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C4I sells documentaries to France 5
Channel 4 International has secured a raft of documentary sales to France 5. These include High Performance, a two-hour look at what happens when non-professional athletes take performance-enhancing drugs. The French broadcaster has also snapped up Paladin Pictures' 2 x 50-minute ...
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Uncle to set up Endemol facility
The Farm Group subsidiary Uncle has won the contract to build a dedicated post facility for Big Brotherproducer Endemol in Bristol.
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AHC and X-Ray merge to meet HD demand
Ahc Post and X-Ray FX have merged to create a£1m-a-year high-definition boutique in Soho.
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Riverside role for Editworks' boss Boyers
Editworks managing director Jim Boyers has resigned and is taking control of Riverside TV Studios.
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Lambie-nairn rival
Former Lambie-Nairn managing director Sharon Wheeler has set up a new company, Turquoise, in Covent Garden in direct competition with her former employer. Wheeler, who left Lambie-Nairn in June last year, said: 'I didn't intend to set up Turquoise when I left - it grew organically.' Twelve months after leaving ...
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Thomson fifa deal
Thomson has been selected by Swiss-based HBS (Host Broadcast Services), host broadcaster of the 2006 Fifa World Cup, to provide HDTV OB vans for its coverage of
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New Design Outfit
Three former senior designers from Carlton this week set up a graphics design company, Bottletop. Dave Beeson, John Hunt and Anne Whitley decided to form the business to capitalise on the vacuum that would be left with the closure of the Nottingham studios. Bottletop is due to move into the ...
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nvidia launch
New PC video technology to be released later this year from Nvidia is expected to provide a major boost to live-performance animation characters. As PC manufacturers switch from AGP-based video boards to the higher bandwidth PCI Express, real-time render rates will leap forward. The boost comes from specially built motherboards ...
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UK arm for LA firm
Pacific Television Center, a Los Angeles-based independent transmission and production facility, is opening a digital insert studio and master control room in London. Pacific Television Center will use the facility to produce and transmit broadcast content for TV networks, cable channels, film studios and publicity companies. New connectivity at the ...
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A question of leadership
Andy Duncan has established strong credentials as a strategist, but must now prove himself as C4's new leader.
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422 South titles BBC fame show
422 South has created the title sequence for BBC1 reality series When Will I be Famous?The 6 x 30-minute documentary series follows students as they tread the boards at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London. Designer Mike Alderson gave the titles a ...
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Jowell moots analogue radio switch-off
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has indicated for the first time that the government may consider a switch-off date for analogue radio. In her foreword to a report from the Digital Radio Development Bureau, published this week, Jowell said: 'Later this year, I will be reviewing the take-up of digital radio ...
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Jump creates Sport Relief look
Jump has designed and produced graphics for the BBC's live charity event Sport Relief. Title sequences and graphics for the charity telethon were based upon the concept of a video wall. The 16 x 8 grid allowed Jump to avoid TV design conventions and borrow ...
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Toon leaves ITV for C4 public affairs job
ITV controller of public affairs Nick Toon has left the broadcaster to join Channel 4. Toon will fill the newly created post of head of public affairs, reporting to head of corporate relations John Newbigin. The move followed the departure of Newbigin's deputy Martin Stott to Five last month. The ...
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Siemens is chosen for bbc Technology
Siemens has been selected as the preferred single bidder for BBC Technology. The bid, which has not been disclosed, must now be approved by the BBC governors, the secretary of state for media Tessa Jowell and the EU Competition Commission. If it is passed Siemens will take a 10-year contract ...
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BBC considers worldwide privatisation
The BBC this week admitted that it would be looking at part or full privatisation of BBC Worldwide. The BBC panel which is reviewing its commercial operations includes two external figures - Lehman Brothers banker Anthony Fry and Tory peer Lord Inglewood. BBC chief operating officer John Smith is heading ...