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NewsAvesco buys Charter Broadcast
Update: The new owner of equipment hire and outside broadcast projects firms Presteigne and Charter Broadcast has decided to merge the two companies.
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Parkie to host top TV moments of 2001
Chat show host Michael Parkinson is to host a special Saturday night primetime show on BBC 1 marking the best television moments from last year.The live 90-minute show, 2001 TV
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LNN factuals studies sex and drugs for LWT
LNN Factuals has scored a raft of commissions for the London regions and the US.The 6 x 30-minute history series Sin City will look at how vices such as sex
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Endemol to make second chained for E4
Endemol UK Productions has been commissioned to produce a second series of Chained for E4. The 16 x 30-minute series, presented by former Big Brother contestant Melanie Hill, follows a group
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Channel 4 bags The Simpsons
Bidding war for hugely popular animated series ends in defeat for Channel 5
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Molinare builds Strange atmosphere
Molinare's drama dubbing team were responsible for building the supernatural audio atmosphere of Strange, a murder mystery with a devilish twist, produced by BBC entertainment with Big Bear films for BBC
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Go Interact TV raises£5.5m funding
Sony subsidiary Go Interact TV has raised£5.5m of investment from a private equity fund manager in its first round of external financing, writes Barbara MarshallA spokeswoman said the money was
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Major Cotswolds facility opens
Kevin Godley of 10cc fame is behind Cotswolds-based TV facility Blue Egg Studios which launches next week, writes Barbara MarshallGodley is one of the non-executive directors of the complex which has
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Pinewood Shepperton to launch Studiolink
Pinewood Shepperton Studios is launching a new service next month called Studiolink to provide broadband connectivity to film and television studios in Europe and the US, writes Barbara MarshallThe new service,
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Sportal chief to DITG
Former Sportal chief executive Neil MacDonald has joined the Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG) as sales and marketing director.MacDonald will lead the commercial development of the group's interactive TV interests,
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Gorillaz play live thanks to Passion Pictures
Cult virtual band Gorillaz played live at the Brit Awards this week thanks to Passion Pictures, whose team was behind the band's pop videos, writes Barbara MarshallThe Gorillaz characters were animated
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Nothing Real deal
US visual effects software firm Nothing Real has been bought by Apple.Details of the deal were unavailable as Broadcast went to press but in a statement Apple said it 'plans to
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Clockwork hiring
Broadcast equipment and finance provider Clockwork Capital has appointed former BBC MediaArc interactive account manager Nick Looby as broadcast account manager.Before joining BBC Media-Arc, Looby was business development manager with
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Stolen kit website
Cheff, the trade body set up by UK facilities' chief engineers, has set up a webpage with details of stolen equipment to help recover and prevent the resale of the kit.
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Animation festival
The third annual International Animation Festival will be held in Bristol from 25 to 28 April. Highlights include The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, who will choose his favourite animations in Desert
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TFG relaunches ad arm
The Facilities Group (TFG) has relaunched commercials production company Winkle Films as Vermilion and repositioned it as a full-service production company.Vermilion will provide agency production, TV administration, commercials and corporate
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BBC 1's NHS night falls flat
Viewers desert channel for lighter fare elsewhere as corporation tries to engage the public with a live and interactive profile of the National Health Service
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UKTV head of new media quits
Neil Morris leaves BBC/Flextech joint venture to set up broadband and interactive TV consultancy
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Ex-director of the BSC calls for reform to BBC governors
Governors should have less involvement in programmes to enable objectivity, says Colin Shaw
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Pact to attack BBC over trade 'abuses'.
Producers' alliance Pact is poised to fight a 'bloody' battle with the BBC after charging the corporation with a catalogue of abuses over its terms of trade.The action follows a flood