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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - RUSHES TAKES ON THREE.
Rushes has made a further three additions to its 3D department. Former Aldis Animation/The Refinery chief Louise Hussey has joined as 3D production manager, Rick Leary comes from the BBC as
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Off The Record - And Finally....
LWT executive producer, entertainment Jeff Thacker has has a winning way with royaltyWhat is your computer password?Oh shit!When were you happiest?TomorrowTell us one of your most hilarious faux pasMentioning to the
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Off The Record - Footballers' fives.
Budding Michael Owens take note, next week is your last chance to register a team for the Broadcast Fives, the TV and radio industry five-a-side football tournament. We've already had loads
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Gaunt unveils Kelly follow-up.
Film-maker Marilyn Gaunt is to follow up her award-winning ITV documentary Kelly and Her Sisters with a project documenting the inner city deprivation and violence faced by children living on a south London council estate, writes David Wood
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NEW HEAD AT FREMANTLE.
Fremantle Enterprises commercial director Tony Stern has been appointed head of co-production with a brief to bring the distribution and production arms of the company closer together. Stern will work with
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TX - The spying game.
For Spooks, BBC 1's new£5m drama about the domestic security service MI5, Kudos was presented with an interesting conundrum: how to design the interior of a classified building.As the series
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PROSPECT FOR HASTINGS.
Former BBC talks and specials producer Richard Hastings is joining indie Prospect Pictures on 1 May as head of development. Hastings, who previously worked at Princess Productions and Action Time, has
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RTS HONOURS STUDENTS.
The Royal Television Society handed out three student awards last Friday (19 April). Suzie Templeton was rewarded for animated tale Dog, while Monica Rubio, Maverick Lychfield-Kelly and Patricia Gomes took the
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WATSON'S NEW INDIE.
Veteran documentary-maker Paul Watson has set up his own indie, Priory Pictures, following his departure from Granada earlier this year. Two Channel 4 projects are already in the pipeline as part
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SCREEN WEST JACKPOT.
Screen West Midlands has secured lottery funds of£500,000 for the coming year to distribute to film and television projects. Two strands of funding are available - production development and sector
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LASTMINUTE.COM ON SKY.
Website lastminute.com is the latest company to sign up to BSkyB's Sky Active service. The company's services, which include travel deals and theatre tickets, will be available through the service from
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THIS MORNING TALKS.
Granada is holding talks with ITV over the future of its daytime strand This Morning. The show's run comes to an end in July and ITV will then have make a
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PRICE TRIBUTE.
Christopher Price, the host of BBC Choice's Liquid News and the golden boy of the corporation's digital channel, was found dead at his London home on Monday, writes Luke Satchell
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SCI-FI SHORTS WINNER.
James Moran has won this year's Sci-Fi Shorts competition. His script, entitled Cheap Rate Gravity, will now be turned into a short 10-minute film and shown initially alongside the film Men
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ITC to pull plug on ITV Digital
ITC to readvertise DTT licence after administrator's reveal that there is insufficient funding to keep going
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ITV 1 scores once again with football coverage
Over 7 million viewers tune-in to see Manchester United's game against Bayer Leverkusen
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Short list for B+'s Young Talent Awards announced
Production staff from the regions have a strong presence in the shortlist for the B+ Young Talent Awards announced today (Friday 27th April), writes Will Strauss.Manchester based editor Neil Haggerty (27),
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Cheerful Scout to float on AIM
Multimedia and animation specialist Cheerful Scout is set to raise£850,000 when it floats on the alternative investment market (AIM) next week, writes Barbara MarshallIn a complicated reverse takeover, Cheerful Scout,
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Clear rejigs after founder quits
Clear Post Production has rejigged its board of directors following the departure of co-founder Simon Fallon, writes Barbara MarshallFellow co-founder Greg Caplan is now chief executive, having taken over the day-to-day
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At The Races gets a title
Chrysalis Creative and XTV have created the titles and bumpers for digital interactive racing channel At The Races, which launches on 1 May, writes Barbara MarshallTo coincide with the launch, At