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BBC votes 422
422 is the first external facility to design titles for the BBC's election coverage, writes Barbara Marshall. Creative director Simon Clarke and senior designer Nicky Thomson combined specially shot live action
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SMOKE TAKES ON ARTIST
High-end facility Smoke & Mirrors has appointed Frenchman Jean-Philippe Leclercq as senior Inferno artist. For the past five years he has worked for some of France's leading post-production houses as well
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COMMANDER DEBUT DUE
Effects developer 5D plans to show its real-time film and video playback solution 5D Cyborg (Commander) at Siggraph in August. Currently beta-testing with six film facilities in London and Los Angeles,
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4MC BUYS EDIFIS NO 2
4MC has expanded its content restoration studio with the purchase of a second Edifis system which offers up to 14 hours uncompressed storage and a Scratchbox retouching unit. Divisional managing director
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TOONSHADER UNVEILED
Toon Boom Technologies has released ToonShader - a package that allows Maya-generated animation to be imported in to Toon Boom's USAnimation software for web publishing. Alias Wavefront developer relations manager Tom
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How long will ITV anomaly last?
Is it time the industry asked whether ITV's system of commissioning and producing programmes should change in the light of consolidated ownership?The subject is a thorny one for producers, whether they
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FREE TO AIR - A new leaf for ITC's library
Britain, according to a recent edition of Germany's Stern magazine, is an island where nothing works, plagued by foot and mouth disease and foot-in-mouth politicians, but we still care about our
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TRADE TALK - Blazing a trail
Creative business ideas have helped Eileen Quinn's firm Monogram merge with Wark Clements. Now she is poised to deliver primetime hits.
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IN MY VIEW - Tabitha Elwes
On how interactive advertising may change the future business model for broadcasters.
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ON THE BOX - Repeat offenders
Senior producer factual SMG TV Productions Steven Bailey will stick with Big Brother and is moved by Timewatch's Strangeways.
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NEWS ANALYSIS - Change of image
Refreshing a tired but established format can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand a new look is capable of attracting a new audience but, on the other, too great a revamp runs the risk of alienating the faithful core.
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Who has the right?
In the battle to retain commercial control over their own creations, independent producers are challenging those broadcasters which automatically assume ownership of a programme's TV rights.
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INTERVIEW - Carolyn Reynolds
After eight years on Coronation Street, Yorkshire TV's Carolyn Reynolds knows what works in drama and wants to exploit ITV's new role as risk-taker in the genre.
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INDIE FINANCE - September has a spring in its step
Having built up its 'Hollywood' franchise which panders to viewers' fascination with US lifestyles, September Films is planning to create drama and distribution arms to tap into its database of existing clients.
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Going in for the kill
A production crew getting chased up trees by black rhinos, a man getting hit by a bullet bouncing off an alligator and a presenter getting attacked by a big angry bird,
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BBC snaps into action to keep snooker fans glued
The spring bank holiday Monday finally brought the snooker to a close on BBC 2 (Monday 20.00) with an audience of 4.86 million and the channel used the momentum of the
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Off the Record ... and finally ..
James Greville, head of Cartoon Network/Boomerang UK, uses psychology to get his way.
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Off the Record ... Yentob's designs on BBC Scotland
News just in from Los Angeles, where the LA screenings are in full swing, tells of Alan 'Botney' Yentob on his mobile phone night and day to those responsible for judging
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Off the Record ... Following Nasty Nigel's footsteps
Yorkshire TV executive producer of entertainment Jim Brown is hoping to replicate the success of Popstars with Starmaker, his new talent show for ITV2. But he's also shamelessly keen to follow
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Off the Record ..
Production pontiff Michael Foster is reportedly setting up a talent agency backed by PR guru Matthew Freud and is supposedly representing one Ross Kemp (who he? Ed). For all those interested