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    Sharp launches dual view TV set

    2005-07-21T08:30:00Z

    Sharp is releasing a two-way television that could stop family arguments over the remote but may cause headaches for ratings agency Barb.

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    Evolutions hire

    2005-07-21T08:30:00Z

    Bryony Evans has joined Evolutions as design producer, heading the graphic design team. She comes to Evolutions after five years at M2, where she had worked as a graphics producer on broadcast projects for Discovery and BBC dramas, such as Waking the Deadand ...

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    Internet first for Farm Group

    2005-07-21T08:30:00Z

    The Farm Group has completed the second series of The Mighty Booshfor Baby Cow Productions and BBC3. The programme will be the first time the BBC premieres a series over the internet. The comedy is based on two keepers at a strange intergalactic zoo and features ...

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    Playboy goes multi-platform

    2005-07-21T08:30:00Z

    Playboy TV has launched a multimedia package offering adult content to its subscribers across all platforms for a monthly£30 payment, writesRick Dacey.

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    Mobile talent

    2005-07-21T08:30:00Z

    Online talent agency Soho Artistes has launched a mobile service allowing producers and casting directors to access their online database with mobile phones and receive images direct to their handsets. Soho Artistes has around 1,000 actors and extras on its books, which are drawn from parent company 2 Cast 4.

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    What do Playboy & Andy Duncan have in common?

    2005-07-21T08:00:00Z

    Always keen to get ahead, the adult entertainment industry has pioneered new internet, video and mobile phone technologies - and the TV world is quickly wising up to what it can learn.

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    Playboy launches broadband service

    2005-07-19T08:00:00Z

    Playboy TV has launched a new multi-media package offering adult content to its subscribers across all platforms for a monthly£30 payment.

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    BBC mulls selling programmes over the net

    2005-07-18T10:20:31Z

    The BBC is looking at selling content to viewers outside the UK via the internet.

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    Europe's UBF buys CTV OB for£15m

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    CTV Outside Broadcasts has been bought for a fee believed to be around£15m by European resources group United Broadcast Facilities (UBF).

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    Clear buyout goes ahead saving 32 jobs

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    Inferno artist Simon Huhtala has completed the buyout of visual effects house Clear, saving 32 jobs.

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    Aardman's new kit

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    Bristol-based Aardman Animation, famous for the Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Runand many other hit films, has bought a Pyramix system from Merging Technologies' UK distributor Total Audio Solutions. The system will be used for track laying for broadcast productions and will ...

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    The Hits idents come alive

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    Emap Performance Design has redesigned its channel identity package for music channel The Hits. The brand wanted to be big, friendly and fresh in expressing its essence, 'Such a good feeling!', to its 16- to 34- year-old market. The idents aim to express how The Hits can fill the world ...

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    Inmedia Communications sells to Arqiva

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    Arqiva, the company formerly known as NTL Broadcast, has bought Inmedia Communications from the Carlyle Group for£68.5m.

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    BBC in Nat Geo deal

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    BBC Broadcast has been signed up by the National Geographic Channel to provide it with access services for the next five years. The contract will cover National Geographic's subtitling and audio description com-mitments as set down by Ofcom last summer. BBC Broadcast will provide the services that cater for the ...

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    Triffic job for Catherine Tate

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    Triffic has produced the titles for a new 6 x 30-minute series of The Catherine Tate Showfor Tiger Aspect. Triffic animation director Tim Searle designed and directed the sequence. The camera introduces Tate's main comedy creations by zooming into and out of her eye. Ben Joiner ...

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    Playhouse's summer feeling

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    The Playhouse Disney Channel is launching new idents for its summer season, produced by in-house executive producer Annabel Phelps and director Chris Heary. Heary shot the idents outside to help capture the feeling of summer and the sense of freedom and enjoyment that pre-schoolers get from playing outside. The campaign ...

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    Solid State move

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    Audio manufacturer Solid State Logic vice-president Phil Wagner has stepped up to become the company's new president. Wagner will be responsible for business across North America where Solid State Logic has a strong presence. The promotion followed the recent change in management that was brought on by the takeover of ...

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    Pumpkin opening

    2005-07-14T08:30:00Z

    Bristol Film Studios has set up shop in the south-west at the£2m Pumpkin Studios run by regional producer Phil Barry. Former Discovery and Avante channel producer Colin Burgess has joined the studios as studio director. The company has been set up by Barry, Burgess and Visual Impact sales director Richard ...

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    The lure of the Golden Triangle

    2005-07-14T08:00:00Z

    Eastern Europe is becoming an increasingly important destination for UK drama productions seeking tax breaks and cheaper rates on studios, craftspeople, crews and kit hire. Is it worth the headahce and are there any hidden costs? Andy Stout reports.

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    Arqiva buys Inmedia for£68.5m

    2005-07-11T10:57:22Z

    Arqiva - the newly rebranded NTL Broadcast - has bought Inmedia Communications from The Carlyle Group for£68.5 million.