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Lipsync buys DI kit
Soho's Lipsync Post has bought a second Quantel iQ digital intermediate grading suite, totalling£3.5m of investment in digital intermediate over the past year. The new suite includes Truelight Calibration, 5.1 surround sound and a 12-foot screen, which is supported by Northlight film scanners and Arri-laser film recorders. Lipsync has recently ...
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Precursor gives E4 a fresh look
Precursor has redesigned E4's channel idents and menus, winning a five-way pitch. Precusor developed a parallel E4 world which is linked to ours. A conventional purple 'outside' world was designed to contrast with a surreal white 'inside' world while a 3D E4 logo acted as a portal between the two. ...
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Lipsync puts images to eulogy
Lipsync Post has produced titles for and onlined Holocaust - A Music Memorial Filmfrom Auschwitzfor the BBC. The graphics had to be evocative yet appropriate to the subject matter. Senior designer Julia Blake and creative director Howard Watkins used After Effects to make the titles appear ...
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Fold7 has designs on Paramount
Fold7 has designed new channel idents across the Paramount Comedy Channels. The series of branding focuses on objects associated with Paramount shows; a Jack Russell dog for Frasieror a martini for MASH, which rotate slowly in locked-off shots on top of a ...
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NewsBBC ban taxis for freelance staff
The BBC has banned freelance staff from taking taxis and minicabs on expenses after working late nights or early mornings - provoking a furious response from trade unions.
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NewsBBC staff get trauma help
The BBC is offering news staff trauma counselling in a bid to counter the often horrific images such as those from the Asian tsunami and hostage beheadings in Iraq that they have to deal with.
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NewsRoot poaches BBC factual boss for Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel general manager Jane Root has poached the BBC's head of factual development Peter Lovering to become her 'point man' in the UK - looking for ideas and formats that could be produced for the US.
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NewsTinopolis aims for London indie
Tinopolis, Wales' largest independent production company, is to list on the London Stock Market and use the injection of cash to shop for a London indie.
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NewsITV pulls the plug on Steel River Blues
Steel River Blues, ITV's high profile fire-fighting drama that replaced London's Burning, has had the plug pulled by the network after just one series.
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NewsGranada factuals boss joins Shine
Indie Shine has poached deputy controller of Granada factuals north Sam Anthony to become its new creative director for factual.
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Five looks for UK's own Desperate Housewives
Five has jumped on the Desperate Housewivesbandwagon by commissioning a documentary looking at what goes on behind the twitching net curtains of Britain.
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ITV2 to air Branson reality show
ITV2 is set to secure the exclusive rights to Richard Branson's US reality show after outbidding rivals Living TV and F/X.
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£5,000 buys personal ad on TV
Viewers looking for that special someone and who have£5,000 to spare are to be given the opportunity to star in a 15-minute profile of themselves on a new 24-hour dating channel.
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Bickley quits C4 for Betty
Sam Bickley, the Channel 4 commissioning editor behind Faking It, has quit the broadcaster after four years to join the indie sector.
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BBC/Five tie up for tsunami gig
The BBC and Five have struck an unprecedented deal to share live coverage of this weekend's fundraising concert for victims of the Asian tsunami.
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ITV lines up all-night news
ITV viewers in London are to be given the chance to watch its flagship regional news programme, London Tonight, round the clock on a new on-demand channel.
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NewsReport backs creation of 'Ourbeeb'
Key ownership functions of the BBC's board of governors should be handed to a new body representing the interests of licence fee payers, according to a new report.
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NewsAuschwitz doc pulls 4.1m
BBC2's harrowing documentary Auschwitz - the Nazis and the 'Final Solution'was once again a compelling attraction for viewers with a peak of 4.1 million (17%), surpassing Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother.
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NewsSky to launch credit card
Sky subscribers will be able to shop, bet and earn loyalty points through a new credit card currently being designed for use on their digital set top boxes.
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NewsFive cools Milkshake speculation
Nick Wilson, Five's controller of children's programming, has played down speculation that the broadcaster is planning to launch a children's digital channel based on its Milkshake strand.