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Vivendi increases share in BSkyB
Rupert Murdoch's control over BSkyB suffered a blow last week when French media and utilities group Vivendi upped its stake in the company to almost 25 per cent, writes Alice Macandrew.Vivendi
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Dineen and Agland to star at doc festival
Documentary-makers Phil Agland and Molly Dineen have been signed up to speak at the sixth Sheffield International Documentary Festival in October, writes Wale Azeez.Agland has agreed to take the Kodak masterclass
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IMEDIA BOUGHT BY TERAYON TO BOOST BROADBAND VIDEO
Imedia Corporation, which patented a system to generate multiple channels of video at low MPEG bit rates, has been bought by Terayon Communication systems. Terayon specialises in the supply of broadband
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HUDSON LEAVES SNELL & WILCOX TO JOIN MILES
Miles has recruited Miles Hudson (left) from Snell & Wilcox as its new chief operations officer and managing director designate, along with Ian McNeil from Post Impressions, who becomes technical director.
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ITV SETS JULY 2000 DATE TO SWITCH TO WIDESCREEN ADS
ITV has proposed 1 July 2000 as 'C-Day' when all commercials will be broadcast in widescreen format. According to Tom McKerrow, former SVC managing director and now a widescreen consultant, ITV
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MTV NETWORKS OPENS ITS FACILITIES TO OUTSIDE HIRE
MTV Networks Europe has opened its video facilities in Camden to outside customers - with its three studios available first for hire. Post-production, transmission and dubbing facilities will become available early
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SOFTIMAGE TO SHIP SUMATRA 3D SOFTWARE IN DECEMBER
Sumatra, the long-awaited new generation 3D software from Avid Softimage, is scheduled to ship in December. It will be 're-unveiled' at Siggraph in August - two years after the prototype was
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NewsTurner adopts MXF
Turner Broadcasting will begin using the mastering format MXF at its European headquarters in London.
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Industry alarmed by Avid price-cut
Avid Technology's decision to halve the prices of its existing 9000 range of online Media Composers has upset the UK post-production industry. Many in the sector feel Avid is putting shareholder's
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TV Set takes on London Post
TV Set has bought former Aspen post-production facility London Post, for an undisclosed sum.TV Set first offered to buy the facility two years ago, but its offer price was rejected as
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Philips Spirit wins BBC Resources trial
BBC Resources is upgrading its telecine operation by buying a Philips Spirit Datacine film scanner capable of HDTV transfers - a telecine machine usually found only in high-end commercials facilities.BBC Resources
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C-Cube has developed what it claims is the first single chip HD encoder, which will also support HD non-linear editing. The same chip will support standard definition video as well as
C-Cube has developed what it claims is the first single chip HD encoder, which will also support HD non-linear editing. The same chip will support standard definition video as well as
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Postware debuts with Ensemble at Siggraph
Telecine company Cintel has opened an outfit with a new data product to improve efficient working in video facilities.Postware will make its debut at Siggraph selling Ensemble, a turnkey database product
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Dash & Lilly heads UK Emmy hopefuls
UK producers and broadcasters are competing for 14 1999 Primetime Emmys in the US, with Granada Media TV movie Dash and Lilly securing an impressive eight nominations.The Granada single drama about
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ARTV signs Hillary for White House art film
UK independent ARTV has secured access to Hillary Clinton for a show about the White House art collection for broadcast as a special edition of Art House, the company's weekly programme
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Subscription revenue to soar in east Europe
Eastern European subscription TV and advertising revenues are forecast to rise by more that 400 per cent over the next 10 years, from $3.5 billion (£2.2 billion) in 1999 to $16.4
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ELLIPSE JOINS QUEUE FOR GAUMONT
Canal+ production subsidiary Ellipse is among the bidders for French production company Gaumont TV. Gaumont, which was established in 1990 and has a programme catalogue including the Highlander series, recently reported
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EC LAUNCHES INQUIRY INTO FUNDING OF PUBLIC SERVICE TV
The European Commission (EC) has launched formal investigations into the state funding of public service TV in France and Italy. The probe will concentrate on government cash injections and direct subsidies
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Orange picks Red Bee
Orange has chosen Red Bee Media to repurpose content from its digital TV service, due to launch in the final quarter of this year.
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CANAL+ IN TALKS WITH CNN, REUTERS OVER I-TELEVISION
Canal+, which is to launch news channel I-Television on French digital satellite platform CanalSatellite on 4 November, is said to be talking to CNN and Reuters Television about forming strategic alliances