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Williams to head St Anne's
St Anne's Post general manager Keith Williams has been confirmed as the new managing director of the company following the sudden departure of Bruce Everett, who has left to return to his previous career as a film and television post-producer.
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Monet shows at NAB
Imagineer systems will unveil Monet, its start-to-finish image insertion solution, at NAB next week. The product is used for inserting images, moving or still, into moving footage. Monet was developed in collaboration with Cinesite for use on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban but is touted as having widespread ...
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£50m post kitty
TV post facilities that do feature film work will soon be eligible for funding to pay for an in-house training manager thanks to a Skillset and UK Film Council initiative. As announced in Broadcast last year (11.9.03), post facilities can get a slice of£50m being made available for training as ...
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Mouse could die out
Editors may one day cut programmes the way Tom Cruise controlled his anti-crime application in the film Minority Report if research at the University of Salford comes to fruition. The university is using tracking technology from Vicon to 'demonstrate and evaluate real-world ways for people to interact with computers and ...
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Low-cost tv station
Trimedia has completed the design and implementation of a fully digital TV station for Viavision's three new for-profit channels. Built for just over£700,000 - a fraction of the cost of a usual operation - the small studios use Globecaster clip playback, an Incite server and Air Box scheduling software rather ...
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UK Post board looks to regions
The board nominations for UK Post, the Department of Trade and Industry-backed trade body, have been finalised and it is not just the usual Soho suspects that feature. While the 35 shortlisted candidates include chief executives and managing directors such as David Jeffers of MPC, William Sargent of Framestore CFC, ...
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ITV creates news chief for regions
ITV has restructured the management of its news division creating a new role overseeing all the companies' 11 regional news services.
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Granada revives head of comedy role
Granada has appointed its first head of comedy for more than five years, handing the job to a former producer of The Grimleys and Stan the Man.
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BBC pledges to improve on indie relations
BBC acting commissioner for documentaries and contemporary factual Tom Archer has admitted his department has been failing indies and has pledged to introduce a clearer and quicker commissioning system by June.
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Comedy cash boost
Comedian Tony Burgess has won a£6,000 bursary to become the first comedy writer in residence at BBC Manchester. Burgess, who co-wrote Paul and Pauline Calf's Cheese and Ham Sandwich with Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, will work closely with the comedy unit to develop his ...
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Lads to battle it out
Indie Prospect Pictures has been commissioned to make a live 180-minute special for UKTV Gold about whether Terry and Bob from Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? or Gary and Tony from Men Behaving Badly were the 'best lads ...
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Bryce to head Gold
Capital Radio has handed Xfm managing director Graham Bryce responsibility for its Capital Gold network. Bryce was recently parachuted in to take the managing director position at Capital's recent£15m acquisition, Choice FM. He replaces Lynn Long, who will focus more on Capital's FM network around the country, as regional managing ...
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The BBC's ratings war
The BBC might argue that it's damned if it does and damned if it doesn't when it comes to ratings at the moment.
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New controller of sport for Granada
Independent Sports Network (ISN) controller Rick Waumsley has been made Granada controller of sport, with immediate effect. In his previous role at ISN Waumsley oversaw Uefa Champions League coverage, On the Ball and The Premiership. He will report to ...
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Talent TV creates new department
Indie Talent TV has appointed the former editor of the BBC's election coverage to head a new department overseeing events and special programming. Alexandra Henderson will develop events shows that combine politics, current affairs and entertainment.
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Hallmark pulls out of international TV
US giant Hallmark is pulling out of all its international TV operations including the UK. Its subsidiary Crown Media, which distributes the Hallmark channel in 122 countries and sells programmes from the Hallmark library, said this week it wanted to focus on the US market only. Assets up for sale ...
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Beckhams threaten Sky over interview
Lawyers acting for David and Victoria Beckham and his former agency SFX have threatened BSkyB with legal action over its exclusive interview with the woman who claimed she had an affair with him. Sky One's heavily publicised interview with Rebecca Loos, David Beckham's former assistant at SFX, is due to ...
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NewsITV turns to Cowell to fill Pop Idol slot
ITV has called in Simon Cowell's new independent production company, Simcow, to make a Saturday night replacement for Pop Idol.
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NewsAbrupt end for Forever Eden
Mentorn's push into the US has been dealt a major blow after Fox TV shelved its $20m 'never-ending' reality show Forever Eden just a month into its run.
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NewsSky: bring BBC under Ofcom
BSkyB, has called on the government to bring the BBC fully under Ofcom and give BBC1 and BBC2 specific remits.