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Lola buys Flame
Visual effects facility Lola has bought another Flame and an HDCam tape deck. The compositing and finishing tool was purchased for use on the BBC's docu-drama Supervolcano and has also been used on the latest Maroon 5 video. Reseller XTFX completed the deal. Lola is run by Oscar-winning compositor Rob ...
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BBC2 Finds Santa
The Image Foundry and Manchester University have completed a reconstruction of what Santa Claus really looked liked. The Real Face of Santa , produced by Atlantic Product-ions, pieces together a 3D image of Saint Nicholas that owes more to his fourth-century Turkish roots and bruiser ...
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Craft workshops
Next year's Broadcast Production Show will feature two new elements. Acknowledging the rise in interactive and branded TV the 2005 show will host a workshop called The Channel Centre. There is also a new feature for cameramen, DoPs, lighting directors and videographers called the Camera Skills & Craft Work-shops which ...
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ITN/Fox footage deal
ITN and Fox News have come to an agreement that will create the biggest news stock footage service in the US market and make historical Fox News footage available worldwide for the first time. ITN Archive will take over the commercial management of the Fox News video library and the ...
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Skaramoosh posts Burrell doc
Skaramoosh has completed editing, animation and finishing on an October Films documentary about butler Paul Burrell's experiences working for the royal family. Skaramoosh used previously unseen stills placed in 3D environments to recreate scenes and key events. The art direction and animation was done by Piers Helm, the online and ...
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St Anne's Sherlock Holmes case
St Anne's Post has completed the grade, dubbing mix and online on Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Silk Stocking. The Tiger Aspect production required extra atmosphere and sense of period from the grade so senior colourist Vince Narduzzo added smoke effects to ...
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BBC1 turns to 2AM for Christmas
2AM Films has produced Christmas idents for BBC1. The interstitials are built around an idea submitted by a 10 year-old Blue Peter viewer as part of competition to design an ident. It features more than 30 kids and is called Bouncy Puddings. Andy Margetson was ...
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BBC docs exec to boost Bristol
Producers in Bristol have welcomed the BBC's decision to move a key factual commissioner to the city, saying it will boost both in-house and indie production.
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Viewers to decide civil disputes in live BBC1 special
BBC1 has commissioned a major live interactive special from Test the Nation producer Talent Television that will allow viewers to decide the outcome of civil disputes.
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BBC: wait until March for job cut details
Unions have been told by the BBC that they must wait until March for exact details on plans to slash jobs and programme budgets.
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C4 to follow urban musical
Channel 4 is giving new talent the chance to develop an urban musical as part of a creative partnership with Theatre Royal Stratford East.
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ITV sheds a further 80 jobs in regional cutbacks
ITV is to wipe a further 80 jobs off its regional head count with cuts in the north, Anglia and ITV Wales.
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Ofcom gets Freeview box figures wrong
Ofcom has admitted that it overestimated the number of Freeview households in the UK by more than 400,000.
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BBC3 showcases docs in winter line-up
BBC3 has put documentaries centre stage in its winter season.
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Sandler to objective
Indie Objective Productions has appointed former Planet 24 production director Paul Sandler as joint managing director. Sandler, who joins after Christmas, will work alongside founding partners Andrew O'Connor and Michael Vine to oversee Objective's growing slate. Objective is currently making a new series of Derren ...
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DABs set for Xmas boost
Digital radio is set for a boost with retailers and broadcasters predicting DAB sets will be one of this Christmas's must-have gifts.
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Digital learning list
The BBC has unveiled a list of 25 companies that will be able to tender for£75m worth of work on the forthcoming digital curriculum. The preferred suppliers list includes companies such as Granada Learning, Pearson Education, Research Machines and Welsh indie Tinopolis, which appears twice under the guises Tinopolis Interactive ...
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Committee reports
The House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee is due to publish its report on the BBC Charter review today (16 December). The committee, chaired by Labour MP Gerald Kaufman, is expected to make recommendations on a number of issues including the BBC's funding and governance and the ...
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MTV appoints Barry
MTV has hired former Universal creative director Michael Barry in a newly created top programming role.
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BBC Scotland moves
BBC Scotland has appointed Jeff Zycinski as head of Radio Scotland and Margaret Mary Murray as head of Gaelic. Zycinski, former editor of entertainment and events, previously launched The Lesley Riddoch Programme and The Gary Robertson Show. Murray ...