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Downturn kills off 2003 Leaf festival
The London Effects and Animation Festival (Leaf), which was due to take place in October, has been cancelled after manufacturers, already suffering a serious decline in profit margins, decided to further reduce their marketing spend, writes Sam Espensen.
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Pink House buyout may boost Bristol scene
Bristol-based Pink House Post Production has been bought for an undisclosed fee by fellow Avon facility Films at 59, in an attempt to stabilise the post industry in the city, writes Sam Espensen.
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St Anne's piles money into HD
post house St Anne's has purchased the UK's first HD disk recorder as part of its ongoing investment in HD and telecine technology.
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Link camera launch
Link Research is launching its latest digital wireless camera at IBC next month, along with a digital Triax system solution to carry digital signals to outside broadcast vehicles. The LinkXP camera has reverse camera control and is fitted with a Sony interface making it compatible with all broadcast cameras. An ...
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Resolution expands
Post facility Resolution has expanded its high-end short-form team by poaching editor Jonathan Myers from Frontline to do online and Editbox work. It is hoped that the appointment of Myers will increase the amount of work that the company gets from existing music channel clients MTV and VH1. Stuart Fyvie, ...
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Crow TV buys Avids
Crow TV has bought 18 Avid Media Composer Adrenaline editing systems and an Avid Unity storage system in a deal worth around£500,000. The London-based editing company is also to upgrade two of its Avid Symphony systems. Head of editing Mark Manning said that the decision was down to the increased ...
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Nucoda set for IBC
Soho-based Nucoda is all set to debut its resolution-independent film mastering system for digital intermediate finishing and a data play system, both based on its Postcode frame-indexing technology, at next month's IBC. Harnessing standard PC RAM memory, data play is claimed to allow users to view 2K 10-bit log sequences ...
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HD at forefront of next BBC epic
The BBC Natural History Unit (NHU) will start filming its most expensive natural history series ever this month and nearly all of it will be shot in HD, writes Sam Espensen.
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Uncle's VTR pods set to save time and cash
The new£3m facility being set up in west London by The Farm Group will have a revolutionary engineering infrastructure according to its chief engineer, writes Sam Espensen.
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Shut Eye back as Bird Studios
Eye Animation, which was forced to close six months ago due to the advertising recession, has reopened as Bird Studios.
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Shorts fest back
Brief Encounters, the Bristol short film festival, returns for its ninth year between 12 and 16 November this year. The five-day festival includes a new award, the Momentum Pictures Best of British Award, with a£1,000 cash prize for the most innovative UK short. Also on offer is a four-day film ...
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Stream's new focus
DVD outfit Stream Digital Media is refocusing its business to concentrate on interactive design and authoring. The company will be working across all platforms and formats of interactive media, although it will still be doing high-end DVD design and production. Heading the new team will be Lucy Protheroe who joins ...
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New company up
The founder of broadcast technology manufacturer Omnibus Systems has left to launch IdeasUnlimited.tv, a company that will specialise in transmission verification and content monitoring. Glyn Powell-Evans believes the company will address an urgent need among broadcasters for automated remote TV and audio-signal monitoring. The company will introduce the Content Probe ...
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BBC adds suite to its Bristol audio facilities
BBC post-production has invested in a new audio suite in Bristol for drama and wildlife documentaries, writes Sam Espensen.
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Rushes hands out this year's Soho shorts awards
The Rushes Soho Shorts awards took place last week, with an impressive line-up of talent. Among those starring in the entries were David Thewlis, Sue Johnston and Alison Steadman. Presenting the awards were Nick Moran, Sean Pertwee, directors Roger Spottiswoode ( Tomorrow Never Dies) and ...
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Golden Square design move
Golden Square Post has followed up its hiring of Flame artist Rachel Mills from Glassworks two weeks ago by signing up Richard Morrison as head of design. Morrison has worked as a designer, art director and typographer, and has a strong reputation in feature film and TV title design, with ...
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Garland to pavement
DVD outfit The Pavement has poached DVD and post-producer Kristy Garland from Stream Digital Media (part of Ascent Media). Garland has worked with several large clients while at Stream, including Entertainment Rights, Buena Vista and Universal and, according to Pavement director Kristen O'Sullivan, she 'understands the intricacies of post, so ...
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Mosaic new facilities
Facilities house Mosaic Pictures has added a digital sound-mixing studio with a voiceover booth to its Soho branch. Joining Mosaic is Peter Hodges, previously at The Sound Designers, who will be in charge of the sound suite. He has over 30 years' experience as a re-recording mixer, post supervisor and ...
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HD suite for on sight
Hire company On Sight is opening a£2m HD dubbing and duplication facility at its Soho office, On Sight Upstairs. The division will offer transfer to and from all formats and up/down and cross-conversion using Snell & Wilcox's Ukon HD platform. The facility uses a Pro-Bel Sirius router and offers standards ...