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    Jump has the X Factor

    2004-09-02T08:30:00Z

    Jump has created titles for pop contest The X Factor , for Simon Cowell's indie Syco. Cowell and two other judges will pick a winner from their category, then champion that contestant to win overall. The titles, devised and directed by senior Jump designer Russell ...

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    WPP and Green in running for MPC

    2004-08-27T08:54:44Z

    Martin Sorrell's WPP firm and former Carlton chairman Michael Green have emerged as likely bidders for the post-production group The Moving Picture Company (MPC), which ITV plc are trying to sell.

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    Profits at Pinewood studios double

    2004-08-27T08:51:21Z

    Pinewood Shepperton film and television studios has seen its profits double in the first half of the year helped by movies such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the fourth instalment of Harry Potter.

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    BBC Post move in final stages

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    BBC Post Production's long-awaited move from Pebble Mill to Birmingham's The Mailbox is due to be completed within a fortnight and plans to expand into the new BBC drama production village site are being discussed.

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    Digital Heaven ditches Avid for Final Cut Pro

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    West London post house Digital Heaven has ditched its Avid machines and become a dedicated Final Cut Pro facility.

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    Felt Music launches Soho facility

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    The music composers that worked on the BBC's animated series Hamilton Mattress have opened a composition company in Soho called Felt Music.

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    Ames to frontline

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    Gavin Ames has joined Frontline Television as a senior editor. He leaves London Post after three and a half years at the TV Set Group company. Ames has worked on promos for the BBC, Channel 4 - including new drama NY-LON - and the MTV ...

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    Cole joins Angelfish

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    Angelfish, the broadcast promotions agency launched earlier this year, has appointed Matt Cole as creative director. Cole was most recently a freelance promotions director working with BBC, ITV, Sky and Nickelodeon. He was previously creative manager at Turner Classic Movies and a senior producer at Paramount Comedy and is a ...

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    CNBC Live In Europe

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    Pan-European finance and business news channel CNBC is launching a live video streaming service to mobile handsets in 17 European countries. Subscribers will be able to view the channel continuously on mobiles throughout Europe. The service will be provided by Newmediacom, part of the Phones International Group. Users can register ...

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    Clear promotion

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    Clear's Peter Bach has been promoted from executive producer, film to the head of the film department, replacing Steve Garrad who has moved to film specialist Double Negative. In addition senior producer Pierre Fletcher has joined Clear from Smoke & Mirrors. Before becoming a post producer Fletcher worked as an ...

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    Globecast goes HD

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    Satellite service provider GlobeCast is planning to kit out all its satellite newsgathering trucks for high-definition broadcasting. GlobeCast has one of the largest fleets in Europe, with more than 40 newsgathering vehicles, and the largest fleet in France. GlobeCast is a subsidiary of France Telecom.

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    An Oasis for BBC1's Fat Nation

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    OASIS TELEVISION has finished post-production on trails for the BBC's Fat Nation - The Big Challenge. The series focuses on one street in Birmingham and the attempts by its many residents to turn their lifestyles around over eight weeks. The challenge is to reduce ...

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    Ready Steady Cook Jumps up

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    JUMP has designed and produced the opening titles for the latest series of the long-running cookery game show Ready Steady Cook. The titles pit a red pepper against a green tomato as they race against the clock around a kitchen. Senior designer Russell Hilliard ...

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    Ricky's Animal instinct at Suite

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    CHARLOTTE STREET editing house Suite has cut Animals , the Ricky Gervais-led stand-up tour. The feature-length show follows the Golden Globe-winner's preparations and frustrations in the lead-up to the sell-out West End run of Animals , as well as showing ...

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    BBC Technology sale to go ahead

    2004-08-26T08:30:00Z

    The sale of BBC Technology to German firm Siemens is expected to be completed by the end of next month after the main areas of contention with broadcasting union Bectu were resolved. Bectu had threatened strike action over the sale but now says that, despite still being opposed to it ...

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    6m go interactive with BBC Olympics

    2004-08-23T09:58:03Z

    More than six million viewers have so far used the BBC's ground-breaking Olympic interactive service, the corporation has revealed.

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    VTR restructure pushes out Cadle

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    The VTR Group is undergoing a major restructure in which Dave Cadle has been replaced as Blue's managing director by Danny Whybrow, former managing director of The Machine Room.

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    Outpost Digital opens HD site in move to Noho

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    US Facility house Outpost Digital is opening a purpose-built HD facility in Gresse Street, north of Oxford Street in London, so it can compete in both short-form and long-form markets.

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    Saunders joins Evolutions

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Evolutions Television has taken on Saunders and Gordon founder Robin Saunders as dubbing mixer to staff its new audio suite as it pursues short-form business.

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    Wright picks Skin

    2004-08-19T08:30:00Z

    Max Wright has turned down the role of creative manager at Discovery Networks to join design agency Skin as copywriter/director. Wright joins from Bruce Dunlop Associates where he was a creative manager for the Hallmark Channel's promo output. He also worked across projects for Simple, Ford and Land Rover. Wright ...