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NewsDigital debate hots up
Broadcasters this week stepped up their call on the government to give a precise date for analogue switch-off as they unveiled exactly how they would go about achieving it.
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NewsDyke's Manchester vision under threat
The BBC could scrap a controversial Charter review plan to move a huge chunk of the corporation to Manchester.
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Foundry invents open VFX program
London-based company The Foundry has blown the visual effects market wide open with the development of a software program that will allow editors and compositors to use 'plug-in' visual effects from any company on any finishing system, writes Farah Jifri.
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Millar puts£4m into Whitfield St Studios
Robin Millar, the new owner of London facility the Whitfield Street Studios (see Broadcast, 13.2.04), is investing around£4m to get the facility up and running, writesFarah Jifri.
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Luckwell given trade body role
Mike Luckwell has been appointed chairman of a new post-production industry association being set up by the UK Film Council. The as-yet-unnamed body will represent and promote the UK post-production industry at home and abroad.
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Flaxton joins hd bill
Director and DoP Terry Flaxton has been added to the bill for next week's Harnessing High Definition conference. The multi-award-winning film-maker, one of the first people in the world to shoot a feature film on videotape, has been involved in a number of HD projects including Past Present Future Imperfect ...
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Sale for Sony kit
Surrey-based broadcast services company Presteigne Broadcast Hire is the first customer to buy Sony's new wireless camera systems. Presteigne took delivery of the WLL-RX55 wireless camera receiver and CA55 wireless camera transmitter from Sony last week. Presteigne already has a number of wireless camera systems from other manufacturers such as ...
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MBO interest in alias
Computer hardware manufacturer SGI is in negotiations to sell its 3D division, Alias, to an MBO team. The deal, which will be done with backing from a private equity investment firm, will see the existing management team and organisation structure remain as it is under new ownership. Alias did not ...
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Minicams launched
Prime Television has launched two minicams, which are the result of three years of development. They are a compact three-chip, pan and tilt camera and the Matchstick Minicam. The pan and tilt camera avoids the need for ARC (aspect ratio conversion) before widescreen broadcast. The minicam provides true 16:9 widescreen ...
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Lip Sync posts great escapes
Lip Sync Post has completed the animated titles for 7 x 30-minute series Escape From? for Five. Produced by 3BM the series is part of a larger 14-programme commission, the other seven being Missions, a series on great missions in the 21st century. ...
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Two firms finish Sky's Miriam
London Post and The TV Set have post-produced There's Something About Miriam a 6 x 60-minute series for Sky One. The series was onlined and graded using Symphony with Sapphire FX by Blue Turtle's Graham Carr at London Post with series director Dominic Bowls. Carr ...
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Jump brands UK's Eurovision
Jump has done the branding for Eurovision Making Your Mind Up! the live television competition to find the UK's Eurovision entry for 2004. Jump's Stephen Smith designed the programme logo while senior designer Keith Livingstone created the opening titles using specially shot footage which was ...
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BBC script error hinders ABC deal
Plans to adapt BBC crime series Murder in Mind for the US could be scuppered after the corporation forgot to gain permission from the original scriptwriter.
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Turner and Nickelodeon make raft of promotions
Kids networks Turner Entertainment and Nickelodeon UK have both restructured their management line-ups.
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Canning Factory to make cartoon for Five kids slot
Animation specialist The Canning Factory has been given the greenlight to start production on a£1m pre-school cartoon for Five, writes Michael Rosser.
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Italian channel to adopt Kumars format
Italian broadcaster Mediaset is to make a local version of comedy chat show The Kumars at No. 42 for Canale 5 following a deal with indie Hat Trick International. The deal is accompanied by a second series commission of the format from Dutch public broadcaster ...
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BBC set to fund two ITV dramas
BBC Worldwide is funding and distributing two Red Production dramas for ITV1 - the first time the corporation has helped pay for a show on its commercial rival.
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RDF poaches C4 pair for consumer rights arm
RDF Media is looking to snatch more business from rivals BBC Worldwide and 4 Rights with the launch of a consumer division.
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Great Britons format sold to South Africa
South African broadcaster SABC has bought the rights to BBC format Great Britons and plans to use the show as part of its coverage of the 10th anniversary of the end of apartheid.
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ITV continues restructure of key areas
ITV has appointed a commercial director for the network and an operations head for its news group.