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BPR DEVELOPS ADAPTOR
Broadcast Project Research (BPR) has developed a digital Scart plug adaptor that makes televisions and other consumer display technology useable in the broadcast environment. Technical director John Emmett said: 'Composite analogue
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TV AD DOOM ROLLS ON
The downturn in broadcast advertising revenue could last until April next year according to the latest report from investment bank Merrill Lynch. It has forecast a 13 per cent fall year
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De Lane Lea hosts Acton hire firm
Acton-based hire specialist Gearbox Sound and Vision has opened a new office within De Lane Lea's studios in Soho, writes Jon Rogers.
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Nixon out as Lygo arrives at Channel 5
Channel 5 controller of entertainment Alan Nixon is to leave the broadcaster at the end of August, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Buddah hires C4 man for key finance post
Radio Indie Wise Buddah has appointed Channel 4 programme finance executive Bill Mossman as its finance director, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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Sky confirms£300 cost for set-top box
Sky has confirmed that its 'next generation' set-top box Sky+ will cost£300, as predicted in Broadcast (29.6.01), writes David Wood.
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Global cuts see 14 UK jobs shed at Wam!Net
Media network provider Wam!Net has cut 130 jobs worldwide including 14 in the UK, writes Barbara Marshall.
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UK horizons to focus on vets in Hong Kong
Attaboy TV has been commissioned by UK Horizons to produce 13 x 30-minute docusoap Hong Kong Vets.To be transmitted later this year, it will follow the work of ex-pat vets in
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Flashing image review
The Independent Television Commission is hoping to make TV safer for epileptics by revising the guidelines on flashing TV images.
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Somethin Else wins MTV radio orders
Indie Somethin Else has been commissioned by MTV Radio to produce 5 x 54-minute and 1 x 120-minute radio programmes to coincide with MTV's summer coverage of Ibiza's music scene.Presented
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CNN highlight the horrors of Sierra Leone
CNN has commissioned Insight News TV to produce a third episode in a trilogy of Sorious Samura documentaries, the first two of which were commissioned and broadcastby Channel 4.Filming of Playground to Battlefield
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Extreme Sports Channel Debuts With Surfing
The Extreme Sports Channel (ESC) has commissioned its first UK production with a one-off documentary on the UK's biggest surf event, the Rip Curl Newquay Boardmasters Festival.ESC head of production
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GSB Hazzards Bo and Luke 'stunt' special
Behind-the-scenes programmes on The Dukes of Hazzard, Magnum and Fame are orderd by Granada Sky Broadcasting
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BBC plans raid on This Morning
The beeb seizes Richard and Judy's departure as an opportunity to increase its ratings share
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Nickelodeon announces autumn slate
Line-up includes home-grown interactive music show and three pilots
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C4 to look at designer vaginas
A Glasgow-based indie is producing two films on extreme plastic surgery for the broadcaster.
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ITV2 starts movie run
ITV2 has secured a 21 film deal to bolster its weeknight output with a weekly film season that launches next week.The deal has been struck with major US studios MGM, Columbia
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Avid makes two senior appointments
Avid Technology Europe has made two further management appointments following recent changes to its sales and marketing department, writes Barbara Marshall.The company has promoted Avid DS product marketing manager Richard Craig-McFeely
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Wam!Net to cut jobs
High-speed network operator to axe 130 ahead of negotiations for final round of funding
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ITV Digital subscriber growth rate slips for second quarter in succession
Beleaguered digital terrestrial platform adds just 48,000 new subscribers this quarter compared to 75,000 in the previous three months and admits 30,000 contracts still to be activated