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ITN beats rivals in mobile phone wars
ITN has beaten the BBC to become the first broadcaster to launch a mobile phone news service in the UK.The service, which was rolled out on Tuesday (23 November), gives mobile
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Carlton books in trio from indies
Carlton Television head of regional programmes Emma Barker has ordered three new shows from independents including a Paul Ross-hosted gameshow from Cactus TV, writes Liz Shackleton.Ball Park, a 40 x 30-minute
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Euro doc outfit to back UK films
The pan-European documentary sales outfit d.net.sales is seeking to back UK projects after landing£500,000 from the European Commission Media II funding programme and German film fund MDM, writes Liz Shackleton.The
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POST IMPRESSIONS PLANS MAJOR NAB LAUNCH
Post Impressions is planning to launch a non-linear high-definition (HD) colour correction system at next year's NAB in April. Working in collaboration with colour management specialist Pandora, the system will be
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NFTS LAUNCHES NEW HIGH-END TRAINING CENTRE
The National Film & Television School's (NFTS) digital media arm, Createc, is planning to launch a new high-end digital compositing and visual effects training centre. Located in central London, The Finishing
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McKERROW SETS UP COMPANY FOR C-DAY
Former SVC managing director Tom McKerrow is launching a new company aimed at providing support services for advertisers, agencies and production and post-production companies in the run up to C-Day. Scheduled
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MEGALOMEDIA SHARES RISE AFTER PROFITS BOOST
Shares in facilities to recruitment group Megalomedia edged up further this week after it posted half-year, pre-tax profits of just over£1.6 million compared with a pre-tax loss of£5.54 million
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ELECTRONIC GIANTS TEAM UP TO UNVEIL HAVI
Eight of the world's leading consumer electronic manufacturers have teamed up to launch a new standard, which promotes the interoperability of home digital entertainment devices. The Home Audio Video Interoperability Organisation
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COMPLETE VIDEO SIGNS UP INFERNO ARTIST HOPKINS
Covent Garden's Complete Video has appointed Inferno artist Mark Hopkins who joins from Melbourne facility Iloura. Complete head of production Andrew Swepson said Hopkins' arrival was part of an 'ongoing drive
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TVI rocked by raft of key resignations
TVI has been hit by a number of top-level resignations by key staff in the last few weeks.Head of post-production and star editor Shane Warden has resigned from the facility. It
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Smoke & Mirrors provided the post-production and digital effects for the opening titles for the latest James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough. Directed for the third consecutive time by
Smoke & Mirrors provided the post-production and digital effects for the opening titles for the latest James Bond movie, The World Is Not Enough. Directed for the third consecutive time by
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Avid faces Sumatra delay until March
Avid Technology has confirmed it has been forced to put back the launch of Sumatra - its much anticipated new 3D software - until at least the end of March next
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SGI to keep control of NT arm
SGI has decided not to hive off its beleaguered NT workstation business to a third party or into a separate business, according to general manager of SGI's visual solutions business unit
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Intergraph's ICS unit to be hived off soon
Intergraph Corporation is expected to announce the disposal of its Intergraph Computer Systems (ICS) subsidiary within the next few weeks, according to a senior Intergraph source.Intergraph is understood to be talking
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Sky's the limit
After just a year heading up Channel 4 sport, Mark Sharman is returning to BSkyB, which he describes as 'coming home'.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Back at the cutting edge?
It's almost a year since Jane Root was appointed controller of BBC 2. David Wood looks back on her first year at the helm and asks how she's preparing for the battle ahead.
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OPINION - Mouthpiece for the TV generation
It's another landmark week in the world of broadcasting: Broadcast turns 40. (Well, okay, the real anniversary was back in August but the industry was on holiday; then it was Edinburgh...
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TV GREATS - Television that broke the mould
In the week Broadcast celebrates its 40th birthday, we asked 12 key industry figures to each select three ground-breaking shows from the past four decades. The favourites that emerged point to a legacy that's hard to emulate.
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INTERVIEW - Brave new world?
Since quitting the BBC to head Juniper Communications in 1998, Samir Shah has overseen a raft of landmark 'contemporary history' shows. So how is he finding life in the indie sector after 10 years at the corporation?
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Comeback kid
Sport's share of the TV audience is down but, despite the loss of live football, cricket, Formula One and, of course, Des Lynam, the BBC is still outperforming its rivals.