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DIGITAL FILM'S ELSON JOINS MPC BOARD
Digital Film head of production Michael Elson is to join the board of parent company MPC. Elson (left), who joined MPC just 18 months ago, will assume a wider responsibility for
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GLASS QUITS CFC FOR MANEX ENTERTAINMENT
Computer Film Company (CFC) senior visual effects designer Dan Glass is leaving the company to join US effects facility Manex Entertainment.Glass, who spent the last six years with CFC, is expected
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GEARHOUSE CHIEF EXEC TALKS END IN FAILURE
Gearhouse, the troubled exhibitions and video equipment group, has announced that discussions with a potential new chief executive have ended. In a statement Gearhouse said negotiations with an unnamed third party
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CLEAR POACHES RAYMOND-BARKER FROM VTR
Clear has poached former VTR producer Damien Raymond-Barker to become senior producer at the commercials facility. Raymond-Barker, who spent the last four years at VTR, is expected to assume responsibility for
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RUSHES PLUMPS FOR POST IMPRESSION'S SPIDDR
Rushes has become the latest facility to install Post Impression's video networking and storage device, SpiDDR. Rushes head of operations Paul Jones said SpiDDR would improve productivity in dubbing and playout.He
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ICE axes quarter of workforce
Integrated Computing Engines (ICE) is axing close to a quarter of its worldwide workforce, including recently appointed UK sales manager Dan Shillum.The company, best known for its accelerator hardware, is making
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Barnes Trust close to Teddington deal
Barnes Trust Media is on the verge of selling Teddington Studios with a view to leasing back part of the site.The facilities group, which closed post-production subsidiary The House earlier this
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Discovery Channel to shoot Eco-Challenge on HDCAM
The Discovery Channel is planning to shoot and post-produce this year's Discovery Channel Eco-Challenge multi-discipline adventure race using Sony's HDCAM technology, writes Joanna Scott.
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WPP buys Lambie-Nairn outfit
Martin Sorrell's WPP Group has acquired branding specialist The Brand Union, as predicted in Broadcast earlier this month.Under the terms of the deal WPP will take over all three Brand Union
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GMI leads British deals at Mipcom
A number of major new output deals were concluded by UK distributors at the Mipcom programming market last week, including a Granada Media International (GMI) agreement with Dutch commercial broadcasters NOS
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Brook Lapping, ORTV link up for Timeline
UK indies Brook Lapping Productions and ORTV have teamed up with video news agency APTN to form a new factual programme-making operation aimed at the international market, writes David Wood.
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DNE splits feeds to increase flexibility
Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) is to split its UK and northern European feeds in a bid to increase flexibility and provide a more regionalised service, writes John Plunkett.
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MIPCOM 99: SALES ROUND-UP
Carlton International has sold Alan Bleasdale's adaptation of Oliver Twist to CBC, Canada. The public service broadcaster is planning to transmit the United Productions costume drama, yet to air on ITV
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KIRCH TAKES CONTROLLING STAKE IN PROSIEBEN
The KirchGroup has taken a controlling stake in German broadcaster ProSieben after weeks of speculation, with the acquisition of Leo Kirch's son Thomas' 58.4 per cent stake in the publicly quoted
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WORLDWIDE COMPLETES FACTUAL DEAL WITH SOUTH AFRICA
Deals concluded at Mipcom last week by BBC Worldwide included the sale of a BBC Exclusive-branded bloc of factual programming to South Africa's first commercial terrestrial TV network, e.tv. Worldwide has
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TOP OZ NETWORKS SIGN UP AGB AUSTRALIA FOR RATINGS
Australia's three commercial networks have dumped AC Nielsen after a decade and signed on AGB Australia to provide ratings for the country's major metropolitan markets, starting in 2001. The seven-year A$90
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JACKSON WINS RIGHTS TO GEISHA DOCUMENTARY
BBC Worldwide director of independents Helen Jackson has secured non-US rights to award-winning UK documentary-maker Anthony Geffin's latest film, The Secret Life of Geisha (right). The 90-minute special, which aired on
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LAGARDERE SEEKS STAKE IN CANALSATELLITE
French media group Lagardere is negotiating to take a stake in digital satellite TV (DST) platform CanalSatellite, according to French newspaper reports. Lagardere is thought to be looking to buy up
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RUSSIAN MEDIA MAGNATE BUYS INTO CME
Russian media magnate Vladimir Gusinsky has taken a 17.3 per cent stake in Central European Media Enterprises (CME). Gusinsky paid around $6.7 million (£4.1 million) for the stake, according to documents
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Hard Choice
Last week Choice FM celebrated a second London licence. But it was just reward for the resilience of boss Patrick Berry, says Tina Mistry.