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Drive to DTT could freeze out local TV
The Independent Television Commission admitted last week at the Production Show that the roll-out of analogue local television is being held back by the government in a bid to maximise digital
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P3 launches offline outpost
Non-linear editing facility P3 has opened a new editing facility near its central London base.Based around five non-linear Avid Media Composers, the new facility is called P3 Outpost and will allow
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4MC UK invests in Cintel C-Reality systems
4MC UK has bought two Cintel C-Reality telecine systems for its two London sites, after indications that the system is finding favour among Hollywood Studios for its quality of transfer.Simon Willkinson,
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Robbie wins by a nose in animation awards
BBC animation won a clutch of prizes at last weeks' British Animation Awards, with BBC 1 Christmas animation story, Robbie the Reindeer: Hooves of Fire directed by Richard Goleszowski picking up
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International News - Cinar audit finds£77m of 'unauthorised investments'
Uncertainty surrounds the future of Canadian producer and distributor Cinar Corporation after an internal audit revealed $122 million (£77 million) of 'unauthorised investments' not passed by the company's board. The animation
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International News - First-look deal signed by Lough House Animation
Lough House Animation has signed a first-look representation deal with sales specialists Sovereign Pictures for its entire programming slate.Sovereign Pictures will represent all television and ancillary rights, including licensing, publishing, internet
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International News - UPC acquires SBS for£1.8 billion
Dutch cable company United Pan Europe Communications is buying Scandinavian broadcasting group SBS for $2.8 billion (£1.8 billion) in a deal that welds a pan-European distributor with a pan-European broadcaster across
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International News - ICA hosts Holocaust-related documentary event
The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is hosting an international documentary film competition that will award first-time directors as well as established film-makers. The event forms part of a week-long documentary
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International News - Entertainment Rights gets square deal on Cubeez
Multimedia children's and family entertainment company Entertainment Rights has bought international rights to 3D animated pre-school series Cubeez. The deal gives the company all rights to the franchise, including TV, merchandising
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International News - Sportsworld Media negotiates triathlon coverage
International sports TV production and entertainment group Sportsworld Media Group has signed a six-year deal with the International Triathlon Union for the worldwide broadcast and distribution rights to triathlon events. The
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International News - Sullivan comes to UK to search for co-pros
Canadian production company Sullivan Entertainment has moved its international sales office from Canada to London and is looking for co-production deals with European firms.The outfit's UK base is intended to provide
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International News - Egmont subsidiary for London
Danish producer and distributor Egmont Imagination has set up a UK subsidiary, Egmont Imagination UK, and hired Gem children's sales manager Tatiana Kober to head the operation, writes Tara Conlan.
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International News - Montreux Festival nominations favour Brits
A total 27 British programmes have been nominated for this year's 40th Golden Rose of Montreux Festival from a shortlist of 90 entries, writes Ashley Davies.
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International News - Postcard from ... Isabelle Repiton in France
France is no more immune to the meteoric rise of internet start-ups than the rest of the planet. Nor are the major traditional TV players slow to muscle in. One after
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Trade Talk - Power player
Having tackled Slobodan Milosevic, renowned documentary maker Norma Percy has turned her lens to Northern Ireland. Tim Dams reports.
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Trade Talk - Barry Cox
On the task ahead for the government as it drafts the forthcoming communications white paper.
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News Analysis - A bright new spark?
NTL is rarely out of the headlines with new deals unveiled almost on a weekly basis. David Wood takes a temperature check on a company whose tentacles are spreading throughout the industry.
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Opinion - Who will win in BBC restructure?
As news begins to trickle out of Broadcasting House about Greg Dyke's already famous formation of a New BBC, those expecting to be stung are readying their responses.There's nothing like a
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Rolling News - 24-hour battle stations
ITN has finally joined the fray and will launch a 24-hour news channel this summer into an already a competitive market. Tara Conlan takes a look at the runners and riders and their current form as they jostle for space in the UK.
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Factual Output - In development
The last decade saw terrestrial factual output about the developing world fall by nearly 50 per cent. Is this the fault of the broadcasters or a public tired of doom and gloom - and will the tide turn? Katy Elliott reports.