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    Soho Images boss quits for new film venture

    2000-08-08T17:01:00Z

    Napier to head up new£3.5 million London arm of Denmark's Digital Film Lab

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    Edinburgh unveils TV festival line-up

    2000-08-08T11:28:00Z

    Big guns Dyke, Murdoch, Knapp and Singer line-up for event's 25th anniversary

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    Pinewood Studios expands digital TV facilities

    2000-08-08T11:28:00Z

    New digital studio promises 'state of the art' technology and customer services

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    DVD to oust VHS within next five years

    2000-08-07T16:08:00Z

    Latest survey predicts DVD player sales to rise by 300% this year to reach 46 million worldwide

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    BBC plans launch of BBC3 and BBC4

    2000-08-07T10:56:00Z

    Dyke expected to confirm proposals to develop two new digital channels at Edinburgh TV Festival

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    Hollick sets agenda as United beats estimates

    2000-08-04T11:25:00Z

    Company looks to 'high growth information sectors' as first-half profits rise by 21 per cent

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    PEARSON TV UNVEILS SIX-MONTH RESULTS

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Pearson has announced interim results for the six months to 30 June 2000 with the media group reporting a 32 per cent rise in operating profits to£148m and an 18

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    NEW ROLE FOR RYBCZYNSKI

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Acting editor of the BBC One O'Clock News Chris Rybczynski has been appointed to the new role of BBC television news weekend editor taking charge of the output on BBC 1,

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    OFF THE RECORD - Watch with mother

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission has once again come to Off the Record's aid in our continuing campaign to highlight naughty broadcasters' attempts to fill airtime with highly inappropriate ads around kids

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    INTERVIEW - A rare species?

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The latest major indie to lose independent status, Talkback is not about to flog its indie culture and values too. But managing director Peter Fincham warns against being too precious about the magic of the indie sector.

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    VIRGIN AND NTL SPLIT INTERNET SERVICE PROVISION

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    NTL and Virgin are to split the jointly owned Virgin Net ISP and entertainment business leaving the cable giant with 500,000 internet subscribers. The deal, which will involve a share swap

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    TONG MOVES UP TO HEAD MINOTAUR SALES TEAM

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Flextech distribution company Minotaur International has promoted senior sales executive Sarah Tong to head of sales. She reports to Minotaur International managing director Jane Lighting and will lead an 18-strong sales

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    HALF-YEAR REPORT - Seconds out, round two

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    It's six months since Greg Dyke entered the ring at the BBC. He may have secured round one, but will the pugilist win the fight or end up on the ropes in the trickier second round? Four industry observers measure his form.

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    SIGGRAPH SPECIAL: WILL MAN AND MACHINE MERGE? - Graphics in techno leap

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    The future is 'one huge graphics challenge' said keynote speaker Ray Kurzweil last week at computer graphics convention Siggraph, writes Barbara Marshall.

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    FRENCH LAP UP MILLIONAIRE QUIZ SHOW

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    French broadcaster TF1 is considering a primetime slot this autumn for its version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (right), after saying the recent airing of the show was a

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    FILM FIRST FOR ON REQUEST

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Fox Movies has signed a deal with On Digital's pay-per-view service On Request for The Beach, Entrapment and Never Been Kissed. Sky Box Office already has the rights to the films

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    OFF THE RECORD - A tale of pure Farsi

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Film-makers' tales of jamminess, entry no 435. It wasn't his uber-auteur-with-an-Oscar-under-his-Prada-belt status that got Vikram Jihanti unprecedented access to Lord Glenconner for his Channel 4 documentary The Man Who Bought Mustique.

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    SKARAMOOSH EXPANDS INTO LARGER SOHO PREMISES

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Design company Skaramoosh is expanding and has moved to larger premises next door to its current Neal Street home. Managing Director Daniel Slight said: 'The consistent demand for work was making

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    Kingston embarks on temporary VOD service

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Cable outfit Kingston Communications is poised to launch its own interim video-on-demand (VOD) service while talks continue to identify a permanent partner, writes Simon Ellery.

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    Eight quit Nats to launch Station or join Farm

    2000-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Eight members of Soho Square facility Nats are quitting the company in two separate moves this week. Six are to launch new venture The Station while two are joining The Farm