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Aka Pizazz has created a new series of animated TV and cinema commercials for Ogilvy & Mather/Impulse. Designed and directed by Mic Graves and produced by Angela Cocker, the commercials were
Aka Pizazz has created a new series of animated TV and cinema commercials for Ogilvy & Mather/Impulse. Designed and directed by Mic Graves and produced by Angela Cocker, the commercials were
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Codename has created the title sequence for new BBC 2 documentary series The River. Designed and directed by Keith Robinson, it combines animated typography and specially shot helicopter footage of th
Codename has created the title sequence for new BBC 2 documentary series The River. Designed and directed by Keith Robinson, it combines animated typography and specially shot helicopter footage of the
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Bravo Post Production has created a fresh series of trails for BBC 1's Live & Kicking. The brief was to produce an upbeat-style sequence that would grab children's attention. Designed and
Bravo Post Production has created a fresh series of trails for BBC 1's Live & Kicking. The brief was to produce an upbeat-style sequence that would grab children's attention. Designed and
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Sky claims 1.8m for digital service
BSkyB has announced it has signed up 1.8 million people to its digital satellite service - nearly half of whom (45 per cent) are new customers.The latest figures were revealed at
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Charity launches Writernet
Writers' charity The New Playwrights Trust is launching an online interactive database designed to put writers and producers in touch with each other, writes Wale Azeez.Called Writernet, the database will feature
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BBC Scotland reorders Absolutely's Creatives
BBC Scotland has commissioned Absolutely Productions to make a second run of The Creatives, the sitcom set in an Edinburgh advertising agency, writes Ashley Davies.Clearance for another 6 x 30-minute run
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Knight joins TV12 and wins Chichester licence
Ex-London's Burning producer Paul Knight has joined the board of Isle of Wight-based restricted service licence (RSL) broadcaster TV12, writes Jason Deans.Knight, who took a 5 per cent holding in TV12,
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FOLEY QUITS CINESITE FOR INTERNET AND NEW MEDIA
Cinesite chief executive Aiden Foley is quitting the company to pursue opportunities in the internet and new media arenas. Foley, who has been with the US special effects arm of Eastman
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APPLE FORCED TO RETREAT OVER G4 PRICE RISE
Apple Computer has been forced to apologise to customers after plans to increase prices of its G4 workstations were met with a barrage of protest. Last week, Apple said it wanted
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TEKTRONIX BANKS $48 MILLION FOR VND SALE
Tektronix looks set to receive close to $48 million (£29 million) for its Video Networking Division (VND), sold to Grass Valley Group earlier this year. In a Securities & Exchange Commission
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SEVEN-YEAR ITCH SPURS MARTIN TO JOIN STATIC
Broadcast design company Static has taken on former Carlton Television design director Jackie Martin. Heading up a team of 14 designers, Martin is expected to spearhead a move into print and
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SONY ROLLS OUT FIRST MEGAPIXEL CCD DV CAMCORDER
Sony is launching what it claims is the first megapixel CCD DV camcorder. The DCR-PC100E, available in the UK from next month, has in excess of one million pixels - around
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DISCREET PACKS BAGS FOR MOVE TO DEAN STREET
Discreet is expected to move its UK headquarters from Beak Street to new premises in Dean Street next month. The new 10,000 square foot office in the former Charles Barker building
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TODD AO'S BARRETT GOES TO HOLLYWOOD
Todd AO UK vice-president of MCR operations David Barrett has quit the company for a new role as president of Todd AO Video Services in Hollywood. Todd AO UK managing director
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Pukka Post finalises takeover of The Muse
Pukka Post, the post-production arm of production company Pukka Films, has completed a takeover of facilities house The Muse (formerly known as 3DTV).Pukka Films founder Paul Katis declined to comment on
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Resources chief comes under fire
Commercial director of BBC Resources David Green came under fire from UK facilities last Thursday (14 October) for wanting to 'have his cake and eat it'.Speaking at a conference in Barcelona
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Williams forms 26Films
Former financial director of The House Caroline Williams is setting up a new production company called 26Films.Based in Soho, the company will be run by Williams and fellow directors Steven Beverley
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US TV stations join Sinclair's lobby of FCC
Sinclair Broadcast Group's attempts to lobby US regulator the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow digital television broadcast using the DVB-T COFDM transmission system stepped up a gear last week as
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Intergraph shares slide
Shares in troubled computer manufacturer Intergraph Corporation fell to a 52-week low last week after a federal judge reversed an earlier decision in the company's long-running legal battle with chip-maker Intel.Intergraph
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Sowerbutts moves to United Wildlife
Itel deputy chief executive and head of programming Paul Sowerbutts is leaving the distributor after 12 years to take up the post of managing director at United News & Media (UNM)