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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - OPEN WEEK AT ON SIGHT.
Soho hire facility On Sight is to hold an open week next month demonstrating Panasonic's high
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - SOHO EDITORS TRAINING.
Staff agency Soho Editors has become the first accredited training centre for the Media 100 844/X
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NewsBBC Ventures stems losses
BBC Ventures, the proposed holding company for the corporation's commercial business-to-business activities headed by Roger Flynn, almost halved its losses at£5.4m in the 2001/2 financial year, writes Barbara Marshall
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Poortrading forces three outfits under
Further evidence of continuing tough trading conditions emerged this week with the news that Innovation TK, Questech and Hobbins Sides have all ceased trading in the past few weeks, writes Barbara Marshall
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Liquid Blue beefs up Pinnacle's systems
Pinnacle Systems has added its broadcast editing system Liquid Blue to the Palladium-compatible line-up of products it will be showing at IBC in September, writes Barbara Marshall
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Link develops 'holy grail' camera
UK firm Link Research has developed an Mpeg wireless camera system that has the shortest signal delay on the market, it claims, writes Barbara Marshall
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F1's defining moments
Baraka Post Production has recently completed its first major project on the new Jaleo high definition digital cinema online system - a promotional film for the Toyota Formula One team, writes Barbara Marshall
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Birmingham facility
Neil Hillman, the sound designer on Butt Ugly Martians, has set up a new audio post facility in Birmingham aimed at film and TV programme-makers. Called The Audio Suite, it is based around the Fairlight Prodigy 2 system and has just won projects from Maverick ...
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Liquid appointments
Liquid TV has further expanded its animation and design divisions with two appointments. Andy Tusabe has joined the compositing team after a seven-year stint at Pukka where he was head of graphics. Najma Ehatti has joined the design team after five years as graphic designer at Diverse
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New sessions at IBC
The International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) is introducing two free sessions at this year's event in Amsterdam from 12 to 17 September. What Caught My Eye will be presented at lunchtime on Saturday, Sunday and Monday by leading industry figures who will talk about what grabbed them at the exhibition. The ...
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Open week at On Sight
Soho hire facility On Sight is to hold an open week next month demonstrating Panasonic's high definition (HD) equipment. From 5 to 9 August, the firm will hold a series of one-to-one sessions, plus a couple of evening drop-in sessions. Attendees will be able to view a showreel of HD ...
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Soho Editors training
Staff agency Soho Editors has become the first accredited training centre for the Media 100 844/X editing system. Courses will be available from the end of this month
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Balloons may burst satellite's bubble
A record-breaking attempt to fly a manned helium balloon to the edge of space this summer could pave the way for communication satellites to be replaced by unmanned airships, according to the Met Office, writes Barbara Marshall
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Worlds End cuts deal with Toni & Guy
Toni & Guy hair salons around the country are set to receive their own satellite TV service thanks to a joint-venture set up by Johnny Vaughan's Worlds End Productions and Avanti Communications, writes Barbara Marshall
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Pace shares plummet after loss
Shares in set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology tumbled further this week on the back of news that it had made a pre-tax loss of nearly£30m in the year ended 1 June 2002, writes Barbara Marshall
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Soho 601 hires Jones as MD
Soho 601 has taken on Rushes facilities director Paul Jones as managing director, replacing Mike Wilkie who quit last month (Broadcast, 21.6.02), writes Barbara Marshall
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Discreet hires Tyrell
Discreet has appointed Tyrell as its second UK systems reseller, effectively ending its exclusive agreement with Red Lorry Yellow Lorry after three years. Tyrell was a Discreet reseller until it was bought by WPP at the end of 1999 and will resume sales for Flame, Fire, Flint, Inferno and Smoke ...
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Cheff warns of thefts
Engineers' association Cheff is warning the industry against a spate of digi-beta video recorder thefts. A further seven have gone missing in the last two weeks and, according to Cheff's Chris Hillier, there are now 15 registered on the Cheff website compared with one last October. Cheff set up a ...
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Rushes beefs up 3D
Rushes has further expanded its 3D department with the appointment of Hayden Jones. He joins after five years at Cinesite where he worked on conceptual design and pre-visualisation. His credits include the latest Bond movie, Tomb Raider, Lost in Spaceand ...
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Smith goes to Pinewood
Pinewood-Shepperton has hired its first sales and marketing director to help integrate the two studios further. Nick Smith has been brought in from Nokia where he was European head of sales for interactive services. His career has also included spells at LWT, Granada and United News & Media