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Malik to head up new duplication facility at Oasis TV
Oasis Television has appointed Kabir Malik to head up the sales department of its new duplication facility, O2. Malik joins the new Oasis division from film and video transfer company Klones.
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Globecast launches video distribution service
GlobeCast Northern Europe has joined the growing band of companies offering ad hoc video distribution by launching a new video distribution service. Dubbed by the company as a 'virtual courier service',
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Cinesite hires McAlister to supervise LA operation
Cinesite Visual Effects has appointed Michael McAlister as senior visual effects supervisor at its Los Angeles facility. McAlister, who spent much of the 1980s at Industrial Light & Magic, worked as
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News Technology conference focuses on convergence
News Technology '99 is set to focus on the convergent drivers in telecoms and information technology likely to have the greatest impact on the broadcasting industry. The technical regulation of news
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Sony finally ties knot with Avid
After years of speculation and false starts Avid Technology and Sony Corporation have announced that they are to collaborate to produce a range of non-linear editing systems.The two companies, which have
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Tektronix to sell loss-making VND
Tektronix is understood to be on the verge of disposing of its loss-making Video & Networking Division (VND).The company is expected to announce a major restructure of its three divisions in
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News£7,000 multimedia indie fund up for grabs
A£7,000 grant is being offered to indies looking to develop their multi-platform strategy. [ALL]
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Media 100 moves upmarket with new third-party alliances
Media 100 has announced a number of third-party alliances in a move designed to take the company upmarket.Under the new agreements Media 100 will collaborate with Californian software company Nothing Real
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P3 in first batch to commit to Unity
London facility P3 is one of the world's first facilities to commit to Unity, Avid's new shared storage and networking system unveiled at NAB this week.It is designed to connect workstations
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Clear takes on Fallon as new MD
Commercials facility Clear has appointed Simon Fallon as its first full-time managing director since its rebrand from Facilities-R-US three years ago.Fallon, who has spent the last 10 years as head of
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French gear up for digital terrestrial
A new report commissioned by the French government has recommended the launch of up to 48 digital terrestrial TV (DTT) channels, with existing terrestrial operators to be given priority in digital
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Disney poaches Zubairy from Paramount
The Paramount Comedy Channel's director of programming, Asif Zubairy, has been snapped up by Walt Disney production arm Buena Vista Productions International (BVPI) to become head of popular and factual programming,
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MIP-TV NEWS ROUND-UP - Granada sells drama to HBO
UK distributors reported brisk business at Mip-TV last week, with Carlton International selling more than 40 hours of documentary programming and a raft of drama productions.Carlton's successes included 32 Inspector Morse
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Fox buys Initial's Miami 7 from Worldwide
BBC Worldwide has sold Initial Kids' 13 x 30-minute musical comedy series, Miami 7, to the Fox Family Channel in the US, for transmission this autumn, writes David Wood.The UK distributor
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STE links up with Antelope and NHK for Golf Doc
Scottish Television Enterprises (STE) has teamed up with Antelope and Japanese public service broadcaster NHK to make a high-definition TV-formatted 60-minute documentary on the history of golf. Called The Old Course,
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Cosgrove Hall's Animal Shelf wins Fox showing
Award-winning animation company Cosgrove Hall Films has struck a three-year deal with the Fox Family Channel for its pre-school animation, The Animal Shelf (right).In a deal secured in Cannes this week
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NBD sells concert package at MIP-TV
NBD Television (NBDtv) struck distribution deals across its comedy and music programming packages at Mip-TV last week. Acquisitions by Spanish content provider Mediapark, Canal 9 in Spain and Italy's RAI Sat
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NewsRatings Hell for ITV1's Kitchen
The return of ITV1's cookery show Hell's Kitchencould only serve up a lukewarm ratings dish of 3.6m viewers, a share of 17.1% in a 9pm slot. [ALL]
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Warner Bros to distribute Turner and CNN docs
Warner Brothers International Television is to take on the worldwide television distribution of all current and future documentary and reality programming produced by Turner Original Productions and CNN Productions, as well
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Granada Australia takes on Waiting at the Royal
Granada Media International (Australia) has acquired its first two projects for distribution. Waiting at the Royal is a TV movie telling the story of how four women confined in a maternity