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Cirque lifts Granada
Granada International has struck a three-year distribution deal with Montreal-based circus group Cirque du Soleil, writes Steve Aston.
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BBC 1 orders celebrity-led charity show
Format creator Thomas Murphy Entertainment has won its first commission for television, with an order for a BBC 1 celebrity-led charity show in the style of former BBC 1 stalwart Jim'll Fix It, writes Penny Hughes.
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Aldis becomes Refinery and moots change
Soho animation facility Aldis Animation has changed its name to Refinery, writes Will Strauss.
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NewsOrange orders ITN news bulletins
ITN is to provide video news bulletins to Orange's broadband and mobile phone customers.
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Exluna unveils rival rendering system
US software developer Exluna will this month launch its first commercial product, Entropy, a rendering system that the company claims is 'more powerful than any other rendering system available'.The system has
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Second sacking for Dubbs duo
Duplication and conversion facility Dubbs has dismissed two of its major shareholders - Richard and Naomi Nardi - for the second time, writes Will Strauss.
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Avid's VP Davies quits post early
Avid Technology international vice-president Peter Davies has resigned from the US technology firm just months before he was due to officially retire.Davies, who has spent the past nine years at Avid,
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NewsBBC Worldwide to entertain Malaysia
BBC Worldwide has launched an entertainment channel in Malaysia called BBC Entertainment, airing shows such as Doctor Who, Rebus and Extras.
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Joe 90 back on screen
Legendary children's puppet character Joe 90 has been spruced up for a unique BBC 2 trailer to promote the forthcoming I Love the 1990s series. The 30-second promo will feature a
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BBC Radio digital move
BBC Radio and Music is to implement a digital play-out system from the German company VCS to handle both programme production and transmission on a number of its radio channels. The
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Edit works completes
The management of post facility The Edit Works has completed its buyout from Complete Communications, which also owns production company Celador.Complete agreed to the sale last year after deciding that the
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Duo in line for Emmy
Videolondon co-founder Colin Martin and sound recordist/dubbing mixer Rudi Buckle have been nominated for an Emmy for their sound mixing work on Hornblower. The nod comes in the field of outstanding
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Rings preview for SFX
Attendees at the Siggraph festival in Los Angeles this month will get the chance to see a sneak preview of the SFX work completed by US facility Weta Digital on the
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Autodesk results
Autodesk's revenue for 2000 was up by more than $50m (£35m) on the previous year and not down as was erroneously stated in Broadcast last week.
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Leader - Jowell needs to show cool head
As Broadcast went to press, Channel 4 had received close to 4,000 calls about its Brass Eye special which aired twice last week - the first time on Thursday at 22.35
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Free to air - Brass neck required at C4
Conspiracy theorists weighing up events in Horseferry Road last week might be tempted to put two and two together and make five.First, Michael Jackson announces he is quitting to work in
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Trade talk - NTL's action man
Rod Henwood, NTL's new director of television, has to build subscriber numbers against BSkyB, one of the toughest operators in the business.
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On the box - Driving Miss Crazy
Phil Dolling, executive producer of BBC 1's Space, waxes lyrical about Ruby, while Survivor's Final tests viewer endurance.
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NewsWaking the Dead returns to BBC1 with 9.2m
The new series of BBC1 drama Waking the Deadreturned with an impressive 9.2 million (35.2%) on Sunday [7 January] at 9pm, easily topping the bill for the evening's viewing.
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News analysis - Boxed into a corner
Not for the first time BSkyB's business affairs are being scrutinised by regulators - the Office of Fair Trading and the European Commssion are both currrently poring over facts and figures. So, will the watchdogs bite?