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Goonhilly marks 40-year birthday
It is the 40th anniversary of the first satellite TV transmission next week and BT Broadcast Services' Goonhilly Earth Station is taking part in an event to mark the occasion, w rites Barbara Marshall
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MPC brings in 3D expert Danskin
Smoke & Mirrors head of 3D Lee Danskin has joined the Moving Picture Company (MPC) as deputy creative head, writes Barbara Marshall
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Time for Televirtual
Virtual character specialist Televirtual has unveiled details of its first co-production - TimeGate - which it has developed with Fremantle Thames Media, writes Barbara Marshall
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Discreet restructure
Discreet has restructured into three business units and has re-introduced dedicated R&D teams serving each division. Each of the three specialised units - comprising systems, animation and desktop video - will be headed by a unit manager and will have dedicated engineering staff. The move follows the closure of the ...
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Hulse bags awards
Ravensbourne College of Art & Communications student Alex Hulse has been named both student of the year by British Design & Art Direction (D&AD) and European student of the year by the Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE). Hulse won the D&AD award for his entry in the new streaming-web ...
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Music archive expands
Music archive Extreme Music has extended its online Instant Music Search service as a 24-hour operation. Manned by music supervisors in both London and Los Angeles, the service allows users to email requests to a real person rather than rely on a traditional search engine. The supervisors respond immediately with ...
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McEnroe in Pinewood
Pinewood Television is the home of new BBC quiz show The Chairwhich moved into its new studios this week. The US format is presented by John McEnroe and will transmit on BBC 1 in the autumn. It is the fifth high-profile television series Pinewood has ...
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NewsLiddiment steps down
ITV director of channels David Liddiment has today announced he is to relinquish his role after five years at the network, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsBBC employees should be sacked for breaking programming rules, says Davies
BBC chairman Gavyn Davies has sent a warning to BBC staff that they should be fired if they are found to have breached programming codes, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Third profits warning hits Pace
Shares in Pace Micro collapsed 41 per cent yesterday after a key contract with BSkyB was renegotiated ...
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French farce that just gets Messier and Messier for Vivendi
The departure of Jean-Marie Messier has proved to be a mere staging post in the accelerating meltdown of the media ...
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Rival wait to pick up the pieces of Messier's crumbling Vivendi empire
With£12 bn debt Vivendi may need to sell some of its finest US and French media assets ...
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Accounting doubts and junk rating hit Vivendi
Vivendi Universal shares plunge up to 40 per cent, its debt downgraded to junk status and its accounting practices ...
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BSkyB takes advantage of Pace's lack of customers
BSkyB has used its position to renegotiate an important contract with the set-top- box manufacturer ...
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BBC editor defends giving platform to extremists
A BBC radio editor has defended his decision to give a platform to two extreme figures in the race relations debate...
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Another fine Messier: French giant in freefall amid whiff of scandal
Doubts raised about Vivendi accounts in echo of Wall St crisis ...
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Don't fine us, we'll fire staff, says BBC chief
BBC chairman enraged staff yesterday when he said the corporation should be able to fire employees for lapses in pr...
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Yet another warning as Pace gets boxed in on Sky deal
Pace Micro issued its fifth profits warning in a year after it was forced to renegotiate a supply contract with BSk...