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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Avesco sells Fountain to MEM for£7m.

    2002-08-08T16:52:01Z

    Audiovisual publisher Medal Enter-tainment & Media (MEM) is hoping to forge relationships with TV production companies after paying #7m for Fountain Television, the TV studio owned by Celador parent Avesco, writes Will Strauss

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Barcud Derwen in 422 buy-out deal.

    2002-08-08T16:52:01Z

    Creative facilities group 422 has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Wales-based facility

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Blue Zoo finds new home.

    2002-08-08T16:52:01Z

    London Animation and graphics house Blue Zoo will move to new premises this month after outgrowing its current offices, writes Will Strauss

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MINI-DV SERIES FOR FOX.

    2002-08-08T16:52:01Z

    Satellite children's channel Fox Kids UK is filming a new low-budget 25 x 2-minute interstitial series

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - PA EXPANDS BROADCAST.

    2002-08-08T16:52:01Z

    The Press Association, which recently bought INP (International News Productions), has expanded its broadcast unit and

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - INFERNO ARTISTS TO VTR.

    2002-08-08T16:52:01Z

    London post facility VTR has appointed Inferno Artists Dan Williams and Glyn Tebbut to its team

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MOLINARE HIRES THREE.

    2002-08-08T16:52:01Z

    Television Corporation facilities arm Molinare has made three new staff appointments. Ex-M2 sales and marketing director

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ITC MAKES SAFETY VIDEO.

    2002-08-08T16:52:01Z

    The ITC has released a training video to help producers use flashing images and regular patters

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    Barcud Derwen in 422 buy-out deal

    2002-08-07T15:13:30Z

    Creative facilities group 422 has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Wales-based facility Barcud Derwen, writes Will Strauss

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    Blue Zoo finds new home

    2002-08-07T15:12:12Z

    London animation and graphics house Blue Zoo will move to new premises this month after outgrowing its current offices, writes Will Strauss

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    Mini-DV series for Fox

    2002-08-07T15:11:13Z

    Satellite children's channel Fox Kids UK is filming a new low-budget 25 x 2-minute interstitial series called VWF (Vegetable Wrestling Federation), shot entirely on mini-DV using a Canon XL1. It will be edited using Final Cut Pro on a Mac and then brought into an online suite and transferred to ...

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    PA expands broadcast

    2002-08-07T15:10:16Z

    The Press Association, which recently bought INP (International News Productions), has expanded its broadcast unit and upgraded its facilities to become more user-friendly for foreign broadcasters working in the UK, as well as regional broadcasters reporting in London. The new set-up will have four full-time camera operators plus extended editing ...

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    Inferno artists to VTR

    2002-08-07T15:09:22Z

    London post facility VTR has appointed Inferno Artists Dan Williams and Glyn Tebbut to its team. Both join from Red Post Production. Williams, who has also worked at The Mill, won an MTV special effects award for Madonna's 'Frozen' promo. He also worked on Kylie Minogue's 'Can't Get You Out ...

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    Molinare hires three

    2002-08-07T15:08:29Z

    Television Corporation facilities arm Molinare has made three new staff appointments. Ex-M2 sales and marketing director Peter Walton joins as sales director. Nick Anderson, who worked on Lads' Army, joins as online editor and Graham Holtom is the company's new Telecine colourist. Holtom's credits include: ...

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    ITC makes safety video

    2002-08-07T15:07:17Z

    The ITC has released a training video to help producers use flashing images and regular patters on TV responsibly. The 13-minute video 'Impact with responsibility' covers the medical impact of certain visual techniques on viewers susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy - where convulsions are caused by flickering light. The highest profile ...

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Discreet FX upgrades set facilities alight.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    A host of facilities have snapped up Discreet upgrades and pre-purchased new versions of the company's

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Sport is winner for OB business.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    The UK's outside broadcast companies are reporting last weekend as the high point of a bumper

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - The Mill grows 3D depts.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    Visual effects giant The Mill has expanded its 3D departments in both London and New York with the appointment of new staff, writes Will Strauss

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Tyrell takes on Games challenge.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    Reseller Tyrell has supplied BBC Host Broadcast with editing and networking systems to provide highlight coverage

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    TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - BLUE NABS TOP DESIGNER.

    2002-08-02T07:17:33Z

    Blue Post Production has poached award-winning sound designer Ian Hargest from Triangle. Hargest, known to most