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Liquid was commissioned by Carlton to create the titles for travel entertainment show Paul O'Grady's Orient, featuring the man behind Lily Savage. Inspired by classic oriental images, traditionally dr
Liquid was commissioned by Carlton to create the titles for travel entertainment show Paul O'Grady's Orient, featuring the man behind Lily Savage. Inspired by classic oriental images, traditionally drawn environments were
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Golden Square post production has completed the title sequence for the Sci-Fi Channel's new series Urban Myth Chillers. Produced by Universal TV, the series features a collection of short horror stori
Golden Square post production has completed the title sequence for the Sci-Fi Channel's new series Urban Myth Chillers. Produced by Universal TV, the series features a collection of short horror stories
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BBC's poor racial record under fire
Mainstream BBC programmes across television and radio are still failing to reflect Britain's multiracial make-up and cultural diversity.This was the bleak message presented to BBC governors at a seminar last Thursday
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Diverse looks at Leeds for regional multicultural arm
Diverse Production plans to expand its operations into the regions and has earmarked Leeds as its first port of call, writes Colin Robertson.
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ITN promotes for Channel 5 news
ITN has made a number of promotions in the C5 news team, with assistant programme editor of 5 News at Breakfast Nick Rabin becoming programme editor, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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GWR rejigs top jobs at Essex Group
GWR has orchestrated a management restructure at the Essex Group, following its£146m takeover of Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT) radio assets last month, writes Georgina Lipscomb.
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The Choice vision
Stuart Murphy, Choice's head of programming, has been furiously busy since taking over. Now, with cheap, low-rating shows ditched and 78 commissions underway, he can start turning the channel into BBC 3.
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Off the record - Crime buster
It's all been a gorgeous but frantic whirlwind of state-of-the-art crime fighting for Andy Braddel, the ex-APTN Moscow bureau chief who now runs Timeline, the APTN/ORMedia joint venture. In Rotterdam, while
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Off the record - Lab watch
OTR was delighted to discover last week the arrival of a brand new lab in the broadcasting family. This latest addition is the BBC's Fictionlab, which belongs to the drama entertainment
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Off the record - God's chosen few
Broadcast doesn't usually give much credit to casting directors, but is prepared to make an exception this week after it emerged that a pretty big name was involved in choosing the
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Off the record - Charity begins in Glasgow
Ah, it makes us all warm inside when cuddly broadcasting types do lovely things for charity. Like when a bunch of well-meaning delegates at the National Radio Festival in Glasgow between
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Off the record - Reach for the Sky
If the office of culture czar Gerald Kaufman has more flowers in it than Barbra Streisand's dressing room, blame those grinning rascals at Sky News. While explaining the concept of audience
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CNN - First on the scene
Credited with revolutionising television news coverage on a global scale, CNN appears to have good reason to boast. But does it truly deserve its reputation for groundbreaking news? Steve Clarke looks back across 20 years.
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CNN - Fingers on the news pulse
Co-ordinating 12 networks worldwide and ensuring that resources are effectively managed while avoiding duplication of stories is no mean feat. But CNN's centralised news-gathering operation is a slick, highly organised animal. Nick Radlo reports.
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Framestore scoops the monitor awards with 11 wins
FrameStore stole the show at this year's International Monitor Awards in Los Angeles - staggering away with 11 trophies. In an unprecedented achievement, the facility tied equal first with itself in
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BBC offers interactive coverage of open golf
The BBC is providing an interactive television service for its main channel coverage of the Open Golf Championship, which began yesterday (20 July). It will be available to digital terrestrial viewers
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Wet gate C-Reality system for super 16 goes online
The world's first fully operational film wet gate system fitted to a C-Reality went online at Big Finish's Pepper earlier this month. Group chief engineer Colin Smith said of the system,
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The machine room is first to buy Shadow telecine
The Machine Room, part of the VTR group, is the first facility in the UK to buy a Philips Shadow telecine. The Shadow will replace one of its Rank Cintel Mark
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Rushes producer branches out into the hive
Another VTR company, The Hive, has appointed ex-Rushes producer Paul Branch to the post of senior producer/studio manager. Reporting to managing director David Southwood, Branch will focus on 3D animation projects,
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Laughing Buddha gets fatter on new appointments
New post facility Laughing Buddha has made two further appointments. Avid editor Mitch Baker has joined from FilmFour, while Editbox FX operator Ron Ganbar joins from Blue Post Production at the