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The Hits idents come alive
Emap Performance Design has redesigned its channel identity package for music channel The Hits. The brand wanted to be big, friendly and fresh in expressing its essence, 'Such a good feeling!', to its 16- to 34- year-old market. The idents aim to express how The Hits can fill the world ...
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Triffic job for Catherine Tate
Triffic has produced the titles for a new 6 x 30-minute series of The Catherine Tate Showfor Tiger Aspect. Triffic animation director Tim Searle designed and directed the sequence. The camera introduces Tate's main comedy creations by zooming into and out of her eye. Ben Joiner ...
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Schedules cleared as disaster details emerge
Viewers flocked to the TV news broadcasts and special reports following the bombings in London last week, with BBC1's extended Six O'Clock Newspeaking with 7 million viewers.
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RDF calms angry drivers with road rage school
RDF has devised a new format for BBC1 which will attempt to re-educate drivers afflicted by road rage.
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TWI to advise IOC on London Olympics
Indie TWI has been appointed as a consultant by the International Olympic Committee to research distribution rights for coverage of the London 2012 games.
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Setanta nabs Sky Sports man
Sky Sports second in command, Trevor East, has left to join Irish sports broadcaster Setanta.
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NewsSeafaring drama floats on BBC2
BBC2's adaptation of William Golding's sea-faring trilogy, To the Ends of the Earth, met with success this week, with more than 4 million watching its maiden voyage.
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Loud Five ads rapped
Five has been rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for playing its adverts too loudly. The ASA said that during a broadcast of the Bill Murray comedy film Groundhog Dayon 3 March 2005, Five breached the TV Advertising Standards Code governing sound levels in advertisements. ...
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Bradby takes ITV political editor role
ITV News has promoted UK editor Tom Bradby as its new political editor. He replaces Nick Robinson, who quit ITV News to replace Andrew Marr as the BBC's political editor. Bradby is a former political correspondent and royal correspondent for ITV News. In addition, the BBC's Daisy Sampson has joined ...
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More than 60% of homes have digital TV
More than 60% of UK houses now receive digital TV, with more houses having broadband internet connections than dial-up accounts for the first time, according to The Ofcom Communications Marketreport. It added that more than 250,000 houses each month are switching onto digital or adding another ...
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Aardman makes first ever acquisition
Aardman has acquired the English-speaking rights to Belgian 3D model animation Panique au Village. It is the first time the 30-year-old UK company has acquired a programme and it hopes to make further acquisitions in the future. The rights to the 20 x 5-minute series, created ...
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DCMS select committee announced
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has unveiled the line-up of its new select committee. Nine newcomers will join the House of Commons committee that monitors the department's work. They include former Conservative culture spokesman John Whittingdale, who is set to be chairman. Labour MPs Rosemary McKenna and Alan ...
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BBC to screen Al-Qaeda series earlier
The BBC has brought forward a series on Al-Qaeda in the wake of the terrorist attacks on London. The first episode of three-parter The New Al-Qaedawill now be shown on BBC2 on 25 July, a week before its original broadcast date. The series, fronted by veteran ...
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Happy, but feeling the pressure
The second part of our lifestyle survey looks at how those in broadcasting feel about issues such as job satisfaction, career development and stress.
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The lure of the Golden Triangle
Eastern Europe is becoming an increasingly important destination for UK drama productions seeking tax breaks and cheaper rates on studios, craftspeople, crews and kit hire. Is it worth the headahce and are there any hidden costs? Andy Stout reports.
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A reporting revolution
The use of user-generated content to record events as they occur brings a unique competitive edge to news-gathering but demands judicious editing
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Gold medal coverage?
There is little doubt that the 2012 London Olympic Games will prove a massive bonanza for the BBC. But the commercial channels and independents are also hot medal contenders.
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Sums on ITV don't add up
With few cuts left to be made at ITV and little strategic brand value to play on, Time Warner's bid makes no sense, writes Stuart Prebble.
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From triumph to tragedy
ITV London News' editor Stuart Thomas and his team went from covering the city's triumph in Singapore to the carnage of last Thursday's terrorist attack. By Kate Bulkley.
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Don't do their dirty work
As journalists we owe it to the victims of terrorism to tell their stories as honestly as we can, writes Kevin Sim.