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Post industry panel calls for trade body
The UK's post-production sector needs a trade association fighting on its behalf if it is to survive as part of the television-making process, writes Will Strauss.
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Free training offer at production expo
Editing equipment manufacturers Quantel and Apple will be hoping to entice editors away from their Avid roots at The Production Show this month by offering them free training on competitor products, writes Sam Espensen.
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ADI aims to widen field of work with new truck
Outside Broadcast company ADI has built itself a£700,000 truck in an effort to win a wider variety of broadcast work, writes Sam Espensen.
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Kidd gets T-shirty in cancer ad
Supermodel Jodie Kidd is the face of a new campaign to promote the Fashion Targets Breast Cancer T-shirt for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. The ad, posted by Rushes and directed by Brave's Lucy Blakstad, shows Kidd facing the dilemma of what to wear on a big night out before finally finding ...
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S&G digidesign buy
London audio facility Saunders & Gordon (S&G) has bought two Digidesign Pro Tools HD audio systems. Facility director Tim Lofts said the kit was bought to cope with an influx of new work, adding that he believes that Pro Tools is an 'excellent all-round post-production tool, particularly for long-form TV ...
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Beetan joins Flare
Flare DVD has a new head of department after Katy Beetan joined the outfit from Universal International Pictures. She left her role as production manager for international product, saying that after 'a number of structural changes at Universal, this was the right time for me to go'. She joins as ...
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First birthday at KPM
Music library company KPM's Internet site is a year old, and the company has been making improvements to the site as a result of customer feedback. Closer compatibility and faster integration are two requests from users, so music can now be downloaded as WAV and/or AIFF files, at either 44.1 ...
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Mersey server deal
Mersey TV is continuing its 'shoot to disk' philosophy with the acquisition of six Dual Channel Geevs video servers from Gee Broadcast. The servers, which sell for about£25,000 each, will be used for the production of Hollyoaks. Technical director for Mersey TV Graham Deaves says ...
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Reflecmedia NAB award
Reflecmedia, a manufacturer of chroma key products, has won the NAB award for innovation in media. Its ChromaFlex product won the award for its ease of use. The portable chroma key solution is a collapsible frame covered with Reflecmedia's patented Chromatte fabric, which folds into a 36-inch bag and opens ...
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Lola in on BBC show
London effects house Lola is following up its work on Wall to Wall's upcoming Ancient Egyptians with a series for the BBC about the destruction of the Roman City of Pompeii. Lola founder Grahame Andrew has just returned from three weeks working as post supervisor in Tunisia for the programme, ...
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Digi-box.co.uk takes IO
Digital hire company Digi-Box.co.uk has placed an order for 50 IO systems from AJA Video, which won a Vidy Award at NAB 2003. Developed closely in connection with Apple, the IO is the first uncompressed audio/video FireWire device for Final Cut Pro 4. It is also the first product to ...
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Character shop gets fruity with nestle
Nestle's Munch Bunch gets a relaunch this month courtesy of The Character Shop with an ad featuring a mix of live action and CGI. Bob Cosford (formerly of Red Pepper) directed the spot using 3DS Max's CharacterStudio with RealFlow to create a river of yoghurt. Cosford also created a Munch ...
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Brazier joins St Anne's post
Kevin Brazier, the former managing director of dB Post, the audio post-production facility that closed at the end of last year, has joined St Anne's Post as its new head of sound editorial, working alongside dubbing mixer and head of audio David Old, writes Kevin Hilton.
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BBC news trials interactive programming on the web
Technical specialists at BBC news interactive are testing a technology that could allow viewers to access interactive BBC news content via the Internet, writes Will Strauss.
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Mini-Mills to change the business of post
Soho effects house The Mill has introduced a new service that could herald a change in the way facilities manage the post-production process, writes Sam Espensen
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Avid users fear high DNA costs
Broadcast technology manufacturer Avid has denied that the introduction of its new range of editing products is simply another way of extracting more money from UK facilities companies, writes Sam Espensen.
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Curious lands map deal with National Geographic
Curious software has landed a deal with The National Geographic Channel (NGC) to supply software for generating map graphics after the channel used its World Maps package for coverage of the Iraq war, writes Sam Espensen.
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Root 6 takes on Sony's workflow
London kit reseller Root 6 has struck a deal with Sony to sell, deliver and support the manufacturer's range of workflow tools to the UK broadcast and post-production market, writes Sam Espensen.
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Cut & Run expresses O2 ad
Commercials post house Cut & Run has finished work on the new O2 ad by Daniel Barber at Rose Hackney Barber (RHB). Editor Steve Gandolf and assistant Charlie Caselton used DV Express while on location and claim the system has revolutionised the editing process, letting director and editor work closely ...
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Hackenbacker pals up
Audio facility Hackenbacker has started dubbing work on two animated specials for primetime BBC1 starring Dawn French, Alison Steadman and Jessica Stephenson. Based on the art of Beryl Cook, Bosom Palswill be mixed by Nigel Heath. Hackenbacker is doing voice recordings, trackplay, dialogue editing, foley ...