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NewsRainbow goes all HD
Rainbow Post has upgraded from a Symphony to a Symphony Nitris. It joins the Quantel eQ in the online department and has been installed primarily to work on programmes edited on Avid offline systems including an upcoming HD series for National Geographic Channel, Naked Science ...
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Arqiva wins Nick job
Transmissions specialist Arqiva has won a five-year contract with Nickleodeon to uplink Nick Jr 2 onto the Sky platform. The channel will be uplinked to the Eurobird satellite and broadcast on the C3 transponder so pre-school children can catch up with Nick Jr shows such as ...
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Frank sees red for Waddell Media
Frank has created the title sequence for Waddell Media's When Sports Stars See Red, a two-hour programme which looks at what makes sports stars get angry and go ballistic.
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Uncle posts Norton talent quest
Uncle is doing the post for BBC events' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?. Graham Norton presents the new entertainment show following Andrew Lloyd Webber's quest to find a new leading lady for The Sound of Music, with ...
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id3tv titles the Road to Hell
Id3tv has created the opening title sequence and programme graphics for Big Easy Productions' M25 - the Road to Hell, which looks at the motorway's infamous history on its 20th anniversary. Designed and produced by id3tv's creative director, Ian Carley, the sequence grades fiery, hell-like effects across the motorway footage ...
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E-auctions for wet hire to roll out across BBC
The BBC is to expand its eBay-style auction used to select crew and kit hire firms for its preferred suppliers list to the rest of the corporation.
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Yomego to supply avatars for MTV Flux
Glaswegian-based interactive company Yomego - which was responsible for creating a virtual Geoff Boycott for Five's website - has been commissioned to supply 3D avatars for new user-generated content channel MTV Flux.
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The Farm merges Squash into Uncle
The Farm Group's DVD arm, Squash, is moving out of its Soho premises and merging with Farm subsidiary Uncle in west London.
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Sky online boost
Sky has taken full control of web publishing company mykindaplace as part of the satellite group's strategy to expand its online presence and better serve teenage and over-45 audiences.
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NewsBBC lines up year-long video podcast trial
The BBC is to launch a 12-month video podcast trial that will make 30 programmes, including Newsnightand Question Time, available to download to portable viewing devices including iPods.
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NewsBT Vision confirms Universal movie deal
BT has confirmed a deal with Hollywood film studio Universal Pictures which will allow consumers to buy or rent films on its new TV platform, BT Vision, which launches in the autumn.
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NewsNTL prices quadruple-play
Cable giant NTL:Telewest has announced details of its quadruple-play offering which will include free digital TV to all customers who subscribe to its fixed-line phone service.
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NewsBroadcast blogs: why there are too many graduates
In his latest blog, location manager Malcolm Treen pleads with school leavers not to do media studies at university, arguing that the industry was already at saturation point even before productions started going abroad.
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NewsBlinkx.tv to move into user-generated content
The company behind video search engine blinkx.tv is to push into user-generated content with a website that lets users send their videos straight to the site from mobile phones.
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ITN to adopt Avid for newsrooms
ITN has reached an outline agreement with Avid to provide a media management system for ITN's news and programme production departments.
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Impact Image to provide HD shots of Red Arrows
Air-to-air filming specialist Impact Image has been commissioned to provide the high-definition aerial photography for a BBC1 documentary on the Royal Air Force's official aerobatics display team, the Red Arrows.
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Elstree lease put up for tender again
The current home of Big Brotherand Dancing on Ice, Elstree Film and Television Studios (EF&TVS), is to re-tender its lease this week.
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Arqiva kicks off DSO
Arqiva has started work on the first sites to be switched over to digital in an engineering project estimated to cost a total of£500m.
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Bermuda contest
Bermuda Shorts is launching a bi-monthly competition, Gate, to give aspiring animation directors a chance to promote their work and direct commercials.