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Chrysalis wins Top Ten sequel
Chrysalis Visual Entertainment has scored a series of commissions including an order from Channel 4 to create a follow-up to its Top Ten music strand, writes Will Strauss.
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S4C to make celebrity co-pro
S4C International has bagged another two co-production deals with Discovery Networks Europe (DNE) and German public broadcaster ZDF, writes Penny Hughes.
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GRANADA TO AIR FAME
Granada Sky Broadcasting (GSB) has bought the rights to the entire series of cult drama series Fame, writes Simon Ellery.
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CBBC to show art spin-off
BBC controller of children's Nigel Pickard has ordered a raft of new pre-school series for CBBC, including a spin-off of popular art show SMart, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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NewsThompson's email to staff in full
Mark Thompson's email to BBC staff about the new licence fee settlement.
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Softimage product boss moves to Orad
Softimage international product manager Richard Spohrer joined Orad this week as the firm's UK managing director, writes Barbara Marshall.
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GVG opens Slough design centre
Grass Valley Group has opened an engineering design centre in Slough as part of its drive 'to move closer to the customer', writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC pinpoints blackout cause
Faulty circuit-breakers were the cause of the BBC's 20-minute black-out last Saturday (30 June).A spokesman said the circuit-breakers, which take power into and out of the corporation's un-interruptable power supply (UPS),
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Computer Film wins EU software grant
The Computer Film Company has won a European grant to develop software tools for electronic cinema production, writes Ann-Marie Corvin.
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OPEN TV TO USE ACTV KIT
Interactive television platform provider Open TV is to integrate technology from US specialist ACTV into the Open TV platform. This integration will provide ACTV's enhanced TV and programming solutions through digital
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SAT FIRM SIGNS E-DEAL
Interxion has formed a partnership with Cidera to develop a new service that will provide satellite-based delivery of rich media broadband content. The two companies will work together to provide high-quality
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TYRELL ISSUES LICENCES
Tyrell, the UK's exclusive reseller of Nothing Real products is to insta'l over 60 Shake licences at the London-based Finishing School and the University of Westminster. The Finishing School will use
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NewsVicar's final farewell secures 12.3m for BBC1
A new year and new start for The Vicar of Dibley as Dawn French's character moves from vicar to wife and a massive 12.3 million (44.9%) tuned in at 9.30pm for the last ever episode of the BBC1 sitcom.
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SKARAMOOSH BUYS AVID
Skaramoosh is the second UK facility to buy an Avid DS HD system. The real-time conforming and finishing system will be installed later this month by Tyrell and will be used
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EDIFIS BOOSTS DR WHO
BBC Resources used an Edifis Scratchbox film-retouching system on the restoration of the 1967 Doctor Who story The Tomb of the Cybermen for a BBC Worldwide DVD release in January next year, writes Barbara Marshall.
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BBC should look to itself for cash
As the BBC strategists prepare for the lengthy run-up to charter renewal in 2006 its refreshingly frank director of new media, Ashley Highfield, has given them something to think about.He has
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NewsThompson resigned to below par licence fee
BBC director general Mark Thompson expressed 'real disappointment' at the level of the proposed licence fee settlement that was leaked by government sources to political correspondents before Christmas.
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FREE TO AIR - No longer a world service
One of the pleasures of driving in the US is being able to listen to all kinds of music on the radio. There are oldies stations, playing classic tracks from the
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TRADE TALK - Virgin's Mr Fix-it
Virgin Radio's new programme director, Paul Jackson, had barely got his feet under the desk before he had to deal with the Chris Evans crisis.
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IN MY VIEW - Mark Rowland, managing director of Mentorn International
On how the UK production sector can beat the recession if it sticks with core ideas.