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Channel 5 orders costume drama to raise profile
Channel 5 is attempting to distance itself further from its former downmarket image, unveiling its first high-end period drama, writes Georgina LipscombThe 60-minute costume drama Inquisition is understood to be the
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The Man From U.N.C.L.E. goes to Granada
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has bought 60 x 30-minute episodes of secret agent series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. from Warner Bros International Television. The series, which features Robert Vaughn and David
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Endemol bursts into song for C4
Endemol UK production arm Initial has been commissioned to produce a three-part series on the singing voice for Channel 4, which will offer wannabe singers the chance to learn trade secrets
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Burton is 'new Morse'
ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned a new three-part crime series starring Amanda Burton that is tipped to become 'the new Inspector Morse', writes Leigh HolmwoodThe 3 x 120-minute
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Boujou launches
2d3 has launched new Boujou products at NAB 2002, aimed at both high-end film applications and entry-level television production.Boujou2 and BoujouVE are extensions of the company's highly rated automated tracking
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Avid opens up its kit
In a bid to further open its technology to third parties, Avid has launched a new partner programme on the back of its MetaSync technology that allows third parties access to
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Omneon's new server
Omneon Video Networks has launched a next generation media server at NAB which the company hopes will further its position of being the most cost-effective provider of shared storage solutions.The
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Kasenna scoops $20m
Kasenna, the SGI spin-off that provides video-on-demand (VOD) technology, has raised $20m (£14.4m) in its latest round of funding.Backing came from Sun Micro Systems and SGI among others. According to
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Star Wars colour first
Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones has been colour graded on Snell & Wilcox's Picasso correction system.Engineers from Industrial Light & Magic used the real-time, disk-based non-linear suite
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Discreet adds asset server to FX family
Discreet has used NAB this week to unveil a new non-linear digital production environment that, the Montreal-based company claims, is not a replacement for Flame or Inferno but is another complementary
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Sony chief says it's digital's year
Sony president and chief operating officer Kunitake Ando has hailed 2002 as 'the year for digital', writes Barbara MarshallSpeaking at NAB in Las Vegas, Ando singled out the growth of digital
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BBC and Channel 4 win raft of gongs at Promax
BBC Broadcast has scooped several gold and silver awards in the promo categories at the Promax and BDA Europe awards, writes Will StraussThe company picked up best on-air programme campaign for
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Panasonic ties up with Apple
Panasonic this week unveiled details of 25 new products as well as announcing it is collaborating with Apple on two technologies for the professional video industry, writes Barbara Marshall from NAB in Las Vegas
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NewsTV critics 16 April '08
“Completely gripping”. Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsMarathon is on the prowl for UK indies
French production giant Marathon Group is planning to acquire UK indies as part of a strategy to become a global player.
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Key players see worst share price in a year
A number of Broadcast 20 shares were at 52-week lows this week due to wide negative market sentiment about the media sector.Talent Group, Ten Alps, Mirada, ITV, SMG and Virgin Media are all at their lowest point for a year.
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NewsDCD takeover of Boomerang is off
DCD Media's proposed takeover of Welsh giant Boomerang is off after talks stalled late last night (15 April).
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OFF THE RECORD - Eddie the expert.
Speaking of odd television appearances, why on earth did Channel 5 news feel the need to use transvestite comedian Eddie Izzard as its financial analyst on the momentous day the euro
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IPC's Ryle departs in TV strategy rethink
The exit of head of TV development Nick Ryle from the publisher of NME and Loaded signals a reappraisal of TV projects
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BBC wins five year 3G contract with Hutchison
BBC Technology's multi-million pound deal marks the commercial subsidiary's first wireless win and biggest external contract to date