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STRESS MANIACS ON C4
Channel 4 editor, arts and animation Camilla Deakin has commissioned indie Pesky to make a one-off animated gameshow for C4's Hot Reels: Animation Grand Prix strand, writes Jon Rogers. Fifteen-minute Stress
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Visions board strengthened
TV Corporation group facilities managing director Martin Anderson has promoted resource manager John Turnbull and unit manager Steve Jenkins to the board of Visions, the group's outside broadcast facility, writes Barbara Marshall.
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MD Pannaman quits 4MC
4MC CO-MANAGING director Nick Pannaman has quit the industry, claiming it is 'time for a change', writes Barbara Marshall.
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Mouse and 8811 facing closure
Duplication and post facilities 8811 and The Mouse & Keyboard will go into liquidation if a buyer is not found by the end of this month.Group managing director Glyn Bartlett said
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NewsC4 genealogy show to investigate British Empire
Channel 4 is getting in on the genealogy boom with Empire's Children, a new series from Who Do You Think You Are? producer Wall to Wall.
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Peakviewing buys into audio
UK Indie producer/distributor Peakviewing Transatlantic has bought Cardiff-based Taran Sound Studios as part of a facilities expansion plan, writes Barbara Marshall.
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C4 TO AIR THE WORST OF CORPORATE VIDEOS
Code Design produced the opening titles and stings for Channel 4 Comedy Lab pastiche 'Jimmy Carr's World of Corporate Videos', a light-hearted tribute to corporate videos from the past 30 years.
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Barnes Trust consolidates
Duplication facility Klones is to merge with fellow Barnes Trust Media group company Cast resulting in the loss of six jobs, writes Barbara Marshall.
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NewsStreetmate returns
Tiger Aspect is reviving its dating show Streetmatefor ITV2 and is eyeing Dancing on Icepresenter Holly Willoughby to front it.
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MERLIN SOLD TO VT
Former BBC transmission business Merlin Communications has been bought by Southampton-based naval shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft (VT) for£95m. The deal is part of VT's strategy of expanding its support services business.Merlin,
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BARCONET SHARES BID
US set-top box manufacturer Scientific-Atlanta is seeking to boost its European market presence by buying Brussels-based Barconet, the broadband technology provider. Scientific-Atlanta has made a public offer for all outstanding common
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RAPID ADDS SMOKE
West London post facility Rapid Pictures has just completed a£250,000 expansion that includes the addition of Discreet high-end compositing system Smoke. The firm is also expanding its multimedia and DVD
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ARRI SALES APPOINTMENT
Camera and lighting specialist Arri GB has appointed Adrian Bottomley as general manager for lighting sales. Bottomley joins from control equipment manufacturer IMI where he was UK marketing manager. Before that,
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OMNE GOES FOR LIBERATE
UK cable start-up firm Omne Communications has chosen Liberate TV software ahead of a December launch of its interactive services. Former NTL and BT employees formed Omne last summer to provide
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Leader - Murdoch enmity has had its day
Some of the steam appears to have gone out of the debate about ensuring the BBC is in some senses regulated by Ofcom in future. A government response to a report
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Free to air - 'effing and blinding away
It was with some surprise that, trapped at home with terrestrial television, I heard the advance warning for the Robbie Williams spectacular on BBC 1: 'Blah ... blah ... blah ...
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Trade Talk - The strategist
Having given teenagers Trouble, vice-president of Flextech channels Lisa Opie is now overseeing marketing for her resilient TV family.
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In my View - Damian Tambini, a senior research fellow at the Institute for Public Policy Research
On whether niche channels should be subject to stricter impartiality requirements in news.
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On the Box - Cold feet, warm heart
Cold Feet still has legs, says senior VP, worldwide programming strategy at ABC/Disney cable Paul Robinson, but Ruby is no diamond.
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News Analysis - Positive signals
How have digital radio operators escaped the woes of other broadcasters which invested in new technology, even though no date has been set for analogue switch-off and digital radio sets are still a hefty£200?