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Red trio win claim
An industrial tribunal has found Red Post Production guilty of unfair dismissal in the case of three senior creatives with a combined total of 17 years' service. DS operator Alex Pickering, Flame operator Paul Dixon and Fire operator Dave Kiddie were among 12 redundancies that were made last October. ...
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Map time rolls out
French developer Allegorithmic has designed Map Time, a plug-in for Adobe After Effects and Discreet Combustion. Map Time is a fully editable heterogeneous video filer designer that allows artists to create and manipulate complex animated patterns, effects and transitions. It features more than 350 preset visual effects.
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More help for blind
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are to join Five in providing audio description on services broadcast by satellite. This will make audio description available to several million additional households, in addition to those households with suitable digital terrestrial receivers. Ofcom had proposed in a draft code - to be ...
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G-Pixx flies high
In its first month of operation TV helicopter G-Pixx has answered BBC news calls for the Heathrow heist, the Momart warehouse fire and Abu Hamza's transfer to Belmarsh, as well as a number of sports-related commissions. Owned by former TV and radio presenter Mike Smith, G-Pixx aims to become ...
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VTR role for fish
Richard Fish has joined VTR plc's The Machine Room from Ascent Media to head business development for its restoration, film mastering, high-definition and duplication businesses. Fish spent two years at Ascent Media securing archive, telecine, HD and feature film work across the group and was previously at BBC Worldwide. The ...
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Mackenzie rails at Rajar scaremongering
The Wireless Group (TWG) chairman Kelvin MacKenzie has attacked radio audience board Rajar for 'scaremongering' after managing director Sally de la Bedoyere told Broadcast last week introducing electronic measurement would cost up to£25m a year. MacKenzie, who is currently involved in a legal battle with Rajar over the issue, claimed ...
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GMTV gives disney 90 days to decide
GMTV will next week send out a sale prospectus to shareholders Disney, SMG and ITV outlining SMG's proposal to sell its 25% stake to ITV for£31m. The move effectively gives Disney 90 days to decide whether it wants to raise its stake by exercising a right to buy a quarter ...
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BSkyB hires Dixons' finance director
BSkyB has appointed Dixons finance director Jeremy Darroch as its chief financial officer, replacing Martin Stewart who leaves the company in August. Stewart, seen as a close ally of former Sky chief executive Tony Ball, resigned in February following the appointment of James Murdoch as chief executive last November. Darroch ...
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BBC launches regional indie initiatives
The BBC is boosting its commitment to English regional indies with several initiatives, including a£100,000 fund to help increase entertainment programming. Funding of between£20,000 and£40,000 has been made available for projects alongside mentoring from a dedicated senior executive as well as business support. BBC independents executive Elaine Bedell has also ...
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Unions and BBC Worldwide reach pay deal
Unions have settled their pay dispute with BBC Worldwide following an improved offer from the company. Staff will now receive a 2.8% rise - up from 2.6% - plus improved bonuses from 1 July after Bectu and the National Union of Journalists agreed to drop a strike ballot. The unions ...
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The new law for indies
After months of waiting, Channel 4 has become the first broadcaster to reveal its new terms of trade for doing business with independent producers. So has the indie sector got the deal it wants?
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NewsFrasier finale pulls 2.4m to C4
The last ever episode of Frasier in a double bill offering at 22.50 entertained 2.4 million (19.7%) and 1.7 million (20.5%) respectively.
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NewsPEER POLL: Big Brother
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Has Big Brother gone too far?
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NewsITV snares Lewinsky for exclusive interview
ITV has secured a world exclusive interview with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky following the publication on Tuesday (22 June) of former US president Bill Clinton's autobiography.
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NewsFive expands Britain's Worst strand
Five is to expand its Britain's Worst strand with four new one-hour specials to find the country's worst wife, teenager, neighbour and mother-in-law.
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NewsBBC unveils 'public value' test
The BBC is to unveil plans to apply a 'public value test' to the launch of new services when it presents its Charter renewal submission next week.
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NewsLloyd's crew member killed in firefight
ITN has said new evidence indicates that a member of its news crew missing in Iraq since March last year died in the same firefight that killed reporter Terry Lloyd.
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RatingsEngland defeat draws 24.7m to BBC
24.7 million (84.4%) watched England's Euro 2004 dreams shattered last night as they lost to Portugal in a nail biting penalty shoot out.
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NewsAirey: I'm staying at Sky
Sky Networks chief Dawn Airey today told Broadcast she is ruling herself out of the race to become the new chief executive of Channel 4.
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NewsDJ Fox picks up NTL radio award
Capital FM DJ Neil Fox has been honoured for his outstanding contribution to radio broadcasting at the NTL Commercial Radio Awards.