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Rushes closes its doors on motion control operation
Commercials facility Rushes has closed its Camden-based motion control studio in a move that leaves just SVC's White City rig as central London's only remaining motion control operation.Rushes managing director Mark
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SGI to recruit resellers to help push Windows NT workstations
Silicon Graphics (SGI) is to recruit hundreds of additional value-added resellers in an attempt to maximise sales of its latest range of Windows NT-based visual workstations introduced last week (Broadcast, 8.1.99).SGI
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Picardy TV confirms Waterfront purchase
Scottish facilities group Picardy Television has acquired Glasgow-based recording and dubbing facility Waterfront Post.Details of the deal, which was confirmed over the New Year, were being kept quiet but Picardy is
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HORTON LANDS ROLE OF VISUAL EFFECTS HEAD AT SVC
SVC has appointed Tom Horton to the new position of head of visual effects. Horton (left), who was previously creative director of Singapore facility VHQ, will be responsible for expanding the
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CINESITE POACHES KITSON TO BECOME TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
Cinesite has lured former Moving Picture Company senior animator Frank Kitson as its new technical director. Kitson, who joins Cinesite after nine months at MPC, previously spent eight years at Alias
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MEDIA 100 POSTS NET LOSS OF£4.8 MILLION FOR 1998
Media 100 has revealed a net loss of just over $8 million (£4.8 million) for its fiscal year ending 30 November 1998. The loss compares with a net profit of $617,000
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GEARHOUSE PICKS TOMLIN AS CHIEF ENGINEER FOR UK ARM
Gearhouse Broadcast has appointed former Cinevideo senior engineer Colin Tomlin as the new chief engineer of its UK division. The move coincides with a period of international expansion at the UK
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CHINA BLUE OPENS DOORS TO NEW DUBBING STUDIO
China Blue, the audio post-production facility launched by engineer David Hamilton Smith, has opened a new dubbing studio. The studio, which is the largest at the company's Wedgewood Mews base, will
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MOLINARE ADDS JONES TO VIRTUAL STUDIO DEPARTMENT
Molinare has appointed Mark Jones to its virtual studio design department.Jones will work under virtual studio head Chris Normile on a range of projects including Sportsweek for Channel 5 and The
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DISS JOINS CUT & RUN FOR RETURN TO EDITING
Award-winning commercials editor Nick Diss has joined independent editing house Cut & Run. Diss, who has worked with some of the industry's leading directors including Ridley Scott and Alan Parker, was
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CRATER UNVEILS PENCIL TEST VERSION OF CTP 2D CEL
Joint Spanish/Canadian software development company Crater Software has released a pencil test-only variant of its CTP 2D cel animation software. The company said CTP Pencil Test, which promises to enable animators
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UK distributors go it alone at Natpe
Leading UK distributors Carlton International, Granada Media and Itel will have their own stands for the first time at this month's Natpe programming market.The three companies have in previous years shared
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Chrysalis sells Bentley drama to US A&E network
Chrysalis Distribution has sold the second series of Bentley Productions' ITV drama, Midsomer Murders, to US cable network A&E, writes Jason Deans.Chrysalis Television International managing director Nick Witkowski said Chrysalis will
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Pearson TV gains foothold in Finland
Pearson Television has broken into the Finnish market with a commission to make a daily drama, Salatut Elamat (Secret Lives), for commercial broadcaster MTV3.MTV3 has committed to three series of Secret
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Italy eyes new law to curb News Corp
The Italian government is considering new TV ownership restrictions aimed at limiting the ambitions of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Europe.Communications under-secretary Vincenzo Vita, speaking in an interview with Italian weekly L'Espresso,
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MURDOCH DISMISSES TALK OF KIRCH STAKE AS 'PREMATURE'
Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp (right), has said talk that the company is close to finalising an agreement to take a stake in Germany's Kirch Group is
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JOSPIN KEEPS FRENCH BROADCASTERS WAITING
The French broadcasting industry may have to wait until after a parliamentary election later this year for a new broadcasting law. Socialist prime minister Lionel Jospin is thought to be awaiting
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DT SETS UP KABEL DEUTSCHLAND TO RUN CABLE NETWORKS
German state telecoms outfit Deutsche Telekom (DT) has established a separate subsidiary, Kabel Deutschland, to run the cable television networks it plans to sell off. The new unit, which will be
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BBC FILMS APPOINTS MACTAGGART TO DEVELOPMENT ROLE
Ivan Mactaggart has been appointed to the new post of business development manager for BBC Films within the corporation's Rights Agency. Mactaggart, who was previously director of the First Film Foundation
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PEAKVIEWING TRANSATLANTIC UNVEILS NATPE SLATE
Peakviewing Transatlantic, the distribution arm of Gloucestershire-based indie Peakviewing Productions, will be attending the Natpe programming market for the first time later this month with a programming slate including pre-school puppet