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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - VFG restructure fails to stem losses
Beleaguered film and video facilities group VFG expects pre-tax losses to reach£7.5m or£8m for the year ended August 2001, despite a major restructure which attempted to shore up the core hire business, writes Barbara Marshall.
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - POLAROID UNAFFECTED
Polaroid UK has attempted to reassure the market that it has not been affected by the US division's decision to file for Chapter 11, the US equivalent of administration which allows
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - SNELL & WILCOX GROWS
Snell & Wilcox has bought Newbury-based switcher and keyer manufacturer PSP Digital. The acquisition is the latest move in Snell & Wilcox's expansion strategy and follows the pur-chase in September of
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - INVENTOR OF THE YEAR
Roke Manor Research engineer John Mansbridge has been named Siemens Inventor of the Year. He was chosen from 57,000 research and development employees worldwide for his invention RipCore, an internet router
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NEW SHORT FILM PRIZE
The Jerwood First Film Shorts Prize, which offers funding and script development training to 16 winners, was launched this week. Scripts must be no longer than 30 minutes and the deadline
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AND FINALLY
Chris Le Grys, producer of ITV's Night and Day, failed to make the grade as a gravediggerIf you weren't in TV what would you be doing?DJ-ing. Move over Smashey and NiceyWho
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Granada makes group promotions
Granada has made two senior management promotions in an attempt to create greater cohesion between its various franchises, writes Steve Aston.
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HISTORY PLAN
Documentary specialist The History Channel is moving into drama in a bid to tap into the growing appetite for broader history programming, writes Simon Ellery. The channel has bought the rights
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LOSSES AT UBC MEDIA
Radio group UBC Media increased its turnover by 70 per cent year-on-year, yet still inflated its losses, according to its latest results. Turnover rose to£4.09m for the six months to
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OFF THE RECORD - The midas touch
Execs from BSkyB were particularly ebullient at the royal reception, boasting that the monarch spent a good 10 minutes looking at their specially installed display. The loyal royalists from Isleworth had
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TX - A winning performance
Work begins on the BBC's annual Sports Personality of the Year show almost as soon as the last one's finished. The complex logistics and planning required to adequately cover each year's
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Pressure is on for switch-off
Pressure is mounting on the government to set a firm deadline for the switch-off of analogue television services, after the Conservatives claimed the lack of a specific date was causing confusion among consumers, writes David Rose.
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PRODUCTION - Doing it for themselves
The past year has seen a surge in the number of celebrities and agents dipping their toes into television production by forming their own indies. But there are pluses and minuses Jane Marlow reports.
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OFF THE RECORD
Granada content ubermeister Simon Shaps had his run-in with the monarch, not at Wednesday's reception at Buckingham Palace along with the rest of the industry but two days earlier, at the
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IN MY VIEW - Sarah Thane
On why technophobia needs to be addressed before the take-up of digital TV can progress.
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UK STRANDS FOR SKY
Sky One has unveiled two new original UK strands as part of its US import-dominated winter programming line-up. Close Up, which features footballers such as David Beckham, and Behaving Badly, which
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BBC2 unveils Winter schedule
Topical drama from BBC news and current affairs team heads£77m Christmas and Winter line-up
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MediaWave goes into administration
Company behind Madonna webcast fails to find funding and calls in receivers PricewaterhouseCoopers
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di3 hires md from Sky
Interactive TV software provider di3 (formerly Digital Impact) has appointed Mark Hughes as managing director.Hughes joins from BSkyB where, as part of the new media team, he was responsible for
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Sales slump costs 60 jobs at Quantel
Quantel intends to cut 60 jobs from its workforce in reaction to worsening market conditions, writes Barbara MarshallAlthough staff have not yet been made redundant, a list of 60 names was