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    Pinewood secures funding

    2008-11-06T15:00:37Z

    Pinewood Shepperton has secured£70m in funding from a banking syndicate led by RBS and including Lloyds TSB and Allied Irish Bank.

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    Three heads join Unit Post

    2008-11-06T14:56:41Z

    Unit Post has added to its commercials team by taking on Frankie Limata as executive producer.

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    Aimimage takes control of Ice Film

    2008-11-06T14:54:32Z

    Aimimage has acquired the assets of camera hire and retail company Ice Film Equipment Ltd, which went into liquidation last month.

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    Virgin reveals cost of Sky channels

    2008-11-06T12:25:21Z

    Virgin Media is forking out as much as£38m a year to allow its customers to return to the mysterious island in Lost or spend their evenings with Homer Simpson as part of the deal that will see the likes of Sky 1 and Sky Sports News return to the cable ...

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    Cineflix names acquisitions head

    2008-11-06T12:24:21Z

    Cineflix International has hired a head of acquisitions to “substantially increase” the number of titles in the distributor's catalogue.

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    Digital switch starts in Scottish Borders

    2008-11-06T12:15:07Z

    Tens of thousands of TV viewers in the Scottish Borders region lost the first of their analogue channels today (Thursday) as digital switch-over began in earnest.

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    UKTV streamlines operation

    2008-11-06T12:09:04Z

    UKTV is crediting a new multi-million-pound broadcast management system with allowing it to rebrand its channels without having to employ extra staff.

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    Geoff Wright joins Marquis

    2008-11-06T12:04:13Z

    Marquis Broadcast has added former GMTV chief engineer Geoff Wright to its consultancy division.

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    Utah buys Sandar

    2008-11-06T12:01:03Z

    Utah Scientific has bought routing and distribution technology developer Sandar.

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    TV Critics 6 November ‘08

    2008-11-06T12:00:25Z

    “It was all a lot more complicated than you'd imagine.” Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.

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    Octopus joins up with iCR

    2008-11-06T11:58:47Z

    Octopus Media Technology has combined its content management platform with Amberfin's iCR encoding and repurposing software in an effort to help broadcasters manage and deliver content online.

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    Hyperactive in management rejig

    2008-11-06T11:54:02Z

    Hyperactive Broadcast has restructured its management team and will double its investment in equipment next year in response to new opportunities in the market.

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    Sachsgate special pulls 1m for Five

    2008-11-06T11:27:08Z

    Five's fast turnaround documentary on Sachsgate - featuring an interview with 'Satanic Slut' Georgina Baillie - pulled in an average audience of 982,000 viewers (5.7%) over 65-minutes at 10pm.

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    Judges named for Broadcast Awards 2009

    2008-11-05T18:09:35Z

    ITV2 controller Zai Bennett, E4 head Angela Jain and BBC Knowledge head of independent commissioning Richard Klein are among the 23 judges of the Broadcast Awards 2009.

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    Blink eyes fact ent after hires

    2008-11-05T18:03:25Z

    Blink Films, the indie set up by former Five execs Dan Chambers and Justine Kershaw, has made its first major hires and is planning a push into factual entertainment.

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    BBC plans twin seasons on credit crunch crisis

    2008-11-05T17:58:12Z

    The BBC is aiming to demystify the stock market and track the personal impact of financial problems in two factual seasons around the economic crisis.

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    Compulsory redundancies prompt ITV strike threat

    2008-11-05T17:50:05Z

    More than 200 ITV regional news staff face compulsory redundancy before Christmas after the window closed for journalists to leave their jobs voluntarily.

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    Ross and Brand ‘will escape lasting harm'

    2008-11-05T17:45:05Z

    Neither Russell Brand nor Jonathan Ross will suffer lasting damage to their careers because of the row over their prank phone calls to Andrew Sachs - or so think most people in television.

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    Elliott to boost RDF drama slate

    2008-11-05T17:39:24Z

    RDF Media Group has recruited former ITV drama luminary Nick Elliott as a consultant to sit on a group-wide drama board.

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    ITVP rebrands in push for global sales

    2008-11-05T17:37:41Z

    ITV Productions is to be renamed ITV Studios as part of a radical restructure designed to emulate the scale and innovation of US studios such as Fox and Universal.