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Xfm deal hits profits at Capital
Capital Radio's acquisition of Xfm dented profits for the six months to 31 March, writes John Plunkett.Pre-tax, pre-exceptional profits were up 1 per cent against last year to£18.3 million, but
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INTEL LAUNCHES FASTER VERSION OF PENTIUM III
Intel has launched a faster version of its Pentium III chip, which promises increases in speed of up to 10 per cent. The new Pentium III runs at a clock speed
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YES TV ROLLS OUT IN KINGSTON COMMUNICATIONS ADSL
On-demand service Yes Television is to be rolled out across Kingston Communications' Advanced Dial-up Subscriber Line (ADSL) network following an agreement between Kingston Communication subsidiary Kingston Vision and Elmsdale Media. People
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ITFC SCOOPS ITV AUDIO DESCRIPTION SERVICES DEAL
The Independent Television Facilities Centre (ITFC) has won the contract to supply ITV and ITV2 with audio description services for the blind and partially sighted. The first enhanced services are expected
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DARKLIGHT FESTIVAL TO SCREEN ABE'S EXODUS
The four-day Darklight Digital Film Festival, Ireland's first digital animation and film showcase, kicks off next Thursday (27 May) at Temple Bar in Dublin. Developed in conjunction with Sink Digital Media,
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ASHPOOL MOVES TO END MULTIPLE PHONE-IN HEADACHE
Ashpool Telecom has launched a new telecommunications technology that it claims will bring an end to the frustration of multiple public phone-ins. MassCall is an automated large-scale call handling platform capable
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MATROX UNVEILS PAN-EUROPEAN SUBSIDIARY VITE
Board and technology developer Matrox is setting up a pan-European subsidiary, which will operate out of its UK base near Slough. The division, which will be known as Matrox Video &
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E&S FIRES TORNADO AT HIGH-END GRAPHICS BOARD SECTOR
Evans and Sutherland (E&S) has launched its latest candidate in the high-end graphics board market. The E&S Tornado supports dual-screen resolutions of 1280x1024 and will provide sustained pixel fill rates of
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DIGITAL TV ROLL-OUT WILL BENEFIT PCS, SAYS US REPORT
The mass roll-out of digital television in the US will act as a growth catalyst for video-enabled PCs and will do little to stimulate demand for TV sets, says a new
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WAG fights for new festival
Animators in Wales have launched a new alliance, The Welsh Animation Group (WAG), which hopes to resurrect a UK animation festival following the collapse of The Vital Cardiff Animation Festival last
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Ocean acts to save skin as debts pile up
Ocean Post Productions has put itself into voluntary administration in an attempt to stave off closure. The company, set up by VTR veteran Steve Dann, owes creditors around£870,000.Dann, Ocean Post's
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Jaffe quits Sky to set up promotions agency
Sky Television director of promotions Raymond Jaffe is leaving the company to set up his own promotions agency, The Promotions Factory.Jaffe, who joined Sky in August 1992, said the new venture
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The Mill expands motion control
The Mill is expanding its motion control studio at Shepperton Studios despite last week's closure of SVC's White City rig (Broadcast, 14.5.99).Studio head Rob Delicata said the company was looking to
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Passion Pictures' in-house effects team has just finished a completely computer-generated spot for Rowntree Mackintosh starring Roald Dahl's children's character Willy Wonka. Directed by animators Pau
Passion Pictures' in-house effects team has just finished a completely computer-generated spot for Rowntree Mackintosh starring Roald Dahl's children's character Willy Wonka. Directed by animators Paul Smith and Oliver Reed, the
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NBC gets Cold Feet from Granada USA
Granada Entertainment USA (GEU) has secured a series commission at the second attempt from NBC for the comedy drama format Cold Feet.NBC has ordered a 13 x 60-minute run of the
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UK indie to run Olympic doc
UK independent Transatlantic Films has unveiled an international production slate for 1999 of more than 20 hours of programming, including a one-off special on the Sydney Olympic Games, writes Alice Macandrew.Guardians
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Southern Star links up with Monogram
Southern Star Circle, the UK arm of Australian distributor Southern Star, has signed an exclusive three-year distribution deal with UK drama specialist Monogram Productions, writes Jason Deans.The distributor will have first
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World view
The days of CNN's Peter Arnett securing world exclusives and behind enemy lines access for the US news broadcaster are numbered, not through any reduction in quality of output, but from
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NewsPinewood Shepperton mulls BBC Resources bid
Pinewood Shepperton studios is interested in buying BBC Resources, after reporting half-year results in which pre-tax profit was up 39% but operating profit and turnover were flat.
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ARTE PLANS EUROPE-WIDE DISTRIBUTION VENTURE
Arte chairman Jerome Clement has unveiled plans for a Europe-wide organisation to distribute TV programming made by the Franco-German arts channel and its co-production partners. Although the exact details of the