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ROTOGRAPHY RACES AHEAD WITH IMOVE CD PROJECT
Rotography, the provider of immersive media based in London and Halifax, used a Ferrari 355, Silverstone race track and a specialist camera for its most recent CD project (left). The iMove
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NewsC4 deals out poker foursome
Channel 4 is to cash in on the UK's poker boom with a deck of programmes dedicated to the game later this year.
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DB BROADCAST WINS PARLIAMENTARY OFFICES CONTRACT
dB Broadcast has won the contract to design and build the serial digital broadcast television facilities in Portcullis House, the new parliamentary offices currently under construction above Westminster tube station. The
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CHANNEL FOUR KICKS OFF FIRST INTERACTIVE TV SERVICE
The first interactive television listings service on Channel 4 went to air last week, showing programme details for C4 and FilmFour for two days of the programme schedule on digital terrestrial
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DOTTV MAIN SPONSOR OF 2000 PROMAX AND BDA EVENT
dotTV, the worldwide registrar and registry of the .TV top-level domain, will be the principal sponsor during the 2000 Promax and BDA conference and exhibition in New Orleans next month. The
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Music Live taxes OB skills
BBC Music Live 2000 will be the most technically challenging live TV event the country has seen, writes Barbara Marshall.
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Dyke's Resources review extended
The results of BBC director general Greg Dyke's review of BBC Resources have been put-back by two months.Sources said the review, which is expected to identify millions of pounds of savings,
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BFV unveils completed HD edit suite
Bristol-based Broadcast Film & Video (BFV) completed its new high-definition (HD) edit suite last Friday (19 May), writes Barbara Marshall.
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US networks urged to address PVR threat
The US Networks need to wake up to the implications of personal video recorders (PVRs) and other developments in consumer technology, according to TV Anytime Forum chairman Simon Parnall, writes Nick Radlo.
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EURO PLAYERS CALL FOR JOINT DIGITAL RADIO PROMOTION
European broadcasters and electronics manufacturers have called for joint action to promote digital audio broadcasting (DAB). The call follows a meeting between the European Broadcasting Union and Swedish Radio in Stockholm
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BRASS BECOMES GLOBAL PEARSON COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
Pearson Television Worldwide chief executive Tony Cohen has appointed Martha Brass as the company's new commercial director. She will be responsible for the commercial development of Pearson production companies around the
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OZ BODY SBS SCOOPS BANFF GLOBAL ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE
Australian public service broadcaster SBS will receive the Global Outstanding Achievement Award at Canada's Banff Television Festival in June. The festival will also feature a Salute to Germany, focusing on the
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FINANCIAL MARKET TURMOIL PUTS END TO SBS/UPC DEAL
Amsterdam-based United Pan-European Communications and its partner Luxembourg-based SBS Broadcasting have agreed to end the exchange offer agreement they had planned since March, blaming financial market turmoil. UPC continues to be
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POWELL TO HEAD BBC GERMAN-SPEAKING OPERATIONS
BBC Worldwide has appointed Catherine Powell to the new post of business development manager for German-speaking territories. Powell will be based in Berlin and oversee the adaptation of the BBC's catalogue
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ROSE BAY SELLS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ FORMATS
Indie Rose Bay has sold its new general knowledge quiz format The Inquisition to Denmarks Radio, which is to turn it into a 10 x 30-minute peaktime series. Another Rose Bay
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Sky One takes a Flutter on sports
Sky One has commissioned Silver River Television to make a 60-minute pilot in which celebrity guests wager their appearance fee in a new 'nonsense sports betting' show.
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HIT APPOINTS DIRECTOR OF LATIN AMERICAN SALES
HIT Entertainment has promoted sales executive Daniela Tose to the position of director of Latin American Sales. Tose, 25, takes up the new role immediately.
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EC mulls change to output quotas
Existing European Commission (EC) programme output quotas could be replaced by investment quotas, according to an EC adviser on audio-visual policy.Aviva Silver, an adviser in the audio-visual policy section of the
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Studios gear up for LA sales
International sales chiefs from the Hollywood studios are touting 30 new network series - 16 dramas and 14 comedies - at this week's Los Angeles Screenings, writes John Hazelton.
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Public service bodies to create benchmarks
The BBC has joined forces with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to create a set of new industry benchmarks for public service broadcasting costs, writes Colin Robertson.