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Drake Automation sold to Columbine
Another leading UK technology company has passed into US ownership with the news that Drake Automation, which specialises in automating the transmission of programming for large multi-channel broadcasters, has been bought
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OPTEX WINS EMMY FOR AURASOFT SOFTLIGHT
Optical and lighting manufacturer OpTex has won an Engineering Emmy from the US Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for its development of the Aurasoft softlight. The award follows a similar
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CNNI LAUNCHES PLANS TO INCREASE ASIAN VIEWING
CNN International (CNNI) has launched its regionalisation strategy to increase viewing in Asia. Initially, CNNI is airing 19 hours of local language programming per week, with $8-9 million (£5-5.8 million) earmarked
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OFF THE RECORD - The fine art of complaining
Producers who are pissed off with their programmes being shifted around the schedules of BBC 1 and ITV at a moment's notice should follow the example of OTR's favourite Manhattan cable
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ARMY PRESENTATION TEAM RECRUITS DVD
The army is the first of the services to adopt DVD technology as its core presentation system for the future. Freehand Graphics has supplied the army presentation team with a full
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Half of commercial radio yet to have bug appraisals
Half of the country's 300 independent radio stations have no idea if they are millennium bug-compliant, according to government watchdog Action 2000, writes Lucy Rouse.
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APPLICATIONS NEEDED FOR RTS NORTH WEST AWARDS
The fourth Royal Television Society North West Awards will take place on 20 November in Manchester. The RTS is seeking applications for a range of categories, including best regional news programme,
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ITC PUTS GUNS ON AGENDA
The Independent Television Commission has put discussion of Channel 4 documentary Guns on the Street on the agenda of its next monthly meeting, which is scheduled for Thursday 22 July. The
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TWENTY TWENTY TO MAKE QUICK DOC ON ACCUSED NANNY
Channel 4 has commissioned Twenty Twenty Television to produce a fast-turnaround documentary about Asian nanny Manjit Kaur Basuta, who is expected to receive a minimum sentence of 25 years for the
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DVB PROJECT ACCEPTS USE OF DOLBY AUDIO FOR DIGITAL TV
Following pressure from some of the countries that are considering the adoption of the DVB system for their digital television services, the DVB Project has officially accepted that the Dolby Digital
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C5 BUYS IN TURNER'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
Channel 5 controller of acquisitions Jeff Ford has bought a 26 x 30-minute run of World Championship Wrestling Worldwide from Turner Productions.The show, which is already broadcast in the UK on
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TRANSMEDIA GINOLA DOC TO AIR ON C5 IN SEPTEMBER
Indie Transmedia Productions has spent six months shooting footballer David Ginola for a Channel 5 documentary. The 60-minute show on the double player of the year - Ginola won both the
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TalkBack lands C4 and BBC work
TalkBack Productions' features department has landed a slew of commissions for BBC 2 and Channel 4, including a series about female role models who have fallen from grace, writes Liz Shackleton.Production
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Channel 4 strikes out with Dockers drama
Channel 4's gritty feature-length drama, Dockers, stood its ground at 22.00 on Sunday (11 July), pulling in a respectable two million viewers (15 per cent), according to unofficial overnights, writes Liz Shackleton.
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C4 classical music role for Younghusband
Jan Younghusband has been appointed as Channel 4 deputy commissioning editor for music, with responsibilities including the broadcaster's Glyndebourne opera coverage, writes Wale Azeez.
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GRIEVES GIVEN BUSINESS AFFAIRS POST AT CHANNEL 4
Channel 4 has hired National Video Corporation legal and business affairs manager Cheetah Grieves to become manager of business affairs. Grieves, who had been with NVC since 1996, reports to C4I
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Wright boosts live music on R3
BBC Radio 3 controller Roger Wright has boosted the network's live music and arts programming in his first major programming overhaul, writes John Plunkett.
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TV3 planning breakfast slot
Ireland's fledgling commercial broadcaster, TV3, is to launch a new Planet 24 breakfast service from September in competition with programmes that spill over from mainland Britain, writes Anthony Garvey.
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WORLD RIGHTS TO MEL C DOC TAKEN UP BY 3DD
3DD has secured worldwide TV rights to a 30-minute fly-on-the-wall documentary about Spice Girl Melanie C. The film, being directed by Hamish Hamilton for Done & Dusted, airs on Channel 4
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Atlantic 252 co-founder Baxter in surprise departure
Atlantic 252 managing director Travis Baxter has unexpectedly quit the station to 'pursue other interests', writes John Plunkett.