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Panasonic to merge UK and German operations
Panasonic Broadcast Europe plans to merge its UK and German operations in an attempt to streamline its pan-European operations, writes Joanna Scott at IBC in Amsterdam.Ted Taylor, managing director of Panasonic
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JVC to develop specialist tool for stop frame animation
JVC has adapted one of its specialised digital stills cameras for stop motion animation shoots which need to be shot and delivered in different aspect ratios and works via a plug-in
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46 jobs to go as Smashed Atom folds
Interactive TV operation ceases trading after parent Telewest fails to find a buyer
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Davies confirmed as new BBC Chairman
Millionaire economist's appointment likely to incite cronyism charges as the top two BBC posts are occupied by executives with strong Labour links
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NewsVenice Project rebranded as Joost
The Venice Project, the free web TV service that offers broadcast-quality full-screen content and full copyright guarantees, has unveiled its official name. The peer-to-peer service has been branded Joost.
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Yeo calls for 'identifiably Conservative vice-chairman'
Shadow culture secretary says appointment of Gavin Davies as new chairman will make 'life difficult' for BBC and calls for recognisably conservative vice-chair
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BEAM.TV to launch BEAMBOX to commercials production community
A new service from BEAM.TV that is expected to launch in November will enable users to play video straight from the internet onto their television screens, writes Joanna Scott at IBC in Amsterdam
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Public accountability key says Davies
Newly appointed BBC chairman says that in order to escape Ofcom's clutches the BBC 'will need to be more directly accountable to the public than ever before'
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Granada calls-off search for Lythgoe replacement
Beleaguered media company abandons search for new controller of entertainment and re-shuffles staff instead
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Tapscott urges greater kids input
New Paradigm Learning president Don Tapscott says broadcasters and producers should listen more to children now 'for the first time in history they are an authority on something interesting'
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Viewers bombarded by technology and information overload
Henley Centre chairman says 'time-poor' viewers are beign hit my too many channels, too much information and too much technology
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Cambridge Comment by Katy Elliott
As the story of the terror in America and its potential consequences unfolded, fuelling the biggest TV news story of all time, there was a strange irony in the fact that
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Over-regulation blamed for UK's global failure
Delegates at RTS convention in Cambridge told 'archaic' cross-media ownership rules and political fears of large media companies have held back UK global ambitions
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Overseas ownership threat to regional production
Granada chief Steve Morrison says he 'could not see production from the regions sustained if we are bought by an overseas company'
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Elstein leads calls for 40% in-house limit
Former Channel 5 chief says broadcasters should limit their current 70 in-house production quotas to boost UK independent productions
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Programme brands stronger than channels
Wall To Wall managing director Alex Graham welcomes era when 'programme brands? have a stronger identity than the channels which are broadcasting them'
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NewsChorion to co-produce Chandler pilot
Chorion is partnering with US production company LivePlanet and the production arm of Disney's Touchstone to make a pilot featuring Raymond Chandler's detective Philip Marlowe.
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RTS: Who said what
Granada chairman Charles Allen: 'I'd like to have heard what John Malone had to say because he sounds like a good person to work for'