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DGP hires Evolutions graphics head
Soho-based DVD and post-production facility DGP has hired former Evolutions head of graphics Frankie Jacobs to boost the company's broadcast portfolio.
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Beam.tv founders move on
The Mill Group is to lose the founders of its online advertising archive, Beam.tv, who are leaving to launch their own independent company.
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Making More of C4
Channel 4 director of television Kevin Lygo has high hopes for his channel's first new launch for years. More4 will, he says, be C4 'without the silly bits' and will offer viewers mischief with gravitas. By Suzy Bashford
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Sports rights: a new ball game
The furore over test cricket going to Sky and the European Commission's sabre-rattling over breaking up the Premiership have put the issue of sports rights centre stage.
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Writer who bears the standard
No one doubts writer Paul Abbott's talent but do his outspoken views on the standard of television drama have the power to affect commissioning policy?
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Pickard's decision
The question of how Nigel Pickard fits into the new ITV structure has yet to be answered.
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Playout jobs under threat at Ascent
Staff at Ascent Media Network Services' playout centre at Stephen Street, London are braced for redundancies as a result of BBC Broadcast's successful bid to provide playout facilities for Flextech, writesAlice de Picarda.
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TV3 picks designer
Design and branding outfit Turquoise has been hired by Irish free-to-air commercial broadcaster TV3 to come up with...
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Avanti profits up
In-store media group Avanti Screenmedia has announced results for the year to June 2005, with operating profit doubling to£1.93m from£835,000 in the 15 months to June 2004. Revenues were up from£4.62m to£8.44m. Earlier this month Avanti was granted satellite spectrum by Ofcom and plans to launch its first communications satellite ...
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Frontier hiring
Frontier Post has hired online editor/colourist Gareth Williams to boost the facility's finishing team. Williams joins from the BBC where he was an in-house editor for five years. His credits include Panorama, Holidays in the Danger Zone, and ...
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Imagine upgrade
Reseller Altered Images has fitted out Newcastle-based facility Imagine Nonlinear Post Production with a 4 terabyte LANshare, two new digitising stations and Avid 1000 and Media Composer offline plus four Avid Xpress Pro offline edit suites. Altered Images also gave Imagine's existing Symphony and Avid 1000 digitising stations an upgrade. ...
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Scolnik to Nat Geo
National Geographic has appointed Betsy Scolnik as vice-president of content operations, reporting to Nat Geo digital media president Chris McAndrews. The US-based Scolnik will develop new markets for Nat Geo content in wireless, video games, broadband and education.
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ITN broadband move
ITN has signed up to broadband TV service GreenGrass, a pre-pay internet broadcast network set to launch next year which aims to make it easier and more cost-effective for broadcasters to launch internet versions of their channels.
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BDH titles Granada comedy
Design company BDH has provided the titles for All About George, Granada's new comedy drama for ITV1. Designer and director Steve Bell photographed Rik Mayall and the rest of the cast, with their images manipulated to resemble string puppets. Bell combined digital photography with graphic backgrounds to ...
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Edit & Sound finishes Dylan doc
The Edit and Sound Store was responsible for post-production on Lone Star's Arenadocumentary, Dylan in the Madhouse. The 60-minute programme traces Bob Dylan's first visit to London in the 1960s. Film editors Dave Howell, Geoff Pope and Linda Featherstone of Lone Star ...
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The Farm nabs armed robbers job
The Farm Group has completed the post-production for Firefly Productions' latest documentary Armed Robbery Orgasmfor Channel 4's Sexologystrand. Directed by Norman Hull and produced by Sascha Olofson, the 60-minute drama-documentary tells the story of Ron Keyes and Debbie Myers and their sexually ...
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Granada scoops HBO factual deal
Granada International has scored a coup by replacing Channel 4 International (C4I) as the distributor of HBO's documentary and family programming slates.
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RDF wins rights to dance show
RDF Rights has secured international distribution for a new talent show, executive produced by Pop Idol's Simon Fuller and former LWT entertainment head Nigel Lythgoe. So You Think You Can Dance,produced by 19TV and Dick Clark Productions, has been a solid performer for ...
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ID Distribution launches 400-hour Rainbow portfolio
ID Distribution has struck a significant agreement with US cable broadcaster Rainbow Media Holdings for global distribution rights to over 400 hours of its programming, writesDan Wootton.
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Format Focus: Showhouse
Primetime home makeover shows seemed a thing of the past but an Irish indie wants to revive them.