Small MPU – Page 812
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Analysis - Profile - Serious about creating comedy.
Phil Clarke, the man behind hit comedies including Bo' Selecta! and Brass Eye, is leaving the comfort zone of a leading production company for a new challenge.
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On the Box - Singing reality's praises.
Despite choirgirl Laura-Jane's failure, Faking It is still hitting the high notes for Colin Gilbert, who also reckons Freddie Starr could be the next king of the jungle.
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Analysis - The future of ITV news.
Radical changes taking place at Meridian are being seen as a blueprint for ITV's other regions but many fear that, in chasing a streamlined, hi-tech ideal, the inevitable result will be a poorer service, says Peter Keighron.
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Opinion - In My View - A spring in the step of ITV.
While no one at ITV enjoys the BBC's discomfort, the ecology of UK broadcasting will emerge healthier as a result, writes Simon Shaps.
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Opinion - Comment - How Broadcast was born.
Marc Alexander remembers a fellow founding father of Television Mail, now Broadcast, and how the idea for a magazine for the broadcasting industry was dreamt up in 1960.
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Opinion - Taking the Mickey.
A takeover of Disney should be big news, but who cares when it is unlikely to herald anything but creative moribundity?
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Skillset Survey - Workforce survey: 2003.
Skillset's biennial snapshot of working life in the audio-visual industry reveals women lagging behind in salary, although they make up the majority of new entrants.
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Interview - Finding the X factor.
Xfm's new programme controller, Andy Ashton, has a tough job ahead balancing the needs of indie fans, who don't want a mainstream station, with those of owner Capital which is pursuing bigger audiences.
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Production - Luckwell given trade body role.
Mike Luckwell has been appointed chairman of a new post-production industry association being set up by
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Production - Foundry invents open VFX program.
London-based company The Foundry has blown the visual effects market wide open with the development of
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Production - Millar puts£4m into Whitfield St Studios.
Robin Millar, the new owner of London facility the Whitfield Street Studios (see Broadcast, 13.2.04), is investing around£4m to get the facility up and running, writes Farah Jifri.
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PRODUCTION - FLAXTON JOINS HD BILL.
Director and DoP Terry Flaxton has been added to the bill for next week's Harnessing High
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PRODUCTION - SALE FOR SONY KIT.
Surrey-based broadcast services company Presteigne Broadcast Hire is the first customer to buy Sony's new wireless
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PRODUCTION - MBO INTEREST IN ALIAS.
Computer hardware manufacturer SGI is in negotiations to sell its 3D division, Alias, to an MBO
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PRODUCTION - MINICAMS LAUNCHED.
Prime Television has launched two minicams, which are the result of three years of development. They
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In Production - Lip Sync posts great escapes.
Lip Sync Post has completed the animated titles for 7 x 30-minute series Escape From ...
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In Production - Two firms finish Sky's Miriam.
London Post and The TV Set have post-produced There's Something About Miriam a 6 x 60-minute
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In Production - Jump brands UK's Eurovision.
Jump has done the branding for Eurovision Making Your Mind Up! the live television competition to
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Production - Rough Cut - How to make work safer.
Without good communication on location, freelancers risk a range of perils. Maxim Jago explains what should be done to protect them.
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Production - A Bluffer's Guide to: Matting.
Matte effects go back to the early days of film, creating expansive backgrounds and special effects