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NewsDuncan joins VTR
VTR has drafted in former Smoke and Mirrors producer Amanda Duncan to join its eight-strong team. Duncan's previous clients include Channel 4 and ad agencies DDB and Mac7 TV. Duncan, who also spent five years working in set design, will manage projects for VTR's clients across commercials, music and film.
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Granada upgrades
Granada Bristol has upgraded a further online area to run Silicon Color's Final Touch colour grading system. The facility now operates five standard and high-definition online areas, two of which run Final Touch for high-end SD and HD finishing work. It has also undergone a major refit of its main ...
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Tools for Eyeframe
Eyeframe, the DVD sister company of Dubbs, has acquired authoring and encoding tools which can handle both competing high definition DVD formats, HDDVD and Blu-ray. Now installed in Eyeframe's Poland Street facility, the Scenarist 4 and CineVision from Sonic Solutions are to be used on distributor Optimum Releasing's first batch ...
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Envy turns on IPTV
Business IPTV specialist Netvue has installed its IPTV system for Envy, the new HD broadcast post-production facility based in Noho. The Envy system uses Exterity equipment to provide Freeview and satellite channels and DVD, as well as a feed from its video matrix, all distributed over internet protocol on the ...
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Input animates JD sponsorship
Sports production facility Input Media has created a series of JD sponsorship sequences for the World Cup programme Destination Germany, produced by North One for Pitch International.
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The Farm ties up Sven spoof
The Farm created the title sequence and did promo and post work on Mentorn Production's spoof documentary Sven - The Coach, the Cash and His Lovers.
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Devilfish wraps up Nat Geo ident
Devilfish has completed the channel graphics package for National Geographic Channel HD. The brief was to convey the new channel as 'redefining the real world' while preserving its core brand identity.
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Bringing the World Cup back home
Production teams have already been working for months on the forthcoming World Cup coverage
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NewsMost OAPs have problems with digital TV equipment, study finds
Almost three quarters of pensioners and people with significant disabilities will need substantial help switching to digital television, according to the results of a nine-month trial.
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BBC DEC draws up supplier shortlist
The BBC's drama, entertainment and children's departments (DEC) have nominated 31 UK post-production houses, including west London-based Clear Cut Pictures, Noho facility Suite and Manchester's Sumners as preferred suppliers for its post-production services.
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Skaramoosh staff face uncertain future
Design and animation outfit Skaramoosh has put seven of its 29 staff on provisional redundancy after disappointing profit margins, according to its managing director Daniel Slight.
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Three wins for Bleak House at Bafta Craft
BBC1 drama Bleak House triumphed at this year's Bafta Craft Awards, scooping three awards.
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Mr & Mrs Smith serves up lips
Mr & Mrs Smith has designed the graphics and titles for Tiger Productions' Lip Service. The 8 x 30 minute comedy review features clips from chat shows all over the world. The titles aim to introduce the two presenters in a fun and creative way. ...
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FX idents play with boys' toys
BDA has created the channel branding, idents, bumpers and stings for the FX channel. The new FX graphics were designed to refer to icons from men's lives from adolescence to adulthood. The graphics show beams from the FX logo distorted by the objects they pass over. BDA 3D animator Dominic ...
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Component animates Big Ron
Component Graphics has completed the titles and content graphics for North One Television's Big Ron Manager. The 6 x 60-minute show, series produced by Dave Lewis, follows ex-football manager and TV pundit Ron Atkinson's work as a consultant to Peterborough United Football Club. Component designers ...
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BBC selects Arqiva
The BBC has appointed broadcast specialist Arqiva to manage its new digital transmission services in a deal reported to be worth£1bn. The contract is for the design, deployment and operation of the new high-powered digital terrestrial television (DTT) network for the BBC, which comes into service as part of the ...
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Evolutions hires
Soho facility Evolutions has recruited TSI's editor and colourist of 12 years, Dicky Everton. Everton has worked on the BBC's Child of Our Time, A Bear's Talefor Bellyache and Supernannyfor Ricochet.
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First audio awards
Facilities body UK Post has launched The Conch Sound Awards, created to recognise the audio talent of facilities, sound editors and dubbing mixers in audio post production of television, film and commercials. The awards claim they are the first dedicated event celebrating the British audio industry's achievements in film and ...
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Rights tracked
Rights Tracker - which manufactures an IP-based rights-tracking system, has been appointed by UK independent producer/distributor Bullseye Television to provide a range of its rights-tracking software. They include modules such as programme maintenance, screener requesting and a bespoke 'clip module' designed to commercially manage Bullseye's library of clips.
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Blue recruit
Post house Blue has appointed dubbing mixer Phitz Hearne to join its 14-strong audio department. Hearne joins the team from The Sound Store, where he worked for a year on programmes including the BBC's Panoramaand Darlow Smithson's Tsunami. Hearne will ...