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HEADDEY MOVES TO LIPSYNC POST
Lipsync Post has appointed Laura Headdey as bookings co-ordinator, succeeding Zoe Henderson who has moved into LipSync's creative agency. Headdey previously worked at TVI/4MC UK, 2+1 and was a technical account
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NewsEastEnders star to be US Bionic Woman
Ex- EastEnder Michelle Ryan has landed the role of The Bionic Woman in a US remake of the 70s show.
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Grass Valley Group snaps up Vibrint
Grass Valley Group (GVG) has bought Vibrint Technologies, a company only formed five years ago that manufactures digital news production systems.GVG is now a privately owned company, after new investors reformed
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Ex-Digimania CG artists form Axis
Four computer graphics artists who were part of the core creative team at Digimania have formed a new computer animation company in Scotland - Axis Animation.Backed by Scottish new media group
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M2 to open Singapore base
M2 Television is preparing to open a Singapore post-production base to take advantage of the recovering Asia Pacific market.M2 managing director David Ward is in Singapore conducting a feasibility study and,
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UK channels sweep Promax BDA Europe awards
English language TV channels based in the UK and Ireland won more than half the gold awards at the Promax and BDA Europe 2000 Awards, for best promotional and marketing campaigns
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BROADBENT SIGNED BY RAPTURE TO HEAD BUYING DRIVE
Satellite and cable youth channel Rapture Television is planning a move into programming acquisitions and has drafted in former Carlton TV acquisitions executive John Broadbent to head the drive. Broadbent, previously
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TIDMARSH TO BUILD FACTUAL BRANDS FOR BBC WORLDWIDE
BBC Worldwide's global marketing and brand development division has appointed Alix Tidmarsh as general manager factual group, with a brief to build brands and properties for the factual genre. She started
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TELETUBBIES SHORTLISTED FOR US PRE-SCHOOL AWARDS
Ragdoll Productions' Teletubbies has been shortlisted in the outstanding pre-school children's series category at the US Daytime Emmy Awards. The show, first commissioned for the BBC in 1997, broadcasts daily in
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ENTERTAINMENT RIGHTS HIRES C4'S WISEMAN IN SALES
Entertainment Rights, formerly SKD Media, has hired Channel 4 International programme sales executive Alix Wiseman (pictured) as sales manager. She will be responsible for Latin America, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and
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TRAUTMANN REPLACEMENT SET TO REDRAFT FRENCH LAW
Proposed broadcasting legislation in France could be redrawn yet again, following Monday's (27 March) announcement that culture and communications minister Catherine Trautmann is leaving her post. She is replaced by Catherine
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WILLIAMS IS NEW HEAD OF BUSINESS AT NICKELODEON GNV
Nickelodeon Global Network Ventures has named Courtney Williams as head of business and network development, Europe. Williams, who will be based in London, previously managed the channel's launch throughout the Asia
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TALK OF MERGER TALK JUST TALK, SAYS VIVENDI
Reports that French media and utilities giant Vivendi is in talks with Canadian outfit Seagram and US Cox Communications about a merger that would create a media giant worth more than
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Controversy rages over Mip bookings
Online distribution companies have claimed that Reed Midem has banned them from hiring stand space in the extended palais at Mip-TV because they pose a threat to its own web service,
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Documentary Oscar for UK indie
BBC 2 Storyville documentary One Day in September walked away with the Oscar for best documentary feature at this week's Acamedy Awards, writes Tim Dams.
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Pepsi Chart Show sold into Latin America
GMG Endemol Entertainment distribution arm Gem has sold The Pepsi Chart into Argentina, Venezuela, Puerto Rico and Guatemala, writes Tim Dams.
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Wooing Treays
Six months of gentle persuasion have finally enticed documentary-maker Jane Treays to Granada. Colin Robertson finds out why she's such a catch.
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Mark Rowland
On why the dotcom revolution reminds him of Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes.
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NewsTX - Instinct
TV's newest detective confronts death and his feelings amid the bleak scenery of the Pennines.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Digging up the indie sector
The proposed buyout of Endemol Entertainment by Telefonica has thrown the indie status of GMG Endemol into doubt. Ashley Davies reports on how the deal reignites the debate about indie quotas.