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Channel 4's weekly packs, the brainchild of Press Officer Chris Griffin-Beale, were the most comprehensive digest of programme information that any UK broadcaster supplied to the press. This site is a...
Intellectual Asset Management for Universities (2011) The IPO (Intellectual Property Office) has launched a new strategy guide to help universities navigate the treacherous waters of asset management and...
From the shelf to a searchable online environment. This section looks at how we digitised the Channel 4 press packs. What we wanted to do; what we ended up doing and some of the great ideas, dead ends and...
In the pre-internet age, broadcasters provided the press with print information about forthcoming programmes. Whilst the identities of the BBC and ITV were well-established in the public consciousness and...
The University of Portsmouth's project assessing the impact of Channel 4 on British film culture since 1982 has drawn extensively on the material supplied in the press packs. As well as providing listings...
United Press Movietone The agreement between United Press and Fox-Movietone to shoot newsfilm for television stations was announced on July 13, 1948. United Press Movietone, or UPMT, was pioneering in...
Channel 4 Press Packs 1982 – 2002 is a new online resource providing search and browse access to over 1000 press packs (exclusively by UK Higher Education/Further Education and BUFVC members) together...
Duration: September 2011 - July 2013 Funded by: BUFVC Partner(s): Associated Press Archive (AP) Key objectives: Publish 300 items of content from September 1973 from the United Press...
What are these Channel 4 Press Packs? The basic goal was to digitize all the Channel 4 press packs produced from November 1982 to June 2002 when the last hard copy was published. [caption...
Learn about the history of TV programme information and discover how Channel 4's Press Information Packs helped change the listings landscape.
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