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BARCUD DERWEN JOINS FORCES WITH MEN IN WHITE COATS
Barcud Derwen is teaming up with the Men In White Coats team to form a new film effects company called Men From Mars. Creative director Phil Attfield and head of production
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Cintel cuts 80 jobs to stem its losses
Telecine manufacturer Cintel is axing some 60 per cent of its workforce in a dramatic attempt to stem losses.Recently installed chairman Peter Giles confirmed about 80 of the Ware-based firm's 150
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Creative buys B&W TV Mobiles
Avesco-owned Creative Technology has bought Black and White Television Mobiles in a bid to expand its outside broadcast business, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Liberty Livewire picks three UK chiefs
Liberty Livewire has appointed three managing directors to head its UK divisions, writes Barbara Marshall.
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International News - Ronin moves into Germany
Indie Ronin Entertainment has signed a collaboration deal with German-based production company Brainpool TV and an unnamed US indie to develop, produce and market formats for UK, US and central European television, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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International News - BBC chief Phillips named BTDA chair
The British Television Distributors Association (BTDA) announced this week that its new chairman is BBC Worldwide international television director Mike Phillips.He replaces outgoing Itel chief executive Andrew Macbean, who revealed in
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International News - Prisma makes early World Cup sales
Early indications on the sale of rights to the 2002 World Cup have emerged as sports marketer Prisma unveiled a raft of European deals for the tournament this week, writes Lucy Rouse.
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Postcard from ... Denis Seguin in Toronto
A hot-blooded cultural cri du coeur or a cold-blooded business decision?In the battle to create a world-beating media player pension manager Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec is a powerful
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SCHARF STEPS DOWN AS EBU PRESIDENT
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) was electing a new president as Broadcast went to press. The incumbent, Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation director general Albert Scharf, is stepping down after 17 years in
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LOCAL FEATURES OUT-PERFORM US BLOCKBUSTERS ON TV
Locally made feature films outperform US blockbusters when they are broadcast on TV in their country of origin, according to research conducted by Eurodata TV. The report 1999: Cinema on Television
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DOC DISTRIBUTOR ELECTRIC SKY MOVES INTO KIDS
UK-based documentary distributor Electric Sky is continuing its strategy to move into children's programming and is developing a new kids' strand. The outfit has just secured the international distribution rights to
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PEARSON TO FLOAT STAKE IN RECOLETOS FOR£125 MILLION
Pearson is planning to float 20 per cent of its Spanish Recoletos subsidiary this autumn to raise an estimated£125 million. Pearson owns 95 per cent of Recoletos, which publishes sports
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UK FILMS WIN AWARDS AT ANNECY ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Four UK films won awards at French animation festival Annecy this month, including two in the TV category. An episode of Angela Anaconda from Decode Entertainment and Core Digital Pictures won
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ECOSSE PLANS TWO US-BASED FEATURES
Ecosse Films is expanding into the US film market, developing two features set in America with production budgets of more than $50 million (£33.3 million). Judi Dench vehicle Helen's Boy is
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Trade Talk - Worth nicking
LNN's Nick Atkins is off to On Digital with his wicked sense of humour. But for some reason he's not smiling. Tara Conlan investigates.
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Trade Talk - Sarah Thane
On the need to redefine the role of public service broadcasting in the interests of a national majority.
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News Analysis - Living with the enemy
Cooperation between television producers and newspapers is reaching unprecedented heights with the new breed of survivor programmes. Simon Ellery asks if TV can keep the upper hand.
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Opinion - ITV should stick to its schedule
What a sorry tale the News at Ten row is turning into. The ITC appears to have seized on the issue as a way of justifying its future in the regulatory
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Opinion - Free to air
Just occasionally, there comes a time when you're slightly ashamed of your profession. Over the past three weeks, the often less-than-salubrious end of the print profession has been putting the collective
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BBC Radio - Calm after a storm
As BBC TV prepares to transform into genre-based channels, it would do well to take a leaf out of radio's book. To the ire of commercial players, the five stations have been in a state of flux for years.