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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 ...
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Riverside to handle new SM:TV Live run
Riverside Studios has poached the contract for what may be the last series of Blaze TV's SM:TVLiveand CD:UKfrom The London Studios, writes Sam Espensen.
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Lion creates BBC2 3D show
Lion TV will start recording a revolutionary new gaming series next week to air this autumn on BBC2 in the all-important 18.00 slot currently occupied by The Simpsons, writes Sam Espensen.
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Cartoon Network's Beastly bumpers
Jellyfish Pictures has provided The Cartoon Network with break bumpers for channel sponsor Laughing Cow Cheez Dippers. The sequence shows various animals warming up for their own version of the Olympic Games, with Stuart Hall of It's a Knockout fame doing the voiceover. The horse, sheep, rat and cockerel all ...
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Molinare on the up
The fortunes of troubled Soho facility Molinare have taken a turn for the better with a significant increase in business. New managing director Mark Foligno told Broadcastthe company's turnover was up£60,000 on any of the previous 24 months, and included work done for the Tour ...
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DITG buys gointeractive
The Digital Interactive Television Group (DITG) has announced it has snapped up Gointeractive, the iTV technology and services company, making the merged companies the largest independent company in the UK's iTV industry. Gointeractive was jointly owned by Sony Pictures, Sony Venture Capital and Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures. The company specialises ...
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422 to make HP promo
422 South has made a short film for Hewlett Packard (HP) to demonstrate the power of the PC manufacturer's experimental rendering service Frame Factory. The Painter,directed by Andy Power, is about a long-abandoned robot that lives in a basement. Produced by Anne Farrell, the film ...
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Fame Academy hits tech snag
The second series of the BBC's multimillion pound reality TV show Fame Academywill air for the first time tomorrow night (26 July) despite suffering serious technical difficulties during pre-production, writes Sam Espensen.
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Sanctuary opens in Frith Street
London facilities house Sanctuary Post has moved into new premises in Frith Street and added audio mixing and track-laying to its DVD authoring and video editing/compositing activities, writes Kevin Hilton.
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Framestore CFC and The Mill vie for Sfx Emmy
Visual-effects giants Framestore CFC and The Mill will battle it out for the outstanding special visual effects for a miniseries, movie or a special award at this year's Emmy Awards in the US, writes Will Strauss.
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FX move at Golden Sq
Golden Square Post Production has lured senior Flame artist Rachel Mills from Glassworks to head its effects department. Mills has eight years' industry experience and her previous credits include Sprite's Kebab commercial, Chris Cunningham's Orange photo messaging campaign and Aero's Bubble and Squeak spot. She was previously a 3D animator. ...
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BBC designer database
The BBC's costume and wigs department is launching a service to assist producers in sourcing designers for their productions. Designer Link, which is intended to save production teams' time, will provide details of designers' work from a database of costume designers and make-up artists and hopes to bridge the gap ...
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Post houses in tie-up
London post houses Component and Suite have consolidated part of their businesses. Component's edit, audio and machine room facilities will now be shared with Suite but the company's graphics, DVD and equipment hire divisions will continue to operate and trade independently under the existing Component name. Three redundancies have been ...
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BBC Resources on pathway to profit
The BBC's production services subsidiary BBC Resources has posted a year-on-year profit for the first time in its short history, writes Will Strauss.
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Centurfax enhances camera navigation
A UK printing company has developed an innovative new studio camera navigation system that it claims is more accurate than any current set-ups and will retail for a 10th of the price of its competitors, writes Sam Espensen.