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Rushes buys two Shakes
Soho visual effects house Rushes has bought two new Shake licences after winning a graphics commission from the BBC, writes Sam Espensen.
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Five buys wobbly cartoon classic for Shake
Five has bought the rights to children's animated classic Roobarb and Custard. The 30 x 5-minute series from Green Dog Films, will air in Five's Shake strand from 22 March. The cartoon was created by Grange Calveley and produced and ...
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NewsDyke to take chair at RTS Cambridge
BBC director general Greg Dyke will take centre stage at the Royal Television Society (RTS) Cambridge convention this year after agreeing to chair the biennial event, writes Paul Revoir
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Reviving Cary's celluloid charm
Metro Broadcast has invested a further£500,000 in video restoration equipment, buying a second Archangel restoration tool from Snell & Wilcox, an Edifis Scratchbox repair tool and a Cedar audio restoration suite. Currently working on three Hitchcock films for Universal's DVD arm including Suspicion, technical operations ...
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TV director warns of death risk to crews
The head of one of the UK's leading directors agencies has warned indie producers that a fatal accident on a DV (digital video) shoot is a real possibility if they continue to fail to comply fully with health and safety regulations, writes Will Strauss.
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NewsIndies rap Discovery
Producers' alliance Pact has issued a warning to producers over what it claims is a restrictive clause in Discovery Networks' contracts, which blocks programme-makers or their distributors licensing anything it has commissioned to National Geographic, writes Paul Revoir
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Quantel shows at nab
Manufacturer Quantel will be demonstrating the full range of its generationQ products at NAB 2003. Corporate communications manager Roger Thornton told Broadcast that after numerous announcements the company is now ready to offer the full range for sale. Like both Grass Valley and Pinnacle, the emphasis at this year's NAB ...
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NewsLiddiment teams up with Spacey
Former ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has joined forces with Kevin Spacey to become the producer of London's Old Vic theatre company, writes John Plunkett
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NewsJazz FM Manchester gets new md
A new managing director has been appointed to run Jazz FM's north west of England station as part of a series of changes since the Guardian Media Group (GMG) bought the network in July last year, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsBBC suffers peaktime blackout
Millions of viewers in London and the south east were left watching blank screens last night (5 January) as BBC 1 and BBC 2 went off air during peaktime, writes Luke Satchell
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My TV career's over fears Matthew Kelly
Troubled Matthew Kelly fears his glittering TV career is over. ...
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Bashir: It was such pressure
Documentary ace Martin Bashir told last night of the manic eight months he spent getting to know Michael Jackson. ...
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15m - Show of the year for ITV
Up to 15 million viewers saw Martin Bashir's disturbing interview with Jackson. ...
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TV scoop earns millions for Granada
The Michael Jackson documentary - which attracted more than 15 million viewers - is the most lucrative single progr...
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Comcast sells TV systems in cut-price deal
Comcast, the largest US cable operator, has sold a group of TV systems in the Rocky Mountain region for about $675m...
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Channel with an identity crisis
Next week when BBC3 at last claims its allotted place alongside the likes of BBC's 1,2,4,6 and 7, the first phase o...
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Millions lose BBC signal
Millions of television viewers were faced with a blank screen last night when BBC lost transmission during the peak...
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Some disturbing pictures for advertisers: what viewers really do during commercial breaks
New research shows that many people switch off the adverts, particularly during peaktime shows ...
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Media mogul expects sixth child
The media magnate Rupert Murdoch is expecting his sixth child at the age of 71 ...