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KNIGHT AND ROGERS STEP INTO AIELLO ROLE AT RAINBOW
Rainbow Post Production has appointed two new managing directors to replace Raimondo Aiello who stepped down last month (Broadcast, 20.10.00). Rainbow facilities manager Louise Knight and head of audio Nick Rogers
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GATES LEAVES SNELL & WILCOX FOR MIRANDA
Quebec-based Miranda Technologies, a digital video and audio interface manufacturer, has appointed Martyn Gates as director of product development for Europe, Middle East and Africa. Based at the European offices in
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ALTERED IMAGES EXPANDS INTO THE MIDLANDS
London-based reseller Altered Images has opened a new branch in Nuneaton to ensure closer support for its customers. Sales manager John Stringer, who will be responsible for developing the company in
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TANDBERG OUTSOURCES UK MANUFACTURING TO ACW
Digital broadcast systems specialist Tandberg Television is to outsource its UK-based manufacturing capabilities to contract electronics manufacturer ACW Technology. The agreement, which is expected to be finalised within the next two
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RADIOSCAPE WINS BRITISH COMPUTING SOCIETY AWARD
Digital radio software developer RadioScape is the winner of the British Computing Society (BCS) IT award. The company beat 80 nominees and seven other medal nominees to win the award which
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BBC dominates at Promax
A total of 109 awards were given at the Promax UK 2000 awards at the Grosvenor House Hotel last Saturday (4 November), up from 84 last year, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Adobe launches 'third wave of publishing'
Adobe Systems has unveiled its new business strategy, called 'network publishing', heralding what it calls 'the third wave of publishing'.In what the company claims is the most significant shift in its
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Pinewood opens first full-facility TV studio
Pinewood Studios launched its first full-facility television studio last week. The recent refurbishment has seen Sony install a turnkey system, including a DVS 7250 vision mixer with Studer supplying a D950M2
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Natpe mulls reality TV at conference
US programme market Natpe is to tackle reality TV at its 38th conference in January.Headline sessions at the four-day conference in Las Vegas include Formats: the new reality, which will feature
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C4 and ABC offer science pitch prize
Channel 4 and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation have raised A$10,000 (£3,700) to give to the winner of a pitch session to be held at the World Congress of Science Producers 2000 in December, writes Ashley Davies.
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The comedy has been bought by PBS in the US, Arte France/ Germany, TVNZ in New Zealand, C4 Finland, IBA Israel, SBS Holland, TVP Poland and Czech TV. Airlines Emirates, BA
Target Distribution has sold Tiger Aspect Productions' 60-minute Blackadder The Special to a number of international broadcasters, writes Ashley Davies.
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Mercury to make war reporter doc
As discussions between broadcasters continue over how to prevent the deaths of frontline reporters, it has emerged that fledgling distribution and production company Mercury Media is making a 3 x 50-minute documentary series about war reporting, writes As
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BMG TO RESTRUCTURE AFTER DORNEMANN STEPS DOWN
Media giant Bertelsmann is to restructure its television, music and new media division BMG Entertainment after a decision by chairman Michael Dornemann to step down in December. It is unclear whether
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EX-OMNI MEDIA PRESIDENT ROSSI MOVES TO CINAR
Cinar Corporation has appointed Omni Media USA president George Rossi as its new senior vice-president and chief financial officer. Rossi, who took up the role this week, will have overall responsibility
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IOC LAUDS BBC SPORT COVERAGE WITH GOLD AWARD
The International Olympic Committee has given BBC sport an IOC gold award for the corporation's coverage of the Sydney Olympic Games. IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch presented the award to BBC
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Streets ahead
As Corrie celebrates its 40th anniversary next month Jane Macnaught is the creative dynamo ensuring it never loses ratings.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - All smiles at Channel 5
Now in profit and with programme budgets set to increase by 50 per cent, Channel 5 has clearly turned a corner. Ashley Davies reports on the 'second stage' strategy under new chief executive Dawn Airey.
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OPINION - London licences may halt one ITV
The new-look ITV, almost equally dominated by Granada Media and Carlton, suggests the network is now operating as a smooth partnership. It's a single entity in all but name, goes the
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WHITE PAPER - What the paper says
The communications white paper is expected to recommmend a single regulatory body. But what would the new watchdog have to consider in its first six months? And who is in the race to head the so-called Ofcom?
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NEWSWORLD - The great divide
Should the BBC be allowed to expand its news coverage across different platforms? ITN new media's Garron Baines says no, while the corporation's Martin Vogel argues it adds up to more value for the licence fee payer.