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PEARSON EXTENDS DEAL WITH ONLINE SERVICE UPROAR
Pearson Television has extended its contract with Uproar, which produces uproar.com, an online entertainment site featuring games and gameshows.The company produces worldwide web versions of Pearson TV gameshows including Family Feud,
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DCMS LAUNCHES DIGITAL TV SUBTITLING REVIEW
The Department for Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) has launched the consultation for its review of subtitling, sign language and audio description provision on digital terrestrial TV. The requirements, set out
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TRADE TALK - The crusader
Ian McBride is one of our finest documentary makers. Now he's Granada Media's managing editor and head of compliance. Simon Ellery reports.
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GRANADA PROMOTES POYSER TO PRODUCTION CONTROLLER
Granada Media has promoted head of entertainment production Claire Poyser to the position of controller of production for the whole group. Reporting to director of programmes Grant Mansfield, Poyser replaces Max
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WALSHE TAKES ON COMMUNITY ROLE AT GALAXY NORTHERN
Galaxy Radio Northern news editor Nik Walshe has added a new title to his brief, as head of community affairs. The extra duties see him charged with developing active ties between
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YES TV CONTENT DEAL WITH PARAMOUNT COMEDY EXPECTED
Yes TV is poised to sign deals with Paramount Comedy Channel to secure content for its fledgling video-on-demand service. Paramount has a raft of stand-up material and US-acquired content, including Spin
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OFF THE RECORD - Real life evictions to come?
For some inexplicable reason, the tabloids have ignored a far more captivating webcast than Big Brother. Forget the Machiavellian exploits of toxic Nick and whether he's a Channel 4 plant with
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WELSH COASTLINE GETS TWO DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Andy Brice Productions is making two documentary series about the Welsh coastline, co-funded by Welsh broadcasters HTV Wales and S4C. For HTV the indie is producing a 12 x 30-minute series
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Flotation cash fires up Channel Health
Channel Health is boosting its output of original commissions by more than six hours a day and planning to double its in-house production team to eight.The move follows the fledgling channel's
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Carlton drops Morley case
Carlton Television has halted its investigation into alleged unethical behaviour by Mike Morley following The Cook Report editor's resignation to set up his own independent, writes Colin Robertson.
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Carlton to merge film labs
Carlton Communications is to merge its film laboratory activities Technicolor and Metrocolor, writes Barbara Marshall.
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OFF THE RECORD - Cab in economy drive
Good to see those house-wrecking Home Front folks taking to heart Greg Dyke's pleas for people to use fewer taxis. The show's editor Franny Moyle recently played her part in reducing
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Indie fat cats dominate broadcasting Rich List
Independent producers make up over half of the first Broadcast Rich List, published in Broadcast today, underlining the huge valuation put on content companies in the current media boom.The richest person
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TRIMEDIA BROADCAST LAUNCHES NEW VIRTUAL STUDIO
Trimedia Broadcast launched its new virtual studio in London earlier this week. Incorporating Chromatte, the chroma keying technology from RTV developed in conjunction with the BBC, the studio dispenses with the
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Bristol indie is set for a Wild Future
Bristol-based indie John Adams Television has just gone into production on new documentary The Future is Wild, which will combine CGI animation with live action to predict the creatures that might inhabit the earth in 200 million years time, writes Georgi
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THE MILL EXTENDS NET SERVICES UNDER SEPARATE BRAND
The Mill is extending its internet-based services under the brand emill.In addition to offering an online booking system for dubbs, playouts and downloads, emill can be used to view and store
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SWITCHDIGITAL BIDS FOR CENTRAL SCOTLAND MULTIPLEX
Switchdigital has submitted its application for the Central Scotland digital radio multiplex licence. The consortium led by The Wireless Group also includes Clear Channel International, Capital Radio and Carphone Warehouse. The
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Pinewood in Shepperton bid
Pinewood Studios has emerged as a rival bidder to US media group Liberty Media for Shepperton Holdings, the group that owns Shepperton Studios and 40 per cent of Soho post-production facility The Mill, writes Dominic Timms.
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Rooster and Bentley merge
Chrysalis Visual Entertainment (CVE) is folding its Red Rooster operation into Bentley Productions to create a single merged drama outlet, writes Colin Robertson.
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BBC Resources graphic designers Sue Moyes and Gregory Millar have joined forces to create the new title sequence and content graphics for BBC Sport's Football Focus. The brief was to create
BBC Resources graphic designers Sue Moyes and Gregory Millar have joined forces to create the new title sequence and content graphics for BBC Sport's Football Focus. The brief was to create