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  • News

    ABS ups capacity

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Advanced Broadcast Services (ABS) has increased its broadcast capacity by 15 channels with the opening of Unit 15, its state-of-the-art playout pod. ABS has set up terminals via internet links to

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    Editor joins Pepper

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Covent Garden facility Pepper has appointed Justin Eely from Oasis Television as a senior editor and Marco Fabbri from Avid Technology as a junior editor and DS specialist. Eely has worked on projects such as Sex Traffic, Foyle's War I, II and III and State of Play during his 15-year ...

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    Sales for Monet

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Imagineer's recently launched system Monet has found its first customers. Cineimage, Capital FX and Mac Million have all bought the post-production tool. Monet is used to replace elements in moving images. The technology for Monet was developed in collaboration with Cinesite (Europe) Ltd for use on the feature film ...

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    New scout in place

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    DVD authoring and design house Cheerful Scout has employed senior producer Miles Furnell to produce original programming for DVD extras. Furnell, previously of The Edge Picture Company, has more than 10 years of production experience and has produced more than 100 programmes in his career. Many have won prestigious awards ...

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    Golden sq 3D move

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Soho-based Golden Square Post Production has appointed senior 3D animator Sean Elliott to head its expanding 3D department. Elliott moves to Golden Square after nearly five years at Glassworks. Elliott has worked on a number of high-profile commercial projects, including jobs for Aero, Churchill, Ford and the latest Keane promo ...

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    Liquid marks 40 years of Horizon

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Liquid TV has created the titles for the new series of Horizon. Celebrating its 40-year history, the sequence attempts to create a sense of journey and discovery by showing images of the natural world; dramatic balls of fire, fisheye landscapes and billowing clouds. The ...

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    ITV1 drama belongs to Pepper

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Pepper has completed all picture post-production work on ITV's forthcoming drama Belonging. The drama features Brenda Blethyn as a woman whose husband leaves her for another woman and is left in charge of his elderly relatives. The drama was shot on 16mm film and ...

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    BBC doc led to Libyan's torture

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    The BBC has been slammed by Ofcom after one of its Holidays in the Axis of Evil documentaries led to a Libyan tour guide being detained and beaten by the Libyan government.

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    C4 targets baby boomers in the afternoons

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is to open up its afternoon schedule to the baby boomer generation with a range of 'aspirational' shows targeting middle-aged adults.

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    Wife Swap USA comes to UK

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is to screen the US version of RDF's Wife Swap.

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    Ex-Virgin exec hired by LRC

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Former Virgin Radio producer Gordon Davidson has been hired by the Local Radio Company to be its first group programming director.

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    Ryle joins YTV board

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    ITV controller of programme publicity Sallie Ryle has been appointed to the executive board of Yorkshire TV. As part of the move Ryle, a Yorkshire resident and veteran YTV executive of some 25 years, has given up her other role as YTV head of regional affairs. ITV's regional affairs have ...

  • News

    Callow is Dickens

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Simon Callow has joined the cast of the BBC's revival of popular sci-fi series Doctor Who in the role of Charles Dickens. Callow will join actors Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper, who play the Time Lord and his assistant, in the forthcoming series currently in ...

  • News

    CNN poaches staff

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    CNN has increased its London newsgathering team by poaching two editorial staff from Sky News and one from ITV. Sky News' Roger Clark and Katie Turner have been appointed as assignment editors. Clark was editor of Sky News at Ten, while Turner was night programme editor. At the same time, ...

  • Ratings

    ITV autumn offers escape from fall

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    The start of the autumn season has given a much needed boost to ITV1 after a disastrous summer.

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    TV channels turn to cinema to find viewers

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    ITV, Channel 4 and Five have turned to cinema advertising to help bring in viewers for their autumn schedules.

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    C4 replaces The Slot with short film series

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Channel 4 is replacing its long-running post-news window The Slot with a daily showcase for short films made by new directors.

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    CNBC keen to go with GfK

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Business channel CNBC Europe is in advanced talks to sign up to electronic ratings system GfK after pulling out of Barb last week.

  • News

    Four into Five won't go

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    As Channel 4 execs play down the idea of merging with Five, the channel is instead cosying up to the BBC.

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    BBC1 to broadcast Billy Connolly tour

    2004-09-09T08:30:00Z

    Comedian Billy Connolly is to return to BBC1 primetime in November with a series that will see him touring New Zealand. Following the success of his World Tour of England, Ireland and Wales, and World Tour of Scotland, the 8 x 40-minute Billy Connolly's World ...