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Keeping it real

The Dutch are reality TV pioneers but as times evolve, shows are voted off. Can these new formats be the catalyst for a renaissance?

  • Issue #163
  • 11 min read
Keeping it real
Culture

Dress for success

Bringing stories to life in ultra-high-resolution film requires companies that care about the details – and when it comes to the outfits that appear on screen, Peris Costumes is the sartorial star.

  • Issue #161
  • 6 min read
Dress for success
Culture

Broadcast views

Italy’s largest rolling news channel now sits within a Renzo Piano-designed ‘workshop’ TV studio.

  • Issue #160
  • 6 min read
Broadcast views
Media

Right on cue

Behind the camera trained on TV presenter Charlie Pickering stands a multi-talented team who ensure that ‘The Weekly’, Australia’s lively news round-up, is well researched, informative and, most of all, funny.

  • Issue #154
  • 3 min read
Charlie Pickering and production team members pose in The Weekly television studio set
Design

Setting the scene

In news bulletins, the background matters. We meet the Vienna-based designers whose television studios are the stars of the show.

  • Issue #152
  • 10 min read
Television news anchor in red suit standing in modern studio with curved LED screens and professional lighting
Culture

Case of the vanishing journalists

TV, newspapers and podcasts have made reinvestigating old crimes big news. But who can they turn to for help? Meet two reporters who left their jobs to become media-minded private eyes.

  • Issue #124
  • 11 min read
Case of the vanishing journalists
Music

Must the show go on?

Dave Stewart, Adam Levine and Ryan Tedder back a new NBC format pairing unknown songwriters with established stars — testing whether television can finally make the craft of composition compelling viewing.

  • Issue #123
  • 7 min read
Must the show go on?

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