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NewsOFT gives nod to Telewest/NTL merger
Telewest and NTL are on track to complete their long-awaited merger by the spring after the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) cleared the deal.
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Ofcom bonus cash
More than half the staff at media regulator Ofcom were handed a bonus last year as part of a£1.2m payout. Ofcom employed 698 full-time staff in the 12 months to 9 December and 393 were given bonuses or performance-related payments. Only 59 staff members were not eligible for a bonus ...
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Yoomedia sells Avago
Interactive entertainment group Yoomedia has sold its Avago interactive gambling channel brand and associated intellectual property to gaming operator Gala Group. The deal is worth between£5.1m and£8.05m to Yoomedia, depending on the performance of the channel. Gala will rebrand the Avago channel, and relaunch it by the end of the ...
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New chief takes reins at Quantel
Manufacturer Quantel's chief executive and chairman, Richard Taylor, has resigned from the company after a disagreement over the future strategic direction of the business.
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Yasmin producer to make refugee film
The producer of Channel 4's acclaimed drama Yasminis making a feature-length film about the UK's refugee communities for More4.
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Flashback heads into costume drama with Regency yarn
Flashback Television is making its first costume drama with a BBC4 film about Regency dandy Beau Brummell.
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Tag expands empire with Vertis buy
Tag, the parent company of post-production house Smoke and Mirrors, has continued its recent shopping spree by acquiring media service provider Vertis for an undisclosed sum.
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It's My Life to return for third series
Manchester-based indie Moore Television is in production with a third series of its Terry Christian-fronted ITV1 discussion show It's My Life. The 8 x 60-minute series, in which Christian again tackles moral and ethical dilemmas faced by young people, is being lined up for ...
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ITV orders series on pushy parents
ITV controller of factual Bridget Boseley has commissioned Betty TV to make a series about competitive parenting. The 3 x 60-minute Desperate Parentswill look at parents who obsess about 'hot-housing' and 'fast-tracking' their children. It goes into production this month and will air in the ...
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Promotion at Metro
Post house Metro has promoted its business development director for broadcast, Paul Beale, to group business development director. Beale has been at Metro for 11 years and his role has now been extended to cover Metro's broadcast, events and AV divisions.
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Forbidden award
Video streaming specialist Forbidden Technologies has won the RTA award for technology in post-production for its web-based editing facility, FORscene. GMTV, Granada and Nats post-production have used the service - which is used for logging, editing and reviewing content - and Forbidden has forged a reseller partnership with Nats.
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Marmalade spreads
Audio post facility Marmalade has invested£250,000 installing a fourth studio and a new reception and client area. The studio will be used for most aspects of audio post-production using a Fairlight Fame to conduct online mix and sound design for clients such as the BBC, Channel 4, Discovery and National ...
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Producer to Blue
Post-production house Blue has nabbed agency producer Angela Parkinson from advertising agency Publicis to join as a producer. Parkinson will add to the seven-strong production team, focusing on dramas, documentaries and on-air promos.
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Harris in radio tie-up
Digital technology specialist Unique Interactive has teamed up with communications company Harris Corporation to integrate its 'Display Text' solution, ManDLS, into Harris HD radio broadcast products. Unique's ManDLS will provide radio stations with an online tool to create, manage and schedule text for display on HD radio and links with ...
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Graphixasset does Garden vfx
Graphixasset has completed a match move visual effects shot for the title sequence of Christine's Garden, a 6 x 30-minute series by BBC Birmingham following horticulturalist Christine Walkden's passion for horticulture at home and work. The shot sees her walking across the lawn while grass ...
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Director Hamm sets up multiplatform indie
Bafta-winning TV and film director Nick Hamm has launched a multiplatform production company that specialises in comedy and drama with high production values.
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ETV opens specialist web agency
ETV has set up a digital agency that will specialise in web-TV, digital marketing and website design.
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ITV sets sights on Lottery draw
ITV is staging a serious bid to wrestle the TV rights to the National Lottery draw away from the BBC.
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RDF to make Ogilvy content
RDF Digital is to develop cross-platform content for Ogilvy Entertainment, the branded content division of advertising agency Ogilvy.
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R1's Parfitt in frame for CBBC post
BBC Radio 1 controller Andy Parfitt has emerged as a contender for the job of controller of Children's BBC.