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NewsBBC Technology strike set for Olympics opening
Managers could be drafted in to keep BBC services on the air after broadcasting union Bectu announced it would take strike action over the weekend of the Olympic Games opening ceremony.
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NewsCapital's 'Flying Eye' touches down
Capital Radio's 'Flying Eye' traffic reporter, Russ Kane, is hanging up his chocks after 20 years at the station.
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NewsJowell moots 2012 analogue switch-off
The government looks set to put back its timetable for switching off analogue TV signals to 2012 following widespread scepticism about the previous 2010 target.
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NewsSambrook to head World Service
BBC director of news Richard Sambrook - one of the few key protagonists from the Dr David Kelly affair still in his job - is to make a side-ways move to run the BBC World Service in September.
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Granada pulls off bumper drama deal
Granada International has sold more than 500 hours of drama to broadcasters in Denmark, including the four new Poirot films.
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RDFI picks up rights to Ricochet shows
RDF International has bolstered its programming portfolio after snapping up a package of shows from lifestyle specialist Ricochet.
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Ali G in da usaiii to get airing in Croatia
Channel 4 International has secured sales of drama, comedy and animation to broadcasters across eastern Europe. Talkback Production's comedy series Ali G in da USAiii has been picked up by Nova TV in Croatia while National TV Romania has taken 6 x 60-minute drugs drama ...
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Endemol expands into south-east asia
Endemol has hired former Zeal director Ed Sharples to expand its reach into south-east Asia. Sharples, who covered India and the Middle East as director of international television for Zeal, will relocate to Bangkok. He will attempt to drive Endemol formats into territories such as Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. ...
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BBC's wide eye sells to Eastern Europe
Abbey Home Media has licensed BBC pre-school show Wide Eye to eastern European children's network Minimax. The channel has acquired the cable, satellite and video rights for Slovakia, Romania, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The 26 x 10-minute series, already sold to South Korea, Australia, ...
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ER creates international director role
Entertainment Rights, the owner of Postman Pat and Basil Brush , has promoted Chloe van den Berg to director of international. In the newly created role, van den Berg will develop the international business strategy for all the company's brands ...
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Reality TV channel launched in Portugal
London-based Zone Vision is to launch its Reality TV channel in Portugal. The three-year deal with cable operator Cabovisao will see the 24-hour channel broadcast in English to 230,000 homes throughout the country. Worldwide, the channel is available to around 120 million subscribers and is broadcast in 18 different languages. ...
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Format focus: PA for a day
In PA For a Day, the presenter acts as personal assistant in order to explore office life from the inside
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BBC Resources' profits dip by£1m
BBC resources' profits dropped by£1m over 2003/2004, however it has still managed to return£7m in cash to the BBC.
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Wife Swap prompts Resolution expansion
Resolution has opened another facility in the former Barracuda Media building, following the closure of the Final Cut Pro specialist, to cope with an influx of work from the Wife Swap franchise.
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St Anne's set to up high-def capabilities
St Anne's Post is to upgrade its second C-reality telecine to HD as it completes£600,000 of investment in a bid to attract archive restoration and documentary work.
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TSI hires Waller
TSI Post has appointed Martin Waller as compositing editor. His last job was working on Jerry Bruckheimer's King Arthur. Waller, who had previously been employed at Blue for four years, has worked with MTV, Discovery and Channel 4. He has moved to TSI to ...
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New face at rushes
Rushes has brought Charles Darby on board as vfx designer and digital matte artist. Darby founded Digital Firepower in Hollywood six years ago following stints with Cinesite LA and Digital Domain and has worked on Academy Award-winning work such as Titanic, The Matrix and ...
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Metro invests in HD
Metro Broadcast has invested£250,000 to continue its HD commitment, including upgrading its Sony XPRI non-linear suite to version 7 and buying Panasonic's HDD5, Sony's HDW M2000 VTRs and Sony's latest HD camcorder - the HDW-730. The expansion will also include a new voiceover and audio restoration studio which is on ...
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BBC broadcast deal
BBC Broadcast has won a five-year deal with Channel 4 to provide all its access services: subtitling, audio description and signing following an open competitive tender. By January next year BBC Broadcast will be providing tailored services on all Channel 4 channels from the Broadcast Centre in west London. More ...
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Nat geo picks DMC
The Digital Media Centre has been selected by the National Geographic Channel to perform playout for their Scandinavian services. This brings the total count of the National Geographic Channel's local feeds originating from the Digital Media Centre to five and language services provided by the centre to 16.