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New Panasonic camera
Panasonic is building a solid-state camera that records onto PCA cards. The camera, according to Panasonic officials, is still about a year away from being available to the industry but as it has no moving parts it may well have a major impact on how people think about cameras. Other ...
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Sony disk cameras
Sony has used NAB to introduce two - thus far unnamed - optical disk camcorders and their associated studio, compact and mobile decks. With a choice of DV or MPEG coding, the ENG-targeted system records the original along with a frame-accurate browse ('proxy') version that can be transferred back to ...
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OB truck for canning
Kit hire and Outside Broadcast specialist The Picture Canning Company has spent almost£750,000 on a new digital widescreen OB truck. The six-VTR and 10-camera-capable truck is being built by E to E in Leeds from an in-house design by Picture Canning. It will house a virtual gallery with multi-image flat ...
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NewsJournalists' death toll predictable, claims CNN
The number of news professionals who have died while covering the war in Iraq this week hit double figures - but one senior broadcasting figure said the deaths were no surprise given the proximity of journalists to the conflict, writes Rosemary Gallagher.
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Groundforce star gets Discovery project
Discovery Home & Leisure has ordered a second series of DIY programme Challenge Tommy Walshfrom indie Isis Media. Walsh, who is most well known from BBC1's Groundforce, will again tackle building disasters submitted by viewers. The 15-part series is being ...
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End in sight for tape-based VTRs
Manufacturer Thomson Broadcast has introduced a digital VTR at NAB that threatens to make tape-based mechanical VTRs obsolete, writes Will Strauss.
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Five show will find out what women want
Five has revealed further details of its new primetime dating show that will attempt to uncover how women want to be treated by men. The 8 x 30-minute What Women Want, which is due to air in June, will feature three men carrying out tasks ...
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NewsMillionaire ups security
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?has introduced changes to its studio security system as a result of the 'coughing' case that ended this week with army major Charles Ingram being found guilty of cheating his way to the£1m prize, writes Conor Dignam
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NewsC4 shores up US imports deal
Channel 4 has extended its deal with Warner Bros International Television Distribution for a package of high profile shows including Friends, ER and the new drama from the makers of Five's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, writes Penny Hughes
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NewsFergie's flops come up trumps for ITV1
ITV1's coverage of Manchester United's Champions League quarter final against European giants Real Madrid last night (8 April) gave the channel its highest Tuesday night peaktime figures since October last year, with 9.1 million (37% share) viewers watching the match, writes Luke Satchell
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Banff Rockie Award Nominees 2003
ANIMATION PROGRAMS / ÉMISSIONS D'ANIMATIONSponsored by: TELETOON Canada Inc.About a Fisherman and a FishSoyuzmultfilm Film StudioRussiaGreen (Verte)France 3/Les Films de l'arlequinFranceHenry's World: Darwin for a DayAAC Kids/Loonland UK Ltd. in assn. with Cuppa Coffee Animation/Family Channel Inc.Canada, England, USAThe Little Polar Bear: The Big HarbourCartoon-FILM/Warner Bros. Film GmbH/WDR in assn. ...
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NewsBBC nominated for 13 Rockies
The BBC has picked up 13 nominations in this year's Banff Rockie Awards, writes Luke Satchell
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Ark crew fury over BBC 'bias'
BBC TV news was switched off aboard HMS Ark Royal after its crew complained reports were biased towards Iraq. ...
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BBC takes Sky row to regulator
The BBC's status as the first broadcaster to appear on BSkyB's electronic programme guide is in the hands of the in...
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Real IRA team conviceted of plotting BBC bomb blast
Three real IRA terrorists were found guilty yesterday of planning three car bombs, including one that exploded outs...
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Fury at US as attacks kill three journalists
Al-Jazeera quits Iraq as Americans accused over deaths ...
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News Corp bid for DirecTV expected today
News Corporation was last night believed to be putting the final touches to a bid for control of DirecTV in an agre...