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NewsSky HD encoders
BSkyB has invested in seven Snell & Wilcox Memphis encoders to master content for its new HD services. The systems will be used alongside Omneon servers to offer the broadcaster increased interoperability for playout and archiving applications.
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Garcia takes reins
Branding consultancy Turquoise has promoted associate director Linda Garcia to managing director. Garcia takes over from Sharon Wheeler, who will oversee the business and strategic development of Turquoise in the UK and Middle East, following the launch of Turquoise Dubai. Turquoise's recent projects include rebranding Irish broadcaster TV3.
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Autodesk launch
Autodesk has launched a digital colour grading system designed for working on HD television commercials and programming, as well as HDTV film projects. The Lustre HD is aimed to offer real-time primary and secondary colour correction and real-time formatting of video deliverables using advanced graphics processing unit (GPU) technology - ...
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Red Bee playout win
Red Bee Media has won the contract to play out Five's new digital channels, Five Life and Five US. The new channels, launching across all digital platforms in the autumn, will be played out from Red Bee Media's Broadcast Centre in west London. Red Bee already supplies disaster recovery, signing ...
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Pepper shows Scars for Kudos
Pepper has completed the post on Scars, a new one-off docu-drama from Kudos, directed by Leo Regan. Filmed in the style of a feature-length interview, it stars Jason Isaacs as Mark, a man who struggles to come to terms with the consequences of his violent ...
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BDA shoots Movies 24 idents
BDA has created the new channel idents for Movies 24, a new channel from Sparrowhawk Entertainment dedicated to made-for-TV movies. Each narrative ident represents different strands in the schedule and include a vase dropping to the floor and shattering, and a set of pearls falling to a desk.
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Addiction titles Transmission
Addiction has created the title sequence and graphics for At It Productions' Transmission with T-Mobile. The 12 x 60-minute music show, presented by Steve Jones and Lauren Laverne, features live performances from music artists in a different UK venue each week. Addiction designer Paul Clements ...
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Broadband TV for Cartoon Network
Turner Broadcasting's Cartoon Network is gearing up for the launch of a broadband TV service called SuperCartoonNetwork.co.uk.
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Condor Post closes doors and lays off half its staff
Soho-based broadcast and commercials facility Condor Post Production has shut down because of financial problems.
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Prime targets Clear for takeover
Indian media giant Prime Focus has hit the acquisition trail again buying commercials and graphic design house Clear Post Production through its newly acquired subsidiary VTR plc.
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On the box: Coogan scores again
Five years ago a new Steve Coogan character-based comedy would have been given the usual overhyped trumpet blast that always backfires. Having handed the baton of 'comedy media darling' to Ricky Gervais and Little Britain, Saxondaleslipped out with little ...
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Turner buys Canadian toon Storm Hawks
Turner Broadcasting has acquired new comedy action-adventure series Storm Hawksfrom Canadian animation house Nerd Corp Entertainment. The 52 x 30-minute series is due to air next year on Cartoon Network in the UK, France and the US.
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All digital Slingshot opens doors in Ealing
Slingshot, a new all-digital independent film production and distribution company based at Ealing Studios, has launched. The company will finance, produce, distribute and market a slate of 10 low-budget feature films over the next three years, exploiting digital technology.
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Random House acquires BBC Books
Publisher Random House has acquired a majority stake in BBC Books in a move expected to put jobs at risk. BBC Worldwide will maintain a shareholding in the division, which will continue to license book publishing rights for BBC programmes, and work within the corporation's editorial and commercial policy guidelines. ...
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20th Century Fox to make Hustle movie
Kudos Film & Television drama Hustleis set to move to the big screen after US studio 20th Century Fox picked up the film rights to the BBC1 series. Fox 2000, which has previously produced hit movies such as Fight Cluband ...
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Southern Star bags rights to Little Devil
Australian company Southern Star International has taken the worldwide rights to new ITV comedy/drama Little Devil, as it looks to build a distribution relationship with the show's producer, Talkback Thames.
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Eastern Europe snaps up BBC dramas
BBC Worldwide has licensed over 500 hours of programming to the major broadcasters in eastern Europe, following Discop, the area's largest market for content buyers.
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C4 to list 100 greatest stand-ups
Channel 4 has commissioned three list shows from Visual Voodoo. The four-part The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups, greenlit by commissioning editor Andrew MacKenzie, will allow the public to vote for the greatest stand-ups. Meanwhile, C4's Shane Allen has ordered The 50 ...
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Waddell Media looks at angry sports stars
Northern Ireland indie Waddell Media is making a two-hour special, when Sports Stars See Red, looking at 'red card moments' when sports stars have snapped with rage.
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BBC2/4 orders George Clinton doc
Indie Somethin' Else has won a commission from BBC2 and BBC4 to make an hour-long documentary about the 50-year career of R&B star George Clinton. The Clones of Dr Funkenstein - The Story of George Clinton will include new interviews with Clinton, along with other ...