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ITC upholds Yorkshire complaints
The Independent Television Commission has upheld 42 complaints from viewers about the violent content of Yorkshire Television's (YTV) ITV mini-series, Trial and Retribution II, writes Jeanette Blair.The ITC deemed that images
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TELE-CINE TAKEOVER BOOSTS TODD AO PROFITS
Todd AO's acquisition of Tele-Cine is already contributing to the company's bottom line, according to chairman and chief executive Salah Hassanein. Reporting the company's first quarter earnings ending 30 November 1998,
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JONES QUITS TYRELL FOR TOP SALES JOB AT MOLINARE
Richard Jones, former director of sales at independent reseller Tyrell, has quit the company to join post-production company Molinare. Jones, who has been at Tyrell for less than four months, is
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FLAME ARTIST MCGLASHAM JOINS FIRST POST
Former House Flame artist Pete McGlasham has joined First Post. McGlasham, who spent the last five years at the commercial facility, will operate out of First Post's Soho facility in St
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BALDWIN AND HAMMACOTT SIGN FOR NEW OUTFIT ANTHEM
Eidos Technology head of marketing Jeremy Baldwin and product manager Symon Hammacott are leaving the company to join new entertainment start-up Anthem. The two had been instrumental in launching Eidos's new
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FARM TAKES ON DOANE AND WOODRUFFE AS EDITORS
The Farm has made four new appointments. Editor Spencer Doane, who has worked for both Paul Miller Post Production (PMPP) and The Muse, joins fellow new editor Lars Woodruffe who arrives
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M4 ASSETS AND EDWARDS MOVE TO ROLL TO RECORD
Roll to Record has acquired the assets of M4 Outside Broadcast and appointed former M4 managing director Peris Edwards as marketing director. Roll to Record managing director Peter Webber declined to
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ABEL PRODUCT MANAGER JOINS OMNIBUS TO PUSH NEWS
Automation specialist OmniBus Systems has appointed former Tektronix product manager David Abel. While at Tektronix Abel was responsible for the company's soon-to-be-discontinued Lightworks non-linear editing system.Abel said part of his role
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MARS FINISHES BETA TESTING MUSIC SERVICE
Multimedia Archive & Retrieval Systems (Mars) has finished beta-testing a new service, which, it claims, will enable users to access, download and license over 60,000 music tracks online. The new enhanced
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GEARHOUSE VIDEO TO OPEN FOR TRADING IN MARCH
Gearhouse Broadcast, formerly known as DPL (Europe), will begin trading as Gearhouse Video Sales from its new north London premises in March.
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Avid restructures UK reseller chain
Avid Technology has reduced its number of UK premier resellers by 50 per cent as predicted last October (Broadcast, 9.10.98).The move, which is part of a wholesale review of the company's
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Locomotion in£5m managers' buyout
Storyboards Harpers, which includes Soho facility Locomotion, has been acquired in a management buyout backed by venture capitalist 3i.The deal, which values the presentation to facilities group at£5 million, sees
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Pinnacle second quarter profits up by 50 per cent
Pinnacle Systems has bucked the industry trend for flatter revenues but bigger margins by more than doubling profits for its second quarter 1998-99 on revenues up by more than 40 per
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Jim Henson's Creature Shop is putting the finishes touches to its first primetime science fiction drama co-production, Farscape. The 22 x 60-minute series, a co-production with Australia's Nine Networ
Jim Henson's Creature Shop is putting the finishes touches to its first primetime science fiction drama co-production, Farscape. The 22 x 60-minute series, a co-production with Australia's Nine Network in association
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BTM denies House will move
Barnes Trust Media (BTM) group managing director Roger Morris has acted to quash industry speculation that BTM plans to close or move post-production facility The House, following the departure of managing
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MENTORN AIMS TO PUT EXPLOITICA BACK TO THE US
Mentorn is attempting to sell an original US format back to American broadcasters via its youth entertainment division, TV21. The Mentorn subsidiary first produced the show, Exploitica, for a late-night slot
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SVC SNAPS UP 10-YEAR DEAL FOR CHRISTMAS GLORY
BBC Worldwide has signed a 10-year deal with independent SVC Screen Entertainment for global television rights to Christmas Glory, a concert commissioned and transmitted by ITV over the recent festive season.
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GOLDBERG PLAYS ANIMAL MATCH-MAKER FOR TIGRESS
Tiger Aspect wildlife subsidiary Tigress Productions is making a 60-minute special, with Whoopi Goldberg playing an animal match-maker at San Diego Zoo, for US public service broadcaster PBS. The programme, featuring
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ENDEMOL SETS UP ARM FOR AD-FUNDED PROGRAMMING
Dutch producer Endemol Entertainment is setting up AFP, a division dedicated to advertiser-funded programming. Serving the international advertising industry, AFP is a similar outfit to Gem, the commercial subsidiary of Endemol/Guardian
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PARK SERVES UP SECOND HELPINGS OF THE HUNGER
UK producer/distributor Park Entertainment is marketing the second series of drama The Hunger (left), which is presented by singer David Bowie, at Natpe this year.The 22 x 30-minute series is produced