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Pinewood launches broadband service.
Pinewood Shepperton Studios is launching a new service next month called Studiolink to provide broadband connectivity to film and television studios in Europe and the US.The new service, which will be
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Animated Gorillaz perform live at Brits.
Cult virtual band Gorillaz played live at the Brit Awards this week thanks to Passion Pictures, whose team was behind the band's pop videos, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Sony spin-off wins #5.5m private funds.
Sony subsidiary Go Interact TV has raised #5.5m of investment from a private equity fund manager in its first round of external financing, writes Barbara Marshall.
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DEVILISHLY STRANGE.
Molinare's drama dubbing team were responsible for building the supernatural audio atmosphere of Strange, a murder mystery with a devilish twist, produced by BBC entertainment with Big Bear films for BBC 1, writes Barbara Marshall.
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NOTHING REAL DEAL.
US visual effects software firm Nothing Real has been bought by Apple. Details of the deal were unavailable as Broadcast went to press but in a statement Apple said it 'plans
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STOLEN KIT WEBSITE.
Cheff, the trade body set up by UK facilities' chief engineers, has set up a webpage with details of stolen equipment to help recover and prevent the resale of the kit.
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SPORTAL CHIEF TO DITG.
Former Sportal chief executive Neil MacDonald has joined the Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG) as sales and marketing director. MacDonald will lead the commercial development of the group's interactive TV interests,
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CLOCKWORK HIRING.
Broadcast equipment and finance provider Clockwork Capital has appointed former BBC MediaArc interactive account manager Nick Looby as broadcast account manager. Before joining BBC Media-Arc, Looby was business development manager with
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TFG RELAUNCHES AD ARM.
The Facilities Group (TFG) has relaunched commercials production company Winkle Films as Vermilion and repositioned it as a full-service production company. Vermilion will provide agency production, TV administration, commercials and corporate
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ANIMATION FESTIVAL.
The third annual International Animation Festival will be held in Bristol from 25 to 28 April. Highlights include The Simpsons creator Matt Groen-ing, who will choose his favour-ite animations in Desert
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Fates of BBC 3 and C4 are linked.
The government's decision on whether to greenlight BBC 3 will be a real test of its vision for public service broadcasting and, more than that, the shape of British TV in
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FREE TO AIR - Brains they were born with.
It is very hard not to admire Channel 5. From the day it opened its revolving doors on Long Acre it pretty much became the only British broadcaster to do exactly
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TRADE TALK - Barbie world.
The year could hardly have begun on a worse note for Barb chief executive Caroline McDevitt, but she's determined to weather the storm.
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IN MY VIEW - Ray Fitzwalter.
On how making under-fives' programming ad free could be good for commercial TV.
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ON THE BOX - Toast of the terraces.
For TCM general manager, Europe, Africa & Middle East Tina McCann Footballers' Wives scores but Love Cruise misses the boat.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - A mixed message.
The BBC is often criticised for making heavy use of cross-media promotion to drive viewers to its new channels while its rivals claim they are unable to do so because of regulations. Who will level the playing field?
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BBC DIGITAL - Double-edged success.
The BBC was always going to use its generous licence fee settlement as a means to embark on an unprecedented expansion in digital media. But the corporation's ambitions are facing mounting opposition from rivals.
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OPINION - Dominating the digital domain.
The new BBC digital channels are about competition not public service and will reduce choice rather than expand it, argues John Hambley of digital channel Artsworld.
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CITY WATCH - Can Sky reach its 7 million target?
Even a record loss of #1.25bn has not dented City confidence in BSkyB, which is seen as one of the best run European media companies. But with falling numbers of new subscribers can Sky make pay-TV pay?
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TX - The crest of a wave.
There can be few more challenging arenas for sports television producers than the open water. For producer/director Russ Malkin of Image Wizard Television, covering the World Wakeboarding Championships last year in