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The BBC and the bean-counters
What is the best way to ensure the Corporation's financial accountability? ...
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CNN effect punctures consumer boom
March was the slowest month in the shops for three years as consumers sat glued to television coverage of the war i...
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Ex BBC boss wins top government job
A former BBC executive who resigned after he admitted an error of judgement over a lucrative online learning scheme...
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Star squeaks up for Corrie wimp Ashley
Coronation street star Steve Arnold has hit back at snipers who say his character Ashley Peacock is a wimp. ...
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We're the most hated celebrities...we're getting out of here
Tara, Bernard in worst-Brit fury. ...
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NewsBSkyB supply blow for Pace
Set-top box manufacturer Pace Microtechnology has been dealt another blow, after its biggest customer BSkyB ended the exclusivity of its contract to supply Sky Plus PVR boxes in favour of a co-supplier deal with Amstrad, writes Luke Satchell
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RatingsViewers flock to Danielle Cable drama
A one-off drama from ITV1 on the true story of Danielle Cable - the girlfriend of M25 murder victim Stephen Cameron who was killed by Kenneth Noye in a road rage attack in 1996, last night (14 April) grabbed an impressive 8.2 million viewers (36.6% share), ...
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NewsJanie Grace takes helm at ENB
Janie Grace, the ITV kids controller who was forced out of her job in February, has resurfaced as managing director of the English National Ballet (ENB), writes Colin Robertson
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C4 turns spotlight on fashion legend
The inner workings of fashion bible Vogueare to be exposed in a new Channel 4 documentary series, writes Penny Hughes.
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Missiles and boycotts won't stop us reporting
Al-Jazeera paid the ultimate price for tenaciously adhering to its professional ethos: 'the opinion and the other opinion' - a novel phenomenon in Arab media, writes Mohammad Jassem Al Ali.
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Highfield heads defence of BBCi
BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield is to lead the BBC's response to the government's review of its online service, which media secretary Tessa Jowell this week announced must be submitted by the end of June, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Bruce Dunlop wins Italian job for Sky
Branding company Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BD&A) has won a multimillion pound contract to design the on-air look of Rupert Murdoch's new Sky satellite platform in Italy, writes Will Strauss.
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Quantel links Final Cut Pro with online systems
UK kit manufacturer Quantel has developed a new workflow system that will allow drama series and films that are offlined on Apple's Final Cut Pro (FCP) to be transferred directly to its own high-end finishing systems, writes Will Strauss.
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Discreet puts a shine on colour correction
Discreet has unveiled the real-time digital grading and colour correction system that will replace its Colossus product, writes Will Strauss.
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Rushes' animal magic for VW
Rushes has produced and posted a new ad for VW, featuring a series of images depicting the skulls of different animals, including a hippo, a baboon and a Siberian tiger. The final image in the spot is of a VW engine looking very similar to a skull. Once a basic ...
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Ascent head quits
The head of Ascent Media Grou's UK creative services division, Mark Hewitt, has quit the company to 'pursue other interests' after three years in the post. Sam Husain, UK Group managing director, corporate and finance, and Simon Kay, divisional managing director, Ascent Media Management Services, UK, will handle the responsibilities ...
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New mobile editing kit
Editing product manufacturer Canopus has developed a mobile editing workstation designed for remote location DV production. Combined with Canopus' DV codec technology and Rextor NLE application software, the laptop-based CWS-30 provides video professionals with a powerful and portable NLE system for remote location broadcasting, electronic newsgathering and on-location feature-film and ...
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BBC Tech major order
BBC Technology has received the first order for its Colledia for Sport media management system. American-based sports broadcaster ESPN has asked BBC Technology to transform the company's present production, presentation and archive operations into a fully digital, tapeless environment. The order also represents Quantel's biggest ever order, with the technology ...
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First sales for Nucoda
Post facilities Framestore CFC and Double Negative are the first customers to buy Nucoda's Data Conform pre-visualising tool for film. The PC-based system enables users to conform 2K 10-bit media files over a standard computer network, with full EDL capability. Double Negative head of technology David Scott said the system ...