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YOULTON AND SNELL GIVEN LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Snell & Wilcox chairman and chief executive Professor David Youlton and president and research director Roderick Snell collected a joint lifetime achievement award at the Production Solutions Awards in Amsterdam on
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PEPPER TO BECOME BETA SITE FOR AVID HIGH-DEFINITION TV
UK facility Pepper has announced that it is moving into high-definition post-production by becoming the world's first beta site for Avid DS HD. In a deal signed with UK reseller Root6
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SONY CONSIDERING HD-CAPABLE NON-LINEAR EDITOR
Sony is considering plans to develop its first HD-capable high-end non-linear editor, which could appear as early as NAB next April. Codenamed Product M, the system was being shown to select
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MALLORCAN ELECTRONIC FARM TO SHIP EDITING SOFTWARE
Mallorca-based start-up The Electronic Farm is to price its new resolution independent editing software, Mule, at $23,000 (£15,000) when it ships next month. Described by chief executive Stephen Elliot as a
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LEITCH TECHNOLOGY TO BUY DIGITAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Video-processing specialist Leitch Technology Corporation is planning an $86.5m (£61.8m) acquisition of graphics and editing manufacturer Digital Processing Systems (DPS). The deal is expected to close by the end of this
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CREATIVE DIRECTOR WINS EMMY FOR CNN/BBC MILLENNIUM
Meanwhile, proving that there is life beyond Amsterdam at this time of year, creative director Bernard Heyes crossed the Atlantic to collect an Emmy for outstanding individual achievement in news and
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Avid buys Pluto Technologies
Avid Technology has acquired Pluto Technologies International, a privately owned US provider of video storage and networking solutions.The deal, announced at IBC last weekend, positions Avid as a complete solutions provider,
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Sony's new strategic vision
Sony surprised many at this year's IBC by appearing to eschew its core technology market in favour of blue-sky thinking about its way to the future.In addition to scaling down the
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EBU advises a focus on business
The European Broadcasting Union's (EBU) head of new technology, David Wood, warned broadcasters to face up to changing media consumption patterns in his keynote address at IBC. 'Technical standards issues are
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BBC's Sykes is IBC's top engineer
BBC research & development's head of transmission systems group, John Sykes, won the engineer of the year award, given by Production Solutions at IBC last Friday night (8 September).Sykes heads the
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News groups win Olympic access
The row over access to public areas around the Olympic Games has been resolved at the 11th hour following industry lobbying of the European Commission & World Trade Organisation.Associated Press (AP)
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Endemol buys Treasure Island
Endemol Entertainment UK has taken a stake in another reality television programme, survival game show Treasure Island, writes Tara Conlan.
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Granada and CanWest set up Irish film fund
Granada and Canadian broadcaster CanWest have set up a joint-venture investment fund to promote local production and co-production in Ireland, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC 1's Panorama was one of three UK winners at the Emmy's in New York last week, when its Rwanda special won the outstanding investigative journalism category, writes Ashley Davies. UK
BBC 1's Panorama was one of three UK winners at the Emmy's in New York last week, when its Rwanda special won the outstanding investigative journalism category, writes Ashley Davies. UK
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Postcard from ... Colin Robertson in Warsaw
Ten years ago the only Big Brother format Poland had anything to do with was a much more restrictive - not to mention far less successful - enterprise. But today, now
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WORLDWIDE TARGETS ASIAN MARKET FOR GAMESHOWS
BBC Worldwide is in talks with Asian broadcasters to produce local language versions of BBC gameshows such as The Generation Game. BBC Worldwide will hire local production companies but will use
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HUGHES SELLS CHILDREN IN TROUBLE DOC TO 80 COUNTRIES
Former Morning Worship presenter and aid worker Dai Hughes has sold a 4 x 30-minute documentary about the plight of children around the world in the 21st century to 80 countries.
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UNIVERSAL TV POACHES MARKS FROM VIDEO NETWORKS
Former Video Networks head of programming Dan Marks has been poached by Universal Television & Networks Group to take on the new role of senior vice-president business development in charge of
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VAN DEN BERG RETURNS WITH ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS
Entertainment Rights has hired former Alliance Atlantis London director of programming Chloe Van Den Berg (right) to take on the new role of sales director. A former senior sales manager for