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Outrage at TV film of dead Britons
The government expressed outrage last night at the parading of the bodies of two British soldiers on the al-Jazeera...
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Has she got news for you, Deayton!
Desperately trying to clean up his image for a return to TV, Angus Deayton's hopes could be dashed by his ex-mistre...
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Gloomy advertising outlook sees Capital Radio shares slide 7.5%
Capital radio said it remained 'cautious' about advertising demand as it reported a 5 per cent fall in first-half r...
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Capital radio warns of failing ad revenue
Capital radio shares were sold off yesterday after the company announced that advertising revenues remained in nega...
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NewsNews chiefs to stop staff entering Iraq
TV news chiefs have shelved plans to send up to 100 more staff into Iraq because of fears for their safety amid continued fierce fighting between coalition and Iraqi forces, writes John Plunkett
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BBC news chief admits problems of accuracy
The BBC's director of news acknowledged yesterday that there were difficulties in reporting the war the war accurat...
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Fern's baby trouble
ITV's This Morning show has been censured for causing suffering to a baby during a celebrity nappy changing competi...
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Nortan rap for 'joke'
Chat show star Graham Norton has been rapped by television watchdogs for a crass joke about Maurice Gibb after his ...
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Evans was 'unstable'
Chris Evans had become 'unstable , irrational and unprofessional' in the weeks leading up to his sacking from Virgi...
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NewsMarchant hits out at Channel 4
Tony Marchant, one of Britain's leading dramatists, has teamed up with the producer behind Clocking Off and Queer as Folk to launch a stinging attack on Channel 4 - accusing the broadcaster of a lack of clarity, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsTop 3 indies rule television
Endemol UK, The Television Corporation and TWI supplied over 50 per cent of the output of the UK's top 150 independent producers last year, according to Broadcast's first ever survey of independent production.
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Barcud buys Picardy Media
Welsh TV and film group Barcud Derwen has paid a six-figure sum for the ownership of Scotland-based Picardy Media Group, which went into receivership at the end of January, writes Sam Espensen.
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Sony and Panasonic make staff cuts
Two of the industry's biggest kit manufacturers, Sony and Panasonic, have been forced to make a small number of job cuts in their UK operations as a result of the struggling broadcast technology market, writes Sam Espensen.
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Framestore CFC turns Japanese
Framestore CFC was invited by its client PMC to pitch ideas to Wowow, Japan's biggest satellite channel, for a 10-second channel ident, with a completely open brief. Designer Adam Parry came up with two, both of which have been adopted by the channel. The first ident is called Wave and ...
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Clear doubles in size
Clear Post Production has spent£650,000 on doubling the size of its Soho premises. According to managing director Greg Caplan, most of the money has gone on building new suites, restructuring the offices and buying kit. Clear bought more space in its Great Marlborough Street office in September last year.
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UTV buys OB truck
UTV has taken delivery of a£2m OB truck for use on light entertainment and sports shoots. The unit is built on a Mercedes Atego chassis, and has 12 cameras, a Thomson mixer and an Aston Red character generator to enhance its new graphics department. Work for the truck will include ...
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War coverage first
News crews from CNN and Sky have begun using a standard videophone system connected to a specialised tracking satellite phone antenna to shoot what they are calling 'historic images' during coverage of the war with Iraq. CNN told Broadcastthat the antenna has the ability to ...
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C200 desk launched
Audio console manufacturer Solid State Logic launched a new C200 digital production desk at this week's AES convention in Amsterdam. Based on new processing technology, the C200 operates at 48kHz or 96kHz, retaining all of its bussing capabilities at both frequencies. It also represents the latest evolution of SSL's 'knob ...
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Ferdenzi to triangle
Soho 601's Sinead Ferdenzi has joined Triangle Post Production as head of bookings. Ferdenzi had been at the Ascent Media company before it merged with SVC to become One Post, but turned down the offer of a senior role. Managing director Tom Horton said that Ferdenzi's experience with big facilities ...