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  • News

    Quantel opts out of NAB

    2009-02-03T18:42:48Z

    The global financial crisis continues to have an impact on the broadcast equipment manufacturing sector with Quantel the latest company to announce that it will not be exhibiting at NAB this year.

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    Ionoco adds real-time voting apps

    2009-02-03T18:46:21Z

    Ionoco is launching new voting and opinion polling applications within its viewer participation products.

  • News

    Thomson to sell Grass Valley

    2009-02-03T18:52:12Z

    Thomson has put its Grass Valley division up for sale after revealing a fall in year-on-year revenues and admitting that it is ‘likely' to breach a debt covenant.

  • News

    Framestore producer joins Big Buoy

    2009-02-03T18:57:46Z

    Big Buoy has recruited post producer Ian Harland from Framestore CFC.

  • News

    Clear Cut adds more FCP

    2009-02-03T19:25:20Z

    Shepherd's Bush facility Clear Cut Pictures has installed a tenth Final Cut Pro (FCP) online and Color grading suite in order to cope with further demand for Mac technology-based post-production and finishing.

  • News

    Competition Commission blocks Project Kangaroo

    2009-02-04T08:16:59Z

    BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have failed in their bid to launch a joint video-on-demand service after the Competition Commission blocked their joint Project Kangaroo proposal.

  • News

    Response from the Kangaroo partners

    2009-02-04T08:21:25Z

    The scrapping of Project Kangaroo was 'a missed opportunity' to provide choice for British viewers, the joint venture partners have said.

  • News

    Timeline: Project Kangaroo

    2009-02-04T08:25:51Z

    The life of Project Kangaroo from the first announcement in November 2007 to its demise in February 2009.

  • News

    BSkyB seals Premier League rights

    2009-02-04T09:33:34Z

    BSkyB will remain the dominant force in live Premier League TV coverage until at least 2013 after it retained its existing rights to the competiton.

  • News

    BBC drops Carol Thatcher

    2009-02-04T09:47:24Z

    The BBC has dropped Carol Thatcher as a presenter of BBC1's The One Show after she called a professional tennis player a “golliwog”.

  • Ratings

    Super Bowl breaks ratings record

    2009-02-04T10:51:20Z

    Nearly 100 million viewers tuned in to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday night, making it the most-watched sporting event in US TV history.

  • News

    At-a-glance: Project Kangaroo coverage

    2009-02-04T10:57:00Z

    Browse Broadcastnow’s full coverage of Project Kangaroo including reports, comment and analysis.

  • News

    Vinnie Jones to shadow hard cops for ITV4

    2009-02-04T12:17:29Z

    Vinnie Jones will be returning to ITV4 for another round of World Toughest Cops, but this time will travel around the world to meet them on the front line.

  • Ratings

    ITV1 struggles with emergency shows in peak

    2009-02-04T12:27:40Z

    ITV1 struggled in the key peaktime hours between 8pm and 10pm as shows about the medical and police services failed to make an impression and the commercial network was outgunned by BBC2, Channel 4 and BBC1.

  • News

    GTV's football rights set to be sold

    2009-02-04T12:41:54Z

    The African broadcast rights to the English Premier League, previously held by liquidated pan-African broadcaster GTV, are close to being sold to a new buyer.

  • News

    Why Kangaroo stalled

    2009-02-04T12:48:24Z

    The Project Kangaroo partners failed to convince the Competition Commission that their last-minute proposal for ITV and Channel 4 to sell catch-up rights separately would give third parties a fair chance to buy shows at a fair price.

  • News

    Linsey named BBC entertainment commissioner

    2009-02-04T15:50:16Z

    The BBC has appointed Mark Linsey the new controller of entertainment commissioning, following Elaine Bedell's defection to ITV.

  • News

    Cresswell's email to ITV staff

    2009-02-04T16:05:40Z

    ITV chief operating officer John Cresswell's email to staff.

  • News

    Parthenon bids to profit from struggling market

    2009-02-04T16:06:37Z

    Parthenon Entertainment Group chief executive Carl Hall believes distributors will face a tough year and is on the lookout to acquire companies that have “hit the rocks”.

  • News

    ITV to reveal more cuts on 4 March

    2009-02-04T16:21:33Z

    ITV chief operating officer John Cresswell has warned staff to expect more swingeing cost saving measures on 4 March.