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Mitcorp bags iVDR
Mitcorp has been appointed as the UK reseller for Thomson's Grass Valley brand - in particular the Grass Valley M-Series intelligent video recorder (iVDR), which combines traditional VTR functions, including playout and camera ingest, with video storage and media-exchange format. The move is intended to widen Thomson's pro-AV customer ...
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Demerger deal
Blitz Communications and Charter Broadcast have demerged from their parent company, Evenser. The move is the result of both sides of the Evenser business wanting to focus on their own specialist areas in the broadcast and presentation and events services markets. The newly formed Blitz Charter Group - headed by ...
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Post industry body given name
UK Post has been confirmed as the name for the trade body representing the UK's post-production industry which last week attracted 250 people to its inaugural meeting. The new body has been given around£45,000 by the Department of Trade and Industry and the UK Film Council and post companies will ...
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Alchemy moves into Centre Point
Audio facility Alchemy Mastering is investing£1.2m to relocate its business to the 29th floor of London's Centre Point building, writes Farah Jifri.
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Thomson on verge of ParkerVision tie-up
Broadcast technology manufacturer Thomson is set to ink a cash deal worth $14m (£7.56m) with ParkerVision to acquire its video division, writes Farah Jifri.
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Optibase eyes up Media 100
Editing software company Media 100 is in talks with Optibase about a possible buyout.
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Siemens in running
Siemens has emerged as a surprise ninth contender for the purchase of BBC Technology. The shortlist already includes EDS, Capita, Accenture, IBM, Logica, CSC, Fujitsu and HP. Three finalists will be chosen by the end of April with the winner announced in the summer. The news followed the sacking of ...
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Skaramoosh hires
London facility Skaramoosh has appointed Trish Trufelli and Philip Hough to boost its post and design operations. Trufelli has joined as head of post and senior designer, following seven years at P3
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BFBS buys system
BFBS(British Forces Broadcasting Service), the television arm of the Services Sound & Vision Corporation, has purchased a transmission automation system from Ibis in a deal worth£50,000. The Ibis LandScape system will be used to produce a live television service for BFBS' Navy TV. It will control the switching and branding ...
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Sanctuary updates
Sanctuary Post has upgraded its two Avid DS systems to the latest DS Nitris versions for use on high-end TV work and promos. The company has also installed a new tape suite kitted out with two DigiBeta machines, a Collage Junior, Sony 9100 edit controller, Yamaha 03D audio mixer and ...
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Firecracker goes Superhuman
Firecracker Films has completed the graphics package for Superhuman, Channel 4's extreme reality contest. In the two-hour test of human performance one man and one woman will win the 'Superhuman' title.
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Farm posts chess master film
The farm has completed post-production work on Alliance Atlantis' (producer of Bowling for Columbine) feature documentary Game Over - Kasparov and the Machine.
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UKTV channels get new identity
Dunning Eley Jones has designed the new channel identity for UKTV People, one of two factual channels being launched by the Flextech/BBC joint-venture this week. Based on the proposition of 'capturing what we do in our world' the identity features colour-saturated images derived from personal snapshots, CCTV and paparazzi photography. ...
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Five big hitters rule post world
Five companies claimed over a third of all money spent at the top 50 UK television post houses last year, according to a survey published today by Broadcast.
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London facilities take Discreet kit
Three major London post companies have upgraded their facilities with the purchase of Discreet kit. Among the orders are the first installations of the manufacturer's new Smoke and Flame on the SGI Tezro workstation. Discreet did not reveal how much the deals are worth, writes ...
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Bubble TV finds jobs from start
Sound mixer Chris Phinikas' new London audio facility, Bubble TV , has opened its doors with a string of jobs already underway.
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One hires animators
One Post has taken on two 3D animators for its CGI operations. Duncan McWilliams joins One from The Hive, where he worked on projects for AOL, Bloomberg and Disney. Before The Hive, McWilliams worked at DigM Digital Media and as a freelance graphic designer. Also joining is Michiel de Kraker, ...
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M2 to leave camden
M2 Television has abandoned its Camden branch and moved all the kit and staff to its Soho headquarters. The move will be completed within the next four weeks. Although the two branches currently operate as separate companies, M2 says that no redundancies are planned and the majority of staff will ...
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Sanctuary found
Andy Matthews has joined Sanctuary Post's creative team as senior editor/project manager. Matthews has 20 years' experience in television and film production, having started out on TV show The Tube. His credits also include The Top 100 programmes for ...
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BAFTA wins for BBC
The BBC's The Darkhouse , an interactive radio drama, has picked up the award in the technical innovation category at the 2003 Bafta Interactive Awards. The drama has also been adapted for the web. The BBC was also nominated for its ...