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NewsITV returns to boxing
ITV is to broadcast boxing for the first time in over 10 years, after it secured the rights to broadcast the rematch between Amir Khan and the man who beat him for the Olympic gold medal in Athens, Mario Kindelan.
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NewsHallmark Channel dropped in Iberia
The Hallmark Channel is being pulled off air today in Spain and Portugal, just weeks before the David Elstein-led $242m buy-out of the international business is completed.
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NewsEmap admits SRH interest
Emap, the owner of the Kiss and Magic radio networks, has admitted it is 'interested' in acquiring all of Scottish Media Holdings but has yet to make a formal approach.
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NewsOfcom slashes fees
Ofcom has slashed its annual fees to broadcasters by up to 29% after coming in under budget last year.
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NewsFilmFour signs up Neil Jordan film
FilmFour has teamed up with director Neil Jordan to adapt a novel about a teenage girl who claims to have seen the Virgin Mary.
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NewsBBC in Bob Marley gaffe
The BBC said this morning it was 'very embarrassed', after requesting an interview with Bob Marley - 24 years after the singer died.
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NewsPEER POLL: Doctor Who
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Did Doctor Who live up to expectations?
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NewsEngland victory scores for BBC1 with 10.7m
BBC1's live coverage of England's World Cup qualifier against Azerbijan drew in the fans with a peak audience hitting 10.7 million (42%) at 9pm.
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Agenda setting TV on a plate
From the outset the production team behind Jamie's School Dinners were determined that their TV show would make a difference
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Scramble set for move into Soho
Audio facility Scramble is set to complete a£2m move into Soho and double the number of people it employs. ...
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Fifty-Fifty in bid to retain finishing work
Fifty-Fifty Post Production has bought a DS Nitris HD to prevent promo and ident finishing from going to other faci...
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BBC plays down tapeless trials concern
The BBC has rejected claims that the corporation's upcoming tapeless production trials will benefit only a privileged minority of facilities, writes Rick Dacey.
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Lawrence back at M2
Editor Richard Lawrence has returned to M2 following stints at Molinare and Oasis Television after leaving M2 in 2003. Lawrence is taking a senior Editbox operator and Nitris operator role. His credit list includes promos for MTV, Discovery Channel and E4 and title sequences for the BBC's ...
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JVC camera Launch
JVC is to launch its GY-HD100 camera at this year's NAB in Las Vegas. The high-definition camera has interchangeabl...
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Quantel hires Mills
Manufacturer Quantel has brought in commercial development manager Geoff Mills to look after sales in the London area after the departure of Jeremy Lutterloch earlier this month. Lutterloch has joined Imagineer Systems.
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Workshop call
The Broadcast Production Show will feature three new workshop strands at this year's event at Earl's Court 2. Newly introduced for this year are the Producer's Room, the Channel Centre and Post Production, which have been put together to cover areas such as the future of television funding, how to ...
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Audio facility opens
Audio facility Noise has opened for business. Dubbing mixers Aidan McCarthy, Karl Mainzer and Jeff Richardson have opened the audio facility in Oxford Circus and will offer three high-definition sound theatres for broadcast and commercial projects. They are being financially backed by Directors Cut. The studios were built by Munro ...
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Globecast win
GlobeCast has won three contracts for Satellite Contribution of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in France. GlobeCast is now delivering broadcast content to transmitters via its platform on the Atlantic Bird 3 satellite.
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BBC Broadcast's Unthinkable job
BBC Broadcast has produced UKTV History's Unthinkable campaign promoting UKTV History's ...
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Blue and TMR finish Wives work
Blue and The Machine Room (TMR) have completed the editing and effects on the latest series of Shed Productions' Footballers' Wives. Blue's Ronnie Newman onlined using Smoke for effects such as green-screen compositing and rotoscoping. Telecine operator Gerry Gedge at TMR then carried ...