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    ACCOM TRIPLES REVENUE IN THE YEAR TO DECEMBER 1999

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Accom has reported almost tripling its revenue in 1999, as it released its end of year results. It still posted a net loss for 1999, but at $1.7 million (£1.06 million)

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    BLUE INSTALLS FLAME

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Soho facility Blue Post Production has installed a Discreet Flame compositing and special effects system, supplied by Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry.Blue managing director Dave Cadle said Flame had been bought to

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    BLACKHAM BECOMES BFV GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Bristol based Broadcast Film and Video has re-structured its management, with its founder Dave Blackham becoming group managing director, with overall responsibility for BFV and its subsidiary operations.Rowland Jones, who joined

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    BT TO OPEN SECOND TELEPORT IN US

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    BT Broadcast Services is to open a teleport in Los Angeles this autumn - its second in the US - to service a growth in business from the west coast of

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    Grade may bid for Pinewood Studios

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The news that Michael Grade might be bidding for Pinewood Studios took the UK film industry by surprise and, as Broadcast went to press, there was still no confirmation of the

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    A spectacular host of ghostly special effects have been created for BBC 1's new comedy drama series Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (right), writes Joanna Scott. Based on the 1970s detective cult

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    A spectacular host of ghostly special effects have been created for BBC 1's new comedy drama series Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (right), writes Joanna Scott. Based on the 1970s detective cult

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    Cinevideo invests in kit

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Broadcast rental company Cinevideo has invested over£850,000 in new equipment from manufacturers including Sony, Canon and Vinten writes Joanna Scott.

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    NBC tests confirm US DTV problems

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The US digital television system has suffered a further setback with the news that tests by NBC have confirmed difficulties receiving reliable signals on indoor aerials in cities. At the same

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    ITN Archive enters Japanese market

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    ITN Archive is expanding into Tokyo through a new agreement with Reuters Japan, as it gears up to secure additional clients in the region.The outfit, which launches this week, will be

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    Sparke joins Mentorn to sell E-Vision service

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Mentorn International has recruited APTN development executive Tim Sparke to sell its masthead TV version of current affairs magazine The Economist across the globe, writes Tim Dams.

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    Brit writer to scribe US pilot

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The Warner Brothers network has signed up British writer Brian Elsley to write the 30-minute pilot for the US version of The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star, writes Ashley Davies.

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    UNIVERSAL IN TALKS TO LAUNCH 13TH STREET IN JAPAN

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Universal Studios Networks (USN) is understood to be in talks to launch its 13th Street action and adventure channel in Japan. USN president Tony Garland said there had been 'tremendous interest'

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    EC DISMISSES ROHAN'S FORMULA ONE THREAT

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission (EC) has played down a suggestion by Silverstone Circuits chief executive Derek Rohan that all Formula One races could be held outside Europe if the commission forces the

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    20TH CENTURY FOX NAMES GLOBAL PAY-TV AND PPV CHIEF

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Twentieth Century Fox senior vice-president, international pay- TV and pay-per-view Peter Levinsohn has been promoted to executive vice-president, worldwide pay-TV and pay-per-view. Levinsohn - who joined Fox in 1989 - will

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    BUENA VISTA FACES COURT ACTION ON US MILLIONAIRE

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    Buena Vista Entertainment is being sued by Lloyd's UK insurance firm Goshawk, which is concerned that the US version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? is producing too many winners.

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    NBD SELLS REMASTERED HENDRIX GIG AND MACCA SPECIAL

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    NBD Television has sold a number of shows from its music catalogue. A 120-minute remastered version of Jimi Hendrix: Live at the Isle of Wight (right) - produced by Hendrix's estate

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    PRIX ITALIA SET TO RETURN TO BOLOGNA IN SEPTEMBER

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    This year's Prix Italia will be held in Bologna on 16-23 September. The international arts, drama and documentary festival was last held in Bologna five years ago. This year's event marks

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    Postcard from ... Vital-Joseph Philibert in Munich

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    The German production sector is increasingly looking to the English-speaking world to keep its current period of growth fertile. Never has Germany seen such a radical transformation of its broadcasting landscape

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    Trade Talk - The night-owl

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    In true maverick style, Darren Bender is determined to present a fresh face to new talent as C4's new night-time boss. Ashley Davies reports.

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    Trade Talk - Sarah Thane

    2000-02-18T00:00:00Z

    On why the participation of ethnic minorities in television must continue to be encouraged.