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Soho Images md leaves for new facility
Soho Images managing director Gary Napier is leaving the company to head the launch of a new£3.5m digital film facility, Digital Film Lab, writes Dominic Timms.
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Pinewood to invest in digi studio
Pinewood Studios has announced a seven-figure investment in television facilities while construction and remodelling begins on a 9,000 square foot digital television studio due to open this autumn, writes Lucy Rouse.
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AUTOCUE BOUGHT IN MBO BACKED BY VENTURE CAPITALISTS
Autocue has been bought by its management in a $28m (£18.7m) deal backed by venture capitalist 3i and Royal Bank of Scotland acquisition finance. The company, which says it is expanding
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BBC DENIES REPORTS OF 'OVERSTAFFING' OLYMPICS
The BBC has moved to quash reports that it will be sending 500 staff to cover the Olympic Games in Sydney next month. In a statement issued this week, the BBC
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NewsWorldwide strikes deals for Novel and Ragdoll
BBC Worldwide has struck deals in the US and New Zealand for two of its flagship pre-school series, including its first international sale for the latest offering from Teletubbiesproducer Ragdoll.
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QUANTEL ENHANCEMENTS INCLUDE HENRY INFINITY
Quantel has announced a raft of enhancements and a new line-up for its editing family, including the infinite superlayer Henry Infinity. That now comes with Maya on Quantel and 24fps universal
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ICHOOSETV AND MICROSOFT IN STREAMED VIDEO TIE-UP
IchooseTV.com, the personalised internet TV service, has entered a technical and promotional partnership with Microsoft TV for streamed video on the IchooseTV website. The two said the deal allowed for potential
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BT BROADCAST SERVICES TO UNVEIL DIGITAL RANGE AT IBC
BT Broadcast Services will demonstrate its internet video streaming product, MediaStream, and digital content management service, MediaReel, at IBC next month. It will also showcase its portfolio of European and transatlantic
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SILICON GRAIL TO INCORPORATE KODAK'S CINEON INTO RAYZ
Silicon Grail is collaborating with Eastman Kodak's entertainment imaging division to incorporate Cineon software code into Silicon Grail's next generation compositing tool Rayz. Kodak has bought licences of Rayz to provide
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More international sales for Koala Brothers
Children's rights owner and indie producer Spellbound Entertainment has inked a series of new broadcast and distribution deals for its hit pre-school series The Koala Brothers.
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BBC RESOURCES KICKS OFF BOTSWANA TV WITH SOCCER
BBC Resources consulting and projects unit has helped launch Botswana TV (BTV) with a live football match from the country's capital, Gaborone. The Botswan government decided it needed an indigenous TV
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TRADE TALK - Wave goodbye?
Sky's James Baker is no stranger to new roles, having had three different titles in the past year alone. Simon Ellery considers his postition post-rejig.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Hold on to your hats
For the most part, non-executive directors have a useful symbiotic relationship with their employers, sharing wisdom and kudos in return for cash. Georgina Lipscomb reports.
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Off the Fence teams with UK Imax producer
Independent production and distribution company Off the Fence has signed an exclusive output deal with the UK's only giant screen (Imax) producer, Phil Streather of Principal Large Format.
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OPINION - C4's Big Brother is a psycho coup
Those of us who were sceptical about the impact Big Brother would have are rapidly carving up slices of humble pie. Broadcast's view that the show's appeal is too niche to
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PSYCHO GAMESHOWS - Games without frontiers
Will the no-holds-barred brand of voyeurism and public humiliation that has made Channel 4's Big Brother such a success provide the template for a new era of copycat shows or will it turn out to be a mere flash in the pan? James Curtis reports.
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INTERVIEW - Game for a laugh
Head of BBC comedy Geoffrey Perkins is under pressure to deliver the laughs - and not just by re-running old successes. He has a string of new shows and funds to cross-fertilise BBC 1 and 2 ideas, but will he pull it off?
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Fremantle picks up more US drama
FremantleMedia Enterprises has acquired two new dramas from Toronto and LA-based production company Blueprint Entertainment, including a dark series about spouses who have killed their other halves starring cult director John Waters.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - Children's power
Even among four to sevens adult shows such as Coronation Street are topping the ratings, while eight to 11 year-old girls are giving kids' shows the cold shoulder.
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OFF THE RECORD - No news like old news
Off the Record was delighted to hear that all is well over at Radio 4. The nation's most respected radio news network has its finger on the pulsing button of topicality