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NewsC4 to air British basketball
Channel 4 has picked up the rights to broadcast highlights from British basketball championship Standard Life Game on 2010 Eurobasket.
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Good Food cooks up Malaysia AFP
UKTV’s Good Food channel has commissioned an ad-funded Malaysian cookery show from indie Denham Productions.
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NewsCall to split World Service funding
A peer has called for the cost of the BBC World Service to be shared between the Foreign Office and the Department for International Development (DfID) in order to protect it from cuts.
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NewsSummer Wine criticises BBC over farewell snub
Last of the Summer Wine star Tom Owen has criticised the BBC for not filming a specially-written farewell episode of the axed show.
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NewsBBC updates HD requirements
The BBC has updated its HD specification and commissioning requirements and stated that all network programmes must be delivered in HD by April next year.
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NewsTimeSlice Films heads to the US
London-based camera effects company TimeSlice Films has set-up a production facility in the US.
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NewsOrange poised to join Project Canvas
IPTV service Project Canvas looks set to recover from the blow of losing Five by striking a deal with Orange for the mobile and broadband operator to become a partner.
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NewsRed Bee wins Five HD contract
Red Bee Media is providing media management and playout services for Five HD, the high definition version of the main Five channel which launches today (Tuesday 13 July).
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NewsBBC Breakfast set for Salford move
BBC Breakfast is poised to join 5 Live and BBC Children’s in a move to the corporation’s new Media City HQ in Salford Quays.
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NewsITFC preps content for Five HD
Content management services company ITFC is preparing high definition material for Five HD.
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NewsGaunt loses High Court challenge
Jon Gaunt, the former Talksport radio show presenter who was sacked after calling a Tory councillor a “Nazi” and an “ignorant pig” live on air, has lost his High Court freedom of expression challenge against Ofcom.
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NewsRajar hires new chief exec
Rajar, the firm that compiles radio audience figures, has hired Jerry Hill as its chief executive officer to replace Sally de la Bedoyere.
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NewsShoot Blue picks up switchable DSLR lenses
Camera equipment rental and facilities company Shoot Blue has taken delivery of a complete set of Zeiss Compact Prime CP.2 cinematography lenses.
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NewsSalford Uni appoints new MediaCityUK director
The University of Salford has appointed River Media founder Jon Corner as its MediaCityUK director, replacing John Holland who quit last month.
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NewsDalet buys Italian software company
Media Asset Management company Dalet Digital Media Systems has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Gruppo TNT, a privately held Italian company that specializes in advanced broadcast technology.
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NewsVMTV to become Living TV Group
Virgin Media Television is to be renamed Living TV Group after its sale to BSkyB was cleared by Republic of Ireland competition authorities.
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NewsPrime Focus adds Datalab services
Prime Focus has launched a new Datalab department that will allow it to process and manage data camera assets for delivery within Prime Focus or to other editing houses around the world.
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NewsMammoth adds Pie Factory base
Ealing Studios’ Mammoth Graphics has opened an office within The Pie Factory at MediaCityUK in Salford.
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NewsSatusfaction backs editing challenge
Soho talent agency Satusfaction Post Production is backing an editing project for the Rushes Soho Shorts that will see three editing teams cut different short films from the same material.
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NewsC4 corporate boss quits
Paul Whitehead, Channel 4’s head of corporate and business development, is to leave the broadcaster after six years.