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    IMD buys Optimad

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Digital distributor Independent Media Distribution (IMD) has acquired technology company Optimad Media Systems for£3m.

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    Microsoft stakes its claim as IPTV provider

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has hailed IPTV as the future of broadcasting, and announced that the company's Xbox 360 games console is to double as an IPTV set-top box.

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    The Farm completes Shameless

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    The Farm has completed post-production on the fourth series of Company Television's award-winning drama Shameless, which returned to Channel 4 this week.

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    Moov creates Fortune graphics

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Moov has created the title sequence, branding and in-programme graphics for new ITV1 primetime show Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway.

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    On location - Following the herd

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Producer/director John Downer and his team have pioneered techniques for filming animals, but getting close to 1.5 mlllion nervous wildebeest meant they had to devise some new tricks.

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    Molinare shortlisted

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Two films post-produced by Molinare have been short-listed for documentary awards at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.

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    A tale for our times

    2007-01-11T08:00:00Z

    Five Daysis an intense crime drama for BBC1 takes US shows such as Murder Oneas its inspiration.

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    Orange orders ITN news bulletins

    2007-01-08T11:20:00Z

    ITN is to provide video news bulletins to Orange's broadband and mobile phone customers.

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    Newsnight previews reports online

    2007-01-05T13:00:00Z

    Newsnightis to stream sections of programming on the internet before they air on BBC2. The service will begin today with a report about the growth of mobile phone usage in Africa.

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    021's£4m OB truck to film Dancing on Ice

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Outside broadcast specialist O21 Television has unveiled a£4m HD OB truck - and its first production will be ITV1's hit show Dancing on Ice, which returns on 20 January.

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    ITV moves 120 to new TNS facility

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    ITV is moving 120 operations staff to a multimillion-pound transmission facility in Chiswick, under a new 10-year deal with technology giant Thomson.

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    The magic of Abbey Road

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Live From Abbey Road takes the bold step of dispensing with the usual trappings of music TV.

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    Angelfish goes into Overdrive

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Angelfish has created a series of promos for MTV's 2007 line-up and for its new broadband channel MTV Overdrive.

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    AOL orders Paparazzi show for broadband

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    AOL has taken the next step to becoming a regular UK content commissioner by giving the greenlight to a weekly broadband show made by TwoFour.

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    On location - Don't drop the baby

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Putting five teenage couples in charge of other people's children might seem like a risky undertaking but executive producer Richard McKerrow insists it was worthwhile.

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    BT shifts shape

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    A BT-led European consortium has delivered the first programme in the ShapeShifted interactive TV project. Comedy Accidental Lovers aired on Finnish National Television on 27 December, with viewers influencing the unfolding drama by text message.

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    ITV.com will not charge

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    ITV has decided viewers will not pay for archive and on-demand online content and is moving into the market with an advertising-based model.

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    Rough Cut - Let's stick together

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Small post houses can only survive if they stop stabbing each other in the back and start collaborating, says Paul Ingvarsson.

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    Roo in Pioneer deal

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    Internet broadcast specialist Roo has teamed up with web TV company Pioneer Online to launch downloads site FirstScience.tv. Pioneer Online, which launched sister site FirstScience.com in 2000, will charge users to download full-screen documentaries at prices from $1.99 (£1.02). Roo recently launched the FT's Daily View online programme and runs ...

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    HD good for profits

    2007-01-04T08:00:00Z

    The rapid take-up of HD facilities has boosted profits among UK and European broadcast technology suppliers, according to market analysts IABM.