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TSI Design created the idents and branding for new channel Simply Money. The sequences were designed and directed by Malcolm Dalton and produced by Andy Wright, with the idea of creating
TSI Design created the idents and branding for new channel Simply Money. The sequences were designed and directed by Malcolm Dalton and produced by Andy Wright, with the idea of creating
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CNNI recruits and sets up sports unit
CNN International's (CNNI) service for Europe, Africa and the middle east has unveiled plans to recruit 12 more UK staff and set up a London-based on-air sports production department.The broadcaster is
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Nick UK buys 280 hours of new shows
Nickelodeon UK head of acquisitions Debbie MacDonald has bought a total 280 hours of new programming for transmission over the next two years, writes Ashley Davies.
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BBC features signs BBC 1 deals
BBC Production's features and events department has picked up a clutch of new BBC 1 commissions, worth an estimated£4 million, writes Tim Dams.
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TELEMAGINATION REBRANDS FACILITY AS SHINE DIGITAL
Telemagination has rebranded its digital ink and paint facility as a separate company - Shine Digital - as a result of increasing workload and the planned investment in new 3D systems.
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PRO-BEL ENTERS INTERNET STREAMING MARKET
Pro-Bel has entered the internet market, selling its first Clarinet to Virtue Interactive, which provides live audio broadcasts on the internet. Clarinet, a broadcast compliant streaming media coder, will officially launch
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PINNACLE SYSTEMS BUYS MAKER OF HOLLYWOODFX
Pinnacle Systems has increased its software library of digital video effects by buying Salt Lake City-based Synergy International, which makes the HollywoodFX software for video content creation applications. The software consists
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Thirteen bid for mobile licences
Virgin Group, NTL, EMI and Tesco are among the companies applying to bid for the UK's planned third generation (3G) mobile phone licences.Thirteen groups have applied to bid in Europe's first
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4:2:2 to expand after£5 million buy-out
The 4:2:2 group plans a major expansion of its business after completing a£5 million management buy-out which involved the injection of new finance to buy the shares of one of
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City awards RSL turnkey contract to Panasonic
City TV has awarded a turnkey contract for production systems across its eight restricted service licence (RSL) stations to Panasonic Broadcast Europe.City TV will base its production and transmission on the
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AtomFilms has gained exclusive rights to show the best of 20 years of animation from Aardman Animation, streamed on the internet. Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts (above) and Morph all feature
AtomFilms has gained exclusive rights to show the best of 20 years of animation from Aardman Animation, streamed on the internet. Wallace & Gromit, Creature Comforts (above) and Morph all feature
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Milnes joins C5 to run new sales arm
Channel 5 has launched a new distribution company, Channel 5 International, headed by former managing director and vice-president of Warner Bros International Television (UK) Richard Milnes.Milnes has been appointed chief operating
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UK takes second spot at Natpe
The UK will be the second biggest exhibitor at next week's Natpe with 73 companies attending, writes Katy Elliott.
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Gem garden show sold to WNET
GMG Endemol Entertainment distribution arm Gem has agreed a deal to sell hit BBC 1 format Ground Force into the US market, writes Tim Dams.
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Desert Forge suspended by France 2
Just weeks after Channel 5 snapped up the UK format rights to adventure gameshow Desert Forge, the original French version of the show has been axed from primetime for poor ratings, writes Paul Michaud.
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Postcard from ... Claire Atkinson in New York
One could almost imagine how AOL's Steve Case felt when he found out that Time magazine picked Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos for its annual man of the year award. Right in the
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BTDA AND PACT PLAN MAJOR SUMMER EXPORT CONFERENCE
The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA) and producers' alliance Pact are planning a major conference in London this summer, bringing together UK distributors, producers and broadcasters to discuss ways of improving
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MILLIONAIRE INELIGIBLE FOR PRIMETIME EMMY
The US version of Celador Productions' Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (right), which provided ABC with the runaway ratings success of 1999, will not be eligible for any Primetime Emmy
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GAIT LAUNCHES FESTIVAL FOR INDEPENDENTLY PRODUCED TV
The Global Association of Independent Television (Gait) has announced plans for its first annual festival dedicated solely to independently produced TV. The four-day festival, to be held in September at the
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ACTION TIME TO MAKE GAMESHOW FOR SEVEN NETWORK
UK indie Action Time has been commissioned by Seven Network Australia to make two 60-minute specials of big money gameshow $Million Chance of a Lifetime. All questions in the specials, to