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Grade buys Shepperton as Mill MBO completes.
Pinewood and Shepperton film studios have completed their merger, while Soho facility The Mill has been bought out by its management for£24m, write Barbara Marshall and Dominic Timms. Both deals are
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BBC updates asset management.
Standard Media Exchange Framework (Smef), the core data model for media asset management developed by the BBC's Media Data Project, will see its first application go live this April, writes Nick Radlo.
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RUSSIA TESTS DIGITAL TV.
The Russian authorities have given the go-ahead to three city broadcasters to test digital terrestrial broadcasting using the DVB-T standard. Transmissions are due to start in June in Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod
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NTL WINS OZ CONTRACT.
NTL has won a£24m contract with Cable & Wireless Optus to provide satellite downlink services for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The news comes just two months after NTL won ABC's
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RESOLUTION BUYS OB VAN.
Big Brother facility provider Resolution has ordered a£500,000 server-based OB edit vehicle with duplication, satellite uplink and broadband capabilities. Resolution managing director Roger Moffatt said: 'Putting all that effort into
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Anomalies threaten legislation.
As work on translating the white paper into legislation continues, it's becoming clear just how many oars have been stuck in to the 'green' policy document. First we have Independent Television
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FREE TO AIR - How to serve the public.
All hell is breaking loose as the industry tries to find a definition for 'public service broadcasting'. It's all very well for the government and its communications white paper to come
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TRADE TALK - Royal comedian.
He has a midas touch as far as TV comedy is concerned but Henry Normal is now working for ITV - a sore subject for Royle Family broadcaster BBC.
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IN MY VIEW - Sarah Thane.
On bringing a little clarity to the current regulatory guidelines, as well as future plans.
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ON THE BOX - The boys done good.
Emap Performance TV md Shirley Renwick was seduced by sex-change show Boy Meets Girl but wasn't sold on Salesmen from Hell.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Pleasing the crowd.
A long-term look at public service broadcasting could see the ITV network airing fewer niche genre shows in favour of higher ratings, with minority and religious programming pushed into other channels' schedules.
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PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING - Where do we go from here?
While the broadcasting revolution has ended the cosy days of shared viewing and listening, the government is clinging to the public service ethos - but what is it? In a three-page special Broadcast seeks industry views.
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Among the gypsies.
Film & General's latest children's drama could be described as 'Ally McBeal meets Stig of the Dump'. The lead character Freya storms onto screen with a caravan-load of feistiness. In each episode,
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INTERVIEW - Master of the scene.
Drama executives wouldn't be drama executives if they didn't request vehicles for their stars. 'They will always try it on, on every single project. You know, 'can we just have a
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ITV ratings dip greets - Sir Trevor's return at Ten.
There it is, the glorious return of ITV's News at Ten (ITV, Monday 22.00), 31st in the top 50, with an audience of 8.02 million and a 36 per cent share.
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OFF THE RECORD - Is Green story a load of old bull?
Full marks to Carlton schpinmeisters for explaining away a recent newspaper story about the broadcaster supposed ongoing plans to buy Scottish Television and Grampian from Scottish Media Group. They suggested that
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US network extends two show BBC deal
BBCWorldwide/Discovery Communications joint venture - BBC Sales Company - licenses Home Front and Bargain Hunt to Tennessee-based HGTV
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Sambrook gets BBC news director role
Deputy secures top news position after incumbent quits to become chief executive of Royal Opera House
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C4 drives away with World Rally Championship
Horseferry Road nabs rights from BBC in three year deal