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C4 rings changes with Bell
Channel 4 has appointed BBC features producer/director Hilary Bell as deputy commissioning editor for documentaries, writes Wale Azeez.The appointment, made by C4 head of documentaries Peter Dale, follows the departure of
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Chatsworth signs up Dyson to head new factual department
Chatsworth Television is expanding from its mainstay of entertainment production by setting up a factual department headed by new signing producer/director Mark Dyson, writes Ashley Davies.Dyson, whose credits include a number
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Cosgrove Hall Films' The Animal Shelf is back for its third series this September. The pre-school animation is to be shown on Children's ITV as a 26 x 10-minute run. The
Cosgrove Hall Films' The Animal Shelf is back for its third series this September. The pre-school animation is to be shown on Children's ITV as a 26 x 10-minute run. The
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Westcountry scores autumn Century
Westcountry Television has unveiled an autumn regional programming line-up that includes a millennium documentary series looking back over the area's history in the past 100 years, writes Jason Deans.Century is a
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Accom slashes price of Stratasphere
Accom has cut the price of its Stratasphere non-linear editing (NLE) system by up to 40 per cent in response to similar moves from rival manufacturers.Accom president and chief executive Junaid
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Television set poaches Laing to head London post
Former Ocean Post facility manager Verity Laing is joining The Television Set Group as facility manager for the recently acquired London Post. Television Set Group joint managing director David Thompson said
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Glassworks adds flame artist Marin to effects team
Glassworks has lured former Mill Flame artist Peter Marin (left) to join its effects team of Jonny Hicks, Rachel Mills, Pasi Johansson and Fasa Oyibo. Marin's credits include a range of
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Skaramoosh takes plunge for Softimage DS System
Animation and graphic design facility Skaramoosh has acquired Softimage DS. Skaramoosh managing director Daniel Slight said the arrival of the system would enable the company to complete more long-form television projects.
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4:2:2 hires Bond as new head of design
4:2:2 has appointed Paul Bond as its new head of design. He will be responsible for co-ordinating the company's creative design output across the Bristol and London facilities. Prior to joining
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Metro to distibute Dreamteam's Typhoon in UK
Israeli-based software developer DreamTeam has appointed Metro Broadcast as the exclusive UK distributor for Typhoon - its real-time live-to-air animation software. DreamTeam international development manager Nadav Schirman said Metro's experience with
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Omnibus expands into rentals
Omnibus Systems is expanding into the equipment rental business - hiring out complete automated transmission systems, writes Nick Radlo.Priced from around£30,000, Eclipse is a complete automated transmission system controlling the
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Liberty to acquire control of Todd AO
John Malone's Liberty Media Corporation is acquiring control of US facilities group Todd AO less than two months after the US post-production group said it was looking to sell or merge
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Winners of the inaugural Rushes Soho Shorts film festival were announced last Friday (30 July). Director Ed Fraiman won the Directors' Guild newcomers award for Nurse Ajax (above). The Innovation TK
Winners of the inaugural Rushes Soho Shorts film festival were announced last Friday (30 July). Director Ed Fraiman won the Directors' Guild newcomers award for Nurse Ajax (above). The Innovation TK
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Salmon unleashes Resources revamp
BBC Resources' new chief executive, Margaret Salmon, has revamped the directorate's senior management team following the departures of head of strategy Olivier Garrigue and acting director of operations John Lightfoot last
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Canal+ on brink of Italian pay-TV deal
Canal+ is on the verge of completing a deal to sell stakes in its Italian pay-TV subsidiary Tele+ to investors including telecoms operator Wind, according to a newspaper report.The agreement being
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Bravo buys Smack the Pony
Channel 4 International (C4I) has sold TalkBack Productions' all-female sketch show, Smack The Pony, to US cable channel Bravo, writes Wale Azeez.The deal for the 7 x 30-minute series, which has
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Worldwide snaps up Hy Gardner's celebrity archive
BBC Worldwide has bought the library of the late US journalist Hy Gardner, who interviewed many of the biggest showbusiness names from the 1950s to the 1970s, writes Ashley Davies.The Hy
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World View - Sandy George in Sydney
Serious concerns have emerged about how domestic shifts in Australian children's drama production will have an impact on export potential and the survival of indigenous producers.The change likely to have the
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Meyer takes the helm at Warner Bros
Time Warner chairman Gerald Levin has promoted head of Warner Bros' TV operations Barry Meyer to become chairman and chief executive of the studio.Meyer, who as Warner Bros executive vice-president and
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Exit of Seven chief rocks Aussie broadcasting
The Australian broadcasting industry was caught off guard on Friday (30 July) by the shock resignation of Seven Network chief executive Julian Mounter after less than a year in the job.