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Golden Square bids for ad work
London post and effects facilities Golden Square Post and Double Negative have formed an alliance in an effort to attract more commercials work.
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Rise unveils new look
Skaramoosh has produced the new titles for the relaunch of Princess Productions' Rise, along with new idents for the breakfast show. Shot in HD and finished in DS HD, facility manager Will Stern believes more companies are working in the format, because 'now Sony has ...
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Shots plans expansion
Outside broadcast facility Shots Television has appointed Nick Badham as business development manager. Badham was previously at The Picture Canning Co as head of development. Shots founder and MD Chris Butler revealed that the appointment forms part of Shots expansion plans, commenting that 'there is a growing demand for PSC, ...
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3D Maya wins Oscar
Alias Wavefront's 3D software Maya has won an Oscar for its 'significant and dominant impact on the motion-picture industry', according to the Academy, which has awarded it an Academy award of merit. Maya, an animation, modelling and rendering tool, won the award for being a 'robust and commercial vfx tool'. ...
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HD video conference
Broadcast magazine is bringing together some of the biggest names in programme and film production for a conference on high-definition video. The one-day event, which will take place on 6 March 2003 at the Radisson SAS Portman Hotel in London, will offer discussion and analysis ...
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Rainbow appointments
Rainbow Post and DGP have both hired new staff this week. Louise Goldman has joined Rainbow as facility manager from Pioneer Productions and Andrew Herring moves from World TV to head the sales and marketing department. Meanwhile, DGP has added James Cannon, who will be working in quality control, plus ...
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NewsRedmond attacks British TV for being ?too safe'
Mersey TV chairman Phil Redmond has hit out at the ?banal' state of peaktime TV and claimed that excessive editorial regulation is preventing UK programme makers producing hits such as HBO's The Sopranos, writes Steve Aston.
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NewsOfcom director calls for greater powers
David Edmonds, one of Ofcom's most senior directors has called for increased powers for the super-regulator to police public service broadcasting, beyond those already outlined in the communications bill, writes Jon Rogers.
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NewsJowell backs indies
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has handed indies a significant boost by accepting all but two of the recommendations made by the ITC in its programme supply review, writes Luke Satchell
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TV Graham in Bee Gee joke storm
Camp comic Graham Norton sparked a flood of complaints with a sick joke about tragic Bee Gee Maurice Gibb. ...
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Was this the best Corrie ever?
Millions of soap fans saw Ashley Peacock cradle wife Maxine's blood-splattered head in hnbis hands in Monday's sens...
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TV Fern's suicide hell
This Morning's presenter Fern Britton has admitted she was ready to commit suicide after the death of her first ch...
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We love evil TV
In the most gruesome scene in Coronation Street's 42-year history, poor Maxine Peacock was clobbered to death with ...
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TV Chris gets axe
Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles has been dropped from his TV chat show three months after it launched. ...
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And the Asscar nominations are...
They've made asses of themselves on TV and now they're doing the same at the cinema. ...
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17 million watch as Tracey dies
Coronation Street bosses claimed victory in the battle of the soaps last night after the show recorded its highest...
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New inquiry into Barrymore pool death
Detectives are to launch a new investigation into the death of a man found in a pool at the the home of television ...
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Police to check nurse's claim in Barrymore case
Police are to mount a fresh investigation into the death of a partygoer who drowned in a swimming pool ...