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NewsEU to lobby US to open its TV market to European broadcasters
EU officials are to press their counterparts in Washington to open up US TV market to European broadcasters as a quid pro quo for the UK's proposed plan to allow further American investment in British media, writes David Rose
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NewsUKTV to close Play UK
The BBC Worldwide/Flextech joint venture will be pulled due to revenue losses caused by the ITV Digital disaster, which has prompted a cost cutting exercise at the family of channels. UK Play had become the natural choice for the chop because it was 'a very expensive channel' according to UKTV ...
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NewsBroadband subscribers top 600,000 says latest Oftel research
Prices are now comparable with France, Germany and the USA
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NDS buys Visionik
Conditional access specialist NDS has bought Danish interactive service provider Visionik. The terms of the deal ha...
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Cook joins Kingston
Kingston Inmedia has appointed Paul Cook to the post of sales director replacing Laurence Cook who left in January....
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Campbell moves to VFG
Film and TV hire company VFG has taken on hire specialist Alastair Campbell to head its relaunched camera, lighting...
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Avid UK hires Jackson
Avid UK has taken on Mark Jackson as sales manager for London after the departure of Robin Adams to Discreet (Broadcast, 22.3.02). Jackson joins Avid from reseller Tyrell where he was sales director. He has also worked for Surtees MAV and MetroVideo, whose parent company, WPP, bought Tyrell in 1999
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Brits stack up Annecy prizes
The Brits walked off with seven awards at the International Animated Film Festival held at Annecy last Saturday (8 June), writes Barbara Marshall
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Apple poised to acquire Silicon Grail
Apple is believed to be in the process of buying US-based compositing software developer Silicon Grail four months after buying its rival Nothing Real, writes Barbara Marshall
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Escape Studios gears up to be Europe's top VFX school
Escape Studios launches in London next month with the aim of becoming Europe's 'premier visual effects school', writes Barbara Marshall
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Softimage slashes 3D price
Softimage has halved the price of its 3D character animation and effects software Softimage 3D two months after rival Alias Wavefront slashed the price of Maya (Broadcast, 5.4.02), writes Barbara Marshall
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Visions invests in new HD truck
Outside broadcast facility Visions has made its first move into high definition (HD) with the commission of a£4m HD unit, writes Barbara Marshall
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Melman quits Artsworld
Fledgling arts channel Artsworld has suffered a blow following channel director Richard Melman's decision to quit, writes Paul Revoir
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Cleese attacks TV show quality
Monty Python creator and star John Cleese this week hit out at British commissioning executives claiming they were ruining the quality of TV by constantly interfering with ideas and failing to take risks, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Spellbound's first success
New kids indie Spellbound Entertainment, set up by former Hit Entertainment head of co-productions and acquisitions Peter Curtis, has signed its first production deal, selling a pre-school series to the BBC, writes Leigh Holmwood
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BBC extends interactive tennis service
The BBC's flagship Wimbledon interactive service will be available across all digital platforms this year, after its limited availability last year led to a public spat between former ITV chief executive Stuart Prebble and BBC director general Greg Dyke, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Just Group plans merger with Target
Shareholders of the collapsed Just Group, owner of the Butt Ugly Martiansfranchise, have raised£1.85m and plan to take the company out of administration and merge it with distributor Target, writes Penny Hughes
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Hit formats lead US sales rise
An increase in hit formats from UK producers helped boost sales to the US by almost 20 per cent during last year, new trading figures have revealed, writes Jane Marlow
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BBC wraps up a talent package
The BBC has unveiled a package of new entertainment shows across its channels including a new comedy chat show vehi...