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NewsIndustry split over 3DTV standardisation
The broadcast industry is divided over whether or not to standardise 3D TV, according to new research from the Digital Television Group (DTG).
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NewsBlue and PFL staff agree to take pay cut
More than 80% of staff at Blue and Prime Focus London have agreed to take a pay cut as an alternative to a programme of redundancies.
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Technology briefs 5 June 2009
Technology news in brief from Broadcast magazine dated 5 June 2009 including Erik Huggers, Panasonic, Grass Valley and Amberfin.
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NewsFoundry team completes MBO
A management team at London visual effects technology developer The Foundry has completed a buyout of the company.
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NewsNarduzzo readies bigger Pinewood suite
Colourist Vince Narduzzo is to move from his temporary home at Pinewood Studios to a new larger grading suite within the Iver Heath studio complex.
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NewsIonoco backs Poker Channel 3D playout service
Ionoco has developed a live 3D playout system for The Poker Channel’s new Casinojoy Blackjack service.
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NewsVitec Group to scale back IBC presence
The broadcast systems division of British plc The Vitec Group will scale back its presence at IBC in September and instead focus is marketing efforts on locally run events and targeted activities.
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NewsTerry Smith joins Evolutions
Evolutions has appointed former IBF chief executive Terry Smith to the role of business development manager.
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NewsGearhouse heads to Costa Rica for US ‘I’m a Celeb’
Gearhouse Broadcast is providing broadcast and technical facilities in Costa Rica for coverage of the US version of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
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NewsVisions to provide Twenty20 coverage
OB company NEP Visions will provide host broadcaster ESPN Star with the worldwide HD feed for the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup which starts in London this week.
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Rushes Soho Shorts swamped by 2009 entries
The Rushes Soho Shorts Festival has received 1,159 entries for this year’s short film competition and added two new categories to the judging process.
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Boag to run Ascent digital lab
Former Cine Image owner and managing director Steve Boag has joined Ascent Media where he will head up a new department providing filmmakers with digital lab services.
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Bob the Builder heads for Bubble
Bubble TV has won the contract to provide voice-recording facilities for the seventeenth and eighteenth series of Hit Entertainment’s animated children’s series Bob the Builder.
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GMS to open Afghan bureau
Global Media Services (GMS), the outside broadcast and transmission arm of The Associated Press, is to open a new bureau in Afghanistan ahead of the country’s general elections in August.
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Effects body to foster open standards
Seven of the post-production sector’s best known software companies have formed a new independent industry body that will develop and promote open standards within the visual effects community.
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NewsBolt races into a third dimension
Triple Olympic sprint gold medallist Usain Bolt’s record breaking run in Manchester has become the latest event to be captured in stereoscopic 3D by Sky.
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BVE targets craft and creative with new show
Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) is introducing a sister event for its main show next year that is specifically aimed at creative, logistics and craft people.
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NewsSkyworks opens up HD aerial archive
Independent production company Skyworks is offering other television producers the chance to access its aerial footage library which contains 60,000 high definition shots taken from the air.
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Mockler heads for Soho Film Lab
Neil Mockler has joined Ascent Media’s Soho Film Lab (SFL) as director of film services.
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Breathe adds Icon and posts charity film
Breathe Post Production has upgraded one of the 5.1 dubbing theatres at its North London facility and provided picture post on the winner of a charity short film competition.