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Granada unifies cross-Pennine resources
Granada director of resources (North) John Surtees has shuffled his senior executive team to create a single management structure for the Leeds and Manchester-based resources.
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Quantel to offer solid-state compatibility
Manufacturer Quantel has adapted its Generation Q editing and server systems to accept material captured on Panasonic's new solid-state cameras.
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Tilston back to Oasis
Engineer Steve Tilston has rejoined post facility Oasis Television. The former Gee Broadcast and Channel TV man returns to the company following a spell in the Middle East. He previously spent three years as an engineer at Oasis. The Soho-based company has also recruited a business development manager, Darren Musgrove, ...
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Condor takes on two
Condor London has made two new appointments. Senior colourist Jasper Taylor joins from Blue Post Production where he was head of telecine. His credits include The Quiet Storm and work for the BBC, Channel 4 and MTV. Ben Cowell, a 3D animation director, has also been lured to the company. ...
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TSI TX plans growth
Broadcast services company TSI TX has signed a new Simply Media TV channel to its playout facility. Simply Entertainment: The Entertainment Channel, which launched this week on Sky, features film trailers and international DVD releases and gives viewers the opportunity to make on-screen purchases. TSI TX has also announced plans ...
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Leitch losses rise
Manufacturer Leitch Technology's second-quarter losses have increased. The company revealed that it lost $6.4m in the three-month period ending 31 October, the second quarter of the Canada-based firm's 2004 financial year. In the 2002 period, Leitch lost $3.4m, which includes a restructuring charge. Revenues fell 20% in the quarter to ...
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ATR's new facility
Teddington Studios is opening a purpose-built facility for the joint Channel 4, BSkyB and Arena Leisure horse-racing channel, At The Races. The new set-up, which took two months to put together, forms part of the studios'£2m expansion. Fifty At The Races staff are now based at Teddington. The project installation ...
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Regions 'need to keep talent'
BBC director of factual and learning John Willis has called on the major broadcasters and indies to work together to protect regional network production centres from losing talent to London.
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BBC on top with eight kids Baftas
The BBC swept the board at this year's British Academy Children's Film and Television Awards, winning a total of eight awards.
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Ofcom clears sales deal
Ofcom has paved the way for Channel 4, Five and BSkyB to merge their advertising sales divisions after it withdrew the Independent Television Commission's rules on the joint selling of airtime.
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Classic simulcasts on TV and radio
Classic FM is set to bridge the gap between its national radio station and its digital television channel with its first simultaneous broadcast.
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Living boosts daytime menu with dramas
Living TV has signed off more cash for its daytime schedule and has acquired a trio of dramas from Sony Pictures Television and Fireworks International.
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Farnsworth at six
BBC4 News editor Amanda Farnsworth is to take over the helm of BBC1's Six O'Clock Newsprogramme. She replaces Jay Hunt who is moving to BBC Birmingham as executive producer for daytime documentaries and contemporary factual. Hunt is expected to return to ...
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ITV's£100m savings plans
With savings of£100m to make, it seems certain that ITV's regional franchises will feel the pinch as some of the network's most well-known buildings are sold off and staff are moved on.
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Granada Int to fund co-pro trio
Granada International has ploughed cash into three co-production deals as part of an attempt to broaden its relationship with UK indies and international broadcasters.
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Sky One's Baker splits top acquisitions role
Sky One controller James Baker has made his first appointments, creating two acquisitions posts.
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Nat Geo sells built for the kill to Five
National Geographic Channel has sold the first series of Built for the Killto Five. The 6 x 30-minute series, produced by Granada Wild, will be screened from 13 January. The show deconstructs the minutes and seconds leading up to a kill in the wild in ...
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Wall to Wall's ancient egyptians airs in US
Indie Wall to Wall is set to make its US debut on TLC with its£6m documentary miniseries Ancient Egyptians. The 4 x 60-minute series, which mixes true stories with dramatic reconstructions, will air on the Discovery-owned network before the end of the year. Originally broadcast ...
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My Dad The Rock Star heads for Asia
Nickelodeon has secured the TV rights in several major territories for animated series My Dad the Rock Star. The deal, with Canada's Nelvana, will see the 26 x 30-minute series screened on Nickelodeon UK and Asia from January before rolling out on M6 in France ...
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Fireworks sells mice drama to Discovery
Discovery UK and Ireland has acquired a factual drama special from distributor Fireworks International. Woodmouse - Life on the Run, which has also been taken by ZDF Germany, follows two mice as they struggle to survive the Icelandic winter. Fireworks has also secured deals for ...