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NTL Broadcast hires Bennie as UK md
NTL Broadcast has appointed Tom Bennie as its first permanent UK managing director since the role was created in a restructure last year, writes Barbara Marshall
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5D appoints MPC tech man
British visual effects developer 5D has appointed the Moving Picture Company (MPC)'s John Bennett to the new role of film products manager, writes Barbara Marshall
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Digital rivals pair up
The organisers of Digital Media World (DMW) and recently launched rival Digital Arts Festival have called a truce by forming a joint-venture to run a single event. The combined event, known as Digital Arts World, will be held at Olympia in October and will feature elements from both festivals. Organisers ...
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Brick's bid for young viewers
September Films has added a trio of young producers to its senior management in a bid to secure more commissions targeting 16 to 34 year-olds, writes Steve Aston
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TSI appointments
TSI has created two new roles as well as hiring Screen Subtitling sales manager Paul Newton as chief engineer. Videosonics' Dave McGrath has joined TSI Post's team of three dubbing mixers and Tyrell Avid specialist Adam Davies has boosted the engineering team
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Midnight buys Telefilm
Soho facility Midnight Transfer has bought telecine facility Telefilm from founder Peter Watson. Based at Twickenham film studios, the firm will be renamed Midnight Transfer Twickenham. Senior colourist John Kerr will remain but will be assisted by staff from the Soho base. Credits include Johnny English for Working Title Films
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Ofcom fines are 'threat to rights'
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has been warned that the government will violate broadcasters' human rights if it presses ahead with plans to levy huge fines for breaches of licences, writes David Rose
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BBC dominates at wildscreen
British programme makers have scooped over half the nominations at this year's international Wildscreen Panda awards, with the BBC's Natural History Unit (NHU) taking the lion's share, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Trisha editor promoted to exec position
Jackie Heffer, who as editor of ITV 1's Trisha has seen the Granada-produced daytime show become the highest performing chatshow on TV, has been promoted to executive producer, writes Steve Aston
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Interactive vodka ad
Technology developed by Kingston Interactive (KIT) and ad agency Publicis will be trialled on an interactive ad for homeless charity the Depaul Trust next month. Dubbed 'video on demand kind of advertising' (Vodka), the pilot allows the viewer to change the narrative at certain points of the ad without leaving ...
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BBC's Churchill drama gets 10 Emmy nominations
The BBC has put in a robust performance in the nominations for the 54th annual US Emmy awards, writes Jon Rogers
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Free BBC course
BBC Training & Development is offering the chance to win a free, one-day new media course in return for completing an online questionnaire about its website. The deadline is 30 September. See www.bbctraining.co.uk
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Rivals hit out at BBC school plan
The BBC's plan to create an online digital curriculum has received an overwhelming thumbs down from commercial rivals, which claimed the initiative could put them out of business, writes Leigh Holmwood
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NewsTait leaves ITN
ITN editor in chief Richard Tait is to retire after 15 years with the company, writes Steve Aston
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Those sneaky beach snaps, the day Judy bared her bra and the truth about her 'drink' problem? the cruel price of life in TV's spotlight
In their strikingly frank and open-hearted autobiography, Richard Madley and Judy Finnigan reveal the reality of wh...
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BBC invites Vaughan to front a new dumbed-down political show
Chatshow host Johnny Vaughan has been asked to present a new-look political programme in a move certain to reignite...
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Irascible and eccentric, the one-eyed genius who really was Rumpole
From the creator of TV's favourite barrister, a warm tribute to Leo McKern. ...
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TV's Zippy and Bungle kidnapped
Rainbow stars Bungle, Zippy and George were kidnapped yesterday. ...
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King of the Bailey
The worlds of entertainment and law joined in tribute last night to actor Leo McKern, star of Rumpole of the Bailey...