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    House plays down Edwards' departure

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    John Edwards, managing director of Barnes Trust Media subsidiary The House, is leaving the company after less than 14 months in the job.His departure comes only three months after the outfit

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    DISS JOINS CUT & RUN FOR RETURN TO EDITING

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Award-winning commercials editor Nick Diss has joined independent editing house Cut & Run. Diss, who has worked with some of the industry's leading directors including Ridley Scott and Alan Parker, was

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    END CREDITS

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Andy Harries struggles to come to terms with an empty office as everyone takes an extended Christmas break.

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    COX SELLS TELEWEST STAKE

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Telewest Communications underwent another substantial change in share ownership last week, when US cable company Cox Communications sold its entire stake of 12 per cent to institutional investors for£450 million.The

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    CORRECTION

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Mentorn Barraclough Carey North head of production Lynne Marriott has been promoted to general manager and continues as head of production.She was not promoted to head of production as stated in

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    Italy eyes new law to curb News Corp

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The Italian government is considering new TV ownership restrictions aimed at limiting the ambitions of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Europe.Communications under-secretary Vincenzo Vita, speaking in an interview with Italian weekly L'Espresso,

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    Picardy TV confirms Waterfront purchase

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Scottish facilities group Picardy Television has acquired Glasgow-based recording and dubbing facility Waterfront Post.Details of the deal, which was confirmed over the New Year, were being kept quiet but Picardy is

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    OFF THE RECORD - Cold Turkey stew

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Could Channel 4 - that epitome of lightweight fast-track commissioning - be, on occasion, a little too lightweight and fast-track? Off The Record only asks after hearing about last Thursday's debacle

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    Rushes closes its doors on motion control operation

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Commercials facility Rushes has closed its Camden-based motion control studio in a move that leaves just SVC's White City rig as central London's only remaining motion control operation.Rushes managing director Mark

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    Red Post Production has created a new series of titles for The Guardian's sponsorship of pay-TV feature film channel FilmFour

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Red Post Production has created a new series of titles for The Guardian's sponsorship of pay-TV feature film channel FilmFour.Designed and directed by Grant Gilbert, the sequence uses computer-animated book elements

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    COMMENT - Time to champion successes on free TV

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Let us now praise free television.In the past six months ITV and the BBC have produced some shows as good as any in their long histories.As the hubbub of those with

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    CFN to serve up three new dishes

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Carlton's cookery channel, Carlton Food Network (CFN), has lined up three new series including a regional food show fronted by actor George Baker, writes Alice Macandrew.CFN director of programming Anne Gray

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    ITC and ITV network reject calls for 'super-regulator'

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The Independent Television Commission has branded calls for a single 'super-regulator' for TV and telecoms as 'fanciful', writes John Plunkett.The commission, in its response to the Government's green paper on convergence

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    DT SETS UP KABEL DEUTSCHLAND TO RUN CABLE NETWORKS

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    German state telecoms outfit Deutsche Telekom (DT) has established a separate subsidiary, Kabel Deutschland, to run the cable television networks it plans to sell off. The new unit, which will be

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    JOSPIN KEEPS FRENCH BROADCASTERS WAITING

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    The French broadcasting industry may have to wait until after a parliamentary election later this year for a new broadcasting law. Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin is thought to be awaiting

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    BROADCAST RATINGS

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    TOP 30 BBC 2, CHANNEL 4 & CHANNEL 5 Title Day Time

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    Red Pepper was commissioned by ITV Sport controller of sport Rick Waumsley to create the title sequence and bumpers for The Nations Cup Snooker Tournament. Directed by Bob Cosford, the sequence

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Red Pepper was commissioned by ITV Sport controller of sport Rick Waumsley to create the title sequence and bumpers for The Nations Cup Snooker Tournament. Directed by Bob Cosford, the sequence

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    Hocking takes the Blue Peter helm

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Steve Hocking, a development executive in BBC Production's children's programmes, has been named as the new editor of flagship BBC kids' show Blue Peter.Hocking, 37, is set to assume his new

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    CHINA BLUE OPENS DOORS TO NEW DUBBING STUDIO

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    China Blue, the audio post-production facility launched by engineer David Hamilton Smith, has opened a new dubbing studio. The studio, which is the largest at the company's Wedgewood Mews base, will

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    CINESITE POACHES KITSON TO BECOME TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Cinesite has lured former Moving Picture Company senior animator Frank Kitson as its new technical director. Kitson, who joins Cinesite after nine months at MPC, previously spent eight years at Alias