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    Silks herald arrival of C4 Racing

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    Victor Martinez and The Mill have completed the titles and graphics for the launch of Channel 4 Racing for Highflyer Productions. Racing silks are seen weaving in and out of a race before coming together to form the shape of a galloping horse, charging towards ...

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    BDA posts Promax winner

    2004-11-11T08:30:00Z

    BDA has completed the Promax-winning Think Again campaign for the National Geographic Channels. In Donkey, which won a Promax gold for best corporate promotion, a donkey kills an old woman by accidentally disturbing a cart and sending watermelons crashing down on her. The promo finishes with the line: 'Every year, ...

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    BBC dominates Promax

    2004-11-08T14:30:17Z

    The BBC grabbed top honours and 10 gold statuettes at the Promax UK awards at the Grosvenor House on Saturday (6 November).

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    BBC dominates RTS craft shortlist

    2004-11-05T11:53:26Z

    The BBC has scooped the lion's share of nominations for this year's RTS Craft and Design Awards, taking 40 of the 72 nominations.

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    UK Post looks beyond London

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Post-production trade body UK Post has so far failed to 'fulfil its brief', according to its own chairman.

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    TSI spends£500,000 to boost audio facilities

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    TSI Post Production is spending£500,000 on audio facilities following a huge increase in audio bookings over the past year.

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    Pepper hires TK man

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Pepper Post has appointed Aubrey Wooliwiss as assistant colourist. He joins from Framestore CFC. Wooliwiss will work with senior colourists Chris Beeton and Jet Omeshebi and colourist Dan Coles. Managing director Patrick Holzen said Wooliwiss' appointment had increased overall staffing at the department and that the newcomer had great potential.

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    Martinez to Liquid

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Freelance designer Victor Martinez is set to join design agency Liquid TV in January. Martinez will report directly to managing director Azra Alikhan as a senior designer. He won a Sportel award for ITV's The Premiership 2002/2003 idents and has been nominated for both Bafta ...

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    Blue adds to HD

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Blue has expanded its HD facilities with an Avid DS Nitris because of increased demand for high-definition editing, such as work on Fat Fiancés , a 50-minute documentary for Cicada Films. Fat Fiancés will air on the Discovery Channel in ...

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    Devilfish gives new look to Five

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Devilfish has redesigned Five's on-screen ident package. The package places the Five logo within the branding, appearing on pregnancy scans and being borne by leaf-carrying ants. Devilfish's Sean de Sparengo directed the sequences. The idents were post-produced at VTR and worked on by colourist Tareq Kubaisi, Flame

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    Pepper grades Lawless for ITV1

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    Pepper has completed grading and special effects on Newcastle-based police drama Lawless. The two-part ITV1 series produced by Company Pictures focuses on corruption within the police force and stars Trevor Eve. Pepper's effects team, Scott Hinchcliffe and Simon Giblin, created special effects including a ...

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    The Station titles Berlin journey

    2004-11-04T08:30:00Z

    The Station has produced the title sequence for ITN Factual series The Road to Berlin. The series follows pub comedian Al Murray as he follows in the footsteps of the Allied forces from Normandy across Europe to Berlin in the final months of the ...

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    Sumners adds DS Nitris and audio theatre

    2004-11-03T15:51:58Z

    Manchester-based post-production facility Sumners has invested£160,000 in new editing and sound equipment.

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    New TV chief for Pinewood

    2004-11-02T10:33:01Z

    Pinewood Shepperton has appointed former Anglia TV and Teddington Studios executive Ian Osborne as head of television.

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    History Channel gets redesign

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    Lambie Nairn has redesigned The History Channel's international branding package. Lambie Nairn used modern and anci...

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    Fusion rides high after stabilising debts

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    Fusion Post Production has successfully secured a company voluntary agreement (CVA) and has recorded its two most successful months ever.

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    Management buyout at MPC ?doubtful'

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    The rumoured£50m price tag for the Moving Picture Company (MPC) has silenced industry talk of a management buyout.

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    Hawkeye a winner

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    Hawkeye, the tennis and cricket virtual replay system, has won two IT awards at this year's British Computer Society Awards. Hawkeye Innovations scooped both the applications award and flagship award. The system tracks the motion of the ball during cricket and tennis matches with the resulting information being used to ...

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    Easy starts blaze

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    Software developer Easy Effects has launched its first vfx plug-ins, following beta testing at Nats Post Production. The plug-in, Blaze, is the first in a line called The Look which is designed specifically for offline and online editors using Avid systems. It aims to fulfil the demands that are put ...

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    Bluw delivers Classic FM idents

    2004-10-28T08:30:00Z

    Bluw has completed production on idents for Classic FM TV. The series of promos bring the channel's television and radio offerings closer by promoting the radio shows to the brand's TV audience. The idents attempt to mirror the channel's sense of calm by using filmic images and languid camera movements. ...