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Quantel links Final Cut Pro with online systems
UK kit manufacturer Quantel has developed a new workflow system that will allow drama series and films that are offlined on Apple's Final Cut Pro (FCP) to be transferred directly to its own high-end finishing systems, writes Will Strauss.
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Five plans reality dating series
Five has ordered a reality-based formatted dating show called Meet the Parents, just a month after BBC1 announced it planned to air an entertainment series called Meet My Folks, writes Penny Hughes.
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More directing for David Jason
ITV has given David Jason a further vote of confidence in his decision to take up TV production by commissioning a sequel to his directorial debut, The Quest , writes Paul Revoir.
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New mobile editing kit
Editing product manufacturer Canopus has developed a mobile editing workstation designed for remote location DV production. Combined with Canopus' DV codec technology and Rextor NLE application software, the laptop-based CWS-30 provides video professionals with a powerful and portable NLE system for remote location broadcasting, electronic newsgathering and on-location feature-film and ...
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Endemol launches Jamie-style show
Endemol UK is hoping to cash in on the success of Channel 4's Jamie's Kitchenwith a new regional series offering students from the same catering college the chance to work in an expensive London restaurant, writes Penny Hughes.
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First sales for Nucoda
Post facilities Framestore CFC and Double Negative are the first customers to buy Nucoda's Data Conform pre-visualising tool for film. The PC-based system enables users to conform 2K 10-bit media files over a standard computer network, with full EDL capability. Double Negative head of technology David Scott said the system ...
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Home & Leisure goes on a fishing safari
Discovery Home & Leisure has unveiled a batch of commissions including another John Wilson's Fishing Safari. The 10 x 12-minute Granada show kicks off towards the end of the year and
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Highfield heads defence of BBCi
BBC director of new media and technology Ashley Highfield is to lead the BBC's response to the government's review of its online service, which media secretary Tessa Jowell this week announced must be submitted by the end of June, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Missiles and boycotts won't stop us reporting
Al-Jazeera paid the ultimate price for tenaciously adhering to its professional ethos: 'the opinion and the other opinion' - a novel phenomenon in Arab media, writes Mohammad Jassem Al Ali.
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C4 turns spotlight on fashion legend
The inner workings of fashion bible Vogueare to be exposed in a new Channel 4 documentary series, writes Penny Hughes.
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NewsJanie Grace takes helm at ENB
Janie Grace, the ITV kids controller who was forced out of her job in February, has resurfaced as managing director of the English National Ballet (ENB), writes Colin Robertson
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NewsBSkyB supply blow for Pace
Set-top box manufacturer Pace Microtechnology has been dealt another blow, after its biggest customer BSkyB ended the exclusivity of its contract to supply Sky Plus PVR boxes in favour of a co-supplier deal with Amstrad, writes Luke Satchell
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We're the most hated celebrities...we're getting out of here
Tara, Bernard in worst-Brit fury. ...
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Star squeaks up for Corrie wimp Ashley
Coronation street star Steve Arnold has hit back at snipers who say his character Ashley Peacock is a wimp. ...
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Ex BBC boss wins top government job
A former BBC executive who resigned after he admitted an error of judgement over a lucrative online learning scheme...
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CNN effect punctures consumer boom
March was the slowest month in the shops for three years as consumers sat glued to television coverage of the war i...
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The BBC and the bean-counters
What is the best way to ensure the Corporation's financial accountability? ...
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Pace Micro setback as BSkyB ends box contract
Pace Micro Technology suffered another blow yesterday after BSkyB ended the exclusivity of a contract to supply the...