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M2 ups 3D capacity
3D animator Tim Kilgour of Digital Ammo has linked up with Code Design & Direction at M2 Television's Soho premises to allow the company to offer improved 3D services. Kilgour's credits include Boots commercial stings, completed with Glassworks, and work on a Björk promo 'All is Love.' Code's major recent ...
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Condor loses TK man
Condor Post Production colourist Ben Rogers has quit the facility to join Oktobor Post Production in New Zealand. His recent credits include 'Organics' (for Mother), 'BBC Radio Three' (for the BBC) and a promo 'Love the Sunshine' for Phats and Small/10cc. Rogers, who was previously at Framestore, will be part ...
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This Morning gets new look
TSI Design has created the new title sequence for flagship ITV magazine show This Morning. The concept consists of a graphic composition made from different organic backgrounds subtly divided into rectangles like a chequerboard. The design and direction was carried out by TSI Design's ...
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Molinare to open sound effects area
TV Corporation facilities arm Molinare is to build a new dedicated audio recording stage at its Fouberts Place headquarters. The new area, which will allow extended ADR (automatic dialogue replacement) and Foley work is being installed as a result of increased business for the audio department
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Archangel proves its worth
Metro Broadcast has used Snell & Wilcox's Archangel video repair and restoration system to bring the late US singer Eva Cassidy back to life for a Top of the Popsperformance
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Cheaper formats gain in popularity
A specially commissioned report on the state of the UK's equipment hire market has highlighted once again a trend towards programmes being made with cheaper and smaller acquisition equipment, writes Will Strauss
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London estate life to feature on Choice
BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy has commissioned a 6 x 30-minute comedy based around the lives of a group of people who live in a south London tower block. 15 Stories High, which Murphy describes as 'dark and really bizarre', concentrates on a man and ...
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Choice's Liquid News gets autumn makeover
Flagship BBC Choice entertainment show Liquid News is to get a sixth weekly edition as part of its overhaul following the death of regular frontman Christopher Price in April. Heat magazine editor Mark Frith will front the new Friday show from 11 October alongside Australian comedian Julia Morris. Claudia Winkleman ...
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C5 special to dissect what the royals eat
Channel 5 controller of news and current affairs Chris Shaw has commissioned a 50-minute special in which chef Graham Newbould reveals the eating habits of the royal family. Secrets of the Royal Kitchen, made by indie True North, will also see Newbould - who prepared ...
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Granada factual makes history of mistress
Discovery Channel UK has commissioned Granada Factual to make a 3 x 60-minute series charting the history of the mistress. The series, which is due to air in November, will feature interviews with Ivana Trump and one of John Lennon's mistresses, as the programme looks at the role of the ...
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Kemp takes star role in ITV detective drama
Former EastEnders actor Martin Kemp is to star as a detective whose wife is having an affair with his brother in his first full drama series for ITV since he signed an exclusive deal in July 2001. The 6 x 60-minute Serious and Organised, to ...
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Down to earth back for third run on BBC 1
BBC 1 controller Lorraine Heggessey and controller of drama commissioning Jane Tranter have commissioned a third series of the Pauline Quirke-led Sunday night drama Down to Earth. The 8 x 60-minute series, which is made by indie Whistling Gypsy, follows the story of a family ...
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C4 to examine Thames torso
The police investigation into the death of a boy whose torso was discovered in the river Thames last year is to be made into a 60-minute documentary by indie 3BM for Channel 4, writes Paul Revoir
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Criminal bishop to be subject of HTV doc
A bishop involved in a buggery and bestiality case is the subject of a new documentary from Cardiff-based indie Raw Charm for HTV Wales, writes Penny Hughes
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Jay to front R2 funk series
Indie Somethin' Else has clocked up a raft of new commissions from BBC radio including a series presented by legendary DJ Norman Jay for BBC Radio 2, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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BBC 2 turns to factual for Saturday peaktime
BBC 2 controller Jane Root has commissioned Talkback Productions to make a series billed as 'Reputations for people who read Heat magazine' as part of a move to schedule more popular factual programmes on Saturday evenings , write Leigh Holmwood and Georgina Lipscomb
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C5 gets Garnett for cop series
Channel 5 is planning to make a 'big splash' next year with a new police drama series produced by the creator of cult series This Lifeand The Cops, writes Georgina Lipscomb
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NewsMorrison steps down
Granada chief executive Steve Morrison has taken early retirement from the company as a corporate sacrifice in the wake of the ITV Digital debacle, writes Steve Aston
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Indies take heart from MacTaggart lecture
Indies have cautiously welcomed Channel 4 chief executive Mark Thompson's pledge to form closer relationships with suppliers, approach the rights issue 'more open-mindedly' and take more risks on the channel even if it means asking the government to help out, writes Penny Hughes
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BBC piles cash into big events
The BBC is set to pump millions of pounds into a number of big high-profile national events in a bid to recreate the ratings success it achieved this summer with coverage of the Queen's golden jubilee, the World Cup and the Commonwealth Games, writes Leigh ...