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Mitcorp bags iVDR
Mitcorp has been appointed as the UK reseller for Thomson's Grass Valley brand - in particular the Grass Valley M-Series intelligent video recorder (iVDR), which combines traditional VTR functions, including playout and camera ingest, with video storage and media-exchange format. The move is intended to widen Thomson's pro-AV customer ...
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Demerger deal
Blitz Communications and Charter Broadcast have demerged from their parent company, Evenser. The move is the result of both sides of the Evenser business wanting to focus on their own specialist areas in the broadcast and presentation and events services markets. The newly formed Blitz Charter Group - headed by ...
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NewsMPs slam Ofcom for failure on ITV
Ofcom is investigating ITV plc's plans to slash 400 jobs from its Central franchise as MPs sent a stinging rebuke to the regulator, accusing it of failing to address regional ITV job cuts.
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BBC revamps its learning division
The BBC has appointed its first creative director for learning as part of a revamp of its educational output.
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Unique loses Radio 2 show
Unique Productions is to lose another lucrative contract when its BBC Radio 2 show with Richard Allinson is axed.
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RDF adds two agents to talent division
RDF Media has doubled the size of its talent management team with the appointments of agents Michael Joyce and Craig Latto from Silver Fox Artist Management.
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NTL and Sky make up
Cable operator NTL has resolved its dispute with BSkyB over the cost of carrying the satellite operator's portfolio of premium channels. The two companies have reached an agreement in principle. Once the details of the deal are worked out, the companies will seek the approval of the Office of Fair ...
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C4 loses news man
Channel 4 News senior foreign editor Andrew Macdonald is leaving the programme. Since he joined in 1989 he has worked as a field producer, covering uprisings in eastern Europe, and was responsible for setting up Channel 4 News' Moscow bureau before becoming senior foreign editor. He has yet to reveal ...
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BBC opens archive
The BBC has launched a website which will allow people to use its archive to make their own one-minute-long movies. The site - at bbc.co.uk/films/oneminutemovies - will let film-makers download BBC archive soundtrack music for free and showcase their films on the BBC website. It will also include tips on ...
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Emap gears up for radio deals
Emap has handed its managing director of programming, Mark Story, a beefed-up pan-group role as it gears up for consolidation in the radio sector.
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Lads' Army indie hires factual head
Twenty Twenty, the indie behind shows such as Lads' Army and That'll Teach 'Em , has appointed freelance series producer Jamie Isaacs as its first head of factual.
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Anglia factual hires Thomas
Marie Thomas, the commissioning editor behind ITV's forthcoming reality co-production Desperately Seeking Sheila , is leaving Australian broadcaster SBS to become part of Granada's Anglia network factual team in Norwich.
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Murdoch vetoes launching Channel 6
BSkyB chief executive James Murdoch has halted plans to set up a 'Channel 6' entertainment channel on the Freeview platform.
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Talent group opens
The Stellar Network, a US-based talent agency, is to launch in the UK. BBC Films head of rights and commercial affairs Jane Wright will be on the board of the organisation's UK arm, alongside actors Jude Law and Alan Rickman, director Anthony Minghella and playwright Sir David Hare.
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Quickfire scores two BBC series
Former Granada head of history Mark Fielder's new indie, Quickfire Media, has picked up its first commissions with orders from the BBC and for a South Bank Show film for ITV, writes Paul Revoir.
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BBC4 cash earmarked for science and ethics
BBC4 controller Roly Keating - who was given a£10m budget increase last month - has commissioned a range of science and ethics series in a bid to create more 'appointment to view' slots on the channel, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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ITV Saturday night show gives the talentless hope
RDF Media is to produce a new Saturday night entertainment show for ITV in which two of Britain's top music managers will each have to transform a talentless group of friends into a credible band of performers, writes Glen Mutel.
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Heggessey brings back drama favourites
BBC1 controller Lorraine Heggessey has recommissioned three of the channel's dramas. Filming on a new 8 x 60-minute run of Down to Earth - now in its fifth series - begins in May with Sharon Houlihan returning as producer and Mervyn Watson executive producing. A ...
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C4 pays tribute to influence of friends
Channel 4 is to mark the final episodes of Friends by airing a 90-minute documentary about the series. What Friends Did for Us , produced by indie Shine, looks at the effect the hugely popular sitcom has had both on ...
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Mentorn takes a look at foreign affairs
Indie Mentorn has been commissioned by Five controller of history Alex Sutherland to make a 60-minute documentary on women who fall in love with foreign men. Leaving for Love - produced by Nathalie Goldberg and executive produced by Rob Carey - will follow the stories of women who have left ...