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PYRAMID UNVEILS VIRTUAL STUDIO FACILITY
Regional facility Pyramid post-production has launched a new virtual studio facility based around two Orad Cybersets. To support the new studio Pyramid has hired ex-BBC and HTV cameraman Chris Pain and
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WINDMILL LANE OPENS UP LONDON OFFICE FOR FILM HOUSE
Dublin facility Windmill Lane Pictures has launched a new London office for subsidiary Film House. Headed by former Oasis marketing manager Gareth Mullaney, the Beak Street base has been established in
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DRAKE AUTOMATION HIRES WESTLAKE FOR SALES ROLE
Drake Automation (DAL) has appointed former NDS business development manager Penny Westlake as sales director. Based at DAL's UK headquarters in Basingstoke, Westlake will be responsible for all territories apart from
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STREAM BOOSTS DVD WITH TWO MORE AUTHORING SYSTEMS
Stream, the DVD arm of Soho facility TVI, has installed two further DVD authoring systems. Supplied by Boxer Systems, the Spruce DVD Maestro systems are expected to form the basis of
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TRIO JOIN PHOENIX TV
Phoenix Television, the TV services company set up by former WTN managers Gerry O'Reilly, Steve Turner, Rex Jenkins and Rick Bayles, has made three further appointments. They include former WTN executives
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YOUNG ACQUIRES TASTE FOR SHERBET
Award-winning animation director Susan Young has signed to London's Sherbet animation studio. Young, who trained and worked with Sherbet co-founder Jonathan Hodgson, is expected to start work on a campaign for
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SOHO IMAGES SIGNS UP BOWMAN AND BANNISTER
Soho Images has signed sales executives Matt Bowman and Chris Bannister to bolster its existing team of Nigel Horn and Martin McGlone. Bowman joins from Todd AO while Bannister arrives from
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OFT clears BBC Resources
The Office of Fair Trading has rejected a complaint against BBC Resources Limited by Bristol independent Elm Road.A spokeswoman for the OFT said after nearly six months of investigation it had
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Tektronix confirms it will offload VND
Tektronix has confirmed that it plans to sell or merge its loss-making VND division, as predicted in Broadcast in April (23.4.99.)News of the decision came as the company announced that it
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Thomas takes the helm at 12A
Facilities body the I2A has appointed Dr Cheryl Thomas as its new chief executive.Thomas, who currently works for the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), is expected to take up her
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House welcomes Dann
Barnes Trust Media has confirmed that Steve Dann has been appointed as sales and marketing development manager for facility subsidiary The House.The appointment, predicted in Broadcast last week, comes less than
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Hibbert Ralph co-founder departs to focus on films
Hibbert Ralph Animation co-founder Graham Ralph is leaving the company to start up a new company.Ralph, who has worked with co-founder Jerry Hibbert since 1983, will relinquish his stake in the
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CANAL+ AND TPS SCORE FRENCH SOCCER RIGHTS
Canal+ and rival digital satellite TV (DST) outfit Television par Satellite (TPS) have jointly acquired the rights to coverage of French first division football at a combined cost of FFr3.4 billion
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WEAR TAKES POLICY POST IN DISCOVERY RESHUFFLE
Discovery Communications Inc (DCI) has reshuffled its international team in a move that sees Discovery Networks International (DNI) president Donald Wear moved to a newly created post. Wear, who was head
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ALL-NEWS NETWORK TO LAUNCH ON CANALSATELLITE
Canal+ is planning to launch a news channel, I-television, on digital satellite TV (DST) platform CanalSatellite on 4 November. Noel Couedel, former editor-in-chief of French newspaper Le Parisien, will take on
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S4C INTERNATIONAL SELLS EGYPT TO NHK IN JAPAN
S4C International has made its first major sale to Japan, with the licensing of John Gwyn Productions' documentary series Egypt (left) to state broadcaster NHK. The 5 x 60-minute series, which
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AVALON SELLS FANTASY FOOTBALL FORMAT TO GERMANS
Avalon Television has sold its Fantasy Football League format to Germany's Gemini Films, which is currently in negotiations with two German TV channels to produce the show. Avalon has also sold
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HIGH POINT SENDS PEOPLE'S PRINCESS TO TNT IN US
UK independent distributor High Point has sold Live TV's 90-minute drama, The People's Princess, to TNT in the US.A Movie Screen Entertainment production for Mirror TV, the drama documented the last
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Granada to launch German operation
Granada Media has taken another step in its plans for international expansion, with the establishment of German production subsidiary Granada Produktion fur Film und Fernsehen (GPFF).Rikolt von Gagern, managing director of
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Crescent Entertainment seeks buyer for Mayfair
UK distributor Mayfair Television Entertainment (MTE) is up for sale as part of a search for new owners by parent company Crescent Entertainment, according to sources, write Jason Deans and John