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PRODUCTION - CLEAR CUT LAUNCH.
Clear Cut Pictures has launched an out-hire department run by Matthew Hill, who formerly worked at
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PRODUCTION - BOOTH TO HEAD CHEFF.
Jeff Booth has been appointed as the chairman of Cheff - The Chief Engineers of Facilities
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Production - BBC Broadcast stands by Quantel decision.
BBC Broadcast's head of technology, Chris Howe, has justified installing Quantel systems in its new broadcast centre despite technical hiccups, writes Sam Espensen.
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PRODUCTION - ASCENT IN HD DEAL.
Ascent Media has announced a deal with Carlton to provide transfer and restoration services on a
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Interview - A bumper harvest
After a solid year delivering hits right across the factual genre, Diverse programme chiefs Narinder Minhas and Roy Ackerman have to decide if they can join the indie superleague and still keep their edge.
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Production - VMI Broadcast expands into HD kit hire.
VMI Broadcast has announced that it is expanding into HD with an investment of£850,000 in equipment, a move which it claimed makes it the biggest HD hire specialist in the UK, writes Sam Espensen.
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Production - Teddington puts£2m into studios.
Teddington Studios is benefiting from more than£2m of investment on equipment and refurbishment in the
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Opinion - Green at the crossroads.
As another TV era ends, with Michael Green bowing out, how about lining up a tribute night, with the man himself the star of all the shows?
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Diversity in television - Why television has to change.
The Crouches may have ended its run last week but the programme brought a torrent of attack against the BBC and TV's cultural stereotypes in its wake, which makes the appointment of Greg Dyke as CDN chairman all the more important, writes Jacqueline Asafu
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Opinion - Comment - There's no future in filth.
Even the terrestrials have sunk to new depths in their use of sex, horror and violence to get eyeballs and instant tabloid coverage, but it doesn't have to be this way, argues Jeff Henry.
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Opinion - In my view - When opportunity knocks.
No longer in its infancy, the format business has become a multinational trade, open to all and more competitive than ever, writes Mark Rowland.
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Analysis - Will Sky's clouds lift?
As greater competition from terrestrial channels backs Sky One into a corner and its audience share dips, all eyes are on new controller James Baker to see whether he can revamp a stale schedule.
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FORMATS & DEALS - PARTHENON TO DISTRIBUTE FOR SCANDINATURE.
Factual indie Parthenon Entertainment has signed a five-year distribution deal with Scandinavian wildlife production outfit Scandinature
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FORMATS & DEALS - NODDY GOES TO POLAND, ASIA AND SLOVENIA.
Brand management company Chorion has made several international sales of its£10m CGI children's series Make
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Analysis - Fox hunts for older men.
Fox's Jason Thorp has the tricky job of making a success of new channel FX without cannibalising fellow News Corp channel Sky One. So how will he do it?
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Analysis - On the Box - The Roman way of death.
Jeremy Dear gave the thumbs-up to the action in BBC1's re-creation of Rome's Colosseum if not to the acting, but felt Pompeii buried it as a history programme.
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FORMATS & DEALS - LUDUS SELLS THREE FORMATS TO US.
Format house Ludus is set to make its first foray into the US after selling the
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FORMATS & DEALS - RDF MAKES FIRST SALES FOR US COURT TV.
RDF International has made its first distribution deals for Court TV, after taking on nearly 80
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FORMATS & DEALS - NAT GEO BUYS MAYDAY AND DOGS WITH JOBS.
Cineflix's London-based international distribution arm has sold a brace of programmes to National Geographic Channels International
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Format focus: The family - Adam Buckman, New York Post.
The latest experiment in role swapping puts a working-class family into an upper-class country house, where the servants boot one of them out every week, writes Michael Rosser.