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    AHC completes football idents

    2005-06-09T12:02:25Z

    AHC post has finished the high-definition post-production on idents for the Confederations Cup. The Confederations Cup, which pits continental football champions against each other, kicks off on 15 June with coverage on Five. Senior editor Victor Riva offlined the project on a Quantel editbox, using down conversions of the rushes ...

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    Arenap3 finishes Martha & Me

    2005-06-09T12:04:12Z

    ArenaP3 has just completed work on Martha & Me for BBC2. The 50-minute documentary follows filmmaker Jamie Campbell as he rents a caravan in the trailer park opposite disgraced domestic goddess Martha Stewart's prison and follows her home-making ideals in an attempt to understand her rise and fall. ArenaP3 editor, ...

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    Blue posts Strangest Village doc

    2005-06-09T12:04:44Z

    Post facility Blue has completed the post production on The Strangest Village in Britain for Landmark Films. The Channel 4 documentary takes a look at Botton, a village whose 236 inhabitants are people with learning difficulties and co-workers who all form part of the same community. Dubbing mixer Matt Skilton ...

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    Video Europe in£1m rental

    2005-06-09T12:19:17Z

    Equipment rental company Video Europe has won a£1m contract with Dubai-based broadcaster Taj Television to supply the production equipment for all international cricket in Pakistan and Sri Lanka for three years.

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    Flextech hiring

    2005-06-09T12:22:10Z

    Flextech has poached the BBC's director of rights Debbie Manners to become its director of rights. As part of Flextech's senior management team, she will oversee business affairs and the company's distributor Minotaur. She will be responsible for making the most of Flextech's programming assets, increasing international content sales and ...

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    UTV waits on deal

    2005-06-09T12:22:51Z

    Ulster TV's proposed£98.2m purchase of Talksport-owner The Wireless Group was approved by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting on Monday (6 June). The Belfast-based ITV broadcaster now awaits approval from the Irish trade minister for the deal to go ahead. He has until Sunday (12 June) to make a decision ...

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    South-west shorts

    2005-06-09T12:23:30Z

    South West Screen and the UK Film Council have announced details of their fourth Digital Short scheme. The initiative, in association with Cornwall Film, ITV West and Aardman Animations, is open to people based in the south-west who are exploring innovative approaches to digital short films. The project will support ...

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    Unions lift BBC strike threat - for now

    2005-06-09T12:41:36Z

    The threat of further strikes at the BBC appears to have been lifted - for now - following talks yesterday between BBC director general Mark Thompson and trade unions.

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    Xfm wins Manchester FM licence

    2005-06-09T17:31:55Z

    GCap Media has won the Manchester FM licence with a version of its indie rock station Xfm.

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    PEER POLL: Ofcom

    2005-06-10T08:00:00Z

    The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Ofcom look at freelance employment practices as part of its review of TV production?

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    Docherty quits Yoomedia

    2005-06-10T10:07:43Z

    David Docherty has quit as chief executive of interactive group YooMedia, in order to pursue other business opportunities.

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    Barb launches digital ratings review

    2005-06-10T10:38:36Z

    Barb has kicked off a major consultation process looking at how it should tackle the onslaught of multi-channel and the resulting changes to viewing habits.

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    Ofcom calls for national digital channels

    2005-06-10T10:46:01Z

    Ofcom has called for dedicated digital channels to be set up for Wales, Scotland and Ireland in order to safeguard indigenous languages in the nations.

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    Ofcom test

    2005-06-10T11:09:46Z

    Ofcom calls for national digital channels Ofcom has called for dedicated digital channels to be set up for Wales, S...

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    2005-06-10T11:19:52Z

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    BBC unions win partial victory

    2005-06-10T11:23:00Z

    Unions have won a partial victory in the latest talks with the BBC after the corporation said it was open to discuss how job cuts will work across each department.

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    Letter to unions following renewed talks with BBC director general

    2005-06-10T11:26:53Z

    373-377 Clapham Road London SW9 9BT

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    Freeview passes 5m homes mark

    2005-06-10T11:31:24Z

    Freeview has passed the 5m household mark according to latest figures from Ofcom showing the free-to-air platform has helped digital penetration reach almost 62% of UK homes.

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    2.2m play House with Five

    2005-06-10T12:09:30Z

    House, Five's lastest US drama import, got off to a fine start for the channel with a peak audience of 2.2 million (14%) at 10.55pm.

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    Analysis - Passing the buck?

    2005-06-10T12:50:14Z

    From the media secretary to Ofcom to the broadcasters, no one seems to want to take responsibility for policing freelance employment practices. So is Pact's voluntary register the answer?