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Adams Trainor cracks the Code
Adams Trainor Design has completed titles and graphics for Wildfire Television's The Real Da Vinci Code. Tony Robinson fronts the two-hour documentary looking at the real-life revelations that are discussed in the bestselling thriller The Da Vinci Code. Designers Paul Trainor and ...
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BBC unlocks Hollywood secrets
BBC Scotland has completed the graphics for Secret Map of Hollywood, a 6 x 40-minute series for BBC1. Presenter Jonathan Ross explores the dark under-belly of life in the movie capital of the world using a 3D map to focus on its most famous and scandalous locations. ...
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Devilfish's Valentine's Day job
Devilfish has created the Hallmark Channel's Valentine's Day promo campaign. The 30-second spot shows how the power of love can overcome all barriers, whether between a prisoner and guard or a cowboy and indian. Grading was carried out at Rushes to add to a nostalgic 1950s movie feel, with additional ...
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University buys Central studio site
Central Television's Lenton Lane studio complex, one of the largest TV complexes in Europe, has been sold to the University of Nottingham, which plans to house new science companies there. The 17-acre site, which was once the home to shows such as Crossroadsand ...
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BBC turns to virtual camera to spread rugby's appeal
BBC Sport is to pioneer a new virtual stadium technology in the Six Nations Rugby Championship next week in an effort to maintain the popularity of the game after the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
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Post-production spend up
UK producers spent£70m more on post-production in 2004 than they did the year before, according to a sector-wide study published today by Broadcast.
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New kit for 2nd sense
2nd Sense Broadcast has installed two multitrack Pyramix systems. 2nd Sense has provided audio post-production on Later with Jools Holland, which was produced in high-definition for sale to the States, and children's animation series Boo!.Borehamwood-based Total Audio Solutions installed the Pyramix systems.
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ASP's software aid
Adaptable Software Products (ASP) has launched accounting software developed specifically for media freelancers and contractors. Accolyte was designed in consultation with industry accountants and current freelancers to produce an all-in-one package that covers invoicing, bills, currency conversion, VAT returns and year-end accounting.
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BIBC internet launch
British Internet Broadcasting Company (BIBC) has launched an end-to-end internet broadcasting service called Internet Master. BIBC claimed the service is the first of its kind to allow content owners to sell on-demand across the internet. One strand of the service, Channel Master, enables the use of the internet as an ...
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Lipsync buys DI kit
Soho's Lipsync Post has bought a second Quantel iQ digital intermediate grading suite, totalling£3.5m of investment in digital intermediate over the past year. The new suite includes Truelight Calibration, 5.1 surround sound and a 12-foot screen, which is supported by Northlight film scanners and Arri-laser film recorders. Lipsync has recently ...
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Precursor gives E4 a fresh look
Precursor has redesigned E4's channel idents and menus, winning a five-way pitch. Precusor developed a parallel E4 world which is linked to ours. A conventional purple 'outside' world was designed to contrast with a surreal white 'inside' world while a 3D E4 logo acted as a portal between the two. ...
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Lipsync puts images to eulogy
Lipsync Post has produced titles for and onlined Holocaust - A Music Memorial Filmfrom Auschwitzfor the BBC. The graphics had to be evocative yet appropriate to the subject matter. Senior designer Julia Blake and creative director Howard Watkins used After Effects to make the titles appear ...
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Fold7 has designs on Paramount
Fold7 has designed new channel idents across the Paramount Comedy Channels. The series of branding focuses on objects associated with Paramount shows; a Jack Russell dog for Frasieror a martini for MASH, which rotate slowly in locked-off shots on top of a ...
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Sony lands contract to bring HD to Royal Opera House
Sony has won a contract to turn the Royal Opera House into a high-definition broadcast studio.
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Dillon sets up production agency Rare
The executive producer in charge of Channel 4's recent mammoth rebranding campaign has opened a production agency, Rare.
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Pepper adds suite
Pepper has added a new HD Nitris suite as it expands its online operations. The expansion also includes an HD upgrade for its fourth Nitris and additional storage capacity, costing an estimated£150,000. The new Nitris will be used from this week on forthcoming BBC drama Fingersmith, ...
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MotionFX expands
London-based digital film facility MotionFX has added a second Quantel iQ system, Eyeon Digital Fusion vfx workstations, two Thomson Viper FilmStream digital cinematography cameras and a 2K digital screening unit. Justin Lanchbury has joined the company as group sales manager from rental firm VMI.
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DB refits QVC
Systems integrator DB Broadcast has completed work on a new suite of control rooms for UK shopping channel QVC. They replace the channel's original control room, which was built in the early 1990s. DB supplied equipment including eight vision racks, a triax patch panel designed to connect as many as ...
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Lost film restored
The Machine Room has restored footage for the British Film Institute (bfi) from the archives of Edwardian film company Mitchell and Kenyon. The firm, long since folded, recorded everyday life as well as working on feature films. The three-part The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon, ...
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Moov titles celeb gameshow
Moov has created the title sequence for new BBC1 comedy 29 Minutes of Famefor Angst Productions. The Bob Mortimer-hosted gameshow takes a sideswipe at the overinflated world of celebrity and fame. Designers Nevil Appleton, Graham Clarkin and Jane Aspinwall used 2D still imagery to create a ...