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JENKS NAMED AS NEW COO AT AVID
Avid Technology has appointed former excecutive vice-president Clifford A Jenks as its new chief operating officer. Avid chairman and chief executive Bill Miller said Jenks had been 'instrumental in Avid's comeback
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SEIKEGBA RETURNS TO THE MILL TO BOOST SCHEDULING
The Mill has lured back former booker Vicki Seikegba as deputy head of its new scheduling department. The department will be run by Melanie Whickham who also joins the company from
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PHILIPS JOINS DVB/DAVIC INTEROPABILITY CONSORTIUM
Philips has joined the nine founding members of the DVB/Davic interopability consortium, which supports common standards for cable modems and set-top boxes. Other members include Alcatel, Cocom, DiviCom, Hughes Network Systems,
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TELE-CINE APPOINTS BLEAZARD AS SALES MANAGER
Tele-Cine has appointed Wendy Bleazard as its new sales manager. She will be responsible for generating new business across the company including design arm XTV. Tele-Cine managing director Jeff Emerson said
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SONY SHOWS OFF DV-CAM DIGITAL CAMCORDER
Sony has launched a new DV-CAM format digital camcorder capable of capturing high-quality digital stills. The DSR-PD100P is a three-chip magnesium-alloy bodied camera incorporating Sony's version of firewire (IEEE-1394), enabling direct
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SCREENSCENE ADDS PIXIE TO QUADRA FDL TELECINE
Dublin-based facility Screenscene has added Pogle's new Pixie colour grading system to its Quadra FDL telecine. Screenscene director and post-production supervisor Jim Duggan said the arrival of the high-resolution digital colour
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TELEMAGINATION PROMOTES EDWARDS TO PRODUCER
Animation facility Telemagination has promoted Marion Edwards to the role of producer. Edwards, who has been with the company for two years, will work alongside new technical director Lyndon Pickersgill.
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New PIII and software hits Milia
US chip giant Intel unveiled its forthcoming Pentium III processor (previously code-named Katmai) to a select US audience on Wednesday (17 February, writes Joanna Scott.
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Narduzzo quits to set up T/C facility
Tele-Cine senior colourist Vince Narduzzo is quitting the Charlotte Street facility to set up a new telecine company, Pepper (Film & Television Post-Production).It is being launched in association with Big Finish,
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Heralded as 'a landmark in the computerised rendering of the human form', Ghostcatching is an eight-minute, large-screen collaboration between new media production company Riverbed and respected moder
Heralded as 'a landmark in the computerised rendering of the human form', Ghostcatching is an eight-minute, large-screen collaboration between new media production company Riverbed and respected modern dancer Bill T Jones.
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Metro regroups after Tyrell buyout
The Metro Group is restructuring and rebranding its business units following its acquisition of independent reseller Tyrell (Broadcast, 8.1.99).From the beginning of next month the group will trade as The Clever
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Loveday joins 5D as technical director
Plug-in and software developer 5D has lured former Eyeon Software head of research and development Peter Loveday to become its technical director.Loveday, largely responsible for the development of Eyeon's Digital Fusion
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Murdoch eyes new Italian pay-TV deal
Rupert Murdoch is talking to French outfits TF1 and Canal+ about a possible Italian digital pay-TV alliance, following the collapse of a proposed deal for the mogul to take a controlling
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EC seeks opinion on BBC/Flextech
The European Commission (EC) is seeking industry comment on possible anti-competition issues arising from the BBC/Flextech pay-TV joint-venture, writes Nigel Tutt.
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Carlton International grabs Dream Street
Carlton International has picked up the distribution rights to ITV pre-school series Dream Street. The 13 x 10-minute series, being filmed at Pinewood studios under the supervision of Oscar award-winning special
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The '60s helps NBC back on top
NBC has surged back to the top US network ratings spot in the first week of the February sweeps, helped by a strong performance from drama mini-series The '60s.In the seven
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PRIMETIME LAUNCHES UNCHARTED AFRICA AT MONTE CARLO
Primetime, the UK distributor recently acquired by Australian outfit Southern Star (Broadcast, 2.10.98), is to launch documentary series Uncharted Africa (left) internationally at the Monte Carlo programming market later this month.
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ARTE SCOOPS BANFF OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Pan-European cultural channel Arte is to be honoured at the 1999 Banff Television Festival, which will take place in Canada from 13-19 June. Banff president Pat Ferns, announcing the 1999 global
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MASSIE ACTS AS CONSULTANT FOR RED HANDED IN US
LWT entertainment executive producer Bob Massie is to act as a consultant on the US version of ITV hidden camera show Red Handed (right). LWT is working with US outfit Lions
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ACTION TIME FARMS OUT CATCHPHRASE TO TVP1 IN POLAND
Action Time has licensed the format to quiz show Catchphrase, broadcast on ITV in the UK, to Polish broadcaster TVP1. The Polish version, which has been commissioned for a 52 x