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NewsUK Screen announces new board
UK Screen, the trade body that represents film and TV service companies, has unveiled the names of its new board of directors for 2008/2009.
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NewsOTF films heading for the big screen
Wildlife specialist Off the Fence (OTF) is to transfer two of its wildlife documentaries to cinema screens across the country as part of the Nissan Adventure Film Festival.
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NewsTim Roth to star in Sky 1's Skellig
British Hollywood actor Tim Roth will star in the title role of Sky 1's Skellig in an all-star cast that also features Kelly MacDonald, John Simm and Bill Milner.
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NewsKidsCo signs three-year deal with the BBC
KidsCo has signed a licensing deal with the BBC which will see it gain access to major kids shows such as Wallace and Gromit for the next three years, Broadcastnow.co.uk understands.
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NewsNME Radio kicks off multiplatform push
IPC will kick off a series of multiplatform content initiatives by hosting a series of NME Radio music sessions in a new studio in its South Bank headquarters.
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NewsViewers take Five's bait
Five reeled in viewers last night (1 September) with its show Extreme Fishing with Robson Green, trumping Channel 4.
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NewsOmniTek in waveform monitor giveaway
Test and measurement manufacturer OmniTek will give away a brand new OTM1000 waveform monitor system at IBC as part of a competition for visitors to its stand.
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NewsRushes upgrades TK and motion graphics suites
Ascent Media owned post and effects facility Rushes has revamped its motion graphics suite and added a Da Vinci Resolve to its telecine department.
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NewsThe Farm quick to snap up DS v10
Reseller Root6 has taken the first UK orders for Avid DS version 10, the iteration of the high-end finishing system that launched last week.
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Shackleton joins The Foundry
UK visual effects software developer The Foundry has appointed Richard Shackleton as the new product manager for its compositing system Nuke.
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NewsBBC successful with HD over DTT test
BBC Kingswood Warren engineers, undeterred by talk of strike action, have for the first time successfully demonstrated a working demodulator capable of receiving HD signals transmitted using the DVB-T2 standard.
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NewsRoss chat show goes HD
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross will this week become the first high definition production to be recorded in BBC Studios' new HD Studio, the re-vamped Studio Four.
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NewsFive to launch ad-supported sites
Five is to launch advertising-supported websites for Five News, Football Italiano and Neighbours after signing a deal with web video platform Brightcove.
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NewsBBC1 lines-up choir drama
Oliver Twist actress Sarah Lancashire will star alongside Bridget Jones' Neil Pearson and Stardust's Sarah Alexander in a new, musical drama series for BBC1.
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NewsBectu backs Directors UK
Broadcasting union Bectu has given the recently established TV and film directors' body Directors UK the all-clear to negotiate directly with broadcasters.
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NewsKumar named controller of bbc.co.uk
The BBC has appointed Seetha Kumar as controller of bbc.co.uk, responsible for making sure the service does not repeat the£36m overspend which came to light in May.
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NewsTV critics 3 September '08
'... a programme so bad it might have come out of the seventh realm of Hell.' Read on for the critics' full verdict on last night's TV.
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NewsBBC under fire over£10m flights bill
The BBC has defended criticisms that it spent more than£10m on flights last year - including£3m on business and first class fares.
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NewsBBC1 loses friends while C4 cashes in
BBC1's new drama series Mutual Friends lost nearly 1m viewers last night at 9pm with an average audience of 3.7m (16.3%), as Channel 4 ruled the evening with Secret Millionaire.
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NewsITV3 buys cop drama Flashpoint
ITV3 has acquired gritty new cop drama Flashpoint, which has proved a surprise hit over the summer in the US.