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Kit-maker 5D to be broken up
The assets of troubled UK manufacturer 5D are to be split up and sold off to different companies, writes John Oates
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Technicolor focuses on high def
Technicolor Creative Services is predicting that high definition (HD) work will account for nearly two-thirds of all its daytime bookings when its HD studio opens in the new year, writes John Oates
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LBC puts faith in messaging
London radio station LBC will rely heavily on text message interactivity to stay in touch with its listeners when it re-launches in January, despite questions over the stability of the UK's SMS networks, writes John Oates
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CiTV adds Xmas character
CiTV's on-screen branding has been spruced up for Christmas by the Carlton design team. Asked to produce a set of idents which brought the CiTV brand to life, the team used the letters which make up the CiTV logo and developed them as characters, giving them their own personalities. The ...
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Tech reporter joins
Broadcast has hired reporter Sam Espensen to cover the technology and facilities patch. Previously with monthly broadcast and production title Televisual, Espensen has also worked as a post-production supervisor, Avid assistant and production assistant during a varied career. At Sarah Radclyffe Productions she was assistant ...
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TLWS adds to facilities
Citygate's The London Wall Studios has added webcasting and mobile-casting to its list of facilities. 'Sending video to mobile phones, such as the new Orange SPV Smartphone, is a very exciting development,' said Citigate Broadcast's managing director Richard Pemberton. 'The idea of video being streamed on these devices has been ...
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Mill TK man to rushes
Colourist Marcus Timpson has joined Rushes' telecine department. Timpson, who previously worked at The Mill and Soho 601, has graded commercials for Levis, Smirnoff and Sainsbury's with Jamie Oliver. He will join the department's existing team: Adrian Seery, Dom Aarons, Mark Gethin, Martin Southworth, Paul Arneil and telecine producer Vittorio ...
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M2 recruits manager
Former MD of Technicolor Imaging Keith Williams has joined Soho facility M2 as general manager. Williams, who was also a founder of Soho 601 and managing director of TVI, said: 'I've gone to work for some people I've got respect for and who I like working with. M2 has a ...
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Christmas presents come early for BSkyB
Christmas has come a little early for British Sky Broadcasting. The Office of Fair Trading yesterday surprised the...
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Blur with some bright spots
If there was one problem above any other with the television of 2002, it was the fact that it was so much like the ...
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BBC 'wastes viewer fees on fruitless evasion checks'
The BBC is wasting viewers' money on fruitless licence payment enforcement visits to millions of homes, a Commons i...
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Mr Vickers and the OFT put BSkyB in the festive mood
Christmas has come a week early for Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB and the man in the red suit and white beard is John Vick...
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Sky cleared of abusing its power in pay-TV market
Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB was yesterday cleared of abusing its dominant position in the pay-television market, with th...
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OFT clears BSkyB of breaching competition law
The satellite broadcaster BSkyB was yesterday cleared by the Office of Fait Trading of breaching competition law fo...
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BBC under fire after 2m escape the licence fee
The BBC may be forced to open up its accounts after the corporation failed to catch licence fee evaders who cost th...
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BSkyB slips off the hook as OFT turns tail
BSkyB emerged victorious from a three-year battle with regulators yesterday when the office of fair trading cleared...
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BSkyB cleared
Satellite TV operator BSkyB was given an early Christmas present yesterday as the Office of Fair Trading ruled it w...
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£15m telly Minnelli row
Oscar winner Liza Minnelli is suing a music channel for£15million for pulling the plug on her reality TV show. ...
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'Borderline' BSkyB cleared
Pay-TV firm BSkyB was cleared of breaching competition law after spending millions of pounds on its defence. ...