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    Mitcorp orders first Infinity cameras

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    The first production models of the new Thomson Grass Valley Infinity camcorder in the UK will be available this June from reseller Mitcorp after the company revealed it signed a deal to purchase 22 units at the start of the year, writesAndy Stout.

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    Skyline mixers join Frontier after buyout

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    Post facility Frontier Post has acquired Skyline Audio Post Production. Skyline's two suites, based at The Media Village in Great Titchfield Street, London, are being relocated to Frontier's Wells Street premises. Skyline will now trade as Frontier Post.

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    Nats' suite upgrade

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    Evolutions-owned Nats Post Production is upgrading one of its eight audio studios to a Dolby Surround 5.1 audio suite at its Soho Square facility. The fully specified suite will be installed by the end of the month and is the first major investment since Evolutions acquired Nats last month.

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    Mahoney joins DGP

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    DVD and post facility DGP has taken on TMR Digital's head of DVD, Lucie Mahoney, as head of DVD operations. In her new role Mahoney will be responsible for client management, general DVD operations and managing workflows and processes.

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    ITFC wins contract

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    ITFC has won the contract to provide Flextech Television with subtitling, audio description and signing for its UK channels - Living TV, Living TV2, Ftn, Challenge, Bravo, Player and Trouble. The deal extends ITFC's six-year relationship with Flextech, providing it with access services for a further two years. It will ...

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    Pepper adds finishing touches

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    Pepper has finished the post for All in the Game, a two-hour drama starring Ray Winstone as a football manager, who enters dangerous territory after a dodgy deal between his football agent son and his club's chairman goes sour. Pepper senior colourist Chris Beeton completed ...

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    Mr & Mrs Smith creates titles

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    Mr & Mrs Smith has created the graphics and title sequence for At It Productions' Bride & Grooming. The 6 x 60-minute factual entertainment series follows six couples going under the knife just three weeks before their wedding day. The titles were created using high-resolution ...

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    Role for Woodward

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    Shaun Woodward has been confirmed as the new broadcasting minister, following last week's Cabinet reshuffle in which his predecessor James Purnell moved to the Department for Work and Pensions.

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    The Apprentice shows its value for BBC2

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    BBC2's hit format The Apprenticehas helped give a powerful boost to the channel's Wednesday night performance in what has turned into a fierce ratings battleground with Channel 4.

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    Women in broadcasting survey Part II

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    Broadcast unveils the results of a major survey into how women are fairing in the broadcasting industry

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    ITV loses two entertainment execs

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    ITV Productions has lost a clutch of its key entertainment programme-makers in the space of a week including executive producers James Sunderland and Stewart Morris, who worked on Dancing on Iceand Brainiacrespectively.

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    Hilsum in China call

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 News'international editor, Lindsey Hilsum, who this week was permanently posted to China, has called on UK broadcasters to recognise the growing significance of the country in news coverage. Hilsum will keep her title after establishing a Beijing bureau in September but will cover Chinese stories for the ITN-produced ...

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    Ofcom ditches rule

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    Ofcom has abolished regulations limiting how much ITV, Channel 4 and Five can cross-promote their digital programmes and services - but has introduced a new rule to stop terrestrial broadcasters promoting Freeview over competing pay-TV platforms. From 10 July, the three terrestrial broadcasters will no longer be constrained by current ...

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    Trisha signs golden handcuffs deal

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    Talk show host Trisha Goddard has signed a new two-year golden handcuffs deal with Five after rejecting rival approaches from broadcasters. The new agreement will see her 10.30am weekday series Trisha Goddard, which has been struggling in the ratings, continue through to the end of ...

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    NTL confirms threat to 6,000 jobs

    2006-05-11T08:30:00Z

    NTL this week confirmed plans to axe or outsource around 6,000 jobs by the end of 2007 as a result of its merger with Telewest. The cuts, 80% of which will take place within 12 months, are part of the enlarged group's plans to obtain cost savings of£250m per year. ...

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    Rajars: Magic takes the lead in London

    2006-05-11T08:25:00Z

    Emap station Magic 105.4 has taken the lead in the London commercial radio market for the first time, recording a 7% share and 1.9 million listeners in the latest round of Rajar figures.

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    ITV's buyer in chief

    2006-05-11T08:00:00Z

    ITV's acquisitions chief Jay Kandola says there is a place for US drama on the network

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    In My View - Comedy needs to change

    2006-05-11T08:00:00Z

    British comedy needs to change, says Dan Chambers

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    Has the tapeless future arrived?

    2006-05-11T08:00:00Z

    Has the tapeless future arrived?

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    The grim TV reality

    2006-05-11T08:00:00Z

    Steven D Wright longs for the opportunity to dress up for the Baftas