Posts Tagged ‘TV’
Last Wednesday I was asked to accompany the Leeds based PR company Wolfstar on their trip to London to attend the launch of Givaudan’s new iphone and ipad application- iPerfumer. The event was held at the swanky Ivy restaurant located in London’s West End, but this wasn’t just a mid-week trip to the capital; I […]
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An eventful May
The month of May couldn’t have been kinder to me. From good grades, great work experience and the amazing day that was May 8th, a lot of hard work seems to have paid off this month. Even the weather has been kind to us! Despite writing this blog on a dreary Saturday afternoon in Yorkshire… […]
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Making the most of free time
I won’t lie, playing on the XBox 360 and watching television is my most common way to spend my free time, and although the latter could be deemed as research for my university degree, I think I’d be clutching at straws if I was to say I spend all of my spare time productively. However, […]
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On the 22nd and 23rd of February, I was lucky enough to spend my time down at ITV Yorkshire with the regional news team Calendar. Currently at the ‘business end’ of my time at university, the dreaded dissertation is now at the forefront of my daily agenda. However, despite the thousands of words and hours […]
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Last Wednesday, I was in the enviable position of being in the same room as one of Britain’s leading newsreaders. ITN employee Nina Hossain visited the University of Huddersfield to talk to a packed room of students all wanting to make their way into the television industry. With an impressive CV which boasts four years […]
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On October the 14th, I was handed a fantastic opportunity by my lecturers to help a number of players from the England Rugby League team complete a media training course prior to their appearance at the 2009 Four Nations tournament. Eorl Crabtree of the Huddersfield Giants, Sam Tomkins of Wigan Warriors and Sam Burgess (pictured) […]
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Disaster for ITV Yorkshire
After reporting a loss of £2.7 billion for 2008, ITV has announced it will be cutting 600 jobs across the company, and is to close down its Kirkstall Road studio in Leeds. Not only is this news devastating for those who have lost their jobs, it’s yet another set back for students and the unemployed […]
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Tags: bbc, crumpton, cuts, ITV, job, jobs, leeds, London, manchester, matthew, production, Quays, Salford, Telvision, Trust, TV, Yorkshire
Taking the initiative
For a television student, work experience is a crucial element in our education of the industry. Not only can you gain vital knowledge about the way television works, but you are able to build up a list of important contacts. As I mentioned in my previous post, the BBC have being holding numerous sessions at […]
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BBC Sessions
Over the past five weeks, I have been lucky enough to attend four sessions held at the University of Huddersfield by important figures from the BBC. These sessions were presented to my course mates and I to help us understand what it takes to create a quiz show deemed worthy enough by commissioners to make […]
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About me!
After being persuaded by my girlfriend to set up my own blog, I’ve finally joined wordpress! So, although I currently have no viewers to this page, I still think its best to start with who I am! I’m a 20 year-old student with a passion for television. I am originally from Leeds, but live in […]
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Matthew Crumpton- Videographer 