All News articles – Page 2874

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    Sargent continues to trim Framestore fat

    2009-03-10T14:40:14Z

    Framestore will continue to reduce overheads through natural wastage rather than a big staff cull, joint chief executive William Sargent has told Broadcast.

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    Envy adds vfx support unit

    2009-03-10T14:33:40Z

    London post house Envy has opened a new visual effects support department that will work in collaboration with its high-end effects suites.

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    The Mill's Harrison joins MPC

    2009-03-10T14:22:19Z

    MPC (Moving Picture Company) has added award-winning senior colourist Paul Harrison to its telecine team.

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    Ed Crick scores Bullseye job

    2009-03-10T12:47:17Z

    Zodiak Entertainment-owned indie Bullseye Television Production has appointed Ed Crick as managing director.

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    Hammond's BBC science show heading to MipTV

    2009-03-10T12:43:06Z

    BBC kids science gameshow Richard Hammond's Blast Lab is go under the microscope of the international market at MipTV later this month.

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    Fremantle renews with Silver River

    2009-03-10T12:22:10Z

    Daisy Goodwin's Silver River Productions, the indie behind The Supersizers Go ..., has renewed a three-year production and distribution deal with FremantleMedia.

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    Fremantle files lawsuit against Swiss channel

    2009-03-10T11:51:26Z

    FremantleMedia has filed a lawsuit against Swiss producer 3+ Group and the 3+ TV Network, over alleged 'confusion' with its Farmer Wants a Wife format.

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    R2's Shennan to outline vision at Salford event

    2009-03-10T10:26:58Z

    BBC Radio 2 controller Bob Shennan is expected to reveal his ambitions for the station at an indie-run conference in Manchester this month.

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    Don't Forget the Lyrics set for African remakes

    2009-03-10T10:26:40Z

    RDF Rights has sold its Sky 1 entertainment format Don't Forget the Lyrics into two African territories, marking the first time the show has been sold into the continent.

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    Waybuloo goes global with CBeebies

    2009-03-10T10:01:53Z

    BBC Worldwide Channels has picked up a raft of kids titles for its international pre-school channel CBeebies, including RDF Media's new children's series Waybuloo.

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    Duncan: Licence fee to outstrip ad revenue by£1bn

    2009-03-09T15:48:18Z

    The BBC's licence fee revenues are set to outstrip commercial rivals' advertising revenues by almost£1bn this year, Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan has warned.

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    Speech: Andy Duncan (9 March, 09)

    2009-03-09T15:00:05Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan's keynote speech at the FT Digital Media & Broadcasting Conference.

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    MasterChef moves to BBC1

    2009-03-09T13:22:48Z

    BBC2's hit cookery competition MasterChef is the latest show on the channel to make the move to BBC1.

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    BBC teams with BFI to open archives

    2009-03-09T13:22:13Z

    The BBC is to team with the British Film Institute (BFI) to boost public access to their respective radio, film and TV archives.

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    C4 chief exec to take 35% pay cut

    2009-03-09T13:18:25Z

    Channel 4 chief executive Andy Duncan and director of TV and content Kevin Lygo will both take home less than£600,000 this year after agreeing pay cuts.

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    Bennett: BBC should not give C4 money

    2009-03-09T12:46:57Z

    Director of BBC Vision Jana Bennett has said the BBC should do everything it can to help Channel 4 - except give it money.

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    Darroch: Gap between free and pay-TV growing

    2009-03-09T12:43:26Z

    BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch has warned free-to-air broadcasters that the gap between what viewers can get for free compared to what they can get with pay TV “will keep growing fast”.

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    BSkyB: C4 should re-enter pay-TV market

    2009-03-09T12:09:52Z

    BSkyB has called on Channel 4 to re-enter the pay-TV market as part of a raft of measures that would provide an alternative to striking a PSB joint venture or merger.

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    BSkyB's Digital Britain response

    2009-03-09T12:05:01Z

    BSkyB's open letter responding to the Digital Britain report (March 2009).

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    ITV execs rally to save Jim Allen

    2009-03-09T11:48:48Z

    ITV Studios top 35 executives have written to executive chairman Michael Grade and chief operating officer John Cresswell asking them to step in and save the broadcaster's director of factual and entertainment production, Jim Allen.