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TRIMEDIA BROADCAST LAUNCHES NEW VIRTUAL STUDIO
Trimedia Broadcast launched its new virtual studio in London earlier this week. Incorporating Chromatte, the chroma keying technology from RTV developed in conjunction with the BBC, the studio dispenses with the
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HIRINGS AT FRAMESTORE, RUSHES, THE FARM AND HOME
A number of new appointments have been made by Soho facilities. FrameStore has recruited Inferno operator Hani Al Yousif from Mill Film, while Australian Rachel Ward joins the 3D animation team
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TRADE TALK - The crusader
Ian McBride is one of our finest documentary makers. Now he's Granada Media's managing editor and head of compliance. Simon Ellery reports.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Reaching a junction
Job losses, disgruntled stars, low morale, major series being decommissioned ... Can BBC Birmingham get out of the slow lane in production terms? Tara Conlan investigates.
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Rich list shows need for variety
Broadcasthas done its bit to awaken a sun-kissed and slumbering industry this week, with the publication of our first contemporary Rich List.
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The UK’s top 100 broadcast millionaires. (1 of 2)
When Broadcast decided to call on Sunday Times rich list author Philip Beresford to compile its first list of the wealthiest people in the UK ‘broadcasting’ industry the sticking point was
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The UK's top 100 broadcast millionaires. (2 of 2)
(1)£175m - SIR PETER MICHAEL (dob 13/06/38) - GWR GROUPMichael worked for large electronics companies before starting his own company, Micro Consultants, in 1968. He reversed Micro Consultants into the
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RATINGS - TX - DOWN TO EARTH
Broadcaster: BBC 1Producer: Whistling Gypsy/BBC dramaStart: 21.00, 28 AugustLength: 1 x 75-minutes, 5 x 50-minutesCommissioning editor: Peter SalmonExecutive producer: Mal YoungProducer: Rosemarie Whitman'There's more to popular drama than putting a soap
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The occasional diary of a BBC director general.£
THURSDAYPlaces to go, people to see. Oh yes. Busy, busy, busy. Kicked off the day by trying to sort the MacTaggart. It's either the suit and my trusty pale blue shirt
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OFF THE RECORD - Cab in economy drive
Good to see those house-wrecking Home Front folks taking to heart Greg Dyke's pleas for people to use fewer taxis. The show's editor Franny Moyle recently played her part in reducing
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OFF THE RECORD - Real life evictions to come?
For some inexplicable reason, the tabloids have ignored a far more captivating webcast than Big Brother. Forget the Machiavellian exploits of toxic Nick and whether he's a Channel 4 plant with
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OFF THE RECORD - You'll like it ... not a lot ..
A message for millionaire Paul Daniels (below): we think we know the perpetrator of some particularly ingenious nuisance calls (involving accusations of the cupping of rabbits' bottoms) you may have received.
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Lookalikes - driven by ambition
Be aroused by the testosterone-fuelled resemblance between telly chieftain Baz and racing ace Michael Schumacher. While one has risen to the top of his field with the use of aggressive tactics
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Indie fat cats dominate broadcasting Rich List
Independent producers make up over half of the first Broadcast Rich List, published in Broadcast today, underlining the huge valuation put on content companies in the current media boom.The richest person
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ALBERT FINNEY NAMED AS NEW UNCLE SILAS IN ITV DRAMA
Yorkshire Television and Excelsior have revealed that Albert Finney is the replacement for Oliver Reed in its television version of My Uncle Silas. Production has just started on the comedy drama
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CHANNEL 5 ORDERS MORE PRE-SCHOOL HAVAKAZOO
Channel 5 controller of children's and religious programmes Nick Wilson has recommissioned a further 65 episodes of United Productions pre-school comedy Havakazoo. The 65 x 30-minute order is currently being filmed
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CARLTON GIVES BREAKS TO BLACK AND ASIAN COMEDIANS
Carlton Television has developed a new regional multicultural strand that gives each of four black and Asian comedians a 30-minute programme to develop individual characters. Single Voices, produced by Parminder Vir
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AIRBORNE TV WINS NEW RUN OF EUROPEAN BLUE REVIEW
UK distributor and producer Airborne TV has been re-commissioned by Channel 5 for a second series of European Blue Review, which looks behind the scenes of adult entertainment across Europe. C5
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PRODUCTION STARTS ON ONE-OFF KAVANAGH SPECIAL
Production has begun on a special one-off Kavanagh QC, which is due to air on ITV in the new year. Produced by Carlton Television, The End Of Law will be a
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WELSH COASTLINE GETS TWO DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Andy Brice Productions is making two documentary series about the Welsh coastline, co-funded by Welsh broadcasters HTV Wales and S4C. For HTV the indie is producing a 12 x 30-minute series