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FIVE COMMISSIONS MORE 'SWAP' SHOWS.
Five has created its own 'swap' strand, following the success of RDF's Wife Swap and Boss
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Thompson: I won't apply for DG's job.
Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson this week said he will not apply to become BBC director general, writes Glen Mutel.
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Dyke's Manchester vision under threat.
The BBC could scrap a controversial Charter review plan to move a huge chunk of the
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The future of ITV news
Staff at Meridian TV are trying to make sense of a 40-page consultation document laying out management plans for a radical restructuring of news and regional programming. It makes fascinating reading, and not only for Meridian employees. Because this is not just a local issue. This document is being described ...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Robert Hanks, Independent
'In one sense, the flaw in Dunkirk was that it was too well made.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Charlie Catchpole, Daily Express
'Dunkirk continues tonight and ends tomorrow. Don't miss it.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Rupert Smith, Guardian
'Apart from being informative and inspiring, Dunkirk was also very impressive in technical terms.'...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - James Walton, Daily Telegraph
'Dunkirk describes itself as 'a dramatised documentary' - a phrase that can signify almost anything. Either way, it...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Paul Hoggart, The Times
'Like Operation Dynamo itself, Dunkirk is a chaotic affair, improvised and cobbled together from desperately limite...
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Dunkirk (BBC2) - Peter Paterson, Daily Mail
'An excellent opening installment of the BBC's three-part docu-dram.'...
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Foundry invents open VFX program
London-based company The Foundry has blown the visual effects market wide open with the development of a software program that will allow editors and compositors to use 'plug-in' visual effects from any company on any finishing system, writes Farah Jifri.
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Millar puts£4m into Whitfield St Studios
Robin Millar, the new owner of London facility the Whitfield Street Studios (see Broadcast, 13.2.04), is investing around£4m to get the facility up and running, writesFarah Jifri.
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Luckwell given trade body role
Mike Luckwell has been appointed chairman of a new post-production industry association being set up by the UK Film Council. The as-yet-unnamed body will represent and promote the UK post-production industry at home and abroad.
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Flaxton joins hd bill
Director and DoP Terry Flaxton has been added to the bill for next week's Harnessing High Definition conference. The multi-award-winning film-maker, one of the first people in the world to shoot a feature film on videotape, has been involved in a number of HD projects including Past Present Future Imperfect ...
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Sale for Sony kit
Surrey-based broadcast services company Presteigne Broadcast Hire is the first customer to buy Sony's new wireless camera systems. Presteigne took delivery of the WLL-RX55 wireless camera receiver and CA55 wireless camera transmitter from Sony last week. Presteigne already has a number of wireless camera systems from other manufacturers such as ...
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MBO interest in alias
Computer hardware manufacturer SGI is in negotiations to sell its 3D division, Alias, to an MBO team. The deal, which will be done with backing from a private equity investment firm, will see the existing management team and organisation structure remain as it is under new ownership. Alias did not ...
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Minicams launched
Prime Television has launched two minicams, which are the result of three years of development. They are a compact three-chip, pan and tilt camera and the Matchstick Minicam. The pan and tilt camera avoids the need for ARC (aspect ratio conversion) before widescreen broadcast. The minicam provides true 16:9 widescreen ...
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Lip Sync posts great escapes
Lip Sync Post has completed the animated titles for 7 x 30-minute series Escape From? for Five. Produced by 3BM the series is part of a larger 14-programme commission, the other seven being Missions, a series on great missions in the 21st century. ...
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Two firms finish Sky's Miriam
London Post and The TV Set have post-produced There's Something About Miriam a 6 x 60-minute series for Sky One. The series was onlined and graded using Symphony with Sapphire FX by Blue Turtle's Graham Carr at London Post with series director Dominic Bowls. Carr ...
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Jump brands UK's Eurovision
Jump has done the branding for Eurovision Making Your Mind Up! the live television competition to find the UK's Eurovision entry for 2004. Jump's Stephen Smith designed the programme logo while senior designer Keith Livingstone created the opening titles using specially shot footage which was ...