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Case TV in online drive
Case TV, one of the UK's oldest independent production companies, has changed its name to casetv.com as part of a drive to pull in more new media work, writes Ashley Davies.As
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Scottish Radio builds up£75m war chest
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) has unveiled plans to hold a rights issue to raise a£75 million war chest to fund acquisitions in 'traditional and new media' - sparking speculation it
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BBC's Gibson plans shows for daytime
BBC features in Bristol is to make its first move into daytime television on the back of two new commissions for BBC 1.BBC features head Jeremy Gibson announced this week that
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Bryant takes Wireless role
Talk Radio managing director Jason Bryant is to take on the new role of managing director, development, for the station's parent company, The Wireless Group, writes John Plunkett.Wireless Group chief executive
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CNN International to visit Hot Spots
CNN International (CNNI) is to launch a weekly 30-minute international travel show from 4 March, produced by London-based indie ARTV, writes Tara Conlan.The upmarket consumer travel show, Hot Spots, will be
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YOULTON TO STEP DOWN AS SNELL & WILCOX CEO
Snell & Wilcox chairman and chief executive David Youlton is relinquishing his chief executive role at the company to be replaced by David Spencer, who has been a non-executive director of
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FT2 LAUNCHES TRAINING INITIATIVE FOR CRAFT ASSISTANTS
FT2 (Film & Television Freelance Training) has launched a new£350,000 training initiative for craft and technical assistants in east London. Based on FT2's new entrant training model, the scheme, known
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SMPTE LOOKS AT BANDWIDTH, BITRATE AND RESOLUTION
Bandwidth, Bitrate and Resolution is the title of SMPTE's 34th Advanced Motion Imaging Conference being held at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco February 3-5. An all-day seminar next Thursday (3
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ROWSELL JOINS KINGSTON TLI FROM BLUE TURTLE
Kingston TLI's TV facilities division has appointed Steve Rowsell as business development manager, responsible for liaising with broadcast and corporate producers. He joins the company from Blue Turtle Pictures, where he
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I2A pushes out Thomas
The UK's post-production trade body I2A (Image Industry Alliance) has parted company with its chief executive, Dr Cheryl Thomas.In a statement the I2A board said it 'lacked confidence in Cheryl's ability
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Orad adds Elset to its virtual set offer
Orad Hi-TEC Systems has bought the entire Elset virtual set product line from Accom, consolidating its dominance of the 3D virtual studio market.The outfit now claims to supply 60 to 70
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BBC Online takes the lead in Europe on web video
BBC Online now carries more audio and video on its websites than any other European internet site, its director Nigel Chapman told the IBC Broadcast Internet 2000 conference last week.'Five per
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Resolution has opened its first online editing suite alongside 26 non-linear Avid suites. Managing director Roger Moffat said that despite the company having been a pioneer in the field, non-linear ed
Resolution has opened its first online editing suite alongside 26 non-linear Avid suites. Managing director Roger Moffat said that despite the company having been a pioneer in the field, non-linear editing
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Barnes Trust revamps management
The Barnes Trust Media facilities group is restructuring to bring its constituent companies closer together.Chairman of the group Simon Bowen will take on the role of chief executive, while group managing
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CBS merges for international leap
CBS Television is stepping up its international focus following the merger of its worldwide distribution operations - King World Productions, Eyemark Entertainment and CBS Broadcast International - into a single division.The
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Monte Carlo unveils shortlist
Two UK independents, Wall to Wall Television and The Drama House, are among the eight European production companies shortlisted for the Monte Carlo Television Festival's European producer award, writes Tim Dams.The
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TWI sells Asian cricket spectacular
Trans World International has sold exclusive rights to the International Cricket Council's (ICC) first ever Asia versus the rest of the world match to Asia's Sony TV and Sport Vision in
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MCGOVERN QUITS NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WORLDWIDE
National Geographic Channels Worldwide president Sandy McGovern has left to set up her own media consulting firm, McGovern Media Associates. McGovern, who has overseen the channel's aggressive development since September 1997
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NEWS CORP WINS BULGARIA'S FIRST PRIVATE TV LICENCE
Balkan News Corporation, a News Corp subsidiary, has won Bulgaria's first private national TV licence, beating SBS Broadcasting and the Modern Times Group. Balkan News Corporation will take over from the
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CLT-UFA RENEGOTIATES 20TH CENTURY FOX DEAL
European Broadcaster CLT-Ufa has replaced its first-look deal with 20th Century Fox with a five-year output agreement for the German free-TV market, worth around DM500 million (£156.5 million). The deal includes