claim for HD
A British film and TV producer has claimed that producing content in high definition offers better value for money than both 35mm and Super 16mm film, writes David Collins.
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Expert predicts rapid rise of HD
High definition video will be the preferred format for TV acquisition in the UK within three years, according to a broadcast technology expert, writes David Collins.
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NewsEndemol puts comedy into 3G mobile phones
Endemol UK is to offer advice to users of third-generation (3G) video mobile phones on how to dance, flirt and even pass wind after signing a deal with telecoms company Hutchison 3G, writes Penny Hughes.
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Regional indie breaks into BBC1 primetime
Belfast-based indie Wild Rover has snared a primetime Saturday night BBC1 commission - one of the first times such a slot has gone to an indie outside London, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Fresh faces to boost NTL management
NTL is bolstering its management team with a raft of new senior executives, following its emergence from debt restructuring in January, writes Paul Revoir.
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Sit-up tv to set up auction channel
Retail shopping outfit Sit-up.tv is set to take on 40 extra production staff as it gears up to launch a new-style auction channel which invites viewers to bid for goods as the prices drop, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC gears up for charter renewal
The BBC has set up five internal teams headed by senior executives to look at different areas of its remit as part of the next stage in its preparations for the renewal of its charter in 2006, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsCNBC in Euro row
Newscaster CNBC Europe is set for a showdown with the Independent Television Commission (ITC) tomorrow over claims that it violated sponsorship rules by taking money from the European Commission to make a programme about the Euro, writes Paul Revoir
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News100 jobs axed as BBCi tightens belt
The bursting of the dotcom bubble has finally caught up with the BBC, which is axing around 100 jobs in its new media department BBCi and refocusing on interactive television, write Leigh Holmwood and Jane Marlow
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Westcountry signs up for hospital reality
Carlton Westcountry controller of features and programme development Caroline Righton has commissioned a further series of fly-on-the-wall hospital documentary Emergencyfrom Seventwenty Productions. The next 8 x 30-minute series will be again set in the casualty department of a Plymouth hospital. David Atkins will produce with ...
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NewsBBC hits Sky with satellite move
The BBC has announced a shock move to broadcast its channels via a new satellite - saving£85 million in encryption charges to Sky over the next five years, writes Conor Dignam
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Broadcasters and publishers head losers' board
A choppy day for the broader market ended with the modest gains for the FTSE 100 but the media sector was prominent...
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The wired network comes home to roost
Local connections take on a new meaning as domestic entertainment uses the advent of broadband as a springboard int...
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Broadcasters are spoiling for a fight
The war in Iraq will mark an evolutionary shift in newsgathering ...