All News articles – Page 2674
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NewsPrime Focus adds to broadcast team
Prime Focus has appointed Neil Coles to the role of senior sales executive and added Louisa Sutherland-Smith as an audio producer, both in its broadcast division.
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NewsiPlayer guru moves to Canvas
Anthony Rose, a key player in the success of the BBC’s iPlayer, has been drafted in to Project Canvas as chief technology officer.
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NewsEndemol unveils brands division
Endemol has launched a new global brands division and hired a former FremantleMedia executive to run it.
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NewsGoing Postal going global
As new pictures of Sky1’s Terry Pratchett drama Going Postal emerge, the show’s international distributor All3Media has announced that it has made fresh sales in Australia and Germany.
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NewsWinkleman to host Film 2010
Presenter Claudia Winkleman has been announced as Jonathan Ross’s successor as host of Film 2010.
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NewsPinky & Perky indies reunite for The Hive
The team behind the Pinky & Perky remake is working on a £3.5 million 3D animated children’s show.
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NewsBBC Trust puts iPhone apps on hold
The BBC Trust has put the brakes on the BBC’s proposed range of news and sport mobile apps following complaints from industry rivals.
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NewsFox calls time on 24
The current series of popular US drama 24 will be its last - but there are plans for a big screen version.
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NewsOfcom proposes TV ad sales shake-up
Rules governing how commercial television stations sell their advertising airtime could be scrapped following the launch of an Ofcom consultation on the issue.
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NewsITVS developing robot gameshow
ITV Studios is working with the producers of Primeval on a new gameshow that will see robots battle to the death.
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NewsFell to replace Childs at DTG
The Digital TV Group (DTG) has appointed former ITV director of future technologies Simon Fell as the new independent chair of the DTG Technical Council.
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NewsOutpost unveils File Lab
Outpost Facilities has launched a conversion, encoding and digitizing service for production companies called File Lab.
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NewsStereo 3D joint venture launched
Compendium Media and Vision 3 have joined forces to create a new joint venture company dedicated to producing and consulting on stereoscopic 3D work.
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NewsVET teams up with BTV Post for 3D courses
London-based training provider VET is teaming up with Brighton’s BTV Post to run a series of stereoscopic 3D skills sessions.
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NewsMPC adds Nuke site license
MPC has become one of the largest Nuke sites in the world after investing in a site license for The Foundry developed compositing software.
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NewsSiemens strike unlikely after new pay offer
Talks between Bectu and Siemens have resulted in a revised pay offer that, if accepted, should avert industrial action by staff working on the BBC account.
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NewsLords warning over radio switchover
The Government could face a major backlash unless it makes the case for the switchover from FM to digital radio due by 2015, peers have said.
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NewsBBC on brink of FM&T shake-up
The BBC is planning a major restructure of its Future Media and Technology division, described by insiders as “the night of the long knives”.
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NewsSyco names new chief exec
Simon Cowell has hired FirstGroup’s Ellis Watson as chief executive of Syco Entertainment.
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NewsBBC4 sends Richard E Grant on safari
Oxford Scientific Films has secured Richard E Grant to front a 90-minute special on safaris for BBC4.