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BBC spends£2m on HD upgrades
BBC Post Production has ploughed£2m into HD upgrades of its operations in London, Birmingham and Bristol.
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HD cameras at IBC
The camera wars heated up at IBC this year with Grass Valley launching its new Infinity camcorder, a low-end HD camera aimed at taking on Sony's HDV market. Sony completed its line-up of HD formats with the launch of the HD version of its tapeless XDCAM, positioned between its HDV ...
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Resellers for Nitris
Altered Images, Root6 and Dublin-based Tyrell have been appointed as resellers for Avid's Symphony Nitris, the first time the long-form finishing kit has been offered to third-party dealerships. Symphony Nitris offers real-time uncompressed HD and SD finishing and primary and secondary colour correction.
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Dubbing expands
Glasgow-based audio post facility The Dubbing Theatre has moved to the city's The Waterfront Studios and doubled its capacity because of increased bookings. It now offers five studios with Protools, Avid Audiovisions and Digital performer.
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Quantel's new suite
Quantel has launched a new grading option the Pablo Suite, combining image processing hardware and colour correction software. Founded on eQ and iQ, the suite offers a complete digital intermediate system. Three Pablo models have been developed: the eQ for HD applications, the iQ2 for 2K digital intermediates and the ...
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Sport deal renewed
Arqiva has renewed its contract with British Eurosport in a five-year deal worth over£6m. The channel will move from Arqiva's Langley studio to the company's Broadcast Media Centre at Feltham, which will be British Eurosports' production and administration base. Arqiva receives worldwide feeds and provides playout to Sky at Osterley ...
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Framestore tends Gardener FX
Framestore CFC has supplied the special effects for Focus Features' new film The Constant Gardener, starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Set in Kenya, the film recounts a man's quest to expose corruption in the pharmaceutical industry after his wife is murdered. Digitally supervised by Adrian ...
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3sixtymedia titles Gameshow
3sixtymedia Creative produced titles and graphics for ITV1's Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathonfrom Granada/Talkback Thames. Creative director Paul Kearton and designer Sue Bodicoat designed and directed the opening sequence in which Ant and Dec appear in seven old gameshows. Bluescreen footage was shot of the duo ...
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The Hive animates UKTV idents
VTR design house The Hive has created new idents for UKTV Gold's latest season of programmes. The concept is simple - the new programmes arriving are represented by an animated box with UKTV Gold's logo on it falling at high speed through a brightly coloured cloudy sky. Designed by Dunning ...
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BBC website revamps to plug key shows
The BBC TV channels' website is to be revamped to focus promotion on just a few key programmes.
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Yoomedia develops Baywatch game
Baywatchand Blockbustersare being made into interactive TV games on the YooPlay games portal. Telewest and NTL have approved the games, developed by YooMedia under licence from Fremantle Media. All UK digital cable subscribers can play the new games, which allow players to win prizes, on a ...
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The BBC's next techno-revolution
Every year the BBC spends£60m on new media and, of the£355m annual savings director general Mark Thompson hopes to make, almost two-thirds will be channelled into new media. We took four emerging technologies at the heart of the BBC's new media strategy and asked a panel of commentators to assess ...
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NewsBennett mulls online BBC2
BBC director of television Jana Bennett is looking at offering BBC2 over the internet.
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NewsBBC looks to find mobile comedy
The BBC is to commission a multimedia comedy and is asking writers to come up with sketches for different platforms - from mobile phones to TV screens.
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Endemol in mobile first
Endemol is claiming a UK TV first by shooting scenes from its new Channel 4 soap Totally Frankexclusively for mobile phones, at the same time as shooting the TV show.
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BBC to roll out 500 desktop edit stations
The BBC is to take its in-house desktop editing trials, where programme-makers carry out basic editing tasks on their shows, corporation-wide next month in a move designed to cut in-house programme-making costs.
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BBC Broadcast wins Flextech playout pitch
BBC Broadcast has secured its biggest ever playout deal, prising Flextech's multimillion play out contract away from Ascent Media.
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Pinewood angles for more TV work
Pinewood Shepperton is to open its doors wider to TV productions in an attempt to see its way out of the current UK downturn in film production, which saw the film and TV studios post losses of£100,000 last week.
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Cost-saving report
A report to be unveiled at IBC later this week by consultancy Accenture shows that modernisation of broadcasters' pre-production, production and post-production processes can result on an average 9% saving in programme budgets, amounting to, on average, annual savings of£49m. According to the research, carried out in consultation with major ...
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Vincent to The Mill
Former VTR colourist Mick Vincent, who jumped ship this summer to join VFX house Clear in an abortive telecine set-up, has resurfaced at commercials house The Mill. Vincent will spearhead the development of a digital intermediate workflow for commercial clients. Last month The Mill installed a new Grass Valley Spirit ...