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NewsFreudenstein quits Sky
BSkyB chief operating officer Richard Freudenstein, one of the company's most influential executives, is to leave the company in the summer.
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NewsNTL appoints new CEO
NTL today surprised the City by replacing its chief executive Simon Duffy with an executive from US firm Comcast.
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NewsC4 board appoints Lord Puttnamas deputy chair
Channel 4 will make veteran film producer Lord Puttnam its new deputy chairman, replacing Barry Cox when he steps down from the role in February.
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NewsBBC staff face compulsory redundancy
Up to 280 BBC staff will face compulsory redundancy, director general Mark Thompson has warned.
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NewsComedy Awards amuse 5.4m
ITV1's coverage of The British Comedy Awards only gave the viewers some mild amusement as the first 90-minute slot drew 5.4 million (25.1%) at 9pm.
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NewsTV Corp's mystery buyer withdraws interest
Television Corporation's discussions with an unnamed interested party have ended, leaving Tinopolis the only suitor in the running.
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NewsLangham in The Thick of It at Comedy Awards
Chris Langham, the man who was axed from Not the Nine O'Clock News 25 years ago to make way for Griff Rhys-Jones, was one of the surprise winners at the British Comedy Awards.
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New tax breaks for film industry
The UK film production industry has welcomed the government's announcement last week of a long-awaited new tax credit system, geared to allow producers to offset certain production costs against tax.
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Kodak hit by Hemel oil explosion
Kodak Film Supplies' headquarters has been badly damaged by the oil explosion and consequent raging fires at Hemel Hempstead.
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Soho Editors expands worldwide
Post-production talent agency Soho Editors is to plough around£4m into expanding its business worldwide, to cover the Middle East, West Coast USA, South Africa and Ireland.
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Feeney to Golden Sq
Golden Square has taken on freelancer Sean Feeney as senior producer. Feeney worked at MPC for seven years, working his way up to senior VFX producer. He then moved to Jim Henson's Creature Shop to become head of animation and post-production. At Golden Square, he will be helping to build ...
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Baselight for Envy
Start-up post house Envy has spent£225,000 on Filmlight's Baselight Four grading system for colour grading and finishing. It will be used for high-end grading for film and broadcast work and will be installed in the facility's grading suite.
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Fuji row settled
Fujifilm and media supplier First4media have settled their dispute which erupted earlier this year (Broadcast, 16.6.05). The fallout saw Fuji's broadcast divisional manager, Eric Mould, and the directors of stock supplier Transco Group plc - which trades as First4media - taken to court by Fuji over alleged trading irregularities. The ...
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Edifis for Clear Cut
Post-production house Clear Cut Pictures has splashed out£200,000 on an Edifis f/stop grading and colouring system as part of its drive into feature film post. It will be installed in January and used for colour correction, to create 2k, HD, PAL and NTSC deliverables, grade across Final Cut Pro material ...
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BDA rebrands ESPN
Design company BDA has rebranded the ESPN Classic sports channel, with new idents and on-air elements. Senior designer Andrew Olley created the new look, using Clarity Pixel Promo. The new on-air design airs early next year.
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Thomson IPTV move
Media giant Thomson has acquired French IPTV platform provider Thales Broadcast & Multimedia for around£87.7m. The deal will give the Thomson group end-to-end products and services in the IPTV, mobile TV and digital terrestrial transmission (DTT) markets. It is the second acquisition made by Thomson this month, after it bought ...
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BBC HD doc finished
BBC Resources has secured the editing and grading work on the three-part HD documentary Galapagos for BBC Natural History and the National Geographic Channel. BBC Post Production Bristol is providing the HD tapeless post-production solution to support the series, which explores the history, landscape and wildlife of the islands, and ...
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Studio AKA does Nick Jr idents
Studio AKA has created the channel idents for Nickelodeon UK's Nick Jr channel. The idents, directed by AKA's Mic Graves, depict a pop-up world featuring cut-out animals in festive mode. Ben Boquelet, Emilie Boyard, Boris Kossmehl, Rob Latimer and Fabienne Rivory animated in 3D using Softimage XSI. James Gaillard rendered ...
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Evolutions grades Snow Queen
Evolutions has completed the mastering and grading of Intro's first film venture, The Snow Queen, a 56-minute film based on the Hans Christian Andersen fantasy story combining music by composer Peter K Joyce and poetry. Evolutions senior editors Nick King and Owen Tyler conducted the mastering using a digital tape ...
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Pepper finishes Life on Mars
Pepper has completed the post-production on BBC Production's Life on Mars, a 6 x 60-minute drama series about a detective who wakes from an accident to find himself living in 1973. Shot on super 16mm Kodak stock, the grade was designed to give a 1970s film effect. Senior colourist Jet ...