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CWC offers digital for under a tenner
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has turned the heat up on its rivals by unveiling a digital pay-TV package that it claims undercuts similar offerings from both On Digital and BSkyB
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BBC and Sci-Fi agree Farscape joint deal
The BBC has signed a joint acquisition deal with the Sci-Fi channel to buy Farscape, a 22 x 60-minute US science fiction series made by The Jim Henson Company, writes Tim Dams.
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Wise Buddah to examine state of British institutions in first R4 series
Radio production company Wise Buddah has secured a stack of new commissions including its first project for BBC Radio 4, writes Tabitha Cole.
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Tigress hires staff to make new UK and US shows
Independent natural history specialist Tigress Productions is taking on 20 extra production staff on the back of new UK and US commissions, writes Jason Deans.
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FOUR MEDIA DITCHES $150 MILLION BOND ISSUE
Four Media, the US facilities group that recently acquired UK facilities TVP Group and TVI, has abandoned a high-yielding bond issue that would have raised $150 million (£95 million). Four Media
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VFG SNAPS UP GMG ENDEMOL FILM AND TAPE ARM
AIM-listed facilities group VFG has acquired Mobart Enterprises, the film and tape stock subsidiary of GMG Endemol Entertainment. The deal values the Soho-based company at just over£900,000, made up of
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PYRAMID UNVEILS VIRTUAL STUDIO FACILITY
Regional facility Pyramid post-production has launched a new virtual studio facility based around two Orad Cybersets. To support the new studio Pyramid has hired ex-BBC and HTV cameraman Chris Pain and
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WINDMILL LANE OPENS UP LONDON OFFICE FOR FILM HOUSE
Dublin facility Windmill Lane Pictures has launched a new London office for subsidiary Film House. Headed by former Oasis marketing manager Gareth Mullaney, the Beak Street base has been established in
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DRAKE AUTOMATION HIRES WESTLAKE FOR SALES ROLE
Drake Automation (DAL) has appointed former NDS business development manager Penny Westlake as sales director. Based at DAL's UK headquarters in Basingstoke, Westlake will be responsible for all territories apart from
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STREAM BOOSTS DVD WITH TWO MORE AUTHORING SYSTEMS
Stream, the DVD arm of Soho facility TVI, has installed two further DVD authoring systems. Supplied by Boxer Systems, the Spruce DVD Maestro systems are expected to form the basis of
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TRIO JOIN PHOENIX TV
Phoenix Television, the TV services company set up by former WTN managers Gerry O'Reilly, Steve Turner, Rex Jenkins and Rick Bayles, has made three further appointments. They include former WTN executives
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YOUNG ACQUIRES TASTE FOR SHERBET
Award-winning animation director Susan Young has signed to London's Sherbet animation studio. Young, who trained and worked with Sherbet co-founder Jonathan Hodgson, is expected to start work on a campaign for
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SOHO IMAGES SIGNS UP BOWMAN AND BANNISTER
Soho Images has signed sales executives Matt Bowman and Chris Bannister to bolster its existing team of Nigel Horn and Martin McGlone. Bowman joins from Todd AO while Bannister arrives from
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OFT clears BBC Resources
The Office of Fair Trading has rejected a complaint against BBC Resources Limited by Bristol independent Elm Road.A spokeswoman for the OFT said after nearly six months of investigation it had
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Tektronix confirms it will offload VND
Tektronix has confirmed that it plans to sell or merge its loss-making VND division, as predicted in Broadcast in April (23.4.99.)News of the decision came as the company announced that it
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Thomas takes the helm at 12A
Facilities body the I2A has appointed Dr Cheryl Thomas as its new chief executive.Thomas, who currently works for the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), is expected to take up her
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House welcomes Dann
Barnes Trust Media has confirmed that Steve Dann has been appointed as sales and marketing development manager for facility subsidiary The House.The appointment, predicted in Broadcast last week, comes less than
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Hibbert Ralph co-founder departs to focus on films
Hibbert Ralph Animation co-founder Graham Ralph is leaving the company to start up a new company.Ralph, who has worked with co-founder Jerry Hibbert since 1983, will relinquish his stake in the
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CANAL+ AND TPS SCORE FRENCH SOCCER RIGHTS
Canal+ and rival digital satellite TV (DST) outfit Television par Satellite (TPS) have jointly acquired the rights to coverage of French first division football at a combined cost of FFr3.4 billion
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WEAR TAKES POLICY POST IN DISCOVERY RESHUFFLE
Discovery Communications Inc (DCI) has reshuffled its international team in a move that sees Discovery Networks International (DNI) president Donald Wear moved to a newly created post. Wear, who was head