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Tranter orders six-part conspiracy drama
BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter has ordered a 6 x 60-minute conspiracy thriller for BBC 1 from award-winning writer Paul Abbott. Produced by Endor in association with the BBC, State of Playstars John Simm as an investigative journalist trying to uncover a web ...
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Cloud 9 to make fifth the tribe for channel 5
Channel 5 controller of children's Nick Wilson has ordered Cloud 9 Screen Entertainment to produce a fifth series of teen drama The Tribe. The 52 x 30-minute series will go into production in October and air from next spring. It is being distributed by Cumulus ...
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Wescom invests in£3m media facility
A£3m media facility, known as the Wescom Media Centre (WMC), is due to open in west London next month, writes Barbara Marshall
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... and TWI opens Mediahouse
TWI has resurrected the former Network of the World (NOW) facility in west London and plans to open it up to third parties, writes Barbara Marshall
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Dunlop looks to grow with sales boss
Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BD&A) continues its expansion with the appointment of an international sales manager just months ahead of opening a Singapore office, writes Barbara Marshall
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The Hive hires new animator
VTR Group's animation outfit The Hive has hired senior animator Martin Carroll to replace Richard Nelson who has joined Moving Picture Company (MPC), writes Barbara Marshall
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BBC airs Mammoth task
BBC MediaArc Bristol, part of BBC Resources, helped to unlock the secrets of prehistoric North America for Wild New World, a six-part documentary from the BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU)
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SVC Expands team
SVC has expanded its visual effects department with the promotion of VT assistant Ritchie White to junior Inferno/Flame artist. White is a fine art graduate who has been working on Inferno and Flame projects at SVC for a year. Credits include spots for Playstation 2, Virgin Megastore, Irn Bru and ...
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UPC Appoints DMC head
UPC has appointed former TV-am chief engineer Jonathan Try to head its Digital Media Centre (DMC) in Amsterdam as vice-president of broadcast operations and engineering. Try joins DMC from RTL Group where he was director of operations for UK Playout Services. Previous roles include MTV Networks Europe vice-president of technical ...
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New sales boss at BT
Digital television engineering specialist Broadcast Technology has taken on BarcoNet UK broadcast sales manager Gilbert Viegas as key account manager. Before joining BarcoNet, Viegas worked for Leitch and Avitel
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Lights poaches short
Lighting supplier Lights Camera Action has appointed Dave Short to the role of sales office manager for the Greenford office. Short has worked in the lighting industry for 15 years and joins from rival London firm Lighting Technology Sales
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Frontline hires two
Frontline Television has just expanded its team with two staff. Editor/designer James Johnson joined this week from London Post and will work on Editbox and Avid DS. Sally Brading joined last week as tape operator after working initially for Digital Arts and then as a freelancer
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Hill joins The TV set
Nats Post Production business development manager Sara Hill joined The Television Set last week, taking on a similar role but working across the group's three businesses - London Post, Arena Digital and The TV Set. Hill joins The Television Set after four years at Nats. Before that, she worked at ...
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Studio 1 is solid home
Olympic Studios, the recording facility famed for its Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix recording sessions, is the home of the UK's first XL 9000 K series console from Solid State Logic. The 80-channel desk has been installed in the recently refurbished Studio 1
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NewsITV and Sky pip BBC to Champions League rights
The BBC's best efforts to reclaim its status as Britain's premier terrestrial sports broadcaster were dashed last night as the rights to Champions League matches for the next three years were handed to ITV and BSkyB in a£249 million deal, writes Luke Satchell
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Everyone should be able to laugh at themselves even if they're in a wheelchair...that's why I'm in The Office
Actress Julie Fernandez has broken 100 bones and had 70 ops - but that has not stopped her landing a role in a top ...
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Hutchinson launch 3G with 'friendly' users
The mobile phone operator Hutchinson 3G is to launch its long-awaited third generation mobile phone services in the...
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Sky and TV win rights to total coverage in£240m deal
The BBC's latest attempt to reassert itself as a major source in sports broadcasting was thwarted yesterday when BS...
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Murdoch still in race for DirecTV
Rupert Murdoch may get a second chance to acquire DirecTV following reports that federal regulators in Washington a...
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Sky and ITV footie deal just champion
Telly giants Sky and ITV last night won the rights to screen Champions League football for three seasons. ...