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ITV tussles with F1 boss over TV rights
ITV faces the prospect of shelling out more cash to maintain its coverage of Formula One (F1) motor racing after a contractual dispute with F1 chief Bernie Ecclestone forced it to drastically cut back its coverage of the French Grand Prix last weekend, wr
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Former Cosby Show executive producer Caryn Mandabach is to give the Worldview Address on the global future of the TV industry at this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF
Former Cosby Show executive producer Caryn Mandabach is to give the Worldview Address on the global future of the TV industry at this year's Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (GEITF) on
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Ainsworth to quiz Bland on future
Peter Ainsworth, the Conservative shadow media secretary, is to have urgent talks with BBC chairman Sir Christopher Bland about the thrust of the corporation's future policy and, in particular, the continuation
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Zenith buys Two-Can
Zenith Entertainment is paving a path into the US educational television and video market with the acquisition of London-based worldwide outfit Two-Can Publishing, writes Lexie Goddard.
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Creative briefs
Diverse Design has created the title sequence for new BBC 1 flagship drama Badger. Starring Jerome Flynn, the six-part series follows the life of a wildlife protection officer in the Newcastle
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NewsOfcom: Olympic logo could cause seizures
Ofcom has criticised BBC News for airing a 2012 London Olympics video logo that could have caused epileptic seizures. [ALL]
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CWC offers digital for under a tenner
Cable & Wireless Communications (CWC) has turned the heat up on its rivals by unveiling a digital pay-TV package that it claims undercuts similar offerings from both On Digital and BSkyB
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BBC and Sci-Fi agree Farscape joint deal
The BBC has signed a joint acquisition deal with the Sci-Fi channel to buy Farscape, a 22 x 60-minute US science fiction series made by The Jim Henson Company, writes Tim Dams.
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Wise Buddah to examine state of British institutions in first R4 series
Radio production company Wise Buddah has secured a stack of new commissions including its first project for BBC Radio 4, writes Tabitha Cole.
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Tigress hires staff to make new UK and US shows
Independent natural history specialist Tigress Productions is taking on 20 extra production staff on the back of new UK and US commissions, writes Jason Deans.
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FOUR MEDIA DITCHES $150 MILLION BOND ISSUE
Four Media, the US facilities group that recently acquired UK facilities TVP Group and TVI, has abandoned a high-yielding bond issue that would have raised $150 million (£95 million). Four Media
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VFG SNAPS UP GMG ENDEMOL FILM AND TAPE ARM
AIM-listed facilities group VFG has acquired Mobart Enterprises, the film and tape stock subsidiary of GMG Endemol Entertainment. The deal values the Soho-based company at just over£900,000, made up of
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PYRAMID UNVEILS VIRTUAL STUDIO FACILITY
Regional facility Pyramid post-production has launched a new virtual studio facility based around two Orad Cybersets. To support the new studio Pyramid has hired ex-BBC and HTV cameraman Chris Pain and
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NewsC4 defends Dispatches from attack by Coe
Channel 4 is to press ahead with tonight's Dispatchesdocumentary into Sebastian Coe's role in London's Olympic bid despite legal pressure from the former Olympic champion. [ALL]
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WINDMILL LANE OPENS UP LONDON OFFICE FOR FILM HOUSE
Dublin facility Windmill Lane Pictures has launched a new London office for subsidiary Film House. Headed by former Oasis marketing manager Gareth Mullaney, the Beak Street base has been established in
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DRAKE AUTOMATION HIRES WESTLAKE FOR SALES ROLE
Drake Automation (DAL) has appointed former NDS business development manager Penny Westlake as sales director. Based at DAL's UK headquarters in Basingstoke, Westlake will be responsible for all territories apart from
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STREAM BOOSTS DVD WITH TWO MORE AUTHORING SYSTEMS
Stream, the DVD arm of Soho facility TVI, has installed two further DVD authoring systems. Supplied by Boxer Systems, the Spruce DVD Maestro systems are expected to form the basis of
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TRIO JOIN PHOENIX TV
Phoenix Television, the TV services company set up by former WTN managers Gerry O'Reilly, Steve Turner, Rex Jenkins and Rick Bayles, has made three further appointments. They include former WTN executives
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YOUNG ACQUIRES TASTE FOR SHERBET
Award-winning animation director Susan Young has signed to London's Sherbet animation studio. Young, who trained and worked with Sherbet co-founder Jonathan Hodgson, is expected to start work on a campaign for
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SOHO IMAGES SIGNS UP BOWMAN AND BANNISTER
Soho Images has signed sales executives Matt Bowman and Chris Bannister to bolster its existing team of Nigel Horn and Martin McGlone. Bowman joins from Todd AO while Bannister arrives from