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C4 TO AIR THE WORST OF CORPORATE VIDEOS
Code Design produced the opening titles and stings for Channel 4 Comedy Lab pastiche 'Jimmy Carr's World of Corporate Videos', a light-hearted tribute to corporate videos from the past 30 years.
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Barnes Trust consolidates
Duplication facility Klones is to merge with fellow Barnes Trust Media group company Cast resulting in the loss of six jobs, writes Barbara Marshall.
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MERLIN SOLD TO VT
Former BBC transmission business Merlin Communications has been bought by Southampton-based naval shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft (VT) for£95m. The deal is part of VT's strategy of expanding its support services business.Merlin,
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BARCONET SHARES BID
US set-top box manufacturer Scientific-Atlanta is seeking to boost its European market presence by buying Brussels-based Barconet, the broadband technology provider. Scientific-Atlanta has made a public offer for all outstanding common
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RAPID ADDS SMOKE
West London post facility Rapid Pictures has just completed a£250,000 expansion that includes the addition of Discreet high-end compositing system Smoke. The firm is also expanding its multimedia and DVD
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ARRI SALES APPOINTMENT
Camera and lighting specialist Arri GB has appointed Adrian Bottomley as general manager for lighting sales. Bottomley joins from control equipment manufacturer IMI where he was UK marketing manager. Before that,
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OMNE GOES FOR LIBERATE
UK cable start-up firm Omne Communications has chosen Liberate TV software ahead of a December launch of its interactive services. Former NTL and BT employees formed Omne last summer to provide
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Leader - Murdoch enmity has had its day
Some of the steam appears to have gone out of the debate about ensuring the BBC is in some senses regulated by Ofcom in future. A government response to a report
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Free to air - 'effing and blinding away
It was with some surprise that, trapped at home with terrestrial television, I heard the advance warning for the Robbie Williams spectacular on BBC 1: 'Blah ... blah ... blah ...
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Trade Talk - The strategist
Having given teenagers Trouble, vice-president of Flextech channels Lisa Opie is now overseeing marketing for her resilient TV family.
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In my View - Damian Tambini, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research
On whether niche channels should be subject to stricter impartiality requirements in news.
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On the Box - Cold feet, warm heart
Cold Feet still has legs, says senior VP, worldwide programming strategy at ABC/Disney cable Paul Robinson, but Ruby is no diamond.
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News Analysis - Positive signals
How have digital radio operators escaped the woes of other broadcasters which invested in new technology, even though no date has been set for analogue switch-off and digital radio sets are still a hefty£200?
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ITV Regions - Saving the regions
Next week TV executives gather in Salford to discuss the state of regional TV. Safeguarding the future of ITV's regional output will be at the top of the agenda. Jane Marlow reports.
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Interview - A soul for the cities
Channel 4's regional quota amounts to£120m a year of investment outside London, so it's not surprising head of programmes, nations and regions Stuart Cosgrove sees his brief as being as much about regenerating Britain's cities as about making programmes.
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City Watch - Canny Scottish bucks the trend
In the first of a new City series examining the financial performance of listed broadcasters, we take a look at how Scottish Radio Holdings is toughing out the downturn and making inroads south of the border. James Curtis reports.
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TX - Cartoons make a Flash
Sometimes it is easier to cover sensitive subjects if you are one of those affected.So it is with Channel 4's new animation Quads - part of the Hot Reels animation series.
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RATINGS: WEEK ENDING 4 NOVEMBER - Heavyweight contenders square up for Christmas
In the heavy calibre primetime audience battle between BBC 1 and ITV 1 it's hard pounding now as the two of them lumber towards Christmas.ITV had no problems dominating Monday, Wednesday
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Off the Record - BBC bods dish up ingenious solution
Ever tried to get a satellite dish into a war zone? Well, surprisingly, Off The Record hasn't either but BBC news has. And a lot of fun it sounds too. Beeb
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Off the Record - Monkey business
As OTR is already compiling its Christmas list for broadcast types (cut-price media shares all round) it's interesting to see that ITV Digital is giving away a free subscription to the