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Pinnacle confirms Truevision buyout
Pinnacle Systems has confirmed long-running speculation that it is to acquire video technology company Truevision in a deal that values the video board manufacturer at around $14.5 million (£8.7 million).The all-share
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Bucks in shock departure from LNN post
London News Network (LNN) controller of programmes Simon Bucks unexpectedly left the company on Tuesday (5 January), writes John Plunkett.Bucks, who joined the Carlton and LWT-owned LNN from ITN five years
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Breakers cashes in on new sales wave
Bondi Beach soap Breakers, which is co-financed by UK distributor Chrysalis TV International (CTI), has been commissioned for a second series by Network 10 in Australia, writes Nicola Methven.The 215 x
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Front Row challenges Sky's PPV dominance with boxing service
Cable pay-per-view (PPV) venture Front Row has turned the heat up on pay-TV rival BSkyB with the launch of a new boxing service, writes Alice Macandrew.Provisionally called Front Row Boxing, the
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OAKSEY LEAVES HTV BOARD
Racing commentator Lord Oaksey, one of HTV West's longest-serving board members, is to retire from the position after 18 years. His place on the HTV West advisory board has been taken
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BLUMER SIGNS FOR CRASH
Merseyside station Crash FM has signed Chris Blumer as its new breakfast show host. The 24-year-old joins from Capital-owned Red Dragon FM in Cardiff where he has presented the evening show
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Biggest yet by UK Horizons
BBC/Flextech joint-venture channel UK Horizons has unveiled details of its biggest commission to date, writes Alice Macandrew.Supernatural Science, set to air on the channel next month, is a co-production between UK
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The force will be with you at The Production Show as it gathers momentum, promising to deliver the biggest and best show yet. Now in its ninth year, The Production Show
The force will be with you at The Production Show as it gathers momentum, promising to deliver the biggest and best show yet. Now in its ninth year, The Production Show
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FRENCH KIDS' PRODUCER BERTHIER SNAPS UP TOON FACTORY
French children's producer Claude Berthier has acquired Paris-based animation studio Toon Factory from Total Oil. Following the takeover, Berthier plans to contribute up to 50 per cent financing to co-productions between
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Xmas leaves Eric and Ernie behind
If you're lucky, Christmas starts at the beginning of December and works itself up to a last-minute frenzy with a mad dash around the shops on Christmas Eve when the fighting
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Bectu calls for freelance holidays
Bectu has launched a legal challenge to force the Government to implement in full a European directive guaranteeing annual paid leave for freelance workers, writes John Plunkett.The European Working Time Directive
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CURRIE TO FRONT BBC SCOTLAND SALMONELLA SPECIAL
Former Tory minister Edwina Currie is to front the first documentary made with her co-operation about salmonella in eggs since she resigned over the issue 10 years ago. Produced by John
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Farren quits BBC for job at Granada
Granada Television has wooed BBC documentaries series producer John Farren to join its factual department and concentrate on docu-soaps, writes Nicola Methven.Farren, who becomes executive producer of documentary serials, produced and
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Bravo Post Production has created a fresh series of trails for the BBC's new Live and Kicking Friday Show. Commissioned by BBC Children's senior producer Chris Bellinger, the brief was to
Bravo Post Production has created a fresh series of trails for the BBC's new Live and Kicking Friday Show. Commissioned by BBC Children's senior producer Chris Bellinger, the brief was to
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BBC comes out on top in Christmas week battle
BBC 1 scooped the lion's share of viewing in Christmas week, scoring a 35.2 per cent share in the week leading up to Sunday 27 December, writes Tim Dams.ITV - which
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BARKER LAUNCHES NON-LINEAR EDITING FACILITY
Freelance editor Nigel Barker is launching a new non-linear editing facility based in Wedgwood Mews and sharing space with sound facility China Blue.Barker, whose credits include Stephen Frears' Century of British
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Smithy Group chiefs bail out Vector TV
Two directors of multimedia company the Smithy Group have joined the board of Manchester-based post-production company Vector Television, in effect rescuing the company from administration.The move, predicted in Broadcast (20.11.98), comes
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SKY MOVIES BAGS TRACEY TAKES ON ... FOR PREMIER
Sky Movies has acquired Emmy award-winning US show Tracey Takes On ... to air on Sky Premier in February. Bruce Steinberg, general manager, broadcasting, Sky Networks, bought 40 x 30-minute episodes
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Clarke loses top Bafta job
Bafta has ousted its chief executive Jane Clarke just one year after she was hired by the academy, writes Tim Dams.The Bafta board voted unanimously to terminate the contract just before
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Ron Neil awarded a CBE
Former chief executive of BBC Production Ron Neil headed the cast of TV executives decorated in the 1999 New Year's Honours list, writes Claire Handley.Neil, who retired from his post at