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Granada raids BBC to fill digital post
Granada Media has poached Newsnight daily editor Eddie Morgan to head Digital Citizen, the company's public service TV initiative.Reporting to Granada Media chief executive Steve Morrison and managing director, operations Jules
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CFN dishes up new series
Carlton Food Network director Anne Gray has lined up two new series and recommissioned a third to broadcast after May, writes Ashley Davies.
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Avanti to make rock show for BBC 1 Wales
Avanti Television has secured two new commissions, including a new 12 x 30-minute weekly pop and rock series for BBC 1 in Wales, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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NewsITV's Boot Camp marches to Georgia
Granada International has licensed the ITV Productions' reality format Boot Campto leading Georgian broadcaster Rustavi 2.
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S4C commissioning editor for children's programmes Meirion Davies has given Bumper Films and LA-based Mike Young Productions the green light for a second series of Star Hill Ponies, a stop-frame puppe
S4C commissioning editor for children's programmes Meirion Davies has given Bumper Films and LA-based Mike Young Productions the green light for a second series of Star Hill Ponies, a stop-frame puppet
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SUMATRA 3D SOFTWARE RENAMED AS SOFTIMAGE XSI
Softimage has decided to change the name of its new generation of 3D animation software from Sumatra to Softimage XSI. The software is late coming to market, having first been mooted
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AAF ASSOCIATION APPOINTS GILMER AS FIRST CEO
The Advanced Authoring Format Taskforce has incorporated as the AAF Association and has appointed Brad Gilmer as its first chief executive. Gilmer was formerly director of engineering and operations at Turner
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NewsRDF Rights picks up US pre-school series
RDF Rights has added to its growing slate of children's titles with the acquisition of Nick Jr's new half-hour pre-school series Yo Gabba Gabba!
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HADFIELD LEAVES TVI FOR XYTECH SYSTEMS
Former TVI IT manager Simon Hadfield has joined Xytech Systems UK as regional account manager for the UK. He will manage all Xytech's sales and marketing efforts in the UK. Xytech
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CAVENDISH MUSIC LAUNCHES MUSIC PRODUCTION KIT
Cavendish Music, part of the media music arm of Boosey & Hawkes, has launched the Editors Construction Kit for music production. Aimed at editors and sound dubbing engineers, it comprises a
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MACHINE ROOM EXPANDS DVD AUTHORING SERVICES
The Machine Room has expanded its DVD services as a result of increased demand. It has installed a second DVD authoring system and is planning a third suite. Andrea Russell has
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NewsNBC strikes first-look deal with Office producer
Hollywood studio NBC Universal has struck a new first-look deal with Ben Silverman, the producer behind the US version of The Officeas well as ABC's hit series Ugly Betty.
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Cinesite expands digital film work
Cinesite is to extend its activities in the digital film sector, setting up new bases in South America, Australia and India and developing new software and other technology to increase its
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Integrated digi facility for CFC
CFC has launched CFC Digital Lab, an integrated facility that can scan and grade an entire film at all levels of resolution, up to Imax quality of 8,000 lines.Up to now,
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This view of Ali G with no clothes on begins the title sequence for his new series from TalkBack for Channel 4, Da Ali G Show, which begins a six-week run
This view of Ali G with no clothes on begins the title sequence for his new series from TalkBack for Channel 4, Da Ali G Show, which begins a six-week run
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NewsICM launches international division
ICM, the US talent agency which has clients that include BBC Worldwide, Granada America and All3Media, has created a new international television and media division.
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Discovery hands M2 promo contract
M2 Television has won a deal for promo post-production from Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) that could net the company£1 million over the next year.DNE's promotion and presentation department has used
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Hart to be new chief engineer at Channel 4
Channel 4 has appointed a new chief engineer, Jim Hart, who for the past year has been Panasonic Broadcast Europe's (PBE) key executive in the UK.Current chief engineer Peter Marchant is
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NEW MEDIA CITED AS REASON FOR MIPASIA POSTPONEMENT
The Mipasia market will skip a year for the first time in its six-year history, but its organisers have claimed the troubled Asian economy is not the reason. A spokeswoman said
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'SOAP TAX' PROPOSED BY EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Programme producers and writers could see their incomes boosted if a draft European Commission (EC) directive, which proposes charging viewers to tape TV programmes, is adopted into British law later this