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Attheraces end prompts action
Arena Leisure and BSkyB this week filed a£51m legal action against the Racecourse Holding Trust (RHT), in an effort to recoup some of the losses made from the demise of the Attheraces TV channel.
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Channels compete
Living TV, Sky One, ITV2, BBC3, BBC4 and Sky News will this year battle it out for the title of non-terrestrial channel of the year at this month's Edinburgh Television Festival. MTV won last year. All five terrestrial channels are automatically up for the terrestrial channel of the year, which ...
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Changes for Rome
The BBC and US network HBO have drafted in the producer of the award-winning The Gathering Storm to take control of their $75m (£41m) co-production about ancient Rome. Frank Doelger will replace Michael Apted for the remaining nine episodes of the 12-part series, Rome. The ...
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UK docs under fire
Veteran documentary-maker Edward Mirzoeff has slammed the lack of quality documentaries on mainstream terrestrial channels, blaming the rise of
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Turner to bring playout in-house
Turner Broadcasting System Europe is bringing its playout services in-house as it moves towards a tapeless environment.
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Aardman takes two awards at Rushes Shorts Festival
Aardman Animation picked up two awards at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival last week.
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Fusion seeks new investors
The management of Fusion Post is restructuring the company's finances to pay off old debts while it negotiates with potential new investors.
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Alias to buy Kaydara
3D graphics company Alias is set to buy fellow Canadian company Kaydara, a developer of real-time 3D character animation and motion-editing solutions. Kaydara provides services across film, video game and interactive mediums with products such as Motionbuilder and FBX. FBX allows animators to transfer assets between tools. Alias has pledged ...
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Hi-def festival debut
The first Sweet high-definition festival is due to debut at the end of August in Edinburgh to coincide with the Television Festival. The four-day event will promote and demystify HD and discuss its place in the future of television and cinema. As well as panel discussions there will be specialist ...
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NewsBBC rapped over Live Earth swearing
Ofcom has ordered the BBC to formally apologise to viewers after it repeatedly broadcast the word “fuck” during its coverage of the Live Earth concerts.
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Bectu studies skills
Bectu is currently studying the training needs of post-production workers in the capital and looking at whether a learning centre in the area is a viable proposition. The study, which will look at a variety of companies, is being carried out on behalf of the London Central Learning and Skills ...
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MPC fx appointment
The Moving Picture Company has brought Bill McNamara on board as a senior visual effects artist. Recent work includes Basement Jaxx promo Good Luck. McNamara arrived in the UK in 1997 from New Zealand. McNamara worked his way through the ranks at Rushes before freelancing at The Mill.
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TV set sales hiring
The TV Set Group has appointed Martin Rogers as film and VT sales manager. TV Set has recently expanded with the purchase of P3, which was then merged with Arena Digital to create Arena P3. Rogers had previously worked at Dubbs, Evolutions, The Machine Room and Visnews.
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St Anne's posts romantic drama
St Anne's Post has post-produced the new Channel 4 drama NY-LON. The series follows a passionate love affair that spans 3,000 miles from London to New York. Senior online editor Simon Brook used Avid Nitris to create a split-screen environment in which events in separate ...
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BBC Post bears Olympic torch
BBC Broadcast and BBC Post Production have produced the titles for the BBC's Olympic coverage. The sequence follows a torch bearer as he passes through Greece and is confronted by the natural elements rising up in the shape of athletes, which were created by using green-screen technology with Inferno, Shake ...
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Oasis makes Sheila Quigley doc
Oasis Television has finished The Making of Sheila Quigley for Shine Productions. Film-maker Chris Terrill spent a year following Sheila Quigley, a grandmother from County Durham, to see how her life changed after receiving a£300,000 advance for her first novel, ...
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Russia takes C4 clean-up format
Russian audiences will be offered a peek into the messy homes of their neighbours in a local adaptation of Channel 4's How Clean is Your House?.
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Sci-Fi appoints UK acquisitions chief
The Sci-Fi Channel UK has created a new role to oversee programme acquisitions.
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Fremantle takes on a wild world
Fremantle International Distribution has signed up to distribute two shows from wildlife enthusiast Nigel Marven. The two 60-minute shows - Venom Hunter and Animal Crimebusters - have been made as a co-production between Five in the UK and WNET in New York. Venom Hunter looks at the two uses for ...
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Granada sells dramas to Albania
Granada International has made its first package sale into Albania with a deal that includes more than 100 titles. The package has been sold to Viziontrade for free terrestrial network distribution and comprises 300 hours of programming such as The Forsyte Saga, Island at War ...