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    Peter Gabriel buys a 50% stake in Solid State Logic

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    Audio console manufacturer Solid State Logic (SSL) has been bought by musician Peter Gabriel and American businessman David Engelke for an undisclosed sum.

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    Two Way TV adds mobile phone service

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    Post and transmission house TSI is doing a deal with interactive tv provider Two Way TV to provide mobile phone services to broadcasters using its playout centre.

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    Wright to Metro

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    Former MTV Studios general manager Peter Wright has replaced Nicholas Taylor as chief executive of media technology group Metro Broadcast. Wright was previously responsible for heading MTV's broadcast facilities division, which served more than 30 MTV channels. It also worked with external clients including Nickelodeon, ITV1, Channel 4 and Five. ...

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    West dig gets kit

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    West Digital has completed its£200,000 relaunch after buying the Real Editing Company from Independent Post last year. Joint managing director Darren Cock ordered three Avid Adrenalines - one HD - from reseller Altered Images. The refurbishment, including digital cabling infrastructure, was completed last month. West Digital is currently editing ...

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    Childline Support

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    Chromakey specialist Reflecmedia has supplied its Chromatte to the producers of a music video promoting the new Childline anti-bullying single, Stand Tall, sung by Just3. Reflecmedia lent producer Colin McKeown and director Samantha Janus a

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    Bib wins BBC order

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    Bib Buoy TV has won the BBC contract to post-produce visual effects shots on The Virgin Queen. The job, around 20 shots, has been estimated at about 90 hours in a Flame suite and five days' shoot attendance. The shots range from crowd duplication of armies ...

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    Pepper prepares Girl in Caf

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    Pepper Post Production has completed post-production, including visual effects and title sequences, for Richard Curtis' Girl in the Café. The drama focuses on a politician (Bill Nighy) who embarks on a relationship with a girl that he meets in a café (Kelly MacDonald) around the G8 ...

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    Glastonbury goes green on BBC

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    422 Manchester has produced graphics for this year's BBC coverage of the Glastonbury Festival. 422 graphic designer Gareth Price created the multilayered sequences entirely within After Effects, Illustrator and Photoshop. The strong use of green - using digital stills - was used to create a distinctive theme for this year's ...

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    Directors follow the Romans

    2005-06-23T08:30:00Z

    Directors Cut has completed post-production on Life and Death in Romefor production company Shine. The 6 x 60-minute documentary series goes back 2,000 years to look at how the Romans lived, loved and partied. Online editor Andrew Elliott used digital film effects and lighting effects on ...

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    Turning on to branded channels

    2005-06-23T08:00:00Z

    Branded TV has its critics but with the right blend of business know-how and production techniques, it can be made to pay dividends.

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    Bravo post buys EQ

    2005-06-22T17:11:29Z

    Bravo Post Production has bought a£100,000 eQ editing system from manufacturer Quantel. The editing, grading and versioning system can operate at either standard or high-definition resolution. The eQ system was bought to replace Bravo Post's Quantel Editbox system, which had been in use for the past seven years. Bravo Post ...

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    Effects industry calls for tax clarity

    2005-06-17T12:30:50Z

    The UK visual effects industry is calling for the government to clarify its plans to change film tax breaks amid fears that the closure of Jim Henson's Creature Shop could be the first of many.

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    BBC Broadcast buys BBC TV listings guide

    2005-06-16T16:28:45Z

    Soon-to-be-sold BBC Broadcast has bought BBC Worldwide's£4.8m electronic TV programme listings business, writesRick Dacey.

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    Fuji takes action against family

    2005-06-16T08:30:00Z

    Fuji Film has confirmed that it is taking its former broadcast divisional manager Eric Mould and stock supplier Transco Group plc directors to court over alleged trading irregularities.

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    IBF invests in HDCam decks

    2005-06-16T08:30:00Z

    International Broadcast Facilities (IBF) has invested more than£150,000 to boost its Sony HD capabilities as it predicts a swing from HD-D5 to HDCam SR.

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    Metro chief follows 'passion'

    2005-06-16T08:30:00Z

    Metro Broadcast chief executive has quit the WPP-owned company to pursue his 'passion' for architecture.

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    Oasis posts Africa icons series

    2005-06-16T08:30:00Z

    Oasis Television has completed post-production on Out of Africa: Heroes and Icons, a 90-minute documentary opening BBC's Africa season. The documentary features interviews and archive footage of some of the most famous and influential icons in Africa's recent history such as Nelson Mandela ...

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    Positive change for Community

    2005-06-16T08:30:00Z

    BBC Broadcast has completed a brand redesign for the Community Channel to represent it as a channel for positive change. BBC Broadcast designer Marc Hardman and design producer Janet Smith created the rebrand's orange and blue concept. An orange circle was used as a symbol of community inclusion while blue ...

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    Tennis link to India

    2005-06-16T08:30:00Z

    TWI is beaming this year's Wimbledon Tennis Championship to mobile handsets around the world. Mobile phones users in the UK, Spain, Malaysia and, for the first time, India will be able to watch coverage of the grass court tournament on the move. TWI's mobile ...

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    Rudgard to move

    2005-06-16T08:30:00Z

    Soho post house Golden Square has signed up Lord of the RingsFlame and Fire artist Tim Rudgard. Rudgard previously worked at Red Post for five years and at Oktobor Post in New Zealand, where he was involved in the Lord of the ...