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    FENTON QUITS BKSTS AFTER FOUR-AND-A-HALF YEARS

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The Moving Image Society's (BKSTS) executive director, Anne Fenton, has announced she is leaving the organisation to set up a new film and television arm for recruitment consultancy Searchlight. Fenton, who

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    VIRTUAL VIDEO CALLS IN GAVIN TO HEAD DESIGN TEAM

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Veteran animator and designer Pat Gavin is to front the design team at Virtual Video Studios. Dubbed the world's first portable virtual set operation, the studio opens its doors this week.

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    ALIAS UNVEILS LONDON DEMO AND TRAINING FACILITY

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Alias Wavefront is to open a new London demonstration and training facility.Due to launch next Friday (12 March), the facility will be based in Wardour Street. Alias Wavefront UK managing director

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    TVI TO OPEN FIFTH SOUND SUITE

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Soho facility TVI will open its fifth sound suite next week. Run by former Tele-Cine sound engineer James Hynes, it will be based around a 32ch automated digital desk with AudioVision,

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    WOODWARD SIGNS UP FOR PICCADILLY

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Former ES Video director Bob Woodward is joining Piccadilly Broadcast & Professional as central London sales manager. Woodward is expected to take up his new position at the beginning of April.

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    Sony picks NAB to unveil MPEG-2 VTR

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The first new product of Sony's MPEG-2 strategy, a half-inch tape-based VTR, will be launched at NAB in April.Although it will become effectively the company's sixth tape format, alongside its DV,

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    Derwen eyes Soho deal

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Barcud Derwen, the UK's largest independent facilities group outside the capital, is understood to be in discussions with a number of London facilities about a possible Soho acquisition.Barcud Derwen managing director

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    OmniBus hires Paisley

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    OmniBus Systems has appointed former Tektronix systems director Brian Paisley as its new group managing director.OmniBus Systems chairman Glynn Powell-Evans said the company created the role to reflect the changing nature

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    Panasonic loses Holland in reshuffle

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Panasonic broadcast and professional director Martin Holland has unexpectedly quit the company after a reorganisation of its senior management.Holland, who was the company's European marketing director, resigned officially last Monday (February

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    PG Studio to launch at Siggraph

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Animation production company Pepper's Ghost has developed a new digital production control and asset management system, which it intends to launch at Siggraph in August.Developed over the past 14 months, PG

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    Bond samples Sushi on Titanic

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The Production Show 1999 remains shaken but not stirred by the first-class exhibitor line-up at this year's show. Highlights include Avid Reseller root6. In full black tie, root6 is celebrating its

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Van Miert looks into F1 rights

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Karel Van Miert, European Union (EU) commissioner for competition, has revealed that he is negotiating to remove anti-competitive elements of TV rights deals for Formula One (F1) motor racing, writes Kim Benjamin.

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - Hat Trick pushes shows at Mip-TV

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Leading UK comedy and entertainment indie Hat Trick Productions will be selling completed shows through its distribution arm for the first time at Mip-TV next month.Hat Trick International (HTI), which was

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - CLT-Ufa seeks to sell Premiere stake

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    CLT-Ufa, the Bertelsmann/Audiofina broadcasting joint-venture, has confirmed that it is negotiating to sell its 37.5 per cent stake in German pay-TV service Premiere, writes Andrew Graeme.

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - BBC Prime goes on air beyond Europe

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    BBC Worldwide pay-TV entertainment channel BBC Prime is to expand beyond Europe for the first time, with a digital satellite TV (DST) distribution deal covering sub-Saharan Africa.BBC Prime launched across the

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - FRANCE 3 AND TF1 WARNED FOR 'FAKING' DOC SCENES

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    French public service broadcaster France 3 and commercial rival TF1 have been reprimanded by the country's television watchdog, the Conseil Superieur de l'Audiovisuel (CSA), for faking elements of recent documentaries. CSA

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - HIT BUYS INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS TO LIVING BRITAIN

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    UK producer/distributor Hit Entertainment has snapped up the international rights to Living Britain (left) outside the UK and US, which have gone to BBC Worldwide.Hit has also acquired the UK video

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - TORRANCE EXITS BBC FOR DRAMA ROLE AT GRANADA MEDIA

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Granada Media International (GMI), the distribution arm of Granada Media, has poached Caroline Torrance from the BBC to manage the company's drama portfolio. Torrance, who will join Granada on 8 April,

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - SOUTH PACIFIC BOLSTERS DRAMA AND FILM TEAM

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    South Pacific Pictures, the New Zealand-based producer one-third-owned by UK outfit Chrysalis Visual Entertainment, has made four appointments in a move to step up its TV drama and feature film activities.

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    INTERNATIONAL NEWS - FIGHT OVER SPANISH DIGITAL TELEVISION ROLLS ON

    1999-03-05T00:00:00Z

    No end appears to be in sight in the Spanish digital television battle, after Via Digital president Pedro Perez announced that he sees two platforms continuing following the breakdown of merger