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New Euro channel prompts renewed optimism in HD
The launch of a new European high-definition broadcaster and the arrival of blue laser or HDDVD will provide new opportunities to producers working with the new high resolution format, delegates at The Production Show were told yesterday.
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BT opens£5m TV control arm
BT Broadcast Services has opened its new£5m International Media Centre (IMC) for business, promising a range of improved and more efficient services for channel operators, writes Kevin Hilton.
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Production Show debut for BBC Vecta
The first product from the BBC's new seed-capital arm BBC Vecta went on sale to non-BBC producers for the first time at The Production Show this week.
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Big Bro 4 gets titles from Skaramoosh
Endemol's fourth series of Big Brother has got a new title sequence from Skaramoosh. Directed by Chris Howe, the titles are made up of several camera passes layered together to give the impression of a house bustling with people. John Cryer graded and comped the ...
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Triangle takes Leeves
Triangle Post has poached one of Soho’s leading sound designers from Saunders & Gordon. Ben Leeves’ credits include an award-winning Audi ad and he has already gained work for Triangle from McCanns and Academy. Triangle is also going through a major expansion, which so far includes a new Flame, an ...
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Hylton joins 422 South
422 South has appointed a new creative director following the departure of Simon Clarke to set up his own company. Terry Hylton joins the London-based creative team from Audio Motion's motion-capture facility. He previously worked at SVC and Lego Media. 422 chief creative officer Andy Davies-Coward revealed that 422 will ...
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CCM funds Media 100
Editing and effects systems manufacturer Media 100 is to receive $2.5m (£1.5m) investment from Coghill Capital Management (CCM) to help fuel the company's growth. CCM president Clint Coghill said he was convinced that Media 100 was both 'unique and of value to the digital media industry.' Media 100 is currently ...
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Free range finds home
A 'roaming' audio post-production company has found a permanent base within De Lane Lea in Soho. Free Range Audio, set up by dubbing mixer and sound editor Pete Gates and sound designer Craig Butters, needed to find a base and good relations with De Lane Lea led to the deal. ...
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Management buyout bid to secure Pepper
The ongoing saga surrounding the future of Soho broadcast facility Pepper took another twist this week as management attempted to put together an assisted buyout of the company, writes Sam Espensen.
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The Hospital launches UK's first high-definition studio
The first high definition studio in the UK will open its doors in less than eight weeks time as part of the first phase of the opening of The Hospital, the new state-of-the-art creative centre spearheaded by entrepreneur Paul Allen and former Eurythmics front man Dave Stewart.
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BBC Broadcast takes generationQ
BBC Broadcast, the fourth commercial spin-off from the licence-fee funded corporation, has asked Quantel to implement a major new production system based on its generationQ technology, writes Dominic Timms
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TV heading for DV/HD future
In less than three years time all UK television programmes will be shot on either low cost DV cameras or high definition video, a leading facilities company head claimed today.
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Survey: studies not best route into TV
The results of an independent survey into employment and training methods within post-production has delivered a blow to anyone who thinks that a media studies course is the best way of getting into television, writes Will Strauss.
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Production show premieres latest in technology
A number of the world's biggest broadcast technology developers will be using The Production Show 2003 to show off their latest new products - some of which will be seen outside of the US for the first time, writes Will Strauss.
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Capital and BBC to enhance networks with broadband
Two of the country's biggest radio broadcasters are installing 'broadband' style networks between their stations to allow programme material to be networked across the country, writes Kevin Hilton.
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West End's DGP goes east for Channel 4
Soho post house DGP has cut and graded A Bit of Oriental, a new show for Channel 4 produced by Spiritworld. The 1 x 30-minute programme is a light-hearted documentary that looks at the lives of Oriental women and how they are perceived in British ...
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Prime spot for cams
Prime TV is planning to turn London's Olympia into a giant Big Brother house next week for The Production Show by installing 16 mini-cams around the venue. As part of a competition to win a magnum of champagne, the kit hire company will hide the ...
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Clarke goes it alone
422 London creative director Simon Clarke has quit the company to set up his own design facility. Clarke, who has a background in creating visual effects work for science-based programmes, spent four years at 422 but felt he wanted to offer producers a different way of working. Clarke Associates will ...
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Formats showcase
The Production Show 2003 is giving over two full days of conferences sessions to new and emerging acquisition formats. Essential HD day and Essential DV day will provide producers and directors with an inside track on shooting effectively with the current and next generation of digital video with presentations from ...
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Hive hires Flame man
Effects and finishing house The Hive has poached Flame artist Matt Wilmshurst from The Mill. He joins as senior digital artist and will do compositing work as well as on-set visual effects supervision. Of particular interest to The Hive was his experience working in compositing live action with computer-generated 3D ...