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TODD AO'S BARRETT GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
Todd AO UK vice-president of MCR operations David Barrett has quit the company for a new role as president of Todd AO Video Services in Hollywood. Todd AO UK managing director
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Pukka Post finalises takeover of The Muse
Pukka Post, the post-production arm of production company Pukka Films, has completed a takeover of facilities house The Muse (formerly known as 3DTV).Pukka Films founder Paul Katis declined to comment on
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Resources chief comes under fire
Commercial director of BBC Resources David Green came under fire from UK facilities last Thursday (14 October) for wanting to 'have his cake and eat it'.Speaking at a conference in Barcelona
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Williams forms 26Films
Former financial director of The House Caroline Williams is setting up a new production company called 26Films.Based in Soho, the company will be run by Williams and fellow directors Steven Beverley
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US TV stations join Sinclair's lobby of FCC
Sinclair Broadcast Group's attempts to lobby US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow digital television broadcast using the DVB-T COFDM transmission system stepped up a gear last week as
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Intergraph shares slide
Shares in troubled computer manufacturer Intergraph Corporation fell to a 52-week low last week after a federal judge reversed an earlier decision in the company's long-running legal battle with chip-maker Intel.Intergraph
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Sowerbutts moves to United Wildlife
Itel deputy chief executive and head of programming Paul Sowerbutts is leaving the distributor after 12 years to take up the post of managing director at United News & Media (UNM)
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News Corp, NTL on shortlist for DT cable
News Corp, Microsoft, NTL and United Pan Europe Communications (UPC) are among the companies still in the running to buy Deutsche Telekom's (DT) cable TV networks, according to German newspaper reports.DT
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UPCtv rolls out seven niche cable channels
UPCtv, the programming arm of United Pan-Europe Communications (UPC), plans to roll out seven niche cable channels across western Europe and Scandinavia by the end of the year.Telekabel, UPC's Austrian cable
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MURPHY QUITS TV3 'FOR PERSONAL REASONS'
Michael Murphy, the director of programmes for Ireland's first commercial broadcaster, TV3, has left the company 'for personal reasons', according to a spokeswoman. Murphy, formerly Elmsdale Media director of programmes, put
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DLT SELLS BENNY HILL SHOW TO USA BROADCASTING
UK indie producer/distributor DLT Entertainment has sold 111 x 30-minutes of The Benny Hill Show (left) to Barry Diller's USA Broadcasting Group, which owns 12 terrestrial stations in the US. USA
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RED COLOBUS GEARS UP FOR LAUNCH OF TV BUCURESTI
UK-registered company Red Colobus is gearing up to launch terrestrial station TV Bucuresti in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, next summer. The channel, which is to be run by Chris Lowe and
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ENDEMOL SELLS BIG BROTHER REALITY SOAP TO SBS
Dutch producer/distributor Endemol Entertainment has sold its Big Brother reality soap format to SBS for transmission on the pan-European broadcaster's stations outside the Netherlands.Endemol has just posted a 20 per cent
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ZONE VISION GRABS 50% STAKE IN DOCUMENTARY CHANNEL
London-based niche channel producer and distributor Zone Vision Group has taken a 50 per cent stake in the European operations of action/adventure documentary channel QuesTV. The new partners are planning to
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APTED TO SPEAK AT AUSSIE DOCUMENTARY CONFERENCE
The Sixth Australian International Documentary Conference will play host to UK television practitioners including 42 Up director Michael Apted, in Adelaide from 2-6 November. Other UK executives attending the conference will
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MTV JOINS PREMIERE WORLD TO DEVELOP MUSIC CHANNEL
MTV Networks Europe and Kirch-owned German digital pay-TV operator Premiere World have linked up to develop an exclusive music channel for the platform. Following the agreement, MTV and VH-1 will cease
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Wonder years
Shows like C4's Pornography prove that World of Wonder's Fenton Bailey is as at home with boned-up docs as pop ephemera, reports David Wood.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Keep it in the family?
With many of Auntie's most successful shows such as The Royle Family (above) now being produced by outside suppliers, Tim Dams asks why BBC Production is missing out.
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OPINION - Content is king, the rest is detail
Shorthand. We all use it and it's endemic to the TV and radio industries, just as all industries develop their own jargon. We write about Gavyn Davies and you realise we're
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GENRE AUDIT: NEWS - Here is the news, 2009
What will TV news look like in 10 years' time? With technology revolutionising the way news is gathered and delivered, our three-page special offers a few pointers.