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    BBC idents set '2' logo free

    2005-07-07T08:30:00Z

    BBC Broadcast is setting BBC2 free in a new campaign pushing the channel's comedy offering. Comedy stars such as Stephen Fry, John Bird and Catherine Tate figure in the idents showing the BBC2 logo roaming free. The first sketches will include the cast of satirical BBC2 comedy ...

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    TSI bears in on C4 comedy

    2005-07-07T08:30:00Z

    TSI has completed the post-production for A Bear's Tail, a Channel 4 spin-off from comedy series Bo' Selecta!. A key challenge in the post-production process involved shots of comedian Leigh Francis - who dressed up as a bear for the series - ...

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    The Mill/Blue do Lost promos

    2005-07-07T08:30:00Z

    The Mill and Blue have completed post-production on the promo for Channel 4's new American import Lost. The promo for the drama series, which is based on how passengers cope after an air crash, included a one-day shoot in Hawaii. The Mill 3D animator Rob Petrie ...

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    BBC3 offers The Mighty Boosh first on broadband

    2005-07-07T08:30:00Z

    BBC3 is to become the first UK channel to premiere a programme over its broadband website service.

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    Flooded with work... and uncertainty

    2005-07-07T08:00:00Z

    While a slew of national events and major concerts has kept the OB market afloat this summer, the 2007 sale of BBC Resources looks set to create a few waves. Kevin Hilton reports.

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    C4 to put£2m into broadband

    2005-07-07T07:49:00Z

    Channel 4 is pushing ahead with plans to grow its new media presence by ploughing£2m into new broadband services.

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    Henson shuts London arm

    2005-07-06T09:51:13Z

    The London arm of Jim Henson's Creature Shop has been shut down with the loss of 23 jobs.

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    Sky to offer high-def Premiership football

    2005-07-04T10:08:49Z

    Sky is to include all of its live FA Premiership matches in its new high-definition (HD) package.

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    BBC shuts down Cult website

    2005-07-01T10:00:14Z

    The BBC is to shut down its Cult television website as part of a drive to make 10 per cent savings across its new media operation.

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    BBC Broadcast sells for£166m

    2005-06-30T08:30:00Z

    BBC Broadcast will be sold to an Australian consortium led by Macquarie Capital Alliance Group (MCAG) for£166m - a price underpinned by£500m of BBC contracts - once the government greenlights the deal next month.

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    Molinare installs£150,000 Mac edit set-up for Tour

    2005-06-30T08:30:00Z

    Molinare is helping Venner TV to bring Lance Armstrong's epic bid to win his seventh consecutive Tour de France to the public by installing a£150,000 purpose-built non-linear Apple edit set-up.

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    Clear jobs cut

    2005-06-30T08:30:00Z

    As funds fail to materialise VFX house Clear has been forced to make emergency cuts after promises of funding for its planned telecine suite fell through.

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    Bell's rapid ascent

    2005-06-30T08:30:00Z

    Ascent Media Network Sevices Europe (AMNSE) has appointed Catherine Bell as vice-president of operations. Bell, former head of traffic and presentation for Satellite Television Asian Region (Star), will report directly to AMNSE senior vice-president, Bob Gentry. AMNSE is currently recruiting a vice-president of engineering.

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    Full stream ahead

    2005-06-30T08:30:00Z

    Senior producer Lauretta Horrocks has been promoted to production manager at interactive design and DVD authoring company Stream. Horrocks will head a team of six producers at the Ascent Media company. A Stream spokesman said that the appointment filled a new role and was not a direct replacement for anyone ...

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    Going for gold

    2005-06-30T08:30:00Z

    Winners at Promax last week included broadcast creative agencies Devilfish and Angelfish, who picked up eight gold awards for work for Flextech, Reality TV and Five, and Bruce Dunlop Associates who notched up a total of 12 awards across the BDA Group.

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    BBC on course

    2005-06-30T08:30:00Z

    BBC journalists will have to pass new training courses in order to be promoted within the corporation. As part of its response to the Neil report on its journalistic standards, the BBC has dropped the Neil committee's recommendation for a bricks-and-mortar college, opting instead for a 'virtual college' of training ...

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    Online archive fear

    2005-06-30T08:30:00Z

    A BBC project to make its archive available online has been criticised by an MP, who fears it could spark a new trade in illegal downloads. Derek Wyatt, chairman of the All Party Internet Group, said he plans to investigate the cor-poration's plans for its Creative Archive - a publicly ...

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    O2 deal will take ITV live onto mobiles

    2005-06-30T08:30:00Z

    ITV is poised to sign a deal with O2 that would see it become the first terrestrial channel to be broadcast live on mobile phones.

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    Championing the role of titles

    2005-06-30T08:00:00Z

    Broadcastgets inside the mindset of the designers as three programme branding pitches are put under the microscope, while below David Wood explains why the end credits have yet to go up on the title sequence market.

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    Axe hangs over Creature Shop

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    A final decision has yet to be made about the closure of Jim Henson's Creature Shop and the fate of its 23 full-time employees.