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Championing the role of titles
Broadcastgets inside the mindset of the designers as three programme branding pitches are put under the microscope, while below David Wood explains why the end credits have yet to go up on the title sequence market.
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Wright to Metro
Former MTV Studios general manager Peter Wright has replaced Nicholas Taylor as chief executive of media technology group Metro Broadcast. Wright was previously responsible for heading MTV's broadcast facilities division, which served more than 30 MTV channels. It also worked with external clients including Nickelodeon, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five. ...
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Directors follow the Romans
Directors Cut has completed post-production on Life and Death in Romefor production company Shine. The 6 x 60-minute documentary series goes back 2,000 years to look at how the Romans lived, loved and partied. Online editor Andrew Elliott used digital film effects and lighting effects on ...
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West dig gets kit
West Digital has completed its£200,000 relaunch after buying the Real Editing Company from Independent Post last year. Joint managing director Darren Cock ordered three Avid Adrenalines - one HD - from reseller Altered Images. The refurbishment, including digital cabling infrastructure, was completed last month. West Digital is currently editing ...
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Childline Support
Chromakey specialist Reflecmedia has supplied its Chromatte to the producers of a music video promoting the new Childline anti-bullying single, Stand Tall, sung by Just3. Reflecmedia lent producer Colin McKeown and director Samantha Janus a
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Pepper prepares Girl in Caf
Pepper Post Production has completed post-production, including visual effects and title sequences, for Richard Curtis' Girl in the Café. The drama focuses on a politician (Bill Nighy) who embarks on a relationship with a girl that he meets in a café (Kelly MacDonald) around the G8 ...
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Bib wins BBC order
Bib Buoy TV has won the BBC contract to post-produce visual effects shots on The Virgin Queen. The job, around 20 shots, has been estimated at about 90 hours in a Flame suite and five days' shoot attendance. The shots range from crowd duplication of armies ...
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Glastonbury goes green on BBC
422 Manchester has produced graphics for this year's BBC coverage of the Glastonbury Festival. 422 graphic designer Gareth Price created the multilayered sequences entirely within After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop. The strong use of green - using digital stills - was used to create a distinctive theme for this year's ...
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Axe hangs over Creature Shop
A final decision has yet to be made about the closure of Jim Henson's Creature Shop and the fate of its 23 full-time employees.
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Two Way TV adds mobile phone service
Post and transmission house TSI is doing a deal with interactive tv provider Two Way TV to provide mobile phone services to broadcasters using its playout centre.
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Peter Gabriel buys a 50% stake in Solid State Logic
Audio console manufacturer Solid State Logic (SSL) has been bought by musician Peter Gabriel and American businessman David Engelke for an undisclosed sum.
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Turning on to branded channels
Branded TV has its critics but with the right blend of business know-how and production techniques, it can be made to pay dividends.
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Bravo post buys EQ
Bravo Post Production has bought a£100,000 eQ editing system from manufacturer Quantel. The editing, grading and versioning system can operate at either standard or high-definition resolution. The eQ system was bought to replace Bravo Post's Quantel Editbox system, which had been in use for the past seven years. Bravo Post ...
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NewsEffects industry calls for tax clarity
The UK visual effects industry is calling for the government to clarify its plans to change film tax breaks amid fears that the closure of Jim Henson's Creature Shop could be the first of many.
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BBC Broadcast buys BBC TV listings guide
Soon-to-be-sold BBC Broadcast has bought BBC Worldwide's£4.8m electronic TV programme listings business, writesRick Dacey.
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Rudgard to move
Soho post house Golden Square has signed up Lord of the RingsFlame and Fire artist Tim Rudgard. Rudgard previously worked at Red Post for five years and at Oktobor Post in New Zealand, where he was involved in the Lord of the ...
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Kemistry wins MTV
Design and branding company Kemistry has won the contract to rebrand MTV3 in Finland. Kemistry will be responsible for producing the entire on-air package, covering idents, news programme graphics and website interfaces. The channel will relaunch in the autumn. Creative head Graham McCallum, who branded the original launch of MTV3 ...
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Tennis link to India
TWI is beaming this year's Wimbledon Tennis Championship to mobile handsets around the world. Mobile phones users in the UK, Spain, Malaysia and, for the first time, India will be able to watch coverage of the grass court tournament on the move. TWI's mobile ...
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Funds for films
London's digital film festival, Pulse, has opened up£80,000 of funding to film-makers working in the digital medium. The funding will be spread among a maximum of 10 short films. Pulse was launched by Film London, in association with the UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund in 2002, to help produce ...
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IBF invests in HDCam decks
International Broadcast Facilities (IBF) has invested more than£150,000 to boost its Sony HD capabilities as it predicts a swing from HD-D5 to HDCam SR.