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First Look: China’s New Global 24 Hour English News Channel

China’s New Global English News Channel, CNC World, has launched. Run by China’s State News agency Xinhua, the network hopes expanding foreign language media will help promote China’s image and viewpoint, ultimately “challenging the BBC and CNN”. CNC World preview … Continue reading

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BBC Sport- Winter Olympics 2010 Animated Film

The BBC has released an epic animated commercial (:40) to celebrate the upcoming coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. The film was set around a legendary quest, “whereby an Inuit hero has to retrieve a spiritual stone … Continue reading

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New ‘Doctor Who’ BBC One Christmas Ident

Just released ‘Doctor Who’ BBC One Christmas Ident, featuring David Tennant. In other breaking news, the Doctor Who star has just landed the lead role in the new NBC comedy drama Rex is Not Your Lawyer. The pilot was greenlit … Continue reading

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Doctor Who 2010: The New Logo Finally Unveiled

Last week, the 11th logo in the 46 year history of the iconic show was finally revealed. For those unfamiliar with the show, Doctor Who is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest science fiction television show in … Continue reading

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BBC’s New “Ashes to Ashes” Ident & Menu

For our colleagues in the States… Series two of ‘Ashes to Ashes’ kicked off on BBC a couple weeks ago.  And with it has bestowed upon it the ultimate accolade – a brand-new ident to mark the occassion. And in … Continue reading

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New BBC HD Ident

On Tuesday at 4pm, a new BBC Ident was unveiled alongside a redesigned BBC HD website. The idents are “more in keeping with the channel’s tone” according to BBC Head of HD Danielle Nagler and replace the previous BBC HD … Continue reading

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UKTV / Blighty Poster Campaign

Ahh… good old poster advertising. London Ad Agency Watermill (the team behind the Blighty national poster, magazine, and newspaper campaign) sent me over shots of the guerilla poster series promoting the launch of the much talked about new channel. You … Continue reading

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New idents hail new year for BBC ALBA

Galsgow-based agency Design is Central has produced a series of idents for new-ish Scottish Gaelic language channel BBC ALBA. The idents based on the North Star are supplemented by a set of menu boards. The menus are based on the … Continue reading

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