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    Dubbs wins Flextech post and digital

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Soho post-production facility Dubbs has won the contract to provide all post and digital media services to Flextech Television.

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    Presteigne expands

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Broadcast systems rental company Presteigne has launched a£1m audio division at its West Sussex facility, as part of an ongoing expansion.

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    Golden Sq sets up Shanghai office

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Golden Square has become the first UK post house to establish a presence in China - in the same week that it announced a deal with media giant News International and unveiled a£750,000 new facility in Soho.

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    Grass Valley role

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    Broadcast technology specialist Thomson Grass Valley has hired former BBC engineer and JVC manager Ian Nicoll as key account manager.

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    The Station moves

    2007-01-25T08:00:00Z

    The Station has quit Soho for larger premises in Bloomsbury, where it will open an audio department this spring.

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    Comment - Joost the ticket for global deals

    2007-01-22T08:45:00Z

    It has only been a week since the founders of Skype unveiled their new online TV project to the world, but UK producers and distributors are already getting excited about Joost.

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    1 vs 100 moves

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    has moved to the newly built 12,000 sq ft Studio 5 at the Maidstone Studios for its second series. ...

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    Clear Cut adds four FCP suites

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    The suites were designed and built by sister company Clear Cut Pro and will be installed over the next few months at Clear Cut's west London facility. Each suite is connected to a high-capacity storage system to enable easy sharing of data.

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    Nat Geo expands HD systems after smooth transition

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    The kit is part of the channel's ongoing investment in HD and tapeless production. The investment, thought to total around£250,000, began early last year with the installation of a Phase 1 HD post-production and playout system.

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    Arris merger to boost Tandberg

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    Tandberg Television has been acquired for£618m by US technology firm Arris, creating one of the world's largest next-generation TV companies.

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    Setanta gets a facelift by BDA

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    BDA designed the new on-air branding for Setanta Sports, which has ditched its old red and grey graphics for a striking yellow and black. BDA's package includes 18 idents and 16 bumpers, plus in-match graphics for football, rugby and golf and a complete continuity kit. The agency's design team, headed ...

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    Clear gives grit to new The Bill

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

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    BSkyB slams iPlayer test

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    BSkyB has hit out at the new BBC Trust, claiming that its public value test (PVT) for the iPlayer is inadequate.

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    A touch of Pepper for Five Days

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    Pepper has post-produced BBC1's crime thriller Five Days. The 5 x 60-minute drama, a BBC drama production in association with HBO, was written by Gwyneth Hughes and features such names as Edward Woodward, Patrick Malahide and Penelope Wilton. Pepper's Chris Beeton captured the ...

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    Pebble Setanta deal

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    Technology provider Pebble Beach Systems has signed a deal with Setanta Sports to supply its Anemone automation system to the network's new London playout facility. Anemone will control ingest and playout from Omneon video servers at the facility, based at Input Media's Production Centre. TSL was systems integrator on the ...

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    GlobeCast delivers

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    Satellite service provider GlobeCast has signed a deal with London-based Bangladeshi broadcaster Channel S Television to deliver three of its channels to the Sky platform via the Eurobird satellite. The channels include flagship station Channel S, the UK's fastest growing free-to-view Asian television channel. GlobeCast's London technical operations centre currently ...

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    The Farm expands

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    The Farm has hired two former Evolutions staff as part of its ongoing expansion. Senior editor Alex Moffatt joins the Deal or No Dealteam at The Farm's Bristol facility and Margeaux Moore takes the newly created role of technical supervisor. Moore, who ran ...

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    A Foundry Oscar

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    Software developer The Foundry has won an Oscar at the Scientific and Technical Academy Awards. The London company is honoured for its Furnace effects suite, used by facilities including MPC and Framestore CFC and on films including Casino Royale. The Oscar will be ...

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    NTL goes for romance for V-day launch

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    NTL is understood to be launching the Virgin Media brand into the TV, broadband and telephony markets on St Valentine's Day, which it will dub 'V-day'.

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    On location: The steeplechase

    2007-01-18T08:00:00Z

    Series producer/director Carlo Massarella and his crew had to say a few prayers and be spot on with their filming to capture the journey of a church to its neighbouring parish.