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    Al-Jazeera wins freedom award

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Al-Jazeera, the Arabic news channel, which this week caused controversy for its coverage of explicit footage of dead US marines in the Iraq war, has picked up a coveted freedom of expression award, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Andrew kicks off at ITV with Enjie Benjy

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    ITV's new director of children's programmes Steven Andrews has commissioned his first programme since joining the network, ordering a second series of Enjie Benjy from Cosgrove Hall, the animation company owned by his former employer Granada. The 26-episode series will be ready to air in the autumn.

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    MTV issues war ban list

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    MTV has pulled a host of music videos from its playlists, fearing they may offend or upset viewers during the military conflict in Iraq, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Barcud buys Picardy Media

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Welsh TV and film group Barcud Derwen has paid a six-figure sum for the ownership of Scotland-based Picardy Media Group, which went into receivership at the end of January, writes Sam Espensen.

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    D-day landings to be target of BBC co-pro

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    The BBC is to join with German and American co-production partners to make a major drama documentary series based on the D-Day landings. The series, which is being overseen by the BBC specialist factual department in collaboration with the drama division, will be made by the team behind the forthcoming ...

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    UTV buys OB truck

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    UTV has taken delivery of a£2m OB truck for use on light entertainment and sports shoots. The unit is built on a Mercedes Atego chassis, and has 12 cameras, a Thomson mixer and an Aston Red character generator to enhance its new graphics department. Work for the truck will include ...

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    Framestore CFC turns Japanese

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Framestore CFC was invited by its client PMC to pitch ideas to Wowow, Japan's biggest satellite channel, for a 10-second channel ident, with a completely open brief. Designer Adam Parry came up with two, both of which have been adopted by the channel. The first ident is called Wave and ...

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    Clear doubles in size

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Clear Post Production has spent£650,000 on doubling the size of its Soho premises. According to managing director Greg Caplan, most of the money has gone on building new suites, restructuring the offices and buying kit. Clear bought more space in its Great Marlborough Street office in September last year.

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    War coverage first

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    News crews from CNN and Sky have begun using a standard videophone system connected to a specialised tracking satellite phone antenna to shoot what they are calling 'historic images' during coverage of the war with Iraq. CNN told Broadcastthat the antenna has the ability to ...

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    National Geographic homes in on hellish creepy-crawlies

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    National Geographic Channel has commissioned indie Steel Spyda to produce Insects from Hellkicking off with a one-hour special Mosquito Hell. Insects from Hell,is a 6 x 30-minute series, presented by Jake Willers, which looks at ...

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    Sony and Panasonic make staff cuts

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Two of the industry's biggest kit manufacturers, Sony and Panasonic, have been forced to make a small number of job cuts in their UK operations as a result of the struggling broadcast technology market, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Disney to play Faking It for kids

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Disney Channel has commissioned a new in-house series with shades of Channel 4's Faking It, which will give young sport stars a crash course in a completely new discipline, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Ferdenzi to triangle

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Soho 601's Sinead Ferdenzi has joined Triangle Post Production as head of bookings. Ferdenzi had been at the Ascent Media company before it merged with SVC to become One Post, but turned down the offer of a senior role. Managing director Tom Horton said that Ferdenzi's experience with big facilities ...

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    UK firm invents new motion-capture kit

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    A UK animation company has come up with the first

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    Foyle's War to run and run

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    ITV controller of drama Nick Elliott looks to have found his elusive long-running detective series to replace Inspector Morse, writes Jon Rogers.

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    Frontline offers HD

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Frontline Post Production is to offer HD editing from April, after upgrading its Avid DS. The suite was bought through Root 6 and runs version 6.02 of the software. Managing director Tim Mein told Broadcast: 'We continuously monitor the needs of our clients and feedback tells us that this is ...

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    Sci-Fi's latest landings

    2003-03-27T08:30:00Z

    Sci-Fi channel has picked up the latest series from Buffy the Vampire Slater creator Joss Weedon as part of a batch of programmes from 20th Century Fox. Firefly, set in the wake of a civil war 500 years in the future, will air in 15 ...

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    Sky/BBC encryption row hits stalemate

    2003-03-26T17:50:40Z

    The row over the BBC's decision pull out of Sky's encryption services appeared to have deepened this week when a meeting between the two parties ended without any agreement, writes Paul Revoir.

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    Share gloom for Capital

    2003-03-26T16:39:23Z

    Capital Radio shares fell 6% today after it predicted first-half radio revenues would be down 5% and said the short-term advertising market was 'uncertain', ahead of the company's interim results due on 15 May, writes Luke Satchell

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    Richards lands Ofcom role

    2003-03-26T13:24:24Z

    Prime Minister Tony Blair's top media advisor - one of the key architects behind the communications bill - has been awarded a principle role in Ofcom, writes Paul Revoir