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    PROFITS PLUMMET AT CHANNEL 5 OWNER RTL.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Channel 5 owner RTL Group saw its core earnings plunge 35 per cent last year, giving it an overall loss of #1.52bn. Considerable asset write-downs and the continuing advertising slump meant

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    BBC News triumph at RTS.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The BBC picked up the lion's share of the Royal Television Society (RTS) journalism awards last week taking six gongs. Channel 4 won three, BSkyB netted two and CNN picked up one, writes Penny Hughes.

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    Study tips end of primetime.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The concept of primetime TV is on the verge of dying out, according to a report from personal video recorder (PVR) manufacturer Tivo.The study, which questioned 3,000 UK and US Tivo

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    Pilot access stations on air.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The first three stations in the Radio Authority's access radio pilot scheme have begun broadcasting, with another 12 due to go on air later this year, writes Leigh Holmwood.

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    Mip-TV 2003 moves to March.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The organiser of TV markets Mip-TV and Mipcom is moving the 2003 spring event forward to March, writes Steve Aston.

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    4MC IN #2.5M HD PUSH.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    4MC has just taken delivery of the Sony HD Cam and Panasonic HD D5 VTRs as part of a #2.5m investment in high-definition equipment across the Liberty Livewire group. In the

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    FARM UPS NON-LINEAR.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The Farm group is doubling the size of non-linear facility The Shed with the addition of six rooms. Due to open at the beginning of April, the new rooms will include

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    MCMILLAN EXPANDS.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Broadcast equipment supplier McMillan is expanding its London operation with a move to a new Soho site. As part of the move, the firm is recruiting four extra staff and has

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    World Wide covers satellite launch.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The launch of Envisat - Europe's largest satellite - last Friday (1 March) was the climax of a year's work by indie World Wide Pictures for the European Space Agency (ESA), writes Barbara Marshall.

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    Regulators approve GVG sale to Thomson.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Thomson Multimedia has this week confirmed its purchase of the Grass Valley Group (GVG) and, through its Technicolor subsidiary, has added two more companies to its list of acquisitions.The $172m (#121m)

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    Radio mics could be hit by analogue switch-off.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The Institute of Broadcast Sound (IBS) is pressing the government to consider the impact of analogue switch-off on the use of radio microphones, writes Barbara Marshall.At a seminar held on Wednesday

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    Turner awards major facility contract.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Snell & Wilcox has won a multimillion pound deal to equip the world's largest broadcast centre at Turner Entertainment Group's new Atlanta headquarters, writes Barbara Marshall.The 193,000 square foot facility, due

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    DISCREET STAFF MOVES.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Jeremy Lutterloch has been promoted to Discreet UK regional manager, replacing Patrick Jocelyn who became director of Europe, Middle East and Africa last month (Broadcast, 8.2.02).

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    MCR DIRECTORSHIPS.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    The Machine Room has made four of its senior managers directors. David Clarke, Wendy Field, Simon Brigg and Darryl Huxley have been with the company for between two and five years

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    BLUE HIRES THREE.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Blue has made three appointments this month. Andy Brown joins from Soho 601 to head the Flame department, Lucy Cotter has left Rushes to take a senior bookings role and Tracey

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    422 BOOSTS ANIMATION.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    422 has taken on Gary Noden who is heading north from London's Eye Animation to become senior 3D animator at 422's Manchester site. Noden's credits include idents for Cartoon Network, Fox

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    BBC risk-taking must continue.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Poor old BBC. Just like the Royal Family, the corporation is damned if it does and damned if it doesn't.Confirmation that Prince Edward is to step down from his day-to-day role

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    FREE TO AIR - End is nigh for ITV Digital.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    ITV Digital is the televisual Queen Mother. We all know it is going to go, we just can't quite pin a date on the unhappy event. Staff at Granada and Carlton

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    TRADE TALK - Office politician.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    Anil Gupta was a driving force behind seminal shows Goodness Gracious Me and The Office - can he inject fresh energy into French and Saunders?

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    IN MY VIEW - Mark Rowland.

    2002-03-08T00:00:00Z

    On how the BBC has little to lose and much to gain by allowing producers their rights.