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Soho facility
The Machine Room is working on a major restoration project for the Olympic Television Archive Bureau, writes Barbara Marshall.
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VIVID POST PRODUCTION UPGRADES ITS FACILITIES
Vivid Post Production has just completed an upgrade that includes an Avid Symphony Universal suite, Ice effects and Audio Vision Pro Tools 5AV. Neil Patience and Cathy Houlihan set up the
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RATINGS - TX - DOWN TO EARTH
Broadcaster: BBC 1Producer: Whistling Gypsy/BBC dramaStart: 21.00, 28 AugustLength: 1 x 75-minutes, 5 x 50-minutesCommissioning editor: Peter SalmonExecutive producer: Mal YoungProducer: Rosemarie Whitman'There's more to popular drama than putting a soap
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ITC TO DEVELOP VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK FOR FOX KIDS
IT and broadcast solutions provider ITC Network Consultants is working with Fox Kids Europe on a virtual private network (VPN). Over the past couple of months, ITC has been rolling out
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DYKE OLYMPIC DEFENCE
BBC director general Greg Dyke has again hit out at reports criticising the BBC for sending 'too many' staff to cover the Sydney Olympics. Launching the corporation's Olympics coverage on Wednesday
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PEARSON EXTENDS DEAL WITH ONLINE SERVICE UPROAR
Pearson Television has extended its contract with Uproar, which produces uproar.com, an online entertainment site featuring games and gameshows.The company produces worldwide web versions of Pearson TV gameshows including Family Feud,
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DCMS LAUNCHES DIGITAL TV SUBTITLING REVIEW
The Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has launched the consultation for its review of subtitling, sign language and audio description provision on digital terrestrial TV. The requirements, set out
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TRADE TALK - The crusader
Ian McBride is one of our finest documentary makers. Now he's Granada Media's managing editor and head of compliance. Simon Ellery reports.
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GRANADA PROMOTES POYSER TO PRODUCTION CONTROLLER
Granada Media has promoted head of entertainment production Claire Poyser to the position of controller of production for the whole group. Reporting to director of programmes Grant Mansfield, Poyser replaces Max
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WALSHE TAKES ON COMMUNITY ROLE AT GALAXY NORTHERN
Galaxy Radio Northern news editor Nik Walshe has added a new title to his brief, as head of community affairs. The extra duties see him charged with developing active ties between
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YES TV CONTENT DEAL WITH PARAMOUNT COMEDY EXPECTED
Yes TV is poised to sign deals with Paramount Comedy Channel to secure content for its fledgling video-on-demand service. Paramount has a raft of stand-up material and US-acquired content, including Spin
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OFF THE RECORD - Real life evictions to come?
For some inexplicable reason, the tabloids have ignored a far more captivating webcast than Big Brother. Forget the Machiavellian exploits of toxic Nick and whether he's a Channel 4 plant with
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WELSH COASTLINE GETS TWO DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Andy Brice Productions is making two documentary series about the Welsh coastline, co-funded by Welsh broadcasters HTV Wales and S4C. For HTV the indie is producing a 12 x 30-minute series
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Flotation cash fires up Channel Health
Channel Health is boosting its output of original commissions by more than six hours a day and planning to double its in-house production team to eight.The move follows the fledgling channel's
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Carlton drops Morley case
Carlton Television has halted its investigation into alleged unethical behaviour by Mike Morley following The Cook Report editor's resignation to set up his own independent, writes Colin Robertson.
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Carlton to merge film labs
Carlton Communications is to merge its film laboratory activities Technicolor and Metrocolor, writes Barbara Marshall.
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OFF THE RECORD - Cab in economy drive
Good to see those house-wrecking Home Front folks taking to heart Greg Dyke's pleas for people to use fewer taxis. The show's editor Franny Moyle recently played her part in reducing
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Indie fat cats dominate broadcasting Rich List
Independent producers make up over half of the first Broadcast Rich List, published in Broadcast today, underlining the huge valuation put on content companies in the current media boom.The richest person
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TRIMEDIA BROADCAST LAUNCHES NEW VIRTUAL STUDIO
Trimedia Broadcast launched its new virtual studio in London earlier this week. Incorporating Chromatte, the chroma keying technology from RTV developed in conjunction with the BBC, the studio dispenses with the
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Bristol indie is set for a Wild Future
Bristol-based indie John Adams Television has just gone into production on new documentary The Future is Wild, which will combine CGI animation with live action to predict the creatures that might inhabit the earth in 200 million years time, writes Georgi