Mike Afford Media provides motion graphic design services to broadcast and corporate clients worldwide.

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With over 20 years experience in broadcast graphic design at the BBC in London, Mike Afford has been responsible for some of the most eye-catching and innovative TV graphics including BBC Election programmes, BBC Weather graphics, and the brand identity for the BBC Arabic Television channel.

Mike has received design industry awards from the Broadcast Designers’ Association, BAFTA, and the Royal Television Society.

custom virtual set design (2020) by Mike Afford

Custom virtual set from 2020, by Mike Afford
See more of Mike’s sets at virtualstudiosets.com

In 2007 Mike left the BBC and moved to Ireland with his wife and young family and founded Mike Afford Media – providing the same world class design expertise to businesses and broadcasters in Ireland, the UK, and worldwide, ever since.

Mike also runs Virtual Studio Sets (virtualstudiosets.com) – world-class virtual sets you can buy online and download instantly. Virtual Studio Sets have customers all over the world using Mike’s sets for live streaming and post-production.


broadcast graphic design by Mike Afford

Latest posts from our blog

Virtual Studio Set 1 updated

I’ve updated another one of my virtual studio sets over at VirtualStudioSets.com. Studio 1 is one of the most popular virtual sets on the site, and I’ve given it a complete makeover! I’ve created loads of new layers and new opportunities to customize the set – the window frames and railings are now separate removeable […]

The Perfect T-Shirt for the Great British Summer…

Sun on the front, rain on the back Here’s my weather forecast for the summer months – unpredictable! So whether you’re desperately flipping those last few burgers on the barbeque before the next downpour, or scrabbling around looking for the last squirt of factor 50 for your bald spot, you can be happy at least […]

When the Future of Music got stuck in the Past

I’ve still got two working MiniDisc players, plus a portable MiniDisc Walkman that I haven’t checked on recently, but I’d put money on it working just fine even after all these years. I can’t help but feel a certain fondness for the MiniDisc format. Maybe it’s because of the countless hours I spent back in […]