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Red promotes TK chief
Soho facility Red has promoted head of telecine Gary Szabo to the board as creative director. Szabo joined Red in March 2000 from Rushes and before that he was at Framestore. His credits include commercials for Blackcurrant Tango, Boddingtons and British Airways. In his new role he will oversee and ...
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Financing biz set up
Medialease, a new asset finance and leasing company, has been set up by former European Broadcast Finance (EBF) sales director Paul Robson. The new company will offer equipment finance for new and used purchases as well as capital funding and refinancing for existing equipment. Robson spent the past three years ...
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Digital radio bureau appoints Dickens to chief executive role
The Digital Radio Development Bureau (DRDB) has appointed a new chief executive four months after the first man to hold the role, Terry Scicluna, resigned, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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Avid experience info
Avid has unveiled details of the three-day UK leg of its Experience Avid Naked tour which it is running instead of exhibiting at IBC in September. The event will take place on 25 to 27 June with one day each for broadcast, post-production and new media. The event will include ...
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Treasury reviews tax
The Treasury is reconsidering its decision to exclude all television productions from lucrative sale and leaseback tax breaks, writes David Wood
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New data-sharing kit
Data storage specialists Hitachi Data Systems and Advanced Digital Information Corporation (Adic) have launched a video file-sharing system that allows up to 60 people to access the same video data simultaneously. The system combines Adic's CentraVision system, with Hitachi's storage products
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NewsTelewest and History Channel sort out their differences
A row between the History Channel and Telewest over carriage terms, which saw the documentary channel pulled from the cable company's TV line-up, has been resolved, writes Paul Revoir
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NewsJowell says BBC licence-fee will survive
Media secretary Tessa Jowell is facing a backlash from the broadcasting industry, after implying she has single-handedly reviewed the BBC's charter four years ahead of schedule and decided the BBC should be funded by licence-fee payers' money for at least another 15 years, writes Luke ...
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Telewest backers seek debt action
Troubled cable TV company Telewest is coming under pressure from a group of bondholders to restructure its£5.3 billion debt.Express
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Concerts raised£10m for charity - and left BBC with£3m bill
Concerts raised£10m for charity - and left BBC with£3m bill
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Messier hits the jackpot as Vivendi suffers 13.6bn Eu loss
Messier hits the jackpot as Vivendi suffers 13.6bn Eu loss
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Dr Who was the best job but I wish I'd been a comedian instead
As Tom Baker's career enjoys a new incarnation, thanks to a cult radio show, the former Time Lord reveals his one big regret in life.Express, page 31
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Labour U-turn saves BBC licence fee
The BBC looks set to be funded by licence payers for at least another 15 years after a Government U-turn on plans for a radical shake-up of the way the corporation is financed.Mail, page 23
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NewsBBC Technology appoints director of new media solutions
BBC Technology has appointed Phil Fearnley, co-founder of the now defunct interactive consultancy Smashed Atom, as director of new media solutions, writes Barbara Marshall
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NewsHistory Channel dropped from Telewest
A row between the History Channel and Telewest over carriage terms has meant the documentary channel has been dropped from the cable company's TV line up, writes Paul Revoir