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FOR-A supplies converters
HD frame-rate converters from FOR-A are part of the global delivery chain of the Olympic coverage with NBC, CBC and TSN all using FRC-7000 converters.
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Avid workflow for NBC
Avid Technology has installed an end-to-end editing workflow for NBC's coverage of the Beijing Olympics.
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LDK 8300 on slo-mo team
At least 40 of the new LDK 8300 HD Super SloMo cameras from Thomson Grass Valley will be in use at the Olympic venues around Beijing.
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NewsDVCPro HD records Games
Host broadcast feeds provided by Beijing Olympic Broadcasting (BOB) at the Games will be produced using Panasonic DVCPro P2 HD solid-state cameras and recorders.
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NewsBBC beds down HD facility for Beijing
BBC Sport and BBC Resources have constructed a 1,500sq m multiplatform HD production facility in Beijing to produce tele-vision and interactive coverage of the Olympics.
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NewsBritish tech firms make strong Olympic showing
British technology and facilities companies are taking their expertise to Beijing to help provide broadcasters with unilateral coverage of the Olympics, which starts Friday 8 August.
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UKTV shuffles its station controllers
UKTV has appointed Adrian Wills as channel head of UKTV People and Richard Kingsbury as channel head of UKTV History in preparation for the network's 2009 rebrand.
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NewsBBC2 lines up ‘19th century Entourage'
BBC2 is to lay bare the sex and drugs lifestyle of the Pre-Raphaelite artists, in a “rude gang drama” pitched as a 19th century Entourage.
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NewsFive takes fishing to the extreme
Five is to tackle some of the world's wildest marine life in Extreme Fishing with Robson Green.
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NewsHolby Blue cops it as The Bill wins battle
BBC1's police drama Holby Blue has lost its battle with ITV1 rival The Bill and has been axed.
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Shine TV shakes up its top roles
Shine TV has restructured its top executive roles and appointed Tiger Aspect commercial director Jamie Munro as joint managing director.
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NewsITV4 bolsters sports coverage as Fewings lands promotion
ITV4 channel editor Dave Fewings has been appointed as the channel's controller and has made a slew of sports commissions, with the focus on cycling, darts and -football.
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NewsEdwards to supervise CGI relaunch of Hit favourites
Hit Entertainment has appointed Bafta-nominated producer Marion Edwards to oversee the CGI relaunches of the likes of Bob the Builder and Thomas & Friends.
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NewsSky rebrands for family feel
Sky 1 has lined up crime writer Martina Cole as a major new face to coincide with an overhaul of the channel.
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NewsThe Apprentice series editor joins Optomen
The series editor of The Apprentice has joined Optomen in the newly created role of head of factual entertainment.
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NewsPeak Practice creator attacks BBC
Peak Practice and Soldier Soldier creator Lucy Gannon has launched a virulent attack on the BBC saying it should “hang its head in shame” for the way it treats writers and producers.
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No Going Back family to advise new migrants
An expat family in Tuscany that featured in Channel 4's fact ent series No Going Back are to advise the latest Brits moving to the region for a new format.
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BBC4 follows Smith on first foreign holiday
BBC4 is to send veteran actress Liz Smith on her first-ever holiday abroad in a one-off documentary that it sees as a potential strand about celebrities' unrealised ambitions.
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NewsChung and Holland to front T4 fashion
Gok's Fashion Fix co-presenter Alexa Chung is to front a second weekly Channel 4 fashion magazine show - the first style news programme for teen strand T4.
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NewsITV aims to tear up terms of trade
lTV executive chairman Michael Grade has called for ITV's terms of trade with indies to be torn up as part of a drive to unshackle the broadcaster from “an Antiques Roadshow of regulation”.