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CABLE OPERATOR LOSSES UP
Cable operators NTL and Telewest both reported big increases in losses for the first nine months of the year last week. Net losses at NTL increased to $857 million (£529 million)
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C5 NEWS PROMOTES MONCK
5 News news editor Adrian Monck has been promoted to programme editor of 5 News and Sport, replacing Gay Flashman who has moved to become a programme executive at BBC Knowledge.
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JONES MOVES TO SGRIN
Former BBC Wales controller and S4C chief executive Dr Geraint Stanley Jones has been appointed chair of Sgrin, the media agency for Wales. He takes over from Lord Elis-Thomas who resigned
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CHRYSALIS POACHES OWEN
Chrysalis Radio has poached Daniel Owen from the Radio Authority to become its new strategy and development manager. Owen, who was deputy director of development at the RA, joins in March
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Smith gets to grips with digital chaos
Media Secretary Chris Smith has held a successful first meeting with the industry about finding ways to end consumer confusion about digital.In a speech to the Digital Television Group's conference on
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ITC clears Channel 4 of Animal Passions in Hidden Love series
The Independent Television Commission has cleared Channel 4 of breaching taste and decency codes after 40 viewers complained about Hidden Love - Animal Passions, which explored sexual relations with animals, writes
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Emap plans station based on music mag Q
Emap is planning to launch a new radio station based on its music magazine, Q, as part of a long-term drive to create a raft of new digital TV and radio
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Singer hits out at 'subsidised' C4
Flextech chairman and chief executive Adam Singer has criticised Channel 4 and the Government over the broadcaster's moves to launch new channels without the constraints imposed on the BBC or commercial
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BBC awards online ideas£5,000 each
BBC Online awarded two producers£5,000 to develop online programme ideas at the international co-production conference Sharing Stories on Sunday (14 November), writes Tara Conlan.Producer Jonnie Turpie from Maverick Television/Hi8us Projects
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Touch created the title sequences and graphics for two Attaboy Television programmes exploring the worldwide web. Katherine Pearson used Avid Illusion to create the titles for www.personalservices (ab
Touch created the title sequences and graphics for two Attaboy Television programmes exploring the worldwide web. Katherine Pearson used Avid Illusion to create the titles for www.personalservices (above), a no-nonsense guide
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Sky One designer Matt Piper created the title sequence and content graphics for new interactive show Sky Rockett. Live 16mm footage shot by lighting cameraman Tony May, was treated and composited
Sky One designer Matt Piper created the title sequence and content graphics for new interactive show Sky Rockett. Live 16mm footage shot by lighting cameraman Tony May, was treated and composited
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BBC resources designers Jean Cramond and Steiner Danielsen created the tiles sequence, bumpers and end credits for Absolutely Productions' new Channel 4 series, Trigger Happy TV. Using After Effects,
BBC resources designers Jean Cramond and Steiner Danielsen created the tiles sequence, bumpers and end credits for Absolutely Productions' new Channel 4 series, Trigger Happy TV. Using After Effects, the pair
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Zenith starts Blaze with Ant & Dec deal
Zenith Entertainment is spinning off its entertainment, music and comedy production into a separate unit - Blaze Television - to be headed by Zenith director of entertainment programming Conor McAnally.The move
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ITC criticised over kids' ads
The Independent Television Commission has been slammed by the Children's Society for not being tough enough with commercial TV over advertising to children, writes David Wood.Speaking at a Voice of the
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Leys leaves FilmFour for freelance career
FilmFour deputy head of development Kate Leys is leaving to take up a freelance career as a script editor and development executive, writes Paul Donovan.Leys, who is credited with nurturing new
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BBC marks opening of redeveloped opera
The BBC is collaborating with the Royal Opera House on radio, TV and online programmes to mark the opening season of the redeveloped Covent Garden building, writes Tim Dams.Output includes live
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CANAL+ PUTS MOS TO USE ON NEWS CHANNEL
The Media Object Server protocol (MOS) saw its first European use last week, when Canal+ in Paris began using it to control the newsroom equipment in its all-news channel, i-television. The
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MEDIA 100 AND ICE LINK UP TO DEVELOP COMPRESSION TOOLS
Media 100 and Integrated Computing Engines (ICE) have announced a strategic tie-up to promote and develop compression tools for media streaming on the internet. The deal will integrate ICE's acceleration technology
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UNIQUE ID TAKES JOHNSTON FROM PEAK SYSTEMS
Smoke & Mirrors' partially owned subsidiary, Unique ID Software, has appointed Andy Johnston to manage its commercial affairs.Johnston, who has worked in a number of senior marketing positions with Softimage, Discreet
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BBC RESOURCES PUTS ARCHIVE FOOTAGE ON CD-ROM
BBC Resources has designed and produced a series of 18 CD-Roms to showcase the corporation's archive footage. A Resources spokesman said the BBC was eventually looking to produce some 100 CD-Roms