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NewsGranada's Murphy joins Fremantle
Shane Murphy has quit Granada International to join FremantleMedia as head of acquisitions and development.
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NewsWall quits UBM
United Business Media chief operating officer Malcolm Wall is to leave the company at the end of the month, after he was overlooked to succeed outgoing chief executive Lord Hollick.
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NewsITV and C4 weigh up Freeview stakes
Freeview shareholder's BSkyB, the BBC and Crown Castle have said they would welcome ITV and Channel 4 on board as fellow stakeholders.
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NewsFilmFlex signs up Bond movies
Movie-on-demand service FilmFlex has landed rights to classics such as the James Bond films and Legally Blondeas part of a content deal with Hollywood studio MGM-United Artists (MGM-UA).
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NewsCelador appoints BBC man for AFP push
Celador International is moving into advertiser-funded programming and has appointed a BBC execuive to spearhead the push.
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NewsVirgin Radio ad revenues nosedive
Scottish Media Group has reported a plunge in profits at Virgin Radio, increasing pressure on the company to entertain Waheed Alli's bid for the station.
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NewsMore prizes for Shameless
Company Pictures scooped further plaudits for its Channel 4 drama Shameless, winning two prizes at last night's Indie Awards.
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NewsLords unveil BBC select committee
The House of Lords has unveiled the line-up of its select committee to examine proposals for the BBC's future.
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NewsPEER POLL: Green paper
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Will the green paper bring fundamental change to the BBC?
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NewsBBC axes 1,730 staff
BBC director general Mark Thompson has taken the axe to 1,730 backroom staff - the biggest single round of redundancies in BBC history.
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NewsThe Bill stops 6.6m
ITV1's normally robust The Billtook a knock in the ratings with a peak of 6.6 million (29%) at the start as BBC1's Comic Relief Does Fame Academycontinued to attract viewers.
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Vizrt shells out $9m for Curious
The UK graphics company Curious Software, whose software creates maps for BBC and Sky news, has been sold to the virtual set company Vizrt for $9m (£4.7m).
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BBC takes top iTV Bafta award for Spooks Interactive
SpooksInteractive won the top iTV accolade at last week's Bafta Games and Interactive Awards.
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Interested parties queue up to buy SSL
UK audio equipment manufacturer Solid State Logic (SSL) has been put up for sale and 40 enquiries have already been received regarding the purchase of the business.
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Oasis lands series
Oasis Television has won the contract to post Natural Born Dealersfor Leopard Films, off the back of a£200,000 investment in a Pogle grading system. The Soho company will do full post on the 22 x 60-minute series, which is expected to air this summer. Oasis Television ...
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Resolution hirings
Resolution has appointed facility manager Tatiana Cook and bookings co-ordinator Will Emms, who both join from West London post facility Crow Television. Cook will head Resolution's Shoreditch facility, following the departure of Rick Horne. Managing director Mike Saunders said that 'it was a real coup to hire them'. Resolution is ...
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Rushes Shorts '05
The Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival 2005 has opened for entries. All films entered must have been produced in the past 12 months up until the closing date of submissions, which is 6 May 2005. The maximum running time is 12 minutes in all categories, which cover short film, newcomer, ...
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Broadcast show
The Broadcast Production Show will this year host a new interactive demo area, provided by equipment provider Gearhouse Broadcast. The Gearhouse Broadcast acquisition demo area is being created in conjunction with The London Studios, to provide a realistic production environment housing a live set and actors. A number of Sony ...
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Strongroom hire
Strongroom Post has appointed Luke Colson from fellow audio facility Wild Tracks as post-production manager. Colson will join business development manager Rob Kelly and will be post-producing Bounty Hunters, a 15 x 30-minute series for Bravo produced by Bullseye TV.
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Farm appointment
Jannine Martin has been promoted to director of post-production at post facility group The Farm. Martin joined from Video London in 2000 and was the founding general manager of HD facility Home.