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NewsClarification
Last week's Broadcaststated that Strongroom Post and the Air Studios were rebranding as Breathe Post Production. Breathe would like to clarify that it consists of only the audio and video post facilities within the Strongroom and Air buildings. The music side of the business at ...
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Gearhouse new role
Broadcast kit hire and sales company Gearhouse Broadcast has become a value added reseller for testing and monitoring provider Tektronix, having been selected to sell and support Tektronix's baseband video test and monitoring products to clients within the M25. Tektronix product lines provided include WFM7100 multiformat waveform monitors and the ...
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Vividas in HD 'first'
Video streaming technology specialist Vividas has added HD output to its Vivcast encoding suite, which it claims allows live and pre-recorded HD video content to be streamed over the internet for the first time.
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Board role for Doshi
VTR has appointed Anshul Doshi to the board as non-executive director. Doshi is also vice-president, strategy and business development, of the company's majority shareholder, Prime Focus. Before joining Prime Focus, he worked in the corporate finance division of KPMG
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Clear finalises BBC HD ident
Clear has completed the post for the BBC's newly launched HD trial ident, created by Red Bee Media. The ident opens on the channel's new 'diamond' logo, which the camera shoots through to reveal visuals including explosions and ice textures.
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BBC to test interactive technology
The trial, which starts on 26 June on Hull city centre's Big Screen, will work via a web application server, Millicent, from interactive content specialist Best Before Media.
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London Post rebrands as Concrete
Soho-based facility London Post is to rebrand as Concrete in a bid to reposition itself in the market.
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ITV Wales pumps£2.6m into refurb
ITV Wales is to plough£2.6m into the infrastructure of its studios and office complex at Culverhouse Cross.
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Cash boost for ITN
ITN chief executive Mark Wood has confirmed that an additional£1m is to be ploughed into the company by shareholders in a bid to accelerate the growth of its archive and its mobile TV business. This latest cash investment, which follows on from a£2m boost last year, came as the company ...
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ITV strikes new media rights deal with Pact
Independent producers will be handed half of the profits from phone services on shows they make for ITV, as part of a deal between the broadcaster and producers' alliance Pact.
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Henry reveals plans for itv.com
ITV Consumer chief executive Jeff Henry has said itv.com will enable viewers to access previews, catch-ups, video-on-demand services and potentially exclusive online content within 18 months. Delivering the keynote speech at Broadcast Live's Delivery Day conference on Wednesday (21 June), Henry also revealed plans for a 'dramatic makeover' of ITV's ...
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Golden Square move
Soho facility Golden Square is expanding and relocating its 3D and design department with the whole 10-strong team moving to 4 Golden Square. The new building will also house the recently launched Disqo, a Golden Square company set up to offer creative and production expertise in the digital arena. Disqo ...
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St Anne's posts 80 Wives doc
St Anne's Post has completed the post for Talent TV's The Man with 80 Wives. In the hour-long documentary, reporter Sanjiv Bhattacharya searches for self-proclaimed prophet Warren Jeffs, who is reported to have 80 wives and over 250 children.
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Overtime? Speak to my agent-
A report on the increasing number of facilities opening editing agency arms
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Ascent goes to MK
Ascent Media Management Services is spending around£500,000 on a purpose-built facility in Milton Keynes specialising in archive storage for film, tape and file-based formats. Clients will be able to allocate their stored content between Ascent's Drummond Street facility and the Milton Keynes site, while Drummond Street will focus exclusively on ...
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Location Guide 2007
The Location Guide, aimed at producers and production companies involved in location and studio shoots, has launched its 2007 edition with several new features. It now includes co-production treaties in all the countries in the manual, information on tax incentives, a global location report on location filming worldwide, climate chart ...
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Hit meets demand
Kids TV production company and rights owner Hit Entertainment has installed universal encoding platform ContentAgent-XR from Root6. The new kit will be used to help generate and distribute material for client and sales presentations more quickly. The purchase comes in response to an increased demand for encoded clips on DVD.
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Broadcast Live
IPTV platform GDBTVT will be transmitting live footage over broadband from next week's Broadcast Live show in Earls Court 2 to 76 countries worldwide. A local TV studio will be built within the show, and will be transmitted live with a mixture of interviews and technical demonstrations. The live delivery ...
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Evolutions poaches
Evolutions has poached The Facility's facilities director, Tracy Thomas, as business development manager. Thomas had also overseen sales and marketing with clients such as North One Television, Al-Jazeera, Endemol and RDF. She will join the business development team working across both Evolutions and Nats.