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NewsTiscali lodges BT complaint with Ofcom
Internet giant Tiscali has complained to Ofcom that BT is holding up the roll-out of IPTV services, which rely on access to BT telephone exchanges.
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NewsC4 signs PSP podcast deal
Channel 4 is to deliver Celebrity Big Brotherpodcasts and radio content to listeners on the move via the handheld Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) console.
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NewsSky+ breaks two million mark
Sky+ is now in more than two million homes across the UK and Ireland following a 50% rise in take-up during 2006.
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NewsDirectors Cut updates to HD
Editing boutique Directors Cut Films is splashing out£500,000 on a dedicated grading suite and upgrading its facilities to HD.
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Rushes soho shorts hails winners
A live-action version of The Simpsons title sequence was one of the winners at this year's Rushes Soho Shorts Film Festival. Come Home to the Simpsons, directed by Chris Palmer at Gorgeous, clinched the Adobe Title Sequences & Idents Award.
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Promo Shark dates
The second annual Promo Shark Awards, sister event to the Shark Awards Advertising Festival, take place this September in Ireland. The event is part of an annual festival celebrating the best work in TV promos and broadcast advertising from around the world and will this year feature the producer of ...
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Stream Blu-ray kit
Ascent Media DVD outfit Stream has invested in a new Sony Blu-Print authoring system for Blu-ray discs. The software-based authoring platform which supports MPEGE2, VC-1 and AVC advanced video codecs will be used to deliver Blu-ray authoring services and advanced functionality to clients.
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Avid buys Sibelius
Avid Technology has acquired music applications software manufacturers Sibelius for around£12m ($23m) in cash. As a business unit of Avid's audio division Digidesign, Sibelius will continue to develop and market its own line of software. Sibelius' core product line comprises software tools for editing and arranging music notation for creating ...
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Property of Arqiva
Arqiva's Satellite Media Solutions division has secured a contract to launch the Overseas Property TV channel onto the Sky platform. As part of the five-year contract with MacAnthony Realty International, which owns the channel, Arqiva will provide fibre connectivity between the channel's London studio and Arqiva's site, uplink Overseas Property ...
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Autodesk in update
Autodesk has launched a new version of its 3D modelling, animation and rendering software, Maya 8. The software claims to offer 64-bit support, and is designed to enable artists to load large amounts of data and interact with them more efficiently.
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ArenaP3 posts Pram-Face
ArenaP3 has completed the post on Tiger Aspect's Cutting Edge: Pram-Face. The hour-long documentary, produced by James Cohen, profiles the difficult daily lives of Ala and Abby, two young single mothers living in Exeter. The programme was graded by ArenaP3 colourist Blair Wallace using Pogle ...
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Framestore titles Time Trumpet
Framestore CFC has created the title sequence and digital VFX for BBC entertainment's Time Trumpet. The 6 x 30-minute comedy, set in 2031, takes a look back at aspects of our culture as refracted through TV shows. Framestore's Adam Parry designed the titles on Inferno, ...
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Iso makes stings for E4 Music
ISO has created new idents for relaunched channel, E4 Music. The idents reveal the inner workings of the fictional E4 Music HQ - a computer mainframe staffed by E4 music employees - interspersed with music-induced mayhem. The E4 operators were shot on 16mm film against a green screen, then composited ...
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Who fits the bill at The Mill?
The spotlight has again fallen on those brave enough to invest in the turbulent post-production sector following The Mill's announcement that it is looking for a new investor in its business after the end of a five-year investment by venture capitalist company 3i.
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NewsBBC in talks over DAB iPod device
The BBC is in talks with Apple to develop a device that would enable consumers to listen to digital radio on their iPods.
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News3 to stream ITV1 and ITV Play
ITV1 is to be streamed live on mobile phones as the result of an exclusive six-month deal with phone giant 3.
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NewsSky backs UN green broadband channel
Sky has made a series of programmes on climate change for the United Nations-backed broadband TV channel Green.tv.
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Baraka opens offline editing facility Chop
Baraka Post Production has ploughed around£250,000 into a new dedicated offline editing division, Chop.
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BBC radio reporters file by mobile
BBC radio reporters will be able to send broadcast-quality content from a mobile phone-style device, following trials in Lincolnshire.
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Pinewood sees£5m of kit go up in 007 fire
More than£5m worth of rigging kit is thought to have been lost in the fire which engulfed the James Bond set at Pinewood Studios on Sunday. Although three crew members were understood to be in the process of dismantling the set - which included an underwater tank - when the ...