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Expanding bubble
Audio facility Bubble TV has appointed a dubbing mixer and revealed plans to build a third studio. Jez Spencer, formerly of Head First Facilities, has been brought in to strengthen the documentary and factual operation. His previous work includes The South Bank Show and programmes for Channel 4, Discovery and ...
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BBC set to close Bristol Design
BBC Resources is planning to close its design business in Bristol, with around 20 redundancies expected, writes Farah Jifri.
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Machine Room wins£1m archive order
Soho facility The Machine Room has won a major archive restoration deal from the BBC worth over£1m, writes Farah Jifri.
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TV Set invests in two Smokes
London post-production houses Arena Digital and London Post (both part of the Television Set Group) are the latest to expand their capabilities with extra kit.
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Brighton opening
Brighton post house We Should Be Editing has opened its doors at the former recording studios of the Brighton School of Journalism. Founded by Richard Daws, We Should Be is based around Avid Media Composer for both offline and online work and will focus on broadcast TV series. The facility ...
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Anglefish gets real
Angelfish, the new programme promo arm of creative agency Devilfish, has opened its doors with a contract from UK channel Reality TV. Angelfish has created the US launch promo package - including channel generics and series promotion for Reality TV - and under the new contract will make all on-air ...
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Media 100 saved
The acquisition of Media 100 by Optibase is now set to go ahead (Broadcast, 5.3.04). Optibase has executed a definitive loan agreement through which it will provide around $1m (£540,000) of secured debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing. Optibase has also executed an asset-purchase agreement which, subject to court approval, will allow it ...
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Flight facility move
In-flight entertainment provider IFE Services is set to relocate to the former Picardy Television studio in Cheshire at the end of the week as a result of outgrowing its offices at Manchester Airport. The site houses a fully digital online post facility, three non-linear Avid offline suites, three Maya 3D ...
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Reseller start-up xtfx bucks tough market
New reseller XTFX, set up by former Tyrell managing director Simon Brett, has begun trading with a number of sales already under its belt, writes Farah Jifri.
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TSI to post C4's The Art Show
London facility TSI has been awarded a project to post-produce 18 episodes of the next series of The Art Show for World of Wonder.
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Extra Avid support
Woody Lidstone and Jody Neckles have joined Avid to boost support services for UK post customers. They will support editing products like Avid Xpress DV software and Media Composer Adrenaline, eventually covering Unity, DS Nitris and Digidesign Pro Tools. Lidstone has joined Avid from CBC in Canada where he was ...
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Arena refits OB unit
Surrey-based Arena Television has installed a Calrec Zeta 100 digital audio console in one of its OB vans. The purchase is part of a complete refit of Arena's outside broadcast unit 5 by broadcast audio specialist Andy Unsworth. The Zeta 100 desk, configured as 40 mono and 16 stereo channels, ...
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MPC buys truelight
The Moving Picture Company has installed two Truelight colour calibration systems from FilmLight for use with its Quantel IQ colour grading suites. MPC will use the systems to calibrate its two film grading suites. The decision to invest in Truelight followed a trial of the system on Michael Winterbottom's film ...
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Facestation returns
UK reseller Pixelution is distributing FaceStation, the facial-motion-capture plug-in for 3ds Max and Maya, which is available again. The software has been off the market since its developer, Eyematic, folded last year and the move follows the acquisition of FaceStation by US company Vidiator Technology. With this acquisition, an updated ...
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NewsAscent buys RTL's playout business
Ascent Media has acquired London Playout Centre from its parent company, RTL.
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Evolutions wins 65-show RDF deal
Soho facility Evolutions Television has agreed a deal with independent production company RDF Media - maker of Banzai and Faking It - to post-produce 65 programmes for two new property series. Evolutions did not reveal how much the deal is worth, writes Farah Jifri.
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Gearhouse splashes out on latest lenses
Broadcast services, sales and rental company Gearhouse Broadcast has invested a further£500,000 in the latest HD camera lenses, writes Farah Jifri.
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DGP invests in Symphony V5
DGP has bought eight of Avid's latest version of Symphony, writes Farah Jifri.
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Baker joins Metro
Richard Baker has joined Metro Broadcast as media and operations manager. The appointment comes in response to the company's recent growth and is aimed at driving the business further. The newly created role will give Baker overall responsibility for all the technical operations at Metro Broadcast's Soho facility. Baker joins ...
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Festival offer
Rushes Postproduction is calling for entries for its annual Soho Shorts Festival, due to take place between 31 July and 6 August this year. The festival will feature free screenings of shortlisted films in bars, cafes and cinemas throughout Soho. All entries need to have been produced in the past ...