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War coverage first
News crews from CNN and Sky have begun using a standard videophone system connected to a specialised tracking satellite phone antenna to shoot what they are calling 'historic images' during coverage of the war with Iraq. CNN told Broadcastthat the antenna has the ability to ...
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Clear doubles in size
Clear Post Production has spent£650,000 on doubling the size of its Soho premises. According to managing director Greg Caplan, most of the money has gone on building new suites, restructuring the offices and buying kit. Clear bought more space in its Great Marlborough Street office in September last year.
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Framestore CFC turns Japanese
Framestore CFC was invited by its client PMC to pitch ideas to Wowow, Japan's biggest satellite channel, for a 10-second channel ident, with a completely open brief. Designer Adam Parry came up with two, both of which have been adopted by the channel. The first ident is called Wave and ...
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UTV buys OB truck
UTV has taken delivery of a£2m OB truck for use on light entertainment and sports shoots. The unit is built on a Mercedes Atego chassis, and has 12 cameras, a Thomson mixer and an Aston Red character generator to enhance its new graphics department. Work for the truck will include ...
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D-day landings to be target of BBC co-pro
The BBC is to join with German and American co-production partners to make a major drama documentary series based on the D-Day landings. The series, which is being overseen by the BBC specialist factual department in collaboration with the drama division, will be made by the team behind the forthcoming ...
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Barcud buys Picardy Media
Welsh TV and film group Barcud Derwen has paid a six-figure sum for the ownership of Scotland-based Picardy Media Group, which went into receivership at the end of January, writes Sam Espensen.
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MTV issues war ban list
MTV has pulled a host of music videos from its playlists, fearing they may offend or upset viewers during the military conflict in Iraq, writes Paul Revoir.
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Andrew kicks off at ITV with Enjie Benjy
ITV's new director of children's programmes Steven Andrews has commissioned his first programme since joining the network, ordering a second series of Enjie Benjy from Cosgrove Hall, the animation company owned by his former employer Granada. The 26-episode series will be ready to air in the autumn.
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Al-Jazeera wins freedom award
Al-Jazeera, the Arabic news channel, which this week caused controversy for its coverage of explicit footage of dead US marines in the Iraq war, has picked up a coveted freedom of expression award, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsJournalism comes of age
CNN International networks president Chris Cramer on covering the war in Iraq and making journalistic history.
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Discovery airs first C4 output
Discovery Channel has unveiled the first raft of programmes from its exclusive first-look content deal with Channel 4's factual output, writes Paul Revoir.
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Talkback to make over whole town for C4
Talkback Productions is creating a major new makeover show for Channel 4, which will feature the transformation of an entire town. The indie will go into a town with a tired image and attempt to give it a facelift. The indie is already in talks with local councils in two ...
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C200 desk launched
Audio console manufacturer Solid State Logic launched a new C200 digital production desk at this week's AES convention in Amsterdam. Based on new processing technology, the C200 operates at 48kHz or 96kHz, retaining all of its bussing capabilities at both frequencies. It also represents the latest evolution of SSL's 'knob ...
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BBC2 to air antelope doc about star wars
BBC2 is set to air a 60-minute documentary charting 50 years of American attempts to protect itself from a missile attack. Star Wars Dreams follows the 'hopes and delusions' of America's search for invulnerability, from Eisenhower and Reagan to President George W Bush's 'Son of Star Wars' initiative. Produced by ...
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NewsSky/BBC encryption row hits stalemate
The row over the BBC's decision pull out of Sky's encryption services appeared to have deepened this week when a meeting between the two parties ended without any agreement, writes Paul Revoir.
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NewsShare gloom for Capital
Capital Radio shares fell 6% today after it predicted first-half radio revenues would be down 5% and said the short-term advertising market was 'uncertain', ahead of the company's interim results due on 15 May, writes Luke Satchell
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NewsRichards lands Ofcom role
Prime Minister Tony Blair's top media advisor - one of the key architects behind the communications bill - has been awarded a principle role in Ofcom, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsThompson re-fuels BBC/Ofcom debate
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson has reiterated his call for the BBC to be brought under the new regulator Ofcom, claiming the new regulator will lack vital public service knowledge if the corporation is left to govern itself, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsBBC's Adams blasts bosses over bias
BBC defence correspondent Paul Adams has slammed the corporation for what he has called its 'one-sided' coverage of the war with Iraq, writes Luke Satchell
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Carlton hangs on in fight with investors
ITV broadcaster Carlton Communications survived a shareholders' rebellion yesterday when some powerful City investo...