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NEW RENDER FARM FACILITY AVAILABLE FROM AUDIOMOTION
Animation and motion capture studio AudioMotion has installed a new render farm facility at its Banbury facility. Offering 40 x 450Mhz Pentium II processors, the render farm is equipped with more
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WYE TO MARKET ENPS FOR ASSOCIATED PRESS
Associated Press (AP) has appointed former Avid Technology broadcast account manager Gavin Wye as sales manager for its Electronic News Production System (ENPS). Wye, who spent the past four years with
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INTERACTIVE TAKES ON NEW PREMISES IN ABBEY ROAD
Abbey Road Interactive has moved into a new facility at Abbey Road Studios.The new facility, which will effectively double Interactive's current capacity, includes a new emulation suite, compression room and surround-sound
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JACKS MADE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT VP AT AVID
Avid Technology has appointed Ethan E Jacks as vice-president of business development and general counsel. Jacks is expected to concentrate on expanding Avid's intellectual property base. The company already has around
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ROSSWOOD TO RESELL RENDERDRIVE FOR ART'S SAKE
Advanced Rendering Technology (ART) has appointed Rosswood Systems as exclusive UK resellers for ART's RenderDrive rendering technology. Rosswood, a UK 3D systems integrator, will add ART's technology to its range of
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NewsBBC drops climate change special
The BBC has axed its plans for Planet Relief, a one day environmental awareness spin-off of Comic Relief. [ALL]
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THOMCAST AND BROADLOGIC LINK UP TO PROMOTE IP
Thomcast and Broadlogic have entered into an alliance to promote the take-up of IP (internet protocol) over MPEG-2 networks. Broadlogic was formerly the Satellite Networking Group of Adaptec. The first fruits
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Four Media snaps up£6m TVP Group
US facilities group Four Media Company (4MC) has made its first UK acquisition by purchasing the entire share capital of the TVP Group for $10 million (£6.2 million).The cash deal, Four
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Daubney departs PBE
Panasonic Broadcast Europe (PBE) managing director Chris Daubney is quitting the company after just two years in a move understood to be part of a major management reshuffle.Daubney, who joined PBE
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TVC ponders US acquisitions
The Television Corporation (TVC) is considering entering the US market by taking an initial stake in a Los Angeles post-production company.TVC chief executive Chris Rowlands said the move would also open
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Tully moves to Tele-Cine colourist
Tele-Cine has lured Alan Tully to become its new senior telecine colourist.Tully, currently senior colourist at Soho Images, is expected to arrive at Tele-Cine at the end of May. He replaces
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Cinesite moves for Effects firm
Cinesite has made its long-expected move into physical effects and model-making by acquiring Pinewood-based effects company Effects Associates for an undisclosed sum.It will operate as a subsidiary of Cinesite Europe with
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Only Fools ... optioned to US
Castle Rock, part of the Time Warner group, is pitching Only Fools and Horses to US writers after optioning US rights to the series from creator John Sullivan.The company is thought
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Carlton backs bid for Spanish digital
Carlton Communications has joined a consortium led by Spanish telecommunications company Retevision to bid for a digital terrestrial television licence in Spain.The consortium, Onda Digital, applied for the licence last week
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Cafe makes mummies for US Learning
UK independent Cafe Productions has begun work on two new international commissions including a three-part special on Egyptian mummies for The Learning Channel (TLC) in the US.The 3 x 60-minute series,
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MISSION SEES CHINA CD RELEASE OF PEOPLE'S CENTURY
BBC Worldwide has cut its first ever video deal in China, as a result of the trade mission led by Media Secretary Chris Smith (Broadcast, 30.4.99). The three-way agreement between BBC
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PEARSON TV SELLS THE BILL TO BEIJING
Pearson Television International has sold The Bill to a local commercial channel in Beijing, following another British promotion in China. British Law Week in China, promoting policing, led to the sale
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NEWS CORP SEEKS STAKE IN GEOGRAPHIC JOINT-VENTURE
News Corp is reportedly negotiating to buy into the joint-venture between National Geographic TV and NBC to allow the partners to launch a National Geographic channel in the US. National Geographic
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CME SUES CZECH CHANNEL HEAD FOR£14 MILLION
Central European Media Enterprises, the owner of several TV channels in eastern Europe which recently announced plans to merge with SBS, is suing the president of its Czech channel for more
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KARABELL TO HEAD NEW CNBC BUREAU IN PARIS
CNBC, owned by Dow Jones and NBC, has opened a Paris bureau to focus on business news in France and southern Europe. It will be headed by Shellie Karabell, formerly bureau