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    Exluna unveils rival rendering system

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    US software developer Exluna will this month launch its first commercial product, Entropy, a rendering system that the company claims is 'more powerful than any other rendering system available'.The system has

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    Second sacking for Dubbs duo

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Duplication and conversion facility Dubbs has dismissed two of its major shareholders - Richard and Naomi Nardi - for the second time, writes Will Strauss.

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    Avid's VP Davies quits post early

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Avid Technology international vice-president Peter Davies has resigned from the US technology firm just months before he was due to officially retire.Davies, who has spent the past nine years at Avid,

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    Joe 90 back on screen

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Legendary children's puppet character Joe 90 has been spruced up for a unique BBC 2 trailer to promote the forthcoming I Love the 1990s series. The 30-second promo will feature a

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    BBC Radio digital move

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    BBC Radio and Music is to implement a digital play-out system from the German company VCS to handle both programme production and transmission on a number of its radio channels. The

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    Edit works completes

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    The management of post facility The Edit Works has completed its buyout from Complete Communications, which also owns production company Celador.Complete agreed to the sale last year after deciding that the

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    Duo in line for Emmy

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Videolondon co-founder Colin Martin and sound recordist/dubbing mixer Rudi Buckle have been nominated for an Emmy for their sound mixing work on Hornblower. The nod comes in the field of outstanding

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    Rings preview for SFX

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Attendees at the Siggraph festival in Los Angeles this month will get the chance to see a sneak preview of the SFX work completed by US facility Weta Digital on the

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    Autodesk results

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Autodesk's revenue for 2000 was up by more than $50m (£35m) on the previous year and not down as was erroneously stated in Broadcast last week.

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    Leader - Jowell needs to show cool head

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    As Broadcast went to press, Channel 4 had received close to 4,000 calls about its Brass Eye special which aired twice last week - the first time on Thursday at 22.35

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    Free to air - Brass neck required at C4

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Conspiracy theorists weighing up events in Horseferry Road last week might be tempted to put two and two together and make five.First, Michael Jackson announces he is quitting to work in

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    Trade talk - NTL's action man

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Rod Henwood, NTL's new director of television, has to build subscriber numbers against BSkyB, one of the toughest operators in the business.

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    On the box - Driving Miss Crazy

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Phil Dolling, executive producer of BBC 1's Space, waxes lyrical about Ruby, while Survivor's Final tests viewer endurance.

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    News analysis - Boxed into a corner

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Not for the first time BSkyB's business affairs are being scrutinised by regulators - the Office of Fair Trading and the European Commssion are both currrently poring over facts and figures. So, will the watchdogs bite?

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    TV management - Television's brain drain

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    With indies offering more creative opportunities, higher salaries and greater job security, top executive jobs with broadcasters are no longer the glittering prizes they once were. james curtis reports on TV's growing dearth of management talent.

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    Interview - No mouse in sight

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Following Disney's purchase of Fox Kids Europe, regional president David Hulbert is going to be putting serious pressure on rivals Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and potentially the BBC.

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    RATINGS ANALYSIS - Over 65s failed by multichannel

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Multichannel broadcasters are wasting an opportunity by not targeting older viewers as they are easily the heaviest consumers of television. Adrian Edwards Reports.

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    TX - Too free or not too free

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    During the filming of Slave Nation cameraman Paul Englefield had his passport removed in Switzerland and found himself surrounded by cake-eating snowmen in Derby - all in the name of freedom.Englefield

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    ITV floors BBC 1 in Sunday night fight for supremacy

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    One last gasp for Wimbledon, the final (BBC 1, Monday 11.35) with 4.43 million, before ITV and Channel 4 were once more serving aces with a Coronation Street special and Big

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    AND FINALLY

    2001-08-03T00:00:00Z

    Sam Zniber, Galaxy 102 programme director, recalls applying for a McJob in ParisWhat's the cruellest thing you've ever done?Listening to radio at home 24 hours per day, pretty cruel for my