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Archive for March, 2006

The BBC Brand

Published on March 30, 2006 in BBC One and Videos: Idents. 6 Comments

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(Before I went overseas I pre wrote a few posts to fill the empty space while I was gone.. this is one of them.)

This is one of the new BBC brand videos. Its designed to not promote one specific BBC venture, but instead the whole corporation.

This is the one about the liberation of Kabul.

But before I go.

Published on March 27, 2006 in Foxtel and Videos: Openings. 5 Comments

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I’m sure you’ve already seen this on YouTube, but now that its been used as the actual opener for this weeks new episode of the Simpsons (the Ricky Gervais episode), I thought I’d share it again in this context.

They cleaned it up for use in the episode by adding the ‘created by’ credits etc. I don’t think Sky ~~could of~~ could have imagined how well this would go.

Updated logo… going international

Published on March 27, 2006 in Web Misc. 1 Comment

Back in August I took the blog on a bit of a road trip when I went to London for a week, well I’m at it again, and while I’m not sure how much I’ll be able to capture, hopefully I’ll be able to get something.

I leave tomorrow for Washington D.C., before heading to Dublin, Bahrain and Singapore. I get back home on the 17th when hopefully normally blogging will resume.

This week in current affairs shows: Part 5

Published on March 25, 2006 in ABC1 and Videos: Chaser's War. 0 Comments

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This weeks lesson: graphics

if you really want to engage with a complex concept in depth, what you want is a stamp

If you missed it, here is part one, two, three and four.

The Chaser’s War on Canberra

Published on March 24, 2006 in ABC1 and Videos: Chaser's War. 0 Comments

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The Chaser’s War on Everything did their second Famous Face Off this week, and in my home town of all places. The first one was Morecroft vs Tynan in an autocue read-off, this week though its National’s Senator Barnaby Joyce vs Family First Senator Steve Fielding in a soccer block-off on issues of gay marriage, tax cuts and the sale of Telstra.

Surprise Spruiker: Rabbitohs

Published on March 24, 2006 in ABC1 and Videos: Chaser's War. 5 Comments

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Hat tipping and swearing… the AWB? Nup, the South Sydney Rabbitohs

The first Foxtel Friday: FOX8

Published on March 24, 2006 in Foxtel and Videos: Idents. 7 Comments

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In an effort to post some actual idents I thought I’d introduce this semi-regular column.. Better Know a Foxtel Channel (aka Foxtel Friday). So without further ado, Part 1 in this 63 part series…

First channel off the ranks is the networks flagship channel, FOX8 (the fightin’ eighth). FOX8 rebranded itself recently and continues to be the highest rated channel on Foxtel, thanks no doubt to The Simpsons.

Wikipedia also notes that it is “one of the very few channels to have been continuously broadcast since Foxtel’s foundation 10 years ago.”

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