All Facilities articles – Page 316

  • News

    BBC S&PP buys Scanity

    2011-03-24T17:22:00Z

    BBC Studios and Post Production is expanding its digital restoration and archive services by investing in a 2K film to file scanner.

  • News

    Prime Focus hires senior seller

    2011-03-24T17:19:00Z

    Prime Focus has appointed David Candler as senior sales executive.

  • News

    Pure brings in Pro Tools

    2011-03-24T17:16:00Z

    Audio post house Pure Soho has taken delivery of a Pro Tools and Icon D-Command system at its Wardour Street premises.

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    News

    Arqiva seals C4 HD deal

    2011-03-24T17:08:00Z

    Arqiva has secured a satellite distribution deal for Channel 4 HD and will look after transmission of the channel on Freesat from April.

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    News

    Framestore boss Sargent slams BBC on 3D

    2011-03-24T08:02:00Z

    Framestore chief executive William Sargent has hit out at the BBC’s cautious approach to 3D, describing the broadcaster’s stance as “disappointing”.

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    News

    MotoGP drives HD plans at UTV

    2011-03-24T08:01:00Z

    UTV has taken further steps towards becoming a full HD broadcaster after purchasing kit to service a contract for BBC2’s MotoGP coverage, which began in Qatar at the weekend.

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    News

    VFX Company to open Warren Street facility

    2011-03-24T08:00:00Z

    The VFX Company is opening a 625 sq ft studio facility in central London equipped with a Red camera, Canon 5Ds and 7Ds, and motion control kit.

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    News

    Audio experts call for caution

    2011-03-24T07:59:00Z

    The audio post sector has cautioned against overreacting to the controversy surrounding the audio in BBC1’s Wonders Of The Universe, highlighting instead the need for greater investment in training.

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    Features

    ESPN idents

    2011-03-18T17:16:00Z

    Create titles and screen packages to fit with the ESPN identity

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    Features

    Wonders of the Universe

    2011-03-18T17:15:00Z

    Design and produce stunning visuals of the cosmos for a four-part series with presenter Brian Cox

  • Alias Hire
    News

    Alias Hire opens in Hackney

    2011-03-18T17:08:00Z

    Alias Hire’s new 3,000 sq ft base opposite the Olympic stadium in Hackney opened this week.

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    News

    Platform builds archive system

    2011-03-18T12:46:00Z

    Soho post house Platform has installed a 24TB near line file-based media library and Cache-A LTO archiving system.

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    News

    EVS launches ENGSoft

    2011-03-18T12:39:00Z

    EVS division EVS-OpenCube has released ENGSoft

  • News

    Marquis appoints Burge

    2011-03-18T12:32:00Z

    Broadcast technology consultancy firm Marquis Consulting has appointed David Burge as a senior associate.

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    News

    Procam kits out E4 series

    2011-03-18T12:28:00Z

    Procam Television is supplying cameras, lenses and monitors for E4 series Chelsea Girl.

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    News

    Wimbledon Film and TV Studios re-opens for business

    2011-03-17T14:01:00Z

    Wimbledon Film and TV Studios, previously home to ITV1’s The Bill, opened for business this week after £500,000 was spent refurbishing the 220,000 sq ft site.

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    News

    Hard drives risk losing footage, says survey

    2011-03-17T06:31:00Z

    Production firms are in danger of losing valuable footage if they continue to transport and store rushes on hard drives, according to a survey commissioned by web-based production service Aframe.

  • Argumental on Dave: All UKTV versioning and compliance will now be handled by TVT.
    News

    TVT wins UKTV versioning and compliance deal

    2011-03-16T11:38:00Z

    Chiswick-based TVT has signed a three-year contract with UKTV to provide versioning, compliance and metadata services for all of UKTV’s output.

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    News

    Silk Sound hires Willis

    2011-03-16T10:54:00Z

    Silk Sound has recruited dubbing mixer Lee Willis.

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    News

    Carlyle buys The Foundry

    2011-03-15T10:07:00Z

    Private equity firm Carlyle has acquired VFX developer The Foundry.