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Business hones ideas
Ad production company The Business has set up a division to deal with commercial ideas. Russell Jarman Price (ex-Still Price, DNA) is to head the department, which will look to develop branding, programming and advertising opportunities for agencies and brand owners. Jarman Price said projects will include advertiser-funded programming and ...
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3D Excalibur Hails a ride
Birmingham-based PS Creative has completed a 3D CGI TV/cinema spot to promote a new ride at Drayton Manor theme park. 'Excalibur' is due to launch in April, promising to immerse the passenger in 'legend, myth and mystery' Directed by Ralph Tittley, the ad features three hapless knights and a dragon-catching ...
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B+ scouts for new young TV making talent
The B+ Young Talent Awards, the only awards ceremony in the UK designed specifically to celebrate young television makers, has been expanded to include graphic designers and online editors for 2003.
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New software helps to rekindle Knightmare
The maker of cult 1980s kids adventure show Knightmareis developing new software to bring the show back as a live interactive virtual reality dungeon adventure show, writes Sam Espensen.
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Ortmans forced out of business
Experienced TV design company Ortmans Young International (OYI) has been forced to close, writes Sam Espensen.
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TSI goes commercial
Broadcast facility group TSI has launched a commercials arm in the hope of attracting clients from the 'secondary l...
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Sony budgets camera
Manufacturers Sony and Pinnacle Systems have teamed up to offer a budget camera and editing package for small production companies. Customers purchasing Sony DSR-PD150P, DSR-PDX10P and DSR-250P DVCams or the Sony DSR-11 VTR will now receive Pinnacle edition 4.52 editing software as standard. Also included will be an i.Link PCI ...
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Sky phone shop opens
The UK's first 24-hour phone shopping channel launches this week on Sky Digital, with a speech recognition system in place that will provide an 'end-to-end' digital system for customer transactions. Phone World will feature round-the-clock promotions on a variety of mobile phones and accessory packages. Eckoh Technologies has provided the ...
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Beam wins Cannes deal
UK digital courier and archive service Beam TV has won an exclusive contract with the organisers of the Cannes Lions advertising awards to handle entries and manage data during the festival. MD Matt Cooper told Broadcast that agencies will be able to dispense with Beta ...
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Graphics recreate SAS pitch
The final episode of a six-part BBC series on volunteer SAS soldiers is to feature graphics created by Simon Hooley at London Post, which aim to put the viewer into the minds of the amateur elite combat soldiers. Made by General Factual, the show required graphics to give an overall ...
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Lorry decision wins Tyrell new business
London equipment reseller Tyrell has received a sudden surge in the number of support contracts it has won for Discreet products since competitor Red Lorry Yellow Lorry backed out of broadcast business, writes Sam Espensen.
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Backpack camera captures punters' views
Following hot on the heels of such technological wizardry as 'boulder-cam', 'ant-cam' and 'barnacle-cam', BBC Sport's first 'crowd-cam' debuts this weekend at the RBS Six Nations rugby tournament.
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Jones named new MD of One Post
Ascent Media (formerly Liberty Livewire) has revealed that Paul Jones is to be the managing director of One Post, the facility formed as a result of the merger of Soho 601 and SVC, writes Sam Espensen.
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Picardy battles to save post services
Glasgow-based Picardy Media Group is confident that its production, post-production and corporate arms will remain going concerns despite the company going into receivership at the end of January, writes Sam Espensen.
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Rushes buys two Shakes
Soho visual effects house Rushes has bought two new Shake licences after winning a graphics commission from the BBC, writes Sam Espensen.
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Red Lorry Yellow Lorry quits TV
Soho equipment reseller Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (RLYL) is pulling out of the broadcast industry and moving into corporate marketing, writes Will Strauss.
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Grass Valley adds to product range
Thomson Grass Valley has announced a raft of new products and improvements in existing lines ahead of April's NAB event in Las Vegas, writes Sam Espensen.
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Fire Mountain turns BBC's life of mammals into simulator ride
BBC Worldwide and AI/Camber has commissioned Fire Mountain Entertainment to produce a simulator-ride film for the wildlife series The Life of Mammals. Featuring Siberian tigers among other felines, Hunting with the Big Cats will open to visitors at the Glasgow Science Centre, the first stop ...
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Red Post MD Grinter leaves
Carl Grinter, producer, joint managing director and part owner of Red post-production, has quit the company after nine years.
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Lipsync adds Arri laser
Lipsync Post has installed a second Arri Laser film recorder as a result of increased film work. Head of post Kevin Phelan stated that not only will the recorder allow Lipsync to address the film market better, it will 'add value to the work passing through our graphics and sound ...