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Fusion nabs 'The Heist' job for C4
Fusion has post-produced reality documentary The Heist for Windfall Films. The 3 x 50-minute series follows a team of reformed criminals as they try to outwit a team of security experts by planning and executing daring crimes, such as kidnapping and ransoming a racehorse. ...
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Jowell meets Bectu
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has agreed to meet broadcasting union Bectu to discuss its fears about the sale of BBC Technology. Jowell will meet union representatives before the government makes a decision on the proposed sale of the technology offshoot to German firm Siemens. The meeting is expected to take ...
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TV Set merges P3 with Arena Digital
Post-production group The Television Set has bought post facility P3 for an undisclosed sum. The broadcast and corporate post-production company will be merged with Arena Digital at TV Set's five-storey Newman Street site to create a new company, Arena P3.
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422 Manchester invests in HD to stop client drain
422 Manchester has invested around£400,000 on high-definition products to stop big-budget local clients from heading south for post-production work.
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Resolution opens nine-suite facility
Resolution has opened its second new facility in as many weeks by taking over the building previously occupied by facilities company Head First.
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3 Mills sold to LDA
East London's 3 Mills Studios has been sold to the London Development Agency (LDA). The deal, worth a reputed£22.54m, was signed last week with completion expected within a month. 3
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MPC to siggraph
The Moving Picture Company (MPC) is to spearhead the UK trade and investment's presence at this year's Siggraph exhibition. The initiative, which has been funded by the UK government, aims to showcase the expertise of the British visual effects business at the annual graphics event. MPC has worked on ...
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DB wins contract
Broadcast systems integrator DB Broadcast has won the contract to build two transmission survey vehicles for BBC strategy & distribution. The specialist vehicles will be used to measure terrestrial TV and radio reception throughout the UK, including DTT and DAB.
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Machine Room Hiring
David Wilson has joined the Machine Room as VT duplication sales manager to further the VTR plc-owned duplication operations and strengthen its bookings department. Wilson, previously of Dubbs, joined before Dubbs' recent redundancies. Wilson said: 'I was keen to pursue other options and moving to The Machine Room will allow ...
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Polecam to Olympics
Camera Core is taking six Polecam rigs to the Olympics, all of which will be fitted with a new 'dive bag'. The bag houses the camera and is covered with a chemical film that prevents water droplets from gathering, allowing a smooth transition between above and below the water surface ...
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Cut and Run kicks off new MOTD
Cut and Run and Wave have contributed to Match of the Day's return to the BBC. The BBC Broadcast-produced trail recreates the Match of the Day signature theme tune using football-related sounds: burgers frying, the swish of the ball hitting ...
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Sixfootsix's Olympian task
Sixfootsix and North One have designed and produced the Olympic Games' official title sequence for the International Olympic Committee. The sequence follows a timeline looking back over 2,000 years of Greek sporting history, taking the viewer on a journey from ancient Greece to the modern age. Creative Director Jan Hallet ...
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Two more leave TSI for Evolutions
Evolutions Television has poached two more senior staff from rival TSI, bringing the number of ex-TSI staff at the Berners Street facility to four.
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Ascent sets up TV and film restoration arm
Ascent Media has brought in Martin Poultney from Technicolor to head their new group restoration, archiving and mastering team aimed at the film and TV markets.
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TV Set duo set up TK business
Alf Penn and Dave Yeo, sales managers at the TV Set, have quit the post house group to set up telecine company TK One.
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Dubbs axes nine
Soho duplication service Dubbs has laid off nine members of staff in what chairman John Reiss called 'a proactive initiative to protect the staff that remain'. Reiss attributed the decision to cut the staff to the technological changes that have affected the duplication business and said: 'We hate doing this ...
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Glassworks flames
Glassworks has bought four HD-compatible Flames to cater for an increase in HD work. Managing director Hector MacLeod said: 'The new Discreet suites can work at HD but when they work at standard definition the difference will really be noticed.' Glassworks is due to work on the new Robbie Williams ...
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Fifty Fifty sci fi deal
Fifty Fifty Post Production has signed a two-year deal to set up and manage in-house audio services for the Sci Fi channel. The Sci Fi channel will pay a monthly management fee to the Soho company, which will supply two in-house audio engineers to operate and service the HD Pro ...
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New pepper kit
Pepper has installed Finaliser, the Edifis colour processor and finishing system, to replace the Ursa Diamond that it sold to TK One in May. Finaliser provides extensive creative capabilities in disk-based and tape-to-tape colour correction, in HD as well as standard definition. Managing director Patrick Holzen said: 'We were looking ...
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HD first for UK TV
Metro Broadcast, BowTie TV and ntl last week aired the UK's first commercial 4:2:2, MPeg-encoded, high definition transmission in Dolby 5.1 surround. NHK, the Japanese broadcaster, chose Metro to project manage the first European transmission of Nodojiman , the long-running Japanese karaoke entertainment show. It ...