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FOX KIDS EUROPE MAKES SENIOR ONLINE APPOINTMENTS
Fox Kids Europe has bolstered its 30-strong online division with five senior appointments under online and interactive managing director Natalie Hugh. The move is in line with FKE's strategy to build
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Tories slam Smith BBC 'interference'
Media secretary Chris Smith's interventionist approach to the scheduling of programmes on the BBC has come under fire from the opposition.The Conservatives have backed the BBC's criticism of the government over
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ITV2 lines up Hollywood run
ITV2 has made one of its most significant original programme commissions since its launch, lining up the 15-part September Films' Hollywood strand as part of a major increase in the channel's
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NOW jobs may go
New internet TV venture Network of the World (NOW), which is backed by TWI and Asian media giant Pacific Century CyberWorks (PCCW), is bracing itself for a wave of job cuts,
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CiTV Saturday morning show SM:TV Live, produced by Blaze TV, scooped the entertainment award and the Lego/Bafta Kids vote at the Bafta Children's Film and TV awards on 12 November, writes
CiTV Saturday morning show SM:TV Live, produced by Blaze TV, scooped the entertainment award and the Lego/Bafta Kids vote at the Bafta Children's Film and TV awards on 12 November, writes
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Hobbins Sides is behind the opening titles and graphics for LWT's Smash! for ITV. Produced by Leo Burley, the six-part series looks at the British hit single using archive footage, interviews
Hobbins Sides is behind the opening titles and graphics for LWT's Smash! for ITV. Produced by Leo Burley, the six-part series looks at the British hit single using archive footage, interviews
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The Hive has created five new idents for the Flextech men's channel Bravo. The idents feature a logo treated 'roughly' as it bounces around the screen being stretched, squashed and exploded
The Hive has created five new idents for the Flextech men's channel Bravo. The idents feature a logo treated 'roughly' as it bounces around the screen being stretched, squashed and exploded
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Red Post Production produced the titles for Hart Ryan Scotland's hard-hitting doc Amsterdam - City of Sin for Channel 4. The subjects of sex, vice and alternative culture are tackled in
Red Post Production produced the titles for Hart Ryan Scotland's hard-hitting doc Amsterdam - City of Sin for Channel 4. The subjects of sex, vice and alternative culture are tackled in
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C4 lines up social issues for winter
Channel 4 unveiled its winter schedule last week, revealing a number of documentaries about society, underpinned by the broadcaster's traditional brand of drama and entertainment.Unveiling the offering, director of programmes Tim
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BBC in radio-on-demand discussions
BBC radio is planning to introduce radio-on-demand services, with discussions taking place at a senior BBC level, writes Georgina Lipscomb.BBC radio controllers are in discussions with senior BBC executives to introduce
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New BSkyB channel to focus on financial services
BSkyB is developing plans to launch a business channel for the financial services industry, writes Simon Ellery.The channel will be the fourth in the Sky business division and follows the launch
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PATRICK MOORE FEATURES IN BBC KNOWLEDGE CAMPAIGN
BBC Creative Services developed the forthcoming BBC Knowledge campaign featuring Patrick Moore, Hanif Kureishi and Juliet Stevenson in their dream locations. Produced by Mark Waddington, the campaign presents factual programming as
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CAMBRIDGE ANIMATION UNVEILS NEW STRATEGY
Cambridge Animation Systems unveiled its new management and product strategy at Digital Media World this week. Since backer Nomura replaced the management team in July this year, the company has doubled
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NOTHING REAL LAUNCHES SHAKE ON LINUX SYSTEM
Los Angeles-based Nothing Real's high-end compositing software Shake is now available on the Linux operating system. Version 2.3 is the company's first release to support Linux and the company claims it
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ALIAS ORGANISES 3DECEMBER EVENT FOR 3D PROFESSIONALS
Alias Wavefront is organising a free one-day global event for 3D computer professionals. Known as 3December, the event will take place on that date at more than 30 cities around the
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EALING USES OWTANET FOR LOCATION FINDING WEBSITE
Web design company Owtanet has designed a website for Ealing Film Office to promote its location finding service to Hollywood producers. The site will host information about property and locations in
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RUSHES ONLINE JOINS THE MARKETPLACE
Rushes is the latest posthouse to launch an online service for clients.Rushes Online will enable clients to make bookings online for services such as broadcast playout of commercials to the ITV
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ALDIS WINS BBC 2 GRAPHICS AWARD FOR JAAAAAM
Aldis Animation won the award for best television graphics at the BBC 2 awards last week for their work on Channel 4's Jaaaaam. The original programme was devised by Chris Morris
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GMT COMMUNICATIONS CLOSES MEDIA INVESTMENT FUND
London-based private equity investor GMT Communications Partners has closed a£365m investment fund, specialising in the media and telecoms sector. The team invests in media technology firms and founded Baring Communications
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Oscar winner joins Manex
Senior compositor Jon Thum is leaving Soho's Computer Film Company (CFC) to join Manex Visual Effects in San Francisco, writes Joanna Scott.Thum was recently lead compositor for CFC's effects work on