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Frontier Post builds dubbing and voiceover suite
London edit facility Frontier Post is building a new dubbing theatre and voiceover booth at its recently expanded Wells Street headquarters.Based around the AMS Audiofile and Logic3 mixing desk, it will
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BSC to challenge Watchdog ruling
Broadcasting Standards Commission (BSC) chairman Lord Holme has revealed that it is to challenge a High Court ruling against the TV body and in favour of BBC 1's consumer rights show
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Forever Broadcasting buys Crash FM
Newly formed radio company Forever Broadcasting has bought Liverpool radio station Crash FM. Forever Broadcasting was formed after Radio Partnership was bought out earlier this year by Talk Radio. Crash FM
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Brick quits Hat Trick for Sky
Sky Productions has poached producer Sam Brick from Hat Trick Productions to become an executive producer with commissioning responsibilities for Sky One output, writes Paul Donovan.
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Unique four-minute shows boost The Pepsi Chart
Unique Broadcasting's The Pepsi Chart is boosting its coverage of the music scene by adding two new four-minute programmes examining chart activity over the week. Pepsi Chart Check-up will broadcast across
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Meridian books ninth Village run
Meridian Broadcasting managing director Mary McAnally has commissioned a ninth series of Tiger Aspect's The Village, making it the longest-running docu-soap in the country, writes Ashley Davies.
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MTV Networks UK brings in Boland
MTV Networks UK has announced a management restructure in a bid for more original programming and production at the UK channel.The move sees the MTV UK vice-president of programming and production
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Blue plumps for Philips Spirit telecine
Facilities house Blue has become the latest post-production house to order the Philips Spirit high-end telecine.Blue managing director Dave Cadle said the Spirit, which is expected to be installed in January,
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OFF THE RECORD - Cover blown
And so, finally, the BBC has taken the lid off its new investigative series MacIntyre Undercover. It kicks off with a terrifying journey into the dark world of organised football hooliganism,
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ITV goes on the offensive with soap and quiz blitz
ITV next week unleashes an unprecedented blitz of programmes with a schedule dominated by daily editions of Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, writes Steve Clarke.
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Blatchford quits Intergraph UK
Intergraph Computer Systems UK business manager for digital media Peter Blatchford has quit the company.Blatchford, who joined from Accom two years ago, is understood to be on the verge of joining
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Couch Potatoes and Keo jet off to Cyprus to film black revellers
Couch Potatoes Television and Keo Films are producing a new factual series for Channel 4 featuring a Cypriot resort frequented mainly by black British holiday-makers, writes Wale Azeez.
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Eyre had itchy feet before move
Outgoing ITV chief executive Richard Eyre has revealed he had been thinking about leaving the network for the past few months before the surprise announcement last Thursday (28 October) that he
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Duran becomes first French facility to take C-Reality
French facility Duran has taken delivery of the first C-Reality telecine in France. Duran commercial director Jean-Christophe Barret said the new 2K and standard definition machine would give the company an
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Hartswood brews up drama for BBC
Hartswood Films has gone into production with a new 8 x 45-minute comedy drama from Tim Firth for BBC 1.Border Cafe has been written by Firth (Neville's Island, Preston Front and
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Dyke to name team for new BBC review
BBC director general designate Greg Dyke will appoint a team of senior executives early next week to assist him in his review of BBC Broadcast.Observers suggested the appointments would provide the
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BBC to cover Man United
BBC Sport has snapped up the rights to air the first ever Fifa World Team Championship, which will see Manchester United compete against other club teams from around the world in
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BBC trails digital radio
The BBC began promoting digital radio this week across all five of its national radio networks. The campaign will focus on 'crystal clear sound quality' rather than new services as the
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BBC local radio shows the way
Local commercial radio lost nearly a million listeners over the quarter in the face of another strong performance by BBC local and regional radio, writes John Plunkett.
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Pearson buys worldwide rights to Baywatch
Pearson Television has bought the worldwide rights to 199 episodes of drama Baywatch (right) from US distributor The Fremantle Corporation.Pearson produces the show, which is now into its tenth series and