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NewsArqiva buys Inmedia for£68.5m
Arqiva - the newly rebranded NTL Broadcast - has bought Inmedia Communications from The Carlyle Group for£68.5 million.
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NewsMannion: UK denied information on fatalities
ITV News editor-in-chief David Mannion has attacked the authorities for not releasing up-to-date fatality figures in the aftermath of Thursday's bomb blasts, claiming that people in Australia were better informed than the British public.
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NewsRTL set to take UBM's shares in Five
Five majority shareholder RTL Group is reportedly looking to buy out United Business Media's stake in the broadcaster in a bid to take full control of the channel.
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NewsHow Sky News reported the attacks
Broadcasters rushed to cover the terrorist attacks on London - with news staff themselves caught up in the events as commuters. This is the story from inside Sky News of how the story broke yesterday morning.
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NewsBBC1 Six O'Clock News draws 7m
Millions of extra viewers turned to TV news broadcasts and special reports yesterday in the wake of the London terror attacks - with the BBC Six O'Clock Newspulling in the biggest audience of the day, with almost 7m viewers.
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NewsBroadcasters rejig schedules
Broadcasters are gradually getting back up to speed in the wake of yesterday's terrorist attacks on London.
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NewsCamera phones add to TV footage
Newscasters did their level best to get cameras into the myriad trouble spots yesterday, but the more revealing footage came from members of the public via their mobile phones.
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NewsNews websites struggle to meet demand
Yesterday's terrorist attacks on London left news websites struggling to keep up with demand from people seeking news on the bombings.
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NewsBBC picks-up How I Met Your Mother
Another new US show is on its way to the UK after the BBC picked up rights to the sitcom How I Met Your Mother.
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NewsPEER POLL: Cross-promotion regulation
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Is Ofcom right to relax the rules on radio and TV cross-promotion?
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NewsTo the Ends of the Earth appeals to 4.3m
BBC2's period drama To the Ends of the Earthcruised to a comfortable victory in the ratings with 4.3 million (19.8%) at 9pm.
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Clear creatives take over in MBO
Visual effects house Clear is being bought out by senior creatives a week after managing director Greg Caplan said that the company was going through a 'blip'.
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Clear Cut buys£400,000 Avid Unity system
Clear Cut Pictures is spending£400,000 on buying and setting up the UK's first 4 gigabit fibre-channel Avid Unity system which will allow producers to work remotely at the west London facility.
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Jim Henson confirms 23 job cuts from Camden site
The axe hanging over the London base of Jim Henson's Creature Shop has fallen, cutting 23 full-time jobs.
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Red move to Blue
Broadcast post facility Blue has grabbed account manager Kabir Malik from Red Post Production. Malik has worked at Ascent Media Group, M2 and Oasis Television during the past six years, with clients including MTV, BBC Broadcast and Fox Kids Europe. Malik follows former Red colleague Chris Mortimer who joined Blue ...
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New Red colourist
Meanwhile, Red Post Production has picked up colourist George Mellors. Formerly at SVC and One Post, Mellors has previously graded on projects including idents for MTV, Sky Sports bumpers and trailers for the forthcoming series of Top Gear.
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Todd-AO buys eQ
Todd-AO has bought a£100,000 Quantel eQ editing system. The eQ provides editing, grading and versioning that can work at both standard and high-definition, a key reason for the purchase. Managing director Sam Webb said: 'We know the HD market is set for huge growth and while that growth is happening, ...
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UK Post elections
UK Post members have elected St Anne's Post managing director Keith Williams and Granada post-production boss Lance Tattersall to join last year's returning board. All but two members of last year's board were successfully re-elected with managing directors Nicky Sargent, The Farm Group and William Sargent, Framestore CFC choosing to ...
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New BBC Post role
BBC Post Production London has promoted post-producer Richie Cohen to fill a dedicated indies post-producer role, which starts this month. Cohen recently project managed BBC Broadcast's move from Television Centre to the hi-tech Broadcast Centre. BBC Post Production is part of BBC Resources, one of the remaining commercial arms of ...