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Fireworks brings Australian drama to BBC
Distributor Fireworks Entertainment has presold a new 13-part children's drama series from Australia to the BBC. Ocean Star - the Quest, made by Australian broadcaster BBHTV, is set in the Australian outback. It is expected to air on one of the channels from January
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Green berets steal a march on discovery
The Discovery Channel has bought HTV West's 6 x 30-minute series Royal Marines - the Green Berets. The series, which featured members of Taunton-based 40 Commandos and ran in Carlton regions earlier this year, will go out on Discovery later this year. Following 52 raw ...
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Broadband outing for BBC interactive soap
The BBC is set to launch an interactive soap opera which will initially only be available to broadband users. Thunder Road, set in a local social club and featuring both established and local actors, will launch on Kingston Interactive Television's (KIT) broadband network in the ...
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Kielty back live on BBC 1 for two more runs
Irish comedian and Fame Academyhost Patrick Kielty has been signed up to present two more series of his late night chat show for BBC 1. The first 10 x 30-minute series of Patrick Kielty Almost Livewill air in January followed ...
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Thames TV to build furniture for Discovery
Thames TV has been commissioned by Discovery Home & Leisure to produce a 15 x 30-minute series on furniture-making. Smith and Sweetman Workshop, commissioned by DH&L channel director Paul Welling, features 30-year-old carpenter James Sweetman teaming up with 72-year-old former tutor Dennis Smith to design ...
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Discreet rejig sees 37 jobs go
Discreet is to centralise its European systems business in London with the loss of around 37 jobs, writes Barbara Marshall
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XTV joins forces with 601
Broadcast design firm XTV is joining Soho 601 and will be known as XTV at 601, writes Barbara Marshall
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MPC shakes and stirs bond film
Moving Picture Company (MPC) is behind the visual effects for some key sequences in the latest Bond film from Eon Productions, Die Another Day. The plot begins in the demilitarised zone between North and South Korea and continues via Hong Kong to Cuba, London and ...
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Pinewood-Shepperton set to broadcast over IP
Pinewood-Shepperton's networking subsidiary Studiolink claims it is now ready to start real-time broadcasting over its IP fibre network, writes Barbara Marshall
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Clear effects boost latest Boyle project
Clear Post-Production is expanding its 3D department and has completed the visual effects for its second feature film, 28 Days Later, writes Barbara Marshall
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Free plug-in for Maya clients
Alias Wavefront has surprised the industry again by giving away the Mental Ray for Maya plug-in for free, writes Barbara Marshall
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Hauppage adaptor
Consumer electronics group Hauppage is launching a digital terrestrial television adapter that plugs into either the TV or the PC. Priced at£129, the adapter will compete with Pace's box but will also plug into a PC's USB port to enable viewers to watch and record DTT channels via the PC
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Pace DVTA download
Pace has successfully downloaded its digital television adapter (DTVA) timer function, marking the first DTT download since the BBC changed to the 16QAM broadcast system. The timer is the latest in an ongoing programme of updates for Pace free-to-view customers and was downloaded over the air for existing DTVA customers ...
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NDS' broadband gong
NDS has won a technical innovation award at the Broadband Communications Europe (BCE) awards for its XTV personal video recording technology. The technology forms the backbone of BskyB's Sky+ service, allowing viewers to record and watch programmes via the set-top box hard disk
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Apple event at Gearbox
Reseller GearBox Soho is co-hosting an Apple Pro Video event next month at its De Lane Lea studios site. Apple product specialists will demonstrate Final Cut Pro, Cinema Tools and DVD Studio Pro at the event which takes place on Tuesday 26 November. Further information is available by emailing mail@gearbox.com
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Effects conference
Moving image society BKSTS is holding a four-day visual effects conference on 21 to 24 November. The event will take place at the BFI London Imax cinema and the National Film Theatre on London's South Bank. Sessions lined up include the CGI work on Dinotopia, ...
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NewsFreeserve hits out at BT broadband
Freeserve has continued its on-going battle against BT by publishing a report claiming that the telcos domination of the broadband market will cost consumers an extra£100m, writes David Wood
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NewsBBC bags new Spielberg series
The BBC has secured the exclusive television rights to the new Steven Speilberg sci-fi series Taken, after finalising a deal with his DreamWorks SKG studio, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsITC slams Dating Channel
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has rapped digital service The Dating Channel for screening text messages relating to paedophilia and sexual perversion, writes Steve Aston
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Shock Jock off his hits
A sozzled DJ staggered into his radio station's studios at 2.30am and treated listeners to a drunken rant live on a...