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OFF THE RECORD - Empty-handed
To the Baftas, where OTR was shocked to see Elisabeth Murdoch and Matthew Freud leaving without their complimentary bags - courtesy of Sky. They can obviously do without a free aromatherapy
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Dore to push pay-TV at Granada Media
Granada Media has named former GSkyB director of broadcasting Simon Dore as its new director of channel development, writes Alice Macandrew.The newly created position, which Dore takes up immediately, will see
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JUDGEMENT EXPECTED SOON ON FOOTBALL RIGHTS DEAL
The court case brought against BSkyB and the BBC by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over the broadcasters' TV rights deal with the Premier League ended after 47 days last
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SHEFFIELD DOC DEADLINE
The deadline for entries to the Sheffield International Documentary Festival is 15 June. Now in its sixth year, the festival runs from 18-24 October.Last year the festival showcased 78 of the
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CROZIER SIGNS ON FOR OPTICAL IMAGE
Midlands-based facility Optical Image Broadcast has appointed David Crozier as head of production and development. Crozier, who has recently worked for independent producers Workhouse and Look Lively TV, will spearhead Optical's
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ITC LAUNCHES CONSULTATION ON COMPETITION POLICY
The Independent Television Commission has issued a consultation document on its approach to competition issues. The Competition Policy Procedures aims to help licensees and customers understand how the regulator carries out
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NRW plans Cologne programming market
Former RTL maniging director Helmut Thoma is working with the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state government in Germany to launch an international TV programming market in Cologne next year, writes Martin Blaney.NRW
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Euro venture MAX leaves UK in cold
The exclusion of UK involvement in new pan-European facilities alliance MAX, due to launch at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday (May 15), is not a 'snub' to British facilities, claims
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SVC shuts White City studio
Soho commercials facility SVC is to close its White City motion control studio, the last remaining large-scale motion-control operation in central London.SVC head of digital effects Tom Horton said the closure
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CHISHOLM STEPS DOWN
Former BSkyB chief executive Sam Chisholm has resigned as non-executive director of the satellite broadcaster. Chisholm's departure comes just one week after the resignation of chief executive Mark Booth. Booth is
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TRAVEL CHANNEL TEES UP GOLFING HOLIDAY SERIES
The Travel Channel has ordered a new 10-part series on golfing holidays from UK independent Van der Graph productions to go out this autumn. The 10 x 30-minute run, Hot Tees
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FITZGERALD MOVES TO UNIVERSAL'S SCI FI CHANNEL
Universal Studio Networks UK managing director Janet Goldsmith has hired Deborah Fitzgerald to become marketing and communications director at Universal's cable and satellite channel, Sci-Fi. Fitzgerald, a former controller of network
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The Computer Film Company (CFC) has completed what it claims is the first successful and commercially distributed video-to-film transfer for Imax. Tunnels, showing at the Pepsi London Imax theatre, is
The Computer Film Company (CFC) has completed what it claims is the first successful and commercially distributed video-to-film transfer for Imax. Tunnels, showing at the Pepsi London Imax theatre, is the
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TIGER DOC FOR ITV EXAMINES HOW CELEBS COPE WITH FAME
Tiger Aspect Productions has made an hour-long documentary, Falling for a Star, about how fame affects lives and relationships. It airs on ITV at the end of the month to coincide
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NTL SNAPS UP CABLELINK
NTL has acquired Ireland's largest cable TV outfit, Cablelink, for£445 million from Irish state broadcaster RTS and telephone company Telecom Eireann. The deal gives NTL more than 360,000 subscribers in
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Microsoft in cable talks with CWC
Microsoft is continuing its assault on the UK cable industry by talking to Cable & Wireless (C&W) about taking a stake in its cable TV arm, according to reports, writes Alice Macandrew.
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Cable dealer
Graeme Stanley has experienced a meteoric ascent in the UK cable TV industry, but his toughest challenges lie ahead, says Alice Macandrew.
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NBC TO SPIN OFF INTERNET BUSINESS
NBC is to spin off its internet interests into a stand-alone outfit, NBC Internet, which has projected revenues of up to $70 million (£42.7 million) this year and a stock market
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Burton signed up for Ecosse dramas
Independent Ecosse Films has been commissioned to produce a Screen One drama and a four-part serial for BBC 1, both of which will star Amanda Burton.The two new shows were commissioned
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REUTERS TV OPENS DOORS ON NEW EUROPEAN BUREAUX
Video news agency Reuters Television has opened four new bureaux in Europe, bringing its total number of offices in the region to 22. Four video journalists have been appointed to staff