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NewsLee makes factual move from C4 to Five
Five has hired Channel 4's Ralph Lee to take the key role of head of factual.
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SMOKE & MIRRORS TO SUPPLY BOND DIGITAL EFFECTS TITLES
Smoke & Mirrors has won the contract to supply digital effects for the title sequence to new James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough. Directed for the third consecutive time
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EX-CINESITE EDITOR MERLINO MOVES TO CLEAR
Clear has appointed former Cinesite senior Fire editor Andrew Merlino to its editing team. Merlino, who has spent the last three years at Cinesite, worked on a range of projects including
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GOLDEN SQUARE POST HIRES INFERNO OPERATOR HENCHER
New commercials facility Golden Square Post has appointed Sam Hencher as Inferno/Fire operator. Hencher (left) joins after spells freelancing for The Mill, Red Post and Sky Television. Prior to that he
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AVID ADDS COMMOTION TO COMPOSER/XPRESS PRODUCTS
Avid Technology has announced plans to bundle Puffin Design's Commotion software across a range of its Media Composer, Film Composer and Xpress editing products. Commotion, which has a US list price
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INTEL ABANDONS HIGH-END GRAPHICS CHIP PROJECTS
Intel has abandoned plans to build chips for the high-end graphics market. In a surprise move, the company said it has cancelled a number of graphic chip projects including the i752
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NewsGrade sets new financial goals
ITV aims to deliver a 38.5% share of commercial impacts across all of its channels by 2012 and is ploughing£20m into ITV2 in a bid to overtake Five as the UK's third commercial network for 16-34 year-olds.
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PRINGLE QUITS AMS NEVE TO JOIN MILLER FREEMAN
Colin Pringle, the marketing director of audio console manu-facturer AMS Neve, has left the company. He is taking up a new position at publishers Miller Freeman Entertainment. No announcements have been
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VALDES-SCOTT TAKES MIDNIGHT TRANSFER FROM POSTBOX
Midnight Transfer has appointed Alice Valdes-Scott as facility manager. She joins having spent the past four years at Postbox, part of the TVP Group, where she was facilities co-ordinator. Valdes-Scott said
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ACE EDITING OPENS NEW LINEAR DIGITAL EDITING SUITE
West London facility Ace Editing has unveiled a new£400,000 linear digital editing suite. The wide-screen capable suite is based around Grass Valleys' GVG2200 digital switcher and equipped with Collage, Charisma
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Belluzzo in sudden departure from SGI
SGI chief executive Richard Belluzzo has unexpectedly quit the company.His sudden exit comes less than two weeks after SGI announced its third major restructure in as many years.Belluzzo, who joined SGI
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NewsITV1 enjoys best summer for six years
ITV's strategy update comes after ITV1 saw its first improvement in its summertime performance since at least 2001, with its share rising by 0.7%.
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Distributor buys Lightworks
Lightworks editing systems has received a new lease of life after it was announced the Lightworks company has been bought from Tektronix by its Canadian distributor in a private sale involving a number of investors from the TV industry, writes Nick Radlo.
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Cinesite's effects work on mini-series Cleopatra is among the nominations for this year's Emmy Awards which take place in Los Angeles on Saturday (28 August). Cinesite completed some 150 shots for
Cinesite's effects work on mini-series Cleopatra is among the nominations for this year's Emmy Awards which take place in Los Angeles on Saturday (28 August). Cinesite completed some 150 shots for
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EX-SVC duo launch motion control outfit
SVC's former senior motion control cameraman Denis Henry and producer Linda Krisman have launched new motion control company MC2.Using Mark Roberts' Milo portable motion control rig, which the company will dry-hire,
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Brown to head merged BBC Resources unit
BBC Resources is to merge its post-production and graphic design business with its studio and location group in an attempt to improve efficiency.The newly merged unit will be headed by current
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BBC WORLDWIDE STRIKES DEAL WITH FINNISH YLE TV 1
BBC Worldwide has signed a two-year first-look deal with Finnish state broadcaster YLE TV 1, covering new drama and documentary output, including history and natural history programming. The deal, which runs
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OLIVER TWIST PUT UP FOR SALE BY CARLTON INTERNATIONAL
Carlton International is planning to launch Alan Bleasdale's ITV adaptation of Dickens' classic Oliver Twist internationally at the London Programme Market in November. The serial, which is being produced by Diplomat
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NewsFive turns Joly into consumer champion
Five is turning Dom Joly into a consumer affairs champion in a light-hearted Watchdog-style series from North One.
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MIP INTERACTIVE WEBSITE RIDES A WAVE OF NET SURFERS
Reed Midem's recently enhanced Mip Interactive website notched up 48,000 page views in June, according to statistics just released. The Mip Interactive site offers 24-hour access to a database of more