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    RESOURCES ANNOUNCES PROJECTS NAME CHANGE

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources consulting arm BBC Resources Projects is to change its name to BBC Resources Consulting & Projects. Headed by former Sony and Ford executive David Baldwin-Evans, the unit is expected

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    CRIMSON EXPANDS RECRUITMENT RANGE

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Post-production recruitment company Crimson is extending its coverage to designers, effects artists and animators. As part of the move the company has relocated to new premises in Great Marlborough Street and

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    COMPLETE APPOINTS SWEPSON AND SMITH TO BOARD

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Complete Facilites has appointed Andrew Swepson and Colin Smith to the board. Swepson, 26, becomes the youngest director to get a seat on the Complete board. He joined Complete in June

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    STEVENSON HOOKS UP WITH CONDOR

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Condor has appointed Kim Stevenson to its 2D operations. Stevenson joins Condor having spent the last five years at Melbourne-based facility Iloura.She will initially work on the company's newly installed Flint.

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    ROOT 6 TAKES ON SONIC SOLUTION'S DVD RANGE

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Root 6 has taken on the sales and support for Sonic Solution's range of DVD authoring and publishing tools. The Avid Premier reseller, which also recently added the ICE stable of

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    Carlton/United deal lifts Quantel MBO

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Quantel has reacted bullishly to the proposed merger between its parent Carlton Communications and United News & Media saying it would end months of speculation on its future and make a

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    BBC Resources has created this year's BBC 2 Christmas idents. Designed and directed by Paula Williams, the idents used a combination of stop frame animation, models, live-action, set design, costume a

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    BBC Resources has created this year's BBC 2 Christmas idents. Designed and directed by Paula Williams, the idents used a combination of stop frame animation, models, live-action, set design, costume and

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    Avesco posts growth in profits of 6 per cent

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Avesco has reported a 6 per cent rise in pre-tax profits on turnover up 23 per cent for the six months ending 30 September.But charges relating to the amortisation of goodwill

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    VTR shares rise after profits boost

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Shares in facilities group VTR hit a 52-week high after it announced a 22 per cent rise in profits among its core post-production facility companies.VTR said it increased profits at post-production

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    Cosgrove bags RTS judges gong

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Cosgrove Hall Films has won this year's Judges Award at the Royal Television Society's Craft & Design Awards.RTS judges said Cosgrove Hall's output of over 800 productions since its inception in

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    TRADE TALK - Comic timing

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    UK Play channel editor Myfanwy Moore has come a long way, but still finds time to help mates such as Spaced writer Simon Pegg. Tara Conlan reports.

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    NEWS ANALYSIS - Match made in heaven?

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The£7.8 billion Carlton/United merger has stunned the industry and City and brought the prospect of further ITV consolidation even closer. Jason Deans reports.

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    OPINION - Party-poopers out to spoil a wedding

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The underdogs have done it. Granted, the Carlton/United merger has a long way to go before it becomes a reality (if it ever does). But for this week at least Messrs

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    OPINION - Free to air Emily Bell

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The merger of Carlton and United News & Media is a bit like Chris Evans and Geri Halliwell's romance: conceived out of a strategic desire to do something other than just

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    REGIONAL PROGRAMMING - No news is good news?

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    It has been a bad year for local news on ITV. Peter Keighron asks if the network has turned its back on regional bulletins in the obsessive search for peaktime success.

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    REGIONAL PROGRAMMING - Local colour

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    After a year of parliamentary devolution, Diane Freeman says the time is right for broadcasters to get serious about their commitments to spread production across the regions.

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    DIGITAL RATINGS - The digital watch

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The advent of digital TV is proving a headache for ratings board Barb - just how do you measure what the likes of Jim Royle are watching when there are more than 200 channels to choose from? Martin Jackson reports.

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    INTERVIEW - Will's testament

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    With his retirement imminent, BBC Broadcast's long-serving chief executive Will Wyatt at last feels free to speak his mind. He looks back on the years of Birtist reform and outlines his vision of BBC distinctiveness.

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    OFF THE RECORD - Vintage venue

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Picking the right venue for a winter programme launch is a tricky business. Just where can you find a stylish venue that gives the right impression, with good acoustics and top-quality

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    OFF THE RECORD - Picking Berry

    1999-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations to Bafta boss Amanda Berry (below) who, instead of handing out gongs, was awarded one last week. La Berry has been named 'media boss of the year' in a new