Latest – Page 384
-
NewsVitec sales stabilizing
The Vitec Group has revealed that sales of its camera systems, peripherals and accessories have stabilized in the second half of 2009 following a significant decline earlier in the year.
-
NewsAlias Smith and Singh adds JVC shooters
JVC has sold two GY-HM100 ProHD camcorders to broadcast hire company Alias Smith & Singh.
-
NewsPie Factory gets Toasted
Toasted Productions has to set up home in The Pie Factory, owned by Peel Media and part of the MediaCityUK development.
-
NewsCast offs goes Red
There’s a widespread perception that any savings made by hiring a Red camera can be negated by complications in post. Not if you do your homework, says Eleven Film producer Joel Wilson.
-
NewsNEP Visions fly Fox to Bagram
NEP Visions have completed a run of flypack operations which culminated in a visit to Bagram Airforce base in Afghanistan.
-
NewsMuppits comes to town
Collaborative production project MUPPITS, which aims to enable facilities to buy and sell resources, is gearing up for its first public demonstration.
-
NewsDarwin sails with Avid
Dutch public broadcaster VPRO is retracing Charles Darwin’s voyage on the HMS Beagle for a 35-part documentary.
-
NewsPixar vote Digital Vision
Digital Vision’s colour grading Film Master system has been given a major vote of confidence by Up producer Pixar Animation which has bought two units for installation at its Californian HQ. The systems were chosen to support the studio’s plans to build a non-linear workflow.
-
NewsStudy predicts the future media trends
Video visors and contact lenses will enhance everyday life into a three dimensional wrap-around experience, predict Oracle and The Future Laboratory.
-
NewsArgosy gets Belden cables
UK-based distributor Argosy will now be supplying a range of cables, connectors and other transmission devices from Belden.
-
NewsCTMS acquires 422 Manchester
A new production resources company set up to exploit the opening of MediaCityUK and the establishment of BBC North has acquired post-production house 422 Manchester.
-
NewsAscent 142 adds new dimension
Ascent 142 has increased its digital intermediate grading capabilities after becoming the first UK post-production house to install the new Dolby 3D Stereoscopic Projection System.
-
NewsGearhouse set to brave ITV’s Celebrity jungle
Gearhouse Broadcast will once again be forced to brave the difficult weather conditions of the Australian outback when it provides flyaway production facilities for the ninth series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
-
NewsiPlayer wins RTS Innovation award
The BBC iPlayer was last night described as being as important an invention as the steam engine after being handed the prestigious Judges award at the RTS Innovation Awards.
-
NewsGable quits Air Post Production
Air Post Production managing director Dan Gable has left the North London facilities company in order to “pursue other opportunities.”
-
NewsRent adds raft of Sony camcorders
The Farm Group’s broadcast hire division Rent is celebrating its second birthday by adding a raft of new Sony camcorders to its inventory.
-
NewsAdams Trainor re-named
Design agency Adams Trainor, famous for doing branding and re-branding work for broadcasters, has done a re-naming job on itself by becoming ‘AT the creative agency’.
-
NewsSky debuts live TV iPhone app
BSkyB is making its mobile TV service available on the Apple iPhone after developing a live streaming app for the hugely popular multi-media handset.
-
NewsForrester names top online video companies
Forrester, the US research company, has named Ooyala and Brightcove as its top online video platform vendors.
-
NewsMackey and Allen added to UK Screen board
UK Screen Association members have voted two new directors onto the trade body board for 2009/2010.