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    ITV hands UK's largest uplink contract to SISLink

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    SISLink, Europe's largest independent uplink services provider, has won the five-year contract to supply ITV with uplinks for its entire regional news network.

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    Headfirst falls into liquidation

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Headfirst Facilities has gone into liquidation after 15 years despite last-minute attempts to sell the company.

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    MTV manager quits

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Peter Wright, general manager of MTV studios in Camden Lock, is to leave MTV after six years. Wright is to take a three-month break for the birth of his first child before pursuing a new career challenge. No decision has been made about replacing Wright, according to Mark Allen, managing ...

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    Kemistry exhibition

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Design agency Kemistry is due to open a gallery at its Shoreditch office to present the work of three influential title designers whose work during the 1960s laid the foundations for the industry today. The exhibition, which is called Timeframes - Lodge/Jeapes/ McGhie TV Title Pioneers, will combine stills, slides ...

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    Canon's new camera

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Canon has unveiled its new broadcast quality, interchangeable lens digital video camcorder - the XL2. 'With more than double the resolution of the XL1s, the XL2 sets the new broadcast-quality mini-DV recording standard,' said Malcolm Hills, head of Canon consumer imaging, UK and Ireland. 'Canon expects this digital video camcorder ...

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    Iraq buys gee kit

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Gee Broadcast Systems is supplying its Geevs broadcast video server to Iraqi broadcaster KTV. The station is investing heavily to upgrade its facilities to modern global standards. The station is expanding its studios and broadcast facilities and is investing heavily in new equipment. The KTV system will have two channels ...

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    New suite for IBF

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    IBF has created a dedicated compression and authoring facility within its Covent Garden operation. The suite will provide high-definition and standard definition digital video capture, filtering, encoding and transcoding using the Boxx HD Pro Dual Opteron system.

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    Jump rebrands news channel

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Jump has rebranded Indian news channel Aaj Tak, incorporating new technology to allow headlines to be embedded in the idents as news breaks. Jump was responsible for the idents, titles and interstitials and its design team was led by Russell Mann. The majority of footage was shot in Mumbai and ...

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    Atom titles ITV's Simply the Best

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Atom Pictures has produced the titles and in-show graphics for ITV's upcoming Simply the Best. The opening sequence features animated figures undertaking challenges similar to those featured in the show, which pits town versus town in a contest reminiscent of It's a Knockout. It was ...

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    Function does Downloaded look

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Function Design has designed titles and in-show graphics for One More Production's Downloaded. The programme showcases footage of the weird and wonderful from the near limitless library of the internet. Function Design's Tobin Goffe was creative director on the project and Oasis head of ...

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    BBC1's identity crisis

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Is BBC1 in crisis as some national newspapers suggested this week following publication of the BBC's annual report?

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    Hit entertainment shares recover

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Shares in Hit Entertainment, which owns the TV rights to Bob the Builder , rallied this week after plunging by a third last month. The boost comes amid rumours Hit is set to launch a kids digital TV channel in the US. Shares in Hit ...

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    ITV asset sale could raise£542m

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    Media analyst Investec has predicted ITV plc could raise up to£542m if, as expected, it disposes of non-core assets. ITV is already believed to be in talks about selling Carlton Books and The Moving Picture Company and further sales are thought likely. Despite the current low share price of 109p, ...

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    Monthly reports on BBC online radio

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is to publish a monthly report from this autumn detailing the online performance of its five national radio stations. The report will outline the number of listeners who tuned in to the stations using its internet radio player, available on the BBC website. It will also reveal how ...

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    Strike threat to BBC sports coverage

    2004-07-15T08:30:00Z

    A walkout by BBC Technology staff could hit coverage of sports events such as Grand Prix Athletics from Crystal Palace after Bectu members opted to strike on a Friday and Saturday.

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    Five and Paramount pair up for comedy

    2004-07-15T07:52:00Z

    Five has teamed up with Paramount Comedy to launch a co-production initiative aimed at creating comedy hits like The Office.

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    BBC to review peaktime

    2004-07-15T07:51:55Z

    The BBC governors have launched a review of BBC1's peaktime schedule amid concerns about falling quality, as new chairman Michael Grade stamped his authority on the corporation with his first annual report.

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    Ofcom to toughen up TV content labelling

    2004-07-15T07:51:50Z

    Ofcom has tabled proposed new rules that will force broadcasters to better signpost programmes with adult themes before the 9pm watershed.

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    Big Ron racism film kicks off his comeback

    2004-07-15T07:51:45Z

    Ron Atkinson, the flamboyant ex football pundit who trashed his career after making an offensive remark towards a black player, is to work out if he really is a racist with a peaktime film for BBC1.

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    C4 to fill creative gap on board

    2004-07-15T07:50:20Z

    Channel 4 chairman Luke Johnson has moved to counter criticism that the broadcaster's board lacks programming experience by pledging to appoint an additional non-executive director with a creative background by the end of the year.