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Red poaches SVC FX man
Post facility Red has taken on Chris Mortimer as head of visual effects. He joins from SVC where he was senior digital effects artist for five years. Before that, he spent seven years at Framestore CFC as senior editor/Henry artist. Mortimer's recent credits include the commercials BMW 'Luge' for WCRS ...
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Omnibus expands in US
British automation specialist OmniBus Systems has opened a second US office and created three new senior management positions. Former CBS executive Ashley Barretto has joined as group executive, products and will head the new office in Stamford, Connecticut. ICL technical strategy manager Ian Hardacre has joined as group executive, services ...
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Red Vision buys Flame
Graphics and post facility Red Vision has bought a high definition Flame for its Manchester base, making it the first to be installed outside London. The system was sold and will be supported by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. Red Vision will use the system initially on broadcast projects but has ...
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NewsMotorola threat to digital radio
Communications giant Motorola claims it has developed new technology that will allow analogue radio listeners to achieve near-digital quality sound, writes Luke Satchell
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Cilla: Blind Date is mine forever
Slimline Cilla Black vowed yesterday she will never quit hosting Blind Date ' declaring: 'It's my show.' ...
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USA KOs UK TV
American TV dominated homegrown shows in a survey yesterday of Britain's favourite programmes. ...
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Office rules for BBC 2
Offbeat sitcom The Office is a TV smash hit for BBC2, it was revealed yesterday. ...
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Cilla host of£10m pop show
Cilla Black is to front a talent show that will pair pop wannabes with their music idols. ...
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I'm irreplaceable, says Cilla
Cilla Black last night firmly dismissed pretenders to her Blind Date crown, saying: 'It's my show and no-one else c...
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News Corp to buy Telepiu pay-TV
News Corporation has agreed to pay Eu 900m (£550m) for Telepiu, Vivendi Universal's loss-making Italian pay-TV arm....
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Noddy leads Five's attack on profits of Channel 4
Channel 5 has declared its aim to become the main commercial competitor to ITV after a week in which Channel 4 suff...
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Oh, Mrs Merton!
They've played husband and wife and even mother and son but now it seems Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash'spartnershi...
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Murdoch achieves Italy goal with Telepiu takover deal
Rupert Murdoch yesterday celebrated his long-awaited takeover of Telepiu, the Italian satellite television group by...
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Bids for cable TV units 'well below' DT's target
Deutsche Telekom has received four bids ranging from Eu2bn to Eu2.3bn for its cable television businesses, well bel...
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AOL TW chief outlines online recovery
Steve Case, the chairman of AOL Time Warner, yesterday outlined a recovery plan for the media group's troubled Amer...
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Disney chief in pledge to boost profit growth
Michael Eisener, the embattled head of Walt Disney, yesterday promised a profit rebound next year while admitting t...
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Murdoch agrees Eu 893m deal for Italian pay-TV channel
The News Corporation, the US media group led by Rupert Murdoch, yesterday unveiled plans to create a force in Europ...
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NewsGovernment promises stringent rules for BBC
The government last night maintained its commitment to keep the BBC out from under the control of Ofcom, but moved to console commercial broadcasters claiming the corporation would be subjected to much heavier regulation than them, writes David Rose