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Szabo joins Red Post to work new Spirit
Red Post Production has bought a Philips Spirit Datacine with a Pandora MegaDEF secondary colour corrector, and hired telecine colourist Gary Szabo (left) to lead the team working with the system.
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Evans sets up DVD facility
Andy Evans, the pioneering former head of DVD authoring house Stream at TVI, is setting up a new DVD consultancy and production facility called The Pavement Studios, writes Joanna Scott.
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BBC expert calls for more virtual set use
BBC virtual studios expert Danny Popkin criticised the UK television industry last week for not making better use of virtual set technology.Popkin, who is development manager at BBC Resources, was chairing
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Metro Broadcast and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) have joined forces for a series of virtual set production training courses. Courses lasting one, two and three days will begin
Metro Broadcast and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) have joined forces for a series of virtual set production training courses. Courses lasting one, two and three days will begin
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Soho mourns loss of Andrew Vere
Soho was this week mourning the unexpected loss of SVC founder Andrew Vere, who died of a heart attack on 25 January at his home in Surrey.The SVC chairman had been
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Team seeks out second UK indie
US independent Team Communications is scouring the UK independent production sector to find a second acquisition target following its $5 million (£3.1 million) purchase of UK sales outfit Dandelion Distribution.Team bought
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France sets precedent for Turner
The French government is to allow Turner Network Television to transmit a French version of Turner Classic Movies (TCM) broadcast from the UK, in a landmark ruling, writes Paul Michaud.
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Dyke's Euro TV plea
New BBC director general Greg Dyke warned this week that Europe runs the risk of being flooded with cheap US imports without the continued presence of strong public service broadcasters, writes John Plunkett.
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GBTV, the joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Granada Media, has secured its first deal stateside, in the form of a pilot based on Silent Witness for the NBC network, writes
GBTV, the joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Granada Media, has secured its first deal stateside, in the form of a pilot based on Silent Witness for the NBC network, writes
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Postcard from ... Isabelle Repiton in Paris
France is gripped by convergence mania, just like the rest of the world, and there is no greater champion of this phenomenon than Vivendi chief Jean Marie Messier, who has been
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Hughes becomes Hat Trick International director
Hat Trick International sales manager Isobel Hughes (right) has been promoted to the new post of sales director. Hat Trick Productions commercial director Hilary Strong, to whom Hughes reports, said the
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RDF sells Royal Wedding Bells to PBS
Indie factual specialist RDF Television has sold Royal Wedding Bells to PBS. The US public broadcaster will reformat the 3 x 60-minute series, which aired on BBC 1 three weeks before
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Ex-Sky News chief to produce Commonwealth doc
Former deputy head of Sky News Mike Nolan has been hired to executive produce a 30-minute programme, Freedom, sponsored by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA). The film will be based on
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C4I and NBC hook up for Old Testament docs
Channel 4 International (C4I) has struck a co-production deal with NBC for two 60-minute documentaries, The Ark of the Covenant and Sodom and Gomorrah. The films, which were commissioned by Channel
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Pearson's Scardino to receive Gold Nymph Award
Pearson's chief executive Marjorie Scardino is to receive the Gold Nymph Award at the Monte Carlo Television Festival and Market. The award will be presented to Scardino by His Royal Highness
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ITN and Carlton win golds at New York awards
ITN and Carlton Television scooped gold medals at the recent 1999 International Television Programming Awards in New York. ITN foreign correspondent Julian Manyon took gold in the best reporter category for
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Trade Talk - Book maker
As non-executive chairman of Octopus Publishing, Michael Grade has lost no time pursuing TV production partnerships. Ashley Davies reports.
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Trade Talk - Tony Stoller
With radio licensees now come of age, their regulator is listening more keenly but won't be a soft touch.
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News Analysis - Watching the clock
With a select committee report due before Parliament in March, ahead of the ITC's review of ITV's new evening schedule, the stage is set for the renewal of hostilities over News at Ten. Tara Conlan reports.
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Opinion - BBC should treat quotas cautiously
Greg Dyke had a busy first day as BBC director general on Monday.He began his already famous Q&A session with 450 corporation employees with a promise to support in-house production, before