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NewsSMG's profits fall£6m
SMG today reported a drop in turnover and profits, blaming tough trading conditions in the first half of the year.
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RatingsThe Crouches gets 3.2m
The Crouches , BBC1's first ever sitcom featuring black characters, got off to a reasonable start last night (9 September) at 22.35 with 3.2 million (21.4%) but still lost out to ITV1's news, writes Jon Rogers.
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Budapest xchange
Global financier George Soros and Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, retiring director general of the World Health Organis-ation, are to address the News Xchange conference in Buda-pest. The event takes place between 6 and 7 November.
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12 Yard pushes gameshow to the limit
12 yard, the company behind Dog Eat Dogand Without Prejudice?, has come up with a new format that it claims will be the 'toughest gameshow on TV', writes Gavin Stamp.
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BBC1 beefs up daytime current affairs series
BBC1 has thrown its weight behind current affairs in daytime by commissioning another series from the department behind Britain's Secret Shame, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV rebuilds the Titanic
ITV has signed off one of its biggest ever factual commissions, with a£1.75m 'blue-chip' documentary about the building of the Titanic using state-of-the-art computer-generated images, writes Paul Revoir.
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Kelseus develops intuitive animation system
A new real-time, non-linear, behavioural driven animation system being developed by a Cambridge-based animation company is threatening to change the way that 3D animation is made, writes Sam Espensen.Made by software
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September goes clubbing with Israelis
September Films is to explore the lives of clubbers in troubled Israel with a documentary for Channel 4's news and current affairs department, writes Paul Revoir
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Post houses get shot at film cash
Broadcast post-production facilities involved in feature film work will now be eligible for a slice of a new annual£10m National Lottery/Film Council fund set aside for training in the movie
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Filmlight ups scanner range
UK manufacturer Filmlight has developed a new dual-gauge version of its successful Northlight film scanner that will now scan 16mm as well as 35mm film.Originally introduced in February last year as a 35mm scanner for feature films, the Northlight has proved so popular that the company decided to introduce a ...
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Silicon cuts jobs
High-end US computer manufacturer Silicon Graphics is to make a further 600 of its staff redundant. According to the company: ?The steps will bring costs in line with revenue targets for fiscal year 2004.? Together with the elimination of approximately 400 positions announced in May this year, the company's headcount ...
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Evolutions expands
Evolutions Television has hired former Technicolor DVD and video streaming specialist, Daniel Hurley, to run a new digital media division. With broadcasters looking to encourage more audience participation and add value to their programmes, the new department will help to re-purpose content for digital delivery via inter-active TV, DVD, ...
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French exclusive
French 3D digital animators Florian Perrett and Martine Delage-Vanderhaegen have signed an exclusive contract with Soho Editors to head the company's Softimage XSI team. Soho Editors head of animation Sarah Cloutier said: ?With projects such as The Matrix, Titanic and Dante's Peak to their credit, Florian and Martine will add ...
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Discreet IBC launch
Discreet will reveal a new version of its non-linear editing and finishing system Smoke at this week's IBC in Amsterdam. Smoke 6 will feature a new flexible software design for multi-resolution post-production, including the ability to work at any resolution at any time, and to mix resolutions within projects ...
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Ex-Sky chief sets up indie venture
Black Diamond Films (BDF) has teamed up with one of the architects of Sky Sports to launch a new business to generate programme ideas.The indie, which specialises in action and extreme
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BBC serves up food channel on cable
BBC Worldwide's culinary channel, BBC Food, will be broadcast on cable in Europe for the first time after launching on UPC Sweden. BBC Food features shows such as The Naked Chef, Delia's How to Cook and Ready Steady Cook. The move comes just three months after the digital satellite launch ...
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PBS picks up Five's Two Towers Doc
Michael Attwell Productions' Bafta-nominated documentary featuring survivors of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center has been sold to the American PBS network. 9/11: A Tale of Two Towers was produced for Five and has been sold by UK distributor Electric Sky.
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CNBC and CNN do business in Russia
CNBC Europe and CNN International have inked deals to provide programming to new Russian business and news channel RBC-TV. The Moscow-based channel, which goes on air this month, will broadcast selected programming from CNBC Europe, while CNN will provide the station with live breaking news as well as news and ...
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Murder Calls in on Granada Sky
Granada Sky Broadcasting has signed a deal with Southern Star Productions to air Sydney-based detective drama series Murder Call. The show will air on the channel from 27 October as part of a new weeknight crime-focused line-up called Crime Plus, ...
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BBC4 doc looks at DeLorean downfall
BBC4 controller Roly Keating has commissioned a 60-minute documentary on the ill-fated luxury car maker DeLorean. The working-titled The DeLorean Story, to be made by indie Mint Productions, will look at how the company folded after founder John DeLorean was wrongly charged for trafficking cocaine. ...