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NewsA touch of Pepper for Five Days
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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1 vs 100 moves
has moved to the newly built 12,000 sq ft Studio 5 at the Maidstone Studios for its second series. ...
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Pebble Setanta deal
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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The Farm expands
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
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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GlobeCast delivers
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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NTL goes for romance for V-day launch
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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NewsBSkyB slams iPlayer test
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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NewsBBC moves to sell-off BBC Resources
The BBC has hired a project director to prepare the sell-off of BBC Resources, in the face of opposition from staff.
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NewsVenice Project rebranded as Joost
The Venice Project, the free web TV service that offers broadcast-quality full-screen content and full copyright guarantees, has unveiled its official name. The peer-to-peer service has been branded Joost.
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NewsBSkyB takes on NTL with See, Speak, Surf service
BSkyB is launching a multi-million pound triple play campaign, throwing down the gauntlet to NTL ahead of its re-branding as Virgin Media.
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Rough cut - A baby's for life, not TV
Broadcasters that sugar-coat ethically dubious programmes leave Delissa Needham with a sour taste.
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On location - Following the herd
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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NewsMicrosoft stakes its claim as IPTV provider
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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NewsThe Farm completes Shameless
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
Moov has created the title sequence, branding and in-programme graphics for new ITV1 primetime show Fortune: Million Pound Giveaway.
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Jelly TV titles Bill Oddie series
Jelly Television has created the graphics and title sequence for BBC2's new natural history series, Bill Oddie Back in the USA.
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IMD buys Optimad
Digital distributor Independent Media Distribution (IMD) has acquired technology company Optimad Media Systems for£3m.
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Films at 59 upgrade
Bristol post-production house Films at 59 has upgraded one of its suites with an OmniTek XR as part of a rolling programme of improvements to its state-of-the-art facility.