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Cyborg v2 launches
British systems developer 5D last week launched version 2 of its effects editing system 5D Cyborg, which it is now positioning as a fully fledged finishing tool with multi-resolution compositing and
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Snell secures£22m
Snell & Wilcox has secured a£22m finance package with Advent Venture Partners, the venture capital firm behind Post Impressions which Snell bought last summer (Broadcast, 22.6.01). Advent Venture Partners chairman
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BBC regional news divisions to get generationQ
The BBC is the first customer for Quantel's recently launched generationQ newsroom system, writes Barbara MarshallBBC English Regions has ordered two systems for its regional news operations - one for Norwich,
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Apple in frame to buy Alias Wavefront
Speculation was rife at NAB last week about whether Apple had bought SGI subsidiary Alias Wavefront, writes Barbara Marshall
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4C to take a gamble with new series
Welsh broadcaster 4C is to launch its own version of Channel 4 gambling show Banzai with new format Beat the Bookie, writes Jon RogersS4C commissioning editor for light entertainment Huw Chiswell
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BBC 2 recalls leisure shows
BBC 2 controller Jane Root and controller of factual commissioning Nicola Moody have recommissioned a raft of leisure series.Talkback Productions has been asked to produce another series of dating show Would
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C4 offers Ideal features boost
Ideal World is set to ramp up its features base in Glasgow after scooping primetime Channel 4 commissions worth£2.4m, writes Penny HughesC4 head of features Ben Frow and deputy commissioning
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Elliott unveils first Kemp drama for ITV
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has unveiled former EastEnders star Martin Kemp's first drama vehicle for the channel.LWT has been asked to produce Daddy's Girl, a 2 x 60-minute
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Celador resumes search for brainiest kid
ITV 1 controller of entertainment Claudia Rosencrantz has commissioned Celador Productions to produce a second Britain's Brainiest Kid one-off.The 90-minute special will again feature Carol Vorderman testing the general and
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Men & Motors gears up for TT races
Men & Motors has secured the exclusive rights to The Isle of Man TT Races for 2002.Greenlight has been commissioned by Granada Sky Broadcasting director of programming Gary Shoefield to
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Treacy honoured with ITV fashion tribute
World-renowned milliner Philip Treacy is the subject of this year's Fashion Tribute, to air in ITV regions early next month.The 30-minute special, to be made by indie Talent Television, focuses
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BBC 1 lines up young offenders drama
BBC controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter has greenlit the first improvised drama for BBC 1.Tamzin Outhwaite and David Morrissey star in The Young Offenders, a 2 x 60-minute order
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Union and Columbia to scale next Rockface
BBC Scotland has commissioned Union Pictures and Columbia Tristar International TV to produce a second series of mountain rescue drama Rockface for BBC 1.Commissioned by BBC Scotland head of drama
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It's Partridge season
BBC 2 is to air a season of programmes featuring comedian Steve Coogan's anti-heroic creation Alan Partridge in the run-up to a brand new series of I'm Alan Partridge from TalkBack,
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Tribunal case begins
The full and final hearing of the race and sex discrimination case being brought against BBC World Service news by journalist Sharan Sandhu began on Tuesday (16 April) at an employment
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World Service global slump
Radio service loses 3 million listeners in 2001 despite events of September 11
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Cross-House team to study comms bill
Members of the Commons media select committee, including chairman Gerald Kaufmann, may be called on to join a rare joint committee of both the Houses of Commons and Lords to examine
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C4 nets cash for history shows
Ice Age doc from producers of Neanderthal on the agenda thanks to backing from German broadcaster ZDF
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Andreae steps in to plug C4 science gap
Optomen Television head of documentaries fills role vacated by former commissioning editor, science Dam Chambers