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Huhtala takes on Inferno at Clear
Simon Huhtala will be joining Soho effects house Clear on 21 February as senior Inferno artist, joining from SVC. Huhtala has spent 12 months at SVC and previously worked at Cinesite.
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Nickelodeon claims first with Renford webcast
Nickelodeon is to debut the third series of its football show, Renford Rejects (right), on the internet. It is thought the broadcast, on 21 February, will be the first time that
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Pringle quits Chrysalis for net venture
Chrysalis Radio group programme director Keith Pringle has unexpectedly quit the company to found a start-up internet venture, writes John Plunkett. [PP] 3 [PL] UK Pringle, who had overall programming responsibility
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Off The Record - A roof of Choice
Exciting news from the good people of OTR's favourite south London radio station, Choice FM, which has splashed the cash on a new 20-foot logo on its Southwark HQ. But we
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Hearst/Multipark to launch Cosmopolitan Channel
The Hearst Corporation has formed a joint-venture with Spanish cable operator Multipark to create a 24-hour cable channel based on women's magazine Cosmopolitan. Senior vice-president of Hearst Entertainment Cynthia Hudson told
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E! to launch joint-venture channel in Scandinavia
US-based E! Entertainment Television Networks is launching a new entertainment news E! channel in Scandinavia, in a joint-venture with Stockholm-based new media company NonStop Television. E! Entertainment Television Scandinavia is scheduled
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Carter to direct wireless strategy at CNN Interactive
CNN Interactive has appointed CNN.com co-senior editor Gary Carter to the new post of director of wireless content development to find new outlets for its editorial. Carter will oversee CNN Interactive's
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Sky's bundling claims rejected by Oftel and ITC
The Independent Television Commission and Oftel have provisionally rejected BSkyB's claim that the bundling of telephony and TV by cable operators is anti-competitive. The joint report states that cable operators do
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Wise Buddah buys Tong's West End
Radio indie Wise Buddah is buying rival music producer West End Radio in a move that creates the largest independent producer of music radio programming in the UK, writes John Plunkett.
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BskyB in talks to provide mobiles with news content
BSkyB and Vodafone are in talks about Sky providing news, sport and entertainment for Vodafone's mobile phone network. The service will be available over new generation mobile WAP phones. Sky will
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Broadcasters call for digital interoperability
A production seminar on video servers at the EBU in Geneva last week saw calls for further progress towards interoperability of digital video formats.Although there are now two families of digital
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Red Post commissioned by Brighter Pictures to create titles for The Spy Next Door
Red Post production was commissioned by production company Brighter Pictures to create the title sequence and branded graphics for new Sky One series The Spy Next Door. Live action was shot
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Wireless and SRH reshuffle top brass
New senior management teams have been unveiled at three UK radio groups including a new group programme director for Kelvin MacKenzie's Wireless Group and the return of Bill Ridley as acting
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C&W Communications creates branding for digital cable TV service
Cable & Wireless Communications' in-house content production department created the idents and branding for its digital cable TV service - one of the first digital interactive cable services in the UK.
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Industry braced for new era in TV
The first overhaul of broadcasting legislation since 1996 started to take shape this week as the referral of a United/Carlton merger coincided with government moves to launch a communications white paper
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Bowdur moves up in lifestyle revamp
Granada lifestyle controller James Hunt has reorganised his 300-strong department in a move that sees Shop! executive producer Helen Bowdur take the new role of executive producer for Granada's joint-venture channels.Reporting
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England boss Keegan to present Talk Sport series
Kevin Keegan is to present a 5 x 60-minute series of shows on new national radio station Talk Sport. Keegan will take part in his first show on the station -
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ITV takes heart in new Ident to provide drama boost
ITV has unveiled a new ident (left) to promote ITV drama, designed by Atom Productions. Based on the network's existing heart logo, the new ident airs from 19 February. As the
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US/UK will be watching Big Brother
Hit European entertainment show Big Brother is set to air on both UK and US screens by the end of the year, write Tim Dams and Ashley Davies.
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Disney bids for Digital One
Rival bids from Disney and Saga Radio are leading the race to fill the last berth on the national commercial digital radio platform, Digital One. The licence was previously earmarked for