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By: NMK Created on: April 4th, 2006
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On the search for innovative creators in the field of the moving image, HYPtv have launched a £1,000 commission, sponsored by Xbox, to create new work for their web site...

On the search for innovative creators in the field of the moving image, HYPtv have launched a £1,000 commission, sponsored by Xbox,to create new work for their web site...

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On the search for innovative creators in the field of the moving image, HYPtv have launched a commission, sponsored by Xbox, for new work on their web site. www.hyptv.com The £1000 tender is to create new work for HYPtv with an Xbox 360 as additional prize.

Under the banner TV has a short future the challenge is to create novel forms of televisual entertainment: moving image that can win the fight for the viewer's attention, keeps audiences switched on.

HYPtv wants to see work that beats the long winded bore, content that follows a vision, material that matters as it makes a point - now.

Open to all creatives working in the field of the moving image, judges include Graham Fink, creative Director M & C Saatchi, director of thefinktank.

Submissions must be no longer than 10 minutes. The tender for commission will go to the creator of the most original work, based on the quality of the concept, quality of execution and how it's driving that genre forward into new areas.

KEY COMMISSIONING DATES:

• 7 Apr – Deadline to send in an example of work for submission.

• 23 Apr – Announcement of short-listed entries and broadcast on Sky 181, 8pm - 9pm.

• 28 Apr – Announcement of winning entry of the tender for commission.

• 7 May – Broadcast of winning entry and best of short listed entries on Sky 181, 8pm – 9pm.

About Hype TV:
Conceived by founding directors, Bob Palmer and Dave Cook who run an advertising creative consultancy, HYPtv is for a new generation of 'evergreens' – people who are staying younger longer – and for multi-tasking, ipod-listening, mobile phone-texting, ubiquitous screen-gazing youth. A melting pot of ideas, HYPtv is as much a culture as a broadcast channel, a place where everyone – including brands and industry – can mingle. This offers a unique opportunity for talent to air their work to the people who matter in their field. www.hyptv.com



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