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MIP INTERACTIVE WEBSITE RIDES A WAVE OF NET SURFERS
Reed Midem's recently enhanced Mip Interactive website notched up 48,000 page views in June, according to statistics just released. The Mip Interactive site offers 24-hour access to a database of more
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NEW TRAINING INITIATIVE
Former United Broadcasting and Entertainment chief executive Roger Laughton is to chair a new government training initiative, The Department of Media/Skillset Broadcast Training Group. The group, which will be made up
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HOWSON MOVES TO ITV
ITV has named Nicola Howson as its new director of corporate affairs, reporting to ITV chief executive Richard Eyre. In her new role, Howson, currently vice-president, corporate affairs at pay-TV outfit
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GRASS VALLEY PICKS PHIPPS AS VICE-PRESIDENT
Grass Valley Group, the new company formed by venture capitalist Dr Terence Gooding and former Tektronix VND president Tim Thorsteinson, has appointed John Phipps as vice-president Europe, Africa and the Middle
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Granada signs up Sorvino
Granada Entertainment USA (GEU) has signed Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino for an adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby, which will debut on cable network A&E in the
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GOLDEN SQUARE POST HIRES INFERNO OPERATOR HENCHER
New commercials facility Golden Square Post has appointed Sam Hencher as Inferno/Fire operator. Hencher (left) joins after spells freelancing for The Mill, Red Post and Sky Television. Prior to that he
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UDEN GRABS NEEDHAM FOR LIGHT ENTERTAINMENT MOVE
Factual specialist Uden Associates has recruited Delissa Needham from Rapido TV in a bid to break into entertainment programming. Needham, who joins in the newly created role of head of entertainment,
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ENERGY STRIKES GOLD
The Energy Film Library, one of the leading libraries for film images, has struck an agreement with Universal Studios to represent a collection of licensable material from the Universal Film Library.
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EDINBURGH: NEXT GENERATION - A WHO'S WHO OF THE TELEVISION INDUSTRY'S RISING TWENTY-SOMETHING STARS
DRAMA DIRECTORTOM HOOPER, 26Hooper's directing career got off to a flying start when his short film Painted Faces was broadcast on C4 when he was just 18. Spotted by EastEnders executive
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EDINBURGH: NEXT GENERATION
What happened to last year's list of twenty-something hotshots? David Wood charts their progress, while Leigh Holmwood gets on the trail of some of last year's TVYP young guns as they set off on their careers.
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LOVE AND WHITE FORGE INDIE PARTNERSHIP FOR NEW DRAMA
Robert Love, a former controller of drama at Scottish Television, and director Marcus DF White have formed a new independent production company called can-u-see. Based in London, the indie plans to
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Sky launches in-house production division
BSkyB has underlined its growing commitment to original programming with the creation of a new in-house TV production arm, writes Alice Macandrew.
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First Direct offers free FilmFour
FilmFour is to become the first UK pay-per-view (PPV) channel to offer a free, unencrypted evening to viewers courtesy of a commercial sponsor, writes Dominic Timms.
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Talk to play sports for Digital One
Digital radio operator Digital One has signed up Talk Radio to provide a new 24-hour digital sports station but has so far failed to reach a deal with Virgin Radio for a digital simulcast of the rock station's analogue service, writes John Plunkett.
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On Digital's Demon deal
On Digital has taken its first step towards interactive services by striking a deal with internet service provider Demon Internet, writes Alice Macandrew.
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DAVIES TO STAY AT LONDON ECONOMICS TO OVERSEE MEDIA
Senior associate at consultancy London Economics Jonathan Davies has been appointed head of media, just two months before he was to quit to join the European Broadcasting Union. In his new
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Jonathan Davies
On how Richard Eyre will use his MacTaggart lecture to recast the debate of public service broadcasting.
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EDINBURGH: TVYP - Getting on course
Every year Broadcast sponsors a few young hopefuls to learn something about the inner workings of the industry at TVYP. Esther Eley talks to this year's five candidates, while below Helen Hayes Roberts looks back at last year.
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EX-SVC duo launch motion control outfit
SVC's former senior motion control cameraman Denis Henry and producer Linda Krisman have launched new motion control company MC2.Using Mark Roberts' Milo portable motion control rig, which the company will dry-hire,
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GINGER MEDIA GROUP CONSIDERS STOCK MARKET FLOTATION
The Ginger Media Group is understood to have spoken to several investment banks about a possible flotation on the stock market. The company, which owns Virgin Radio as well as its