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Barcud Derwen enters administration
Welsh facilities group Barcud Derwen has been placed under the control of administrators, resulting in the loss of at least 30 jobs in Caernarfon.
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DV takes on Scratch with cut-price grading system
Digital Vision is to introduce a sub-£30k colour grading system that it hopes will be a major competitor for Assimilate’s Scratch.
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BBC wins Ofcom backing on HD DRM
Ofcom has backed the BBC proposals to use DRM (digital rights management) technology to protect Freeview HD programming from being copied and sent around the world via the internet.
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Salford Uni director quits
The director responsible for the University of Salford’s activities at MediaCityUK has quit in order to return to London.
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Framestore’s Stanish moves to MPC
Framestore’s Michael Stanish has joined Soho rivals MPC as its head of 3D production for commercials.
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Aspen Media secures Junger deal
German manufacturer Junger Audio has appointed Aspen Media as its exclusive UK distributor, with responsibility for its range of digital audio dynamics processors including Level Magic.
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Akamai snaps up Velocitude
Akamai Technologies has acquired the assets of Velocitude, a smartphone services platform provider.
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Square Zero adds director
Square Zero has added short film, music promo and commercials director Danann Breathnach to its roster.
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The Club for sale as work stalls
Covent Garden’s The Club has been put up for sale after the company’s owner decided it was not generating enough work to continue trading in its current form.
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Media Junction opens up green screen space
Media Junction, the advertising agency, is making a green screen studio in Soho available to third parties.
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JV to take over Cryptic Peach
Training firms Soho Editors and Amsys have formed a joint venture business to take over the Manchester-based training provider Cryptic Peach, which ceased trading last month.
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Silverglade updates dubbing theatre for 5.1
Silverglade Associates is upgrading its main dubbing theatre to Dolby 5.1 as it completes the move to HD programme delivery.
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Coach House Studios upgrades for Holby in HD
Coach House Studios has bought a new Avid Unity Media Network that will be used to produce BBC1’s Holby City in HD.
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ProMotion continues Canon lens push
ProMotion is among the first rental companies in the country to take delivery of Canon’s HJ15ex, a new HD portable lens with built-in Image Stabilizer.
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BDA snares Discovery deal
Discovery Networks EMEA has awarded BDA (Bruce Dunlop and Associates) the on-air creative account for a major part of its channel portfolio including Animal Planet and Discovery World.
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Sequence provides editors for World Cup coverage
Sequence Post is providing HBS, IMG and Sunset & Vine with Final Cut Pro editors that will be cutting packages and programmes during this month’s football World Cup in South Africa.
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Flame op and dubbing mixer join Prime Focus
Prime Focus has added senior Flame artist Fasa Oyiboto to its commercials team and dubbing mixer Stephen ‘Wid’ Cook to its broadcast operation.
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Alias Smith and Singh snaps up Canon XF305
Alias Smith and Singh has purchased a unit of Canon’s new XF305 camcorder that it will add to its camera hire fleet.
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Springwatch moves from de-rig to truck-based OB set-up
Outside broadcast company Arena Television is providing facilities for the BBC Natural History Unit’s production of Springwatch which continues this week.
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Red Bee provides streaming for ITV iPhone app
Red Bee Media is behind ITV’s simulcast streaming of ITV1 and ITV2 for the Apple iPhone and a new app that will allow users to watch World Cup coverage ‘on the move.’