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Muffin alive 'n kicking
Vintage TV puppet Muffin The Mule is to make a comeback for his 60th birthday. ...
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Muffin gees up for a comeback
A bygone facourite of children's television is about to be given a new lease of life. ...
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How war coverage helped but Murdoch on a media roll in Bush's America
This is a very good time to be alive if you happen to be Rupert Murdoch. ...
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Tune in for America's next campaign in the Middle East
A satellite TV channel funded by the American government aims to win hearts and minds across the region. ...
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NewsNews teams pulled out as conflict ends
News broadcasters are scaling back their commitments to the region in and around Iraq, following the end of what has been viewed as one of the most expensive and heavily televised wars in history.
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Direc TV's fate goes back to Capitol Hill
The morning after Rupert Murdoch successfully negotiated News Corp's purchase of DirecTV from General Motors, the 7...
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Politicians discover reality on television
It was uplifting to see those photographs of Micheal Portillo in the Daily Telegraph the other day, in his green an...
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NewsBBC daytime eyes 'scud stud'
The competition for the services of much in demand BBC News correspondent Rageh Omaar is set to be joined by an unlikely contender - BBC daytime, writes Leigh Holmwood
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CD slump drives rockers on to shopping channel
Rock stars are to sell their CD's through home shopping channels in the latest attempt to counter a global slump in...
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Reuters chairman defends chief executives£610,00 bonus
Sir Christopher Hogg, chairman of Reuters, yesterday defended the£610,000 bonus paid to Tom Glocer, its chief exec...
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NewsGovt tries TV scheme to lure couch voters
Members of the public will be able vote for candidates in next month's local elections via their TVs for the first time, as part of a pilot scheme from Sky and NTL, writes Rosemary Gallagher
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NewsITC comes out for ITV merger
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is set to lend its support to the creation of a single ITV today (Wednesday) as it gives evidence to the Competition Commission, which began its investigation into the merger this week, writes Paul Revoir
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Bruce Dunlop wins Italian job for Sky
Branding company Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BD&A) has won a multimillion pound contract to design the on-air look of Rupert Murdoch's new Sky satellite platform in Italy, writes Will Strauss.
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Quantel links Final Cut Pro with online systems
UK kit manufacturer Quantel has developed a new workflow system that will allow drama series and films that are offlined on Apple's Final Cut Pro (FCP) to be transferred directly to its own high-end finishing systems, writes Will Strauss.
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Discreet puts a shine on colour correction
Discreet has unveiled the real-time digital grading and colour correction system that will replace its Colossus product, writes Will Strauss.
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Rushes' animal magic for VW
Rushes has produced and posted a new ad for VW, featuring a series of images depicting the skulls of different animals, including a hippo, a baboon and a Siberian tiger. The final image in the spot is of a VW engine looking very similar to a skull. Once a basic ...
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Ascent head quits
The head of Ascent Media Grou's UK creative services division, Mark Hewitt, has quit the company to 'pursue other interests' after three years in the post. Sam Husain, UK Group managing director, corporate and finance, and Simon Kay, divisional managing director, Ascent Media Management Services, UK, will handle the responsibilities ...
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New mobile editing kit
Editing product manufacturer Canopus has developed a mobile editing workstation designed for remote location DV production. Combined with Canopus' DV codec technology and Rextor NLE application software, the laptop-based CWS-30 provides video professionals with a powerful and portable NLE system for remote location broadcasting, electronic newsgathering and on-location feature-film and ...
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BBC Tech major order
BBC Technology has received the first order for its Colledia for Sport media management system. American-based sports broadcaster ESPN has asked BBC Technology to transform the company's present production, presentation and archive operations into a fully digital, tapeless environment. The order also represents Quantel's biggest ever order, with the technology ...
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First sales for Nucoda
Post facilities Framestore CFC and Double Negative are the first customers to buy Nucoda's Data Conform pre-visualising tool for film. The PC-based system enables users to conform 2K 10-bit media files over a standard computer network, with full EDL capability. Double Negative head of technology David Scott said the system ...