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NewsTVT buys DMC to ‘leapfrog' competition into IP world
Chiswick-based media services company TVT completed a takeover of Amsterdam-based playout and distribution facility Digital Media Centre (DMC) last week, following three months of discussions.
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NewsNew engineering and VFX graduate training schemes announced
Technical and creative facilities company Timeline Television, and VFX house Double Negative have launched graduate programmes offering successful applicants the chance to gain valuable experience in the industry.
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NewsSky agrees Cisco security deal
Sky has agreed a deal with Cisco that will see extra conditional access and digital rights management (DRM) protection added to video content that the broadcaster makes available via computers, set-top boxes and mobile devices.
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NewsProVision preps Space Studios move
ITV owned facilities company ProVision is to relocate its Manchester HQ to Space Studios Manchester later this year.
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NewsVIDEO: SpaceCrate, the audio studio in a shipping container
SpaceCrate, the purpose-built audio recording and mixing facility in a shipping container, is working on its first production – a feature film being shot in a variety of UK locations, including Shepperton Studios.
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NewsNEP engineer named as RTS young technologist of the year
Kathleen Gray, a guarantee broadcast engineer at NEP UK, has won the 2017 RTS (Royal Television Society) Young Technologist Award.
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NewsAI technology EVE auto-edits clips of eSports content
Media-tech company Elastic Media has launched EVE (the Elastic Video Engine), an AI technology that uses AI and ‘deep learning’ to take live streams and broadcasts and auto-separate them into segments.
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NewsExtending the IMF format from film to broadcast and online content
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) is partnering with Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) to develop a new version of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) specifically for broadcast and online. The aim is to have it completed in the first half of 2018.
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NewsNewTek launches IP camera and converters
NewTek is hoping to make the industry’s transition to IP-based production “real and affordable” with the introduction of an NDI-compatible camera and two IP video converters with wi-fi capability.
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NewsIndustry reactions to the Red Hydrogen One smartphone
Even by the standards of a company that thrives on serving up the unexpected, last week’s announcement by Californian camera manufacturer Red Digital Cinema that it is developing an Android smartphone took many by surprise.
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NewsAMC Networks’ playout centre sold to TVT
Media services firm TVT has bought the Amsterdam-based playout and distribution company DMC (Digital Media Centre) from AMC Networks.
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NewsTimeline provides 4K OB truck for World Para Athletics Championships
Timeline Television’s IP 4K HDR truck is providing outside broadcast facilities for the presentation coverage of the ninth annual World Para Athletics Championships.
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NewsBECTU's campaign to get more VFX artists on screen credits
BECTU, the UK’s media and entertainment trade union, has launched a campaign for VFX artists to receive a credit for their work in TV productions and feature films.
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NewsCinelab receives £2.25m investment from Foresight Group
Cinelab London, the UK’s only full-service film processing lab, has received a growth capital investment of £2.25m from the Foresight Group.
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NewsRoundtable Films chooses Alchemist XF for SDR-to-HDR conversions
Holborn-based post house Roundtable Films has invested in a SAM Alchemist XF format and framerate converter it’s using for SDR-to-HDR conversions and to work on high framerate conversions between 59p and 50p.
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NewsHalo invests in an Avid S6 for Dolby Atmos Studio 1
Halo has completed the upgrade of its flagship Studio 1 mixing stage by investing in a 24-fader Avid S6 M40 mixing console.
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NewsFilmscape finds new home in former ProKit warehouse
Camera rental firm Filmscape Media has moved its headquarters from The Perfume Factory in North West London to a nearby warehouse in Acton that was previously the home of equipment dealer ProKit.
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NewsBT Sport extends Yospace ad insertion deal
BT Sport will continue to use dynamic ad insertion technology during football and rugby coverage for the next two years after agreeing a contract extension with Yospace.
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NewsChyronHego updates Camio with news and file distribution features
A new interface for news production and a “Dropbox style” file distribution tool have been added to the latest version of ChyronHego’s Camio graphic asset management server.
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NewsDCMS commits £16m to 5G trials
Three UK universities have been handed £16m in Government funding that will be used to develop a test network for 5G mobile.