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Buyers line up for BBC Tech
The BBC has revealed the shortlist of bidders for its technology arm, BBC Technology (Broadcast, 6.2.04). After receiving 40 bids for BBCT, the BBC pared these down to a shortlist of eight: EDS, Capita, Accenture, IBM, Logica, CSC, Fujitsu and HP. These companies will now move forward to the next ...
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Millar buys studios
Record producer Robin Millar has acquired Whitfield Street Studios from its current owner, Sony Music. Negotiations have been going on between Millar and Sony since September when Sony decided to pull the plug on the facility. Purpose-built in 1965 and originally owned by CBS, the central London facility consists of ...
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Molinare spends
Molinare is continuing the£1.5m investment drive started by managing directors Steve Milne and Mark Foligno when they took over the company in September with the creation of a new Avid department. The 3,500 sq ft facility will house nine Avid Adrenalines with LAN-share supplied by Root 6. It will also ...
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Encoda wins ITV deal
ITV has awarded a multimillion pound contract to Encoda Systems to supply its airtime sales system Landmark. The deal will see more than half of the UK's commercial TV advertising being controlled by the Landmark system at ITV, following the merger of Carlton and Granada. Landmark will allow ITV to ...
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Optex to sell sony
London-based reseller and rentals company OpTex has inked a deal with Sony to become the latest 'Sony premier reseller' in the UK. The deal covers the Sony DVcam systems and services and will see OpTex add the entire DVcam range to its existing Sony CineAlta HDcam high-definition products. Sony will ...
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C4 moves to up rights revenue
Channel 4 has bolted together its distribution and sales arm with its consumer products division in a bid to increase its secondary rights revenue in the wake of the new broadcaster codes of practice, writes Glen Mutel.
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MP warns against Commons TV freedom
broadcasters should not be given more freedom to cover House of Commons debates because MPs' behaviour could damage the dignity of Parliament, a former BBC producer turned MP has warned, writes David Rose.
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Discovery offers pay per view broadband
Discovery Networks International has launched a UK pay-per view and subscription broadband service, giving viewers access to up to 20 hours a month of new content, writes Paul Revoir.
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Leopard takes on Shine exec
Leopard Films has appointed Shine executive producer Jonathon Holmes as its first head of factual and features, writes Glen Mutel.
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Top-Up TV signs set-top box deal
Top-up TV, the new pay-TV network set to be offered to almost a million Freeview viewers, has secured a deal with a major electrical manufacturer to create a series of smartcard set-top boxes.
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Clocking Off writer pens BBC cop show
Clocking off writer Bill Gallagher is penning a cop series for BBC1 and BBC3.
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BBC ents exec jumps ship to indie Mentorn
Indie Mentorn has poached one of the BBC's key entertainment development executives to become its new head of entertainment.
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£8m BBC2 arts show
BBC2 controller Jane Root this week confirmed a£8m investment in arts programming including a new 60-minute weekly arts journalism series, The Culture Show , which she billed as the channel's biggest new cultural programme for 10 years. The show will feature arts coverage from around ...
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Sky One co-pro deal
Sky One and the Sci-Fi Channel in the US have joined forces to make a 13 x 60-minute series of the 1980s sci-fi hit Battlestar Galactica. Filming is due to start next month in Vancouver with David Eick as executive producer. The show expected ...
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More radio licences
Ofcom is to create 35 radio licences around the country. The broadcasting regulator has earmarked Liverpool, Manchester, Aberdeen and Cardiff for new licences, which will be created by squeezing more space out of the airwaves. Major groups such as Emap, Chrysalis, GWR and Capital are expected to pitch for the ...
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The safe bets for DG role
Three names are emerging as favourites to lead the BBC through Charter review after the forced resignation of Greg Dyke two weeks ago. They are acting director general Mark Byford, Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson and Jenny Abramsky, director of BBC radio and music.
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ITV gains terrestrial rights to Ali G films
ITV has snapped up the terrestrial premiere rights to Ali G in da House , the cinematic debut of Sacha Baron Cohen's comic creation, despite the fact that the character was developed by Channel 4. The acquisition is part of an output deal with Working ...
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Sky sees profits soar in last six months
BSkyB has seen its operating profits rocket up 84% to£130m in the six months to 31 December. In its latest quarterly results the satellite giant also announced that it has pulled in 193,000 new subscribers to Sky Digital over the period, giving the platform 7.2 million customers. The company's overall ...
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Producer chosen for doctor who revival
Phil Collinson, the producer of BBC1 dramas Sea of Souls and Linda Green , has been confirmed as the producer of the BBC's new version of Doctor Who. Queer ...
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Newsnight special looks at Iraq war
Jeremy Paxman is to front a 90-minute primetime Newsnight special on the reasons why Britain went to war in Iraq. Prime minister Tony Blair has been asked to appear on the programme, which will mark the first anniversary of the war. It will look at ...