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Prime Focus upgrades 43 Media Composers
Prime Focus is upgrading all 43 of its Media Composer editing systems to the latest software version, a move designed in part to capitalise on Avid’s stereoscopic 3D workflow capabilities.
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Five web revamp to boost VoD
Five is to overhaul its video-on demand service Demand Five and integrate it more closely with its main Five.tv website.
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Barb tests ‘meter’ to measure online viewing
Barb is kicking off a trial of measuring viewing of TV content on PCs and laptops.
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Kip Meek named South West Screen chair
Former Ofcom executive Kip Meek has been appointed chairman of South West Screen ahead of a £3m investement into new projects in the region.
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BBC2 plans movie weekend to mark BBC Films tie-up
A weekend of British movies is being lined up to mark the launch of BBC2 as the new home for BBC Films.
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Flagship news programmes 'fighting back'
Sliding audience figures for flagship news programmes are being reversed, despite greater viewer choice on TV and online, research from the broadcasting watchdog indicated today.
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Motive TV report profit drop
Motive Television today announced its preliminary results for 2009, showing a fall in gross profit by 34%
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Leopard makes fox attack film
Leopard Films has made a Panorama doc about the recent mauling of nine-month-old twins by a fox, featuring the father of the girls - who is head of finance at the indie.
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BBC kicks off TV Writer's Festival
The BBC’s inaugural TV Writer’s Festival takes place today and tomorrow in Leeds featuring a line-up that includes writers Peter Bowker, Kay Mellor, Peter Flannery and Jed Mercurio alongside commissioners and producers such as the BBC’s Ben Stephenson and John Yorke and Red’s Nicola Shindler.
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BBCW reveals 3D dino epic
BBC Worldwide has joined forces with US producer Evergreen Films to create a 3D dinosaur spectacular.
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De Mol linked to Five bid
Endemol founder John de Mol has been named in connection with a bid for Five.
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BBC1 unveils Sunday religious show
BBC Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid is to front a new Sunday morning “religion and ethics” show for BBC1.
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Al-Jazeera launches on Freeview
Global news channel al-Jazeera English is extending its reach in the UK via a launch on the Freeview platform.
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TV ad growth to outperform online
Television is expected to be the main driver of UK advertising expenditure growth for 2010, outperforming online.
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Larry King to quit chatshow
Larry King, who has interviewed statesmen and stars from a primetime perch at CNN for 25 years, said he will step down this autumn from his nightly show.
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PlayStation pay-TV service 'close'
Sony is close to penning a deal which could pave the way for a pay-TV service on its PlayStation games console.
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Dave orders Llewellyn chatshow
Dave has scooped up a online chatshow hosted by Robert Llewellyn in which he interviews guests while driving.
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Glasshead weathers downturn through mentor scheme
Indie Glasshead has overhauled its business model and weathered the television recession as a result of an industry mentoring scheme.
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ITV endures worst day in 55 years
ITV’s flagship channel pulled in the worst audience in its 55-year history last Sunday as BBC sport dominated the schedules.
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Rickman and Thompson reunite for BBC drama
Harry Potter stars Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson will feature as long-lost lovers in a television adaptation of an award-winning Christopher Reid poem for BBC2.