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Strongroom kits out suite
Audio post facility Strongroom has finished the construction of a new HD protools 5.1 studio and is looking to branch out into video editing.
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VTR looks at sales
Nicholas Wortman has become head of sales for VTR. Previously new business executive for The Hive, Wortman was chosen to head up the sales operations at VTR following the merger of the two companies last month.
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Molinare recruits
Molinare has appointed two facility managers to support facility director Kate George. Senior post production manager Richard Knights has been internally promoted to take one of the positions. Richard Hart, previously head of post production at Oasis, takes up the other position on Monday. One of their first tasks will ...
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NewsMurdoch moves to take on Freeview
BSkyb chief executive James Murdoch this week unveiled plans for a 200-channel free-to-air digital satellite package in a dramatic departure from Sky's pay-TV business model.
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NewsITV drops kids channel plan
ITV has scrapped launching a digital kids channel and now plans to open up its schedule to Nickelodeon or Disney in return for a CITV branded slot on their channels.
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NewsFive gets Zara exclusive
Royal rebel Zara Phillips has given her first televised interview to Five, revealing all to newsreader Kirsty Young.
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NewsTrisha indie may lead to exit from ITV
TV's chat show stalwart Trisha Goddard could leave the network after deciding to launch her own indie.
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NewsInquiry to clear BBC news
an internal BBC review is to declare that its editorial news systems are in need of no major overhaul, despite criticism from Lord Hutton that they were 'defective'.
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New DG to appear before MPs
Incoming BBC director general Mark Thompson will make his first parliamentary defence of the corporation just three weeks after taking up the post when he presents the corporation's annual report to the media select committee.
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ITV axes Planet Wild and The Lab
ITV has axed two of its factual production arms - closing former Carlton operation Planet Wild and London-based regional producer The Lab, writes Paul Revoir.
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Humphreys latest departure at Five
Liam Humphreys has quit as Five's commissioning editor for factual entertainment, writes Michael Rosser.
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C4 set to publish terms
channel 4 is expected, within the next two weeks, to become the first broadcaster to unveil its new terms of trade, as its lengthy negotiations with producer's alliance Pact near to a close, writes Glen Mutel.
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Granada links up with Network 10
Granada has teamed up with Australian producer Screentime to make an ambitious£6.5m co-production drama about a teenage woman from England who was arrested and sent on the first convict ship to Australia in the late 1780s.
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Five turns on celebrities
We've had celebrities locked together in a big house to observe how they deal with sexual tension, and we've banished them to the heat of the Australian Outback, again to see how they handle sexual tension - now Five is planning to give them aphrodisiacs and see how they respond, ...
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NewsSky Freesat Channels
There is to be 197 Free to air television and radio services available in the UK on digital satellite.
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NewsA Line in the Sand loses 1m
The concluding part of A Line in the Sand got a disappointing 4 million (19.6%) for ITV1 between 21.00 and 22.30, down 1 million from yesterday's opener.
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NewsFive chief slams BBC US acquisition
Five chief executive Jane Lighting has slammed the BBC for spending a reported£100,000 on a US acquisition.
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NewsLiving bags Golden Globes
Living TV has picked up the rights to screen the prestigious Golden Globes awards until 2007, after sealing an exclusive three-year deal.
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NewsDiscovery shuffles exec roles
Discovery Networks Europe has restructured the roles of its channel directors to ensure a better fit between the channels they are managing.
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NewsSky launches Freesat service
BSkyB is launching a free to air satellite service with almost 200 television and radio channels, chief executive James Murdoch announced today.