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Show visitors rise
Last week's Broadcast Production Show recorded a 19% increase in visitors year-on-year to over 9,400 and has laid out plans for expansion in 2006. Arqiva - formerly NTL Broadcast - has already signed up to create a new Content and Delivery Zone at next year's show. Keynote sessions will be ...
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Willey joins Pepper
Post-production facility Pepper has appointed Paul Willey as a new business executive across broadcast and film projects at its Covent Garden headquarters. Willey comes direct from broadcast facility VTR Media Services company Blue. He had previously worked at fellow VMS company The Machine Room.
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Music vision award
Rushes' VFX team has picked up the best special effects prize at the CADS Music Vision awards for its work on Dizzee Rascal's Dream, beating off competition from U2's Vertigo and UNKLE's Reign. Vfx artists Marcus Wood, Brian Carbin and Dave Bannister claimed the award.
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AHC completes football idents
AHC post has finished the high-definition post-production on idents for the Confederations Cup. The Confederations Cup, which pits continental football champions against each other, kicks off on 15 June with coverage on Five. Senior editor Victor Riva offlined the project on a Quantel editbox, using down conversions of the rushes ...
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Arenap3 finishes Martha & Me
ArenaP3 has just completed work on Martha & Me for BBC2. The 50-minute documentary follows filmmaker Jamie Campbell as he rents a caravan in the trailer park opposite disgraced domestic goddess Martha Stewart's prison and follows her home-making ideals in an attempt to understand her rise and fall. ArenaP3 editor, ...
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Blue posts Strangest Village doc
Post facility Blue has completed the post production on The Strangest Village in Britain for Landmark Films. The Channel 4 documentary takes a look at Botton, a village whose 236 inhabitants are people with learning difficulties and co-workers who all form part of the same community. Dubbing mixer Matt Skilton ...
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Video Europe in£1m rental
Equipment rental company Video Europe has won a£1m contract with Dubai-based broadcaster Taj Television to supply the production equipment for all international cricket in Pakistan and Sri Lanka for three years.
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Flextech hiring
Flextech has poached the BBC's director of rights Debbie Manners to become its director of rights. As part of Flextech's senior management team, she will oversee business affairs and the company's distributor Minotaur. She will be responsible for making the most of Flextech's programming assets, increasing international content sales and ...
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UTV waits on deal
Ulster TV's proposed£98.2m purchase of Talksport-owner The Wireless Group was approved by shareholders at an extraordinary general meeting on Monday (6 June). The Belfast-based ITV broadcaster now awaits approval from the Irish trade minister for the deal to go ahead. He has until Sunday (12 June) to make a decision ...
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South-west shorts
South West Screen and the UK Film Council have announced details of their fourth Digital Short scheme. The initiative, in association with Cornwall Film, ITV West and Aardman Animations, is open to people based in the south-west who are exploring innovative approaches to digital short films. The project will support ...
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NewsUnions lift BBC strike threat - for now
The threat of further strikes at the BBC appears to have been lifted - for now - following talks yesterday between BBC director general Mark Thompson and trade unions.
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NewsXfm wins Manchester FM licence
GCap Media has won the Manchester FM licence with a version of its indie rock station Xfm.
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NewsPEER POLL: Ofcom
The latest question in Broadcast's peer poll asks: Should Ofcom look at freelance employment practices as part of its review of TV production?
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NewsDocherty quits Yoomedia
David Docherty has quit as chief executive of interactive group YooMedia, in order to pursue other business opportunities.
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NewsBarb launches digital ratings review
Barb has kicked off a major consultation process looking at how it should tackle the onslaught of multi-channel and the resulting changes to viewing habits.
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NewsOfcom calls for national digital channels
Ofcom has called for dedicated digital channels to be set up for Wales, Scotland and Ireland in order to safeguard indigenous languages in the nations.
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Ofcom test
Ofcom calls for national digital channels Ofcom has called for dedicated digital channels to be set up for Wales, S...
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NewsBBC unions win partial victory
Unions have won a partial victory in the latest talks with the BBC after the corporation said it was open to discuss how job cuts will work across each department.
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Letter to unions following renewed talks with BBC director general
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