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Former MPC trio launches visual effects house
Three former Moving Picture Company (MPC) colleagues have joined forces to launch a visual effects studio in Soho.
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DTG unveils Freeview HD box-vetting regime
British television viewers will come a step closer to being able to watch HD channels on DTT when the Digital Television Group (DTG) launches its test and conformance regime for Freeview HD set-top boxes at IBC this week.
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NewsIBC kicks off with major acquisitions
This week’s IBC exhibition in Amsterdam will be alive with talk of mergers and acquisitions after reports that both Avid and Blackmagic Design have completed buy-outs of fellow manufacturers.
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NewsAnton Bauer secures Procam deal
Procam Television has signed a deal that will see the equipment hire firm’s entire fleet of cameras kitted out exclusively with batteries and chargers from Anton Bauer.
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News3D vs 3D: Ooze gonna save us?
Will Strauss examines the impact that C4’s decision to opt for an advanced version of anaglyph for its 3D content could have on viewer perceptions of 3D.
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NewsThe Station adds Final Cut suite
London post-production company The Station has added a purpose-built Final Cut Pro suite to its Bloomsbury Street facility.
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PFL upgrades Baselight
Prime Focus London has upgraded its Baselight system and recruited a new senior producer and a new senior character animator.
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NewsBDA backs full res 3D for blu-ray
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has detailed its plans for incorporating 3D into its disc format, with full resolution per eye currently its preferred specification.
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BBC S&PP upgrades Studio 2
BBC Studios and Post Production is temporarily upgrading its Studio 2 to HD in order to support production of a new series of Ready Steady Cook.
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Bruce Dunlop wins Libyan work
Londons’s Bruce Dunlop & Associates (BDA) has won a contract to re-brand Channel Al Libya, a channel run by one of the sons of the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi.
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NewsVitec upbeat despite profits fall
Vitec Group companies will head to IBC next week with their fingers crossed for a great show after the British plc posted a 41% fall in profits for the first half of its financial year.
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NewsInition expands after boom in 3D demand
3D specialist Inition has moved to new premises and begun a recruitment drive as demand for its stereoscopic production and technology services grows.
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NewsIBC 2009 round-up part 1
Highlights from this year’s IBC exhibition in Amsterdam featuring DVS, Solid State Logic, Video Rescue, Object Matrix, Root6 Technology and Omneon.
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NewsHyperactive splashes £1.8m on EVS servers
Equipment hire company Hyperactive Broadcast has added another 14 EVS XT2 servers to its inventory in a deal worth over £1.8m.
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NewsDashwood unveils stereo 3D plug-in
Dashwood Cinema Solutions has released a plug-in pack that will give users of After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion and Final Cut Express a range of stereoscopic 3D mastering tools.
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NewsCanon adds to HD-capable DSLR range
Following on from the success of the 5D Mark II, Canon has unveiled another digital SLR camera capable of capturing HD video.
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NewsWar memories series heads to MTV Studios
MTV Studios has won the contract to host Finestripe Productions’ new HD series The Week We Went to War for BBC1 daytime.
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NewsTSL shuffles management team
Broadcast systems integrator TSL has re-organised its senior management team, a move that sees David Webber join the company as chief operating officer.
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ContentAgent gets Cerify support
Root6 Technology has updated the software on its ContentAgent repurposing and transcoding platform so that it works directly with Tektronix’s Cerify
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Take 1 adds online sound bite service
Transcription provider Take 1 is to launch a new internet-based service that enables producers to locate and audition promising sound bites before going into an offline edit.