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Interview - Abraham's Discovery.
David Abraham's successful transition from advertising veteran to broadcasting executive is typical of a new breed in television.Equally happy selling campaigns to chancellor Gordon Brown as he was going off to
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Channel Report - Keeping Paice with the viewer.
With a budget of around£50,000 an hour, Bravo channel editor Matthew Paice has his work cut out to pull in the target 16 to 34-year-old male audience, but it makes success all the more rewarding
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TX - The spying game.
For Spooks, BBC 1's new£5m drama about the domestic security service MI5, Kudos was presented with an interesting conundrum: how to design the interior of a classified building.As the series
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BBC loses its touch for Sunday evening drama.
Traditionally, the classic Sunday night serial has been to the BBC's history what Hovis has been to bread. Unfortunately for the BBC, in the 21st century it is ITV which has
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Off The Record - The benefits of hindsight, Dawn.
Robot Wars might have become one of the television phenomena of recent years, but that's no thanks to Dawn Airey. The Channel 5 top dog, in her previous incarnation as Channel
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Off The Record - TV on the cheap.
Indies producing content for BBC 4 could do worse than check the small print on their rights contract. It states that the corporation can put the show out as much as
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Off The Record - Footballers' fives.
Budding Michael Owens take note, next week is your last chance to register a team for the Broadcast Fives, the TV and radio industry five-a-side football tournament. We've already had loads
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Off The Record - And Finally....
LWT executive producer, entertainment Jeff Thacker has has a winning way with royaltyWhat is your computer password?Oh shit!When were you happiest?TomorrowTell us one of your most hilarious faux pasMentioning to the
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ITC to pull plug on ITV Digital
ITC to readvertise DTT licence after administrator's reveal that there is insufficient funding to keep going
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ITV 1 scores once again with football coverage
Over 7 million viewers tune-in to see Manchester United's game against Bayer Leverkusen
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Short list for B+'s Young Talent Awards announced
Production staff from the regions have a strong presence in the shortlist for the B+ Young Talent Awards announced today (Friday 27th April), writes Will Strauss.Manchester based editor Neil Haggerty (27),
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Cheerful Scout to float on AIM
Multimedia and animation specialist Cheerful Scout is set to raise£850,000 when it floats on the alternative investment market (AIM) next week, writes Barbara MarshallIn a complicated reverse takeover, Cheerful Scout,
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Clear rejigs after founder quits
Clear Post Production has rejigged its board of directors following the departure of co-founder Simon Fallon, writes Barbara MarshallFellow co-founder Greg Caplan is now chief executive, having taken over the day-to-day
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At The Races gets a title
Chrysalis Creative and XTV have created the titles and bumpers for digital interactive racing channel At The Races, which launches on 1 May, writes Barbara MarshallTo coincide with the launch, At
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Manager for Pinnacle
Pinnacle Systems has appointed Discreet business development manager Gary Lewis as regional sales manager to the northern Europe broadcast and professional sales team. Lewis, who takes responsibility for the UK and
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Hitachi in patent row
Japanese electronics giant Hitachi has dismissed as 'without merit' allegations of patent infringement brought against its data storage products by loss-making rival EMC.EMC filed against Hitachi in the US on
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Kaydara FX training
Canadian digital media specialist Kaydara has appointed Shepperton-based Centroid Motion Capture as its first European authorised training centre.Centroid will be holding a series of seminars from 30 April to 3
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Rushes takes on three
Rushes has made a further three additions to its 3D department.Former Aldis Animation/The Refinery chief Louise Hussey has joined as 3D production manager, Rick Leary comes from the BBC as senior
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Boost for hd kit hire
Hire companies Arri Media and Gearbox are stepping up their high-definition product lines.Arri Media ordered two Thomson Viper Filmstream cameras at NAB earlier this month and Gearbox has added a
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TWI scores Discovery World Cup commission
TWI has secured its first ever commission from Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) with a 2 x 60-minute football documentary series to air as part of a night dedicated to the World