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New media 100 version
Media 100 will show version 1.5 of its 844/X editing system at IBC. New features include OMF support for Avid's Symphony, Media Composer and Xpress and DigiDesign's Pro Tools and Final Cut Pro; timeline export to After Effects; support for Photoshop layers in the 844/X timeline and EDL support. Version ...
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MediaArc appointment
BBC MediaArc, which is the latest UK firm to buy Media 100's 844/X editing system, has appointed Victoria Real operations manager Petra Exton as studio manager. She will report to general manager Jeff Conrad, Exton will be responsible for the overall management of workflow and production management
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DS artist to P3 post
Avid DS artist James Hanney has joined Soho facilities house P3 Post from Frontline TV. Hanney, who will work alongside JP Davidson in P3's design and compositing team, has several years experience working on Avid DS, with credits including an Audi commercial, title sequences for Channel 4 and Discovery and ...
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Lynx new media arm
Post and studio facility Lynx Digital has introduced a new media arm to help programme-makers with online campaigns aimed at boosting viewer figures and audience satisfaction. The firm, which is offering online marketing and communications solutions, has completed projects for Anvil Post Production (which worked on ...
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Shepperton promotes
Sound mixer and Oscar nominee Robin O'Donoghue has been promoted to head of post-production at Shepperton Studios. His credits include Ghandi, Shakespeare In Love, Notting Hilland Gosford Park
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C5 to downplay sexual content
Channel 5 controller of youth, music and interactive Sham Sandhu has commissioned an adult-orientated programme exploring sexual desire around the world - but has purposely kept the word 'sex' out of the titles in order to attract a wider audience, writes Jane Marlow
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Mike Reid tees off on Discovery
Scottish indie Tern Television's new Glasgow office has won four new commissions from a range of broadcasters worth up to£750,000, including a golf series for the Discovery Channel presented by former EastEndersactor Mike Reid, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Pioneer wins US orders
London-based science and technology indie Pioneer Productions has won three commissions from Discovery's Travel Channel in the US, writes Jon Rogers
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ITV 1 orders cleaning lady on the run drama
ITV 1 controller of drama Nick Elliott has commissioned Carlton to produce a 120-minute drama featuring EastEndersactress June Brown. Marjorie and Gladys will feature Brown, who plays chain-smoking Dot Cotton in the soap, as a cleaning lady who goes on the run with her employer ...
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Moira Stuart to front money advice show
BBC news anchor Moira Stuart is to make her first major non-news debut by fronting a primetime BBC1 show in which people are given advice about their money
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BBC to air doc about Belfast's Sinn Fein mayor
Northern Ireland indie Extreme Production has been commissioned by BBC 4 controller Roly Keating and BBC commissioning executive Richard Klein to produce a major observational documentary charting the year in office of the first ever Sinn Fein mayor of Belfast, Alex Maskey. The 60-minute Citizen ...
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Carlton reorders Boot Sale Challenge
LNN Factuals has won further orders for its long-running series Boot Sale Challenge. Carlton has commissioned 10 x 30-minute episodes for delivery in January, while London Weekend Television has asked for a further 12 for transmission next spring. The series producer is Petra Burgin with ...
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GMTV and Sky One buy fifth Pokémon series
GMTV and Sky One have bought the fifth series of popular children's animation Pokémon from global distributor Lacey Entertainment. The 52 x 30-minute series is due to air from the end of the year and takes the back library of episodes now available to the broadcasters to 260 half hours
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Christian's It's My Life recommissioned
Indie Moore Television has secured a second ITV network commission for religious discussion series It's My Life, presented by former The Wordfrontman Terry Christian. The new series of 6 x 30-minute programmes was commissioned by ITV controller of news, current ...
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NewsOfcom regulation of BBC ouput 'dangerous', says Dyke
BBC director general Greg Dyke has labelled industry calls for BBC programming to be overseen by super-regulator Ofcom as 'dangerous', writes David Wood
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NewsHome focus for AOL Time Warner
AOL Time Warner chief executive Richard Parsons has claimed there is unlikely to be an immediate stampede of US investors into the UK television market if foreign ownership rules are relaxed, writes Jane Marlow
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NewsFreeserve founder moves into iTV
Peter Wilkinson, one of the original founders of internet service provider Freeserve, has turned his back on the platform that made his name and moved into interactive television as chairman of the Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG), writes Luke Satchell
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Fast launches UK anti-software piracy campaign
The Federation Against Software Theft (Fast) is stepping up its drive to promote the legal use of software in UK corporations by launching a campaign in the broadcast sector, writes Barbara Marshall
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Chart is run by record bosses, says TOTP chief
The behind Top of The Pops accused record bosses of controlling the show's official singles chart yesterday. ...
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Lords revolt warning
The Government was given a warning yesterday that it will face a rebellion in the House of Lords if it pushes ahead...