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John Maybury, award-winning promo director and helmsman on Love is the Devil, the film on the life of artist Francis Bacon, has completed The Museum of Memory, a complex visual essay
John Maybury, award-winning promo director and helmsman on Love is the Devil, the film on the life of artist Francis Bacon, has completed The Museum of Memory, a complex visual essay
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XTV, the design arm of Tele-Cine, has just completed titles for ZKK's new six-part programme, Stepkids. XTV chose the theme of torn family photographs, which untear and reform during the sequence
XTV, the design arm of Tele-Cine, has just completed titles for ZKK's new six-part programme, Stepkids. XTV chose the theme of torn family photographs, which untear and reform during the sequence
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NTL TO SELL SET-TOP BOXES OUTSIDE FRANCHISE AREA
NTL has unveiled plans to sell its own digital terrestrial TV set-top boxes in areas outside its own cable franchises from the start of next year. The boxes will provide customers
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BBC Sport staff vent anger at rights loss
BBC Sport came under renewed criticism this week for its failure to secure top sporting rights - from its own staff, writes Tim Dams.In a letter to The Mirror, unnamed staff
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Zoning in on the viewer
BBC 2 argues that its tactic of packaging shows such as Timewatch (above) into the History Zone is working. Jason Deans reports on how zoning is taking over television.
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RATINGS ANALYSIS - ITV gets better
The Network Centre's revamped peaktime schedule dominated the winter season, with its instant success coming mainly at the expense of lacklustre competition from BBC 1.
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John Salisbury, graphic designer with BBC Resources Post Production & Graphic Design, was behind the titles for new Alice Beer-fronted celebrity panel gameshow Easy Money. The daily show revolves arou
John Salisbury, graphic designer with BBC Resources Post Production & Graphic Design, was behind the titles for new Alice Beer-fronted celebrity panel gameshow Easy Money. The daily show revolves around two
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Sky's new website to aid indie pitches
Sky One plans to add a new dimension to its commissioning structure with the introduction of a website through which independent production companies can submit programme ideas, writes Alice Macandrew.The new
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OFF THE RECORD - Reformist agenda
Chart-topping teeny boppers S-Club 7 - aka the stars of Initial Kids' show Miami 7 - might prefer the beach, but the venue for their latest gig couldn't have been more
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DESIGN AGENCY CATALYST MEDIA OPENS FOR BUSINESS
A new design and branding agency, Catalyst Media, has opened in Soho. The new venture is headed by Bryan Wright, former founding director of 20/20 Design and head of sister company
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BBC science adds graphics arm
BBC science has established its own in-house 3D animation and modelling facility to service a potential roster of landmark series expected to go into production in the next 18 months, writes
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AD PRODUCTION - Commercial revolution
What will the advent of digital mean for the advertising production industry? Viewers will change the way they watch and big brands will have to approach the small screen in new ways, as Dominic Timms reports.
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PACE BUYS ACORN'S SET-TOP BOX ARM
Pace Micro Technology has acquired Acorn Group's set-top box business in a deal worth£200,000. Pace chief executive Malcolm Miller said the acquisition would enable the company to develop an 'ever
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Discovery sounds out Bennett about running Learning channel
BBC Production deputy chief executive and director of programmes Jana Bennett has been approached by Discovery Communications to run The Learning Channel, write Tim Dams and Alice Macandrew.News that head-hunters had
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MARK AND LARD TO MAKE TV DEBUT WITH MATCH OF THE 90S
BBC Radio 1 duo Mark and Lard are to make their BBC 1 debut later this summer with a 10-part football series called Match of the 90s. Produced by Manchester-based BBC
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS - Bulgar bore helps C5 to best ever share
England's game in Bulgaria last week helped Channel 5 to its best ever weekly audience share according to unofficial overnights, writes Liz Shackleton.Between Monday 7 June and Sunday 13 June the
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SWEDEN'S KANAL 5 PICK UPS FANTASY FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Avalon International has sold Avalon Television's Fantasy Football League format to Sweden. As part of the deal, Avalon's executive producer for entertainment and sport Andy Jacobs will work with Nordisk Films
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Animation chief Kitson quits C4
Channel 4 commissioning editor of animation Clare Kitson is to leave Horseferry Road after 11 years, write Tim Dams and Annie Dare.Her departure will lead to an overhaul of C4's animation
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VAN OUTEN TO OFFER C4 SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND
Channel 4 has commissioned Tiger Aspect Productions to make a major new Denise Van Outen (right) post-watershed entertainment series, based on relationships. The 7 x 30-minute series, provisionally titled Something for
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C4 takes high school show
Granada Media (GM) controller of children's Steven Andrew has secured his first Channel 4 children's commission - a docu-soap described as a 'real Beverly Hills 90210', writes Jason Deans.The 13 x