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Drama producer Edwina 'Eddie' Craze dies at 60
Veteran television drama producer Edwina Craze has died of cancer aged 60.Craze, known to colleagues as Eddie, joined the BBC in 1961 as assistant floor manager and rose through the ranks
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DREAMWORKS PULLS OUT FROM LA MEDIA COMPLEX
DreamWorks SKG has withdrawn from plans to build a landmark $250 million (£158.5 million) studio and media complex in Los Angeles. Despite sizeable state and local subsidies DreamWorks co-founder and former
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MEDIA 100 HIT BY SUDDEN RESIGNATION OF FEINGOLD
Media 100 president and chief operating officer Robert Feingold has quit unexpectedly. Feingold, who was only appointed to the post last October, is also resigning as a director of the company.
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THE MILL PROMOTES FLAME ARTIST 'BARNSLEY' TO BOARD
The Mill has promoted Barnsley, one of its leading Flame artists, to board director. Barnsley (aka Andrew Wood) has been at the Great Marlborough Street facility for the last eight years.
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S4C WALES LURES RASUL FROM PANASONIC
S4C Wales has lured Panasonic Broadcast Europe's head of systems engineering, Arshad Rasul, to become its director of engineering and technology. Rasul, who is expected to join S4C officially towards the
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JACKSON QUITS TELE-CINE TO HOOK UP WITH MAGMASTERS
Tele-Cine sound dubbing mixer Bob Jackson is quitting the company to join audio facility Magmasters. Jackson is expected to join Magmasters in September where a new dubbing suite is being installed
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SOHO EDITORS POACHES BRACE OF INFERNO OPERATORS
Soho Editors has signed Inferno operators Darren Marshall and Andrew Godwin. Marshall, who joins from Complete, has recently worked on ads for Land Rover, Mercedes and Mazda. Prior to joining Complete
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BALDWIN-EVANS HEADS BBC RESOURCES CONSULTANCY
BBC Resources Projects has appointed David Baldwin-Evans as its first head of consultancy. Baldwin-Evans joins from Sony Broadcast & Professional Europe (SBPE) where he was senior manager commercial marketing.
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Pinnacle spends $40m on HP video
Pinnacle Systems has acquired Hewlett Packard's broadcast video server business for approximately $40 million (£25.4 million) in a deal expected to close in August.In a largely unexpected move, it is thought
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Leeds bags first high-end telecine
Leeds will become home to the first Philips Spirit high-definition telecine north of Watford when a facility opens in August.Headed by former Screenhouse producer/director John Francas, The Finishing School is expected
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Quantel axes 20 posts to cut costs
Quantel is understood to have laid off around 20 people in an attempt to cut costs. The losses, which were unveiled last Wednesday (30 June), follow the cutting of around 75
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VTR confirms talks for Portman
VTR has confirmed that it is in negotiations with SKD Media with regard to divesting itself of troubled production subsidiary Portman Entertainment Group. News of the talks sent VTR shares up
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CanWest opens up London operation
Canadian media group CanWest Entertainment (CWE) this week opened its distribution operation based in London.President Greg Phillips, who was head of worldwide sales for Southern Star until it merged with Primetime
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Danes fail to lift block on 'Millionaire'
Danish broadcaster DRTV has lost its appeal against a decision to block gameshow Kvit Eller Dobbelt (Double or Nothing), which UK indie Celador claims is a copy of its Who Wants
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Broadcast International in October launch at Mipcom
Broadcast is to expand its international programming coverage by launching Broadcast International at Mipcom in October.The magazine will build on the supplements Broadcast has traditionally published for international programme markets, with
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Ronin lands Tri-Star catalogue
Newly formed independent Ronin Entertainment has signed a deal to represent Columbia Tri-Star's entertainment back catalogue in the UK, writes John Plunkett.The deal gives Ronin the rights to develop and produce
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World View - Katy Elliott in Cannes
Few over here know Dick Parsons' name - but as president of Time Warner he's one of the most powerful men in international TV. Reinforcing that position, Parsons flew into Cannes
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VIVENDI TO APPOINT TWO TO BSKYB BOARD
French utilities giant Vivendi, which owns 17 per of BSkyB following its takeover of Pathe's pay-TV interests, wants to appoint two directors to the UK satellite broadcaster's board. These are expected
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DEXTER DEPARTS LINK FOR AUSTRALIAN ENERGEE
Australian animation producer/distributor Energee Entertainment has poached Genevieve Dexter from Link Entertainment to becomes director of co-productions and acquisitions. Based in London, Dexter (left) will build Energee's catalogue by sourcing new
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BAZALGETTE STEPS UP AT MUSIC CHOICE EUROPE
Music Choice Europe has promoted Simon Bazalgette to chief executive from sales and marketing director, while former CEO Stuart Graber steps down to become a consultant. The company programmes and distributes