All Technology articles – Page 507

  • News

    Racecourse deal for SIS

    2008-11-06T15:06:47Z

    SIS Live has bagged a contract to provide outside broadcast facilities and on-course coverage at Great Leighs racecourse.

  • News

    Business director joins TSI

    2008-11-06T15:04:18Z

    TSI Broadcast has appointed Chris Parsons as its new commercial director.

  • News

    Pinewood secures funding

    2008-11-06T15:00:37Z

    Pinewood Shepperton has secured£70m in funding from a banking syndicate led by RBS and including Lloyds TSB and Allied Irish Bank.

  • News

    Three heads join Unit Post

    2008-11-06T14:56:41Z

    Unit Post has added to its commercials team by taking on Frankie Limata as executive producer.

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    News

    Aimimage takes control of Ice Film

    2008-11-06T14:54:32Z

    Aimimage has acquired the assets of camera hire and retail company Ice Film Equipment Ltd, which went into liquidation last month.

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    News

    Digital switch starts in Scottish Borders

    2008-11-06T12:15:07Z

    Tens of thousands of TV viewers in the Scottish Borders region lost the first of their analogue channels today (Thursday) as digital switch-over began in earnest.

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    News

    UKTV streamlines operation

    2008-11-06T12:09:04Z

    UKTV is crediting a new multi-million-pound broadcast management system with allowing it to rebrand its channels without having to employ extra staff.

  • News

    Geoff Wright joins Marquis

    2008-11-06T12:04:13Z

    Marquis Broadcast has added former GMTV chief engineer Geoff Wright to its consultancy division.

  • News

    Utah buys Sandar

    2008-11-06T12:01:03Z

    Utah Scientific has bought routing and distribution technology developer Sandar.

  • News

    Octopus joins up with iCR

    2008-11-06T11:58:47Z

    Octopus Media Technology has combined its content management platform with Amberfin's iCR encoding and repurposing software in an effort to help broadcasters manage and deliver content online.

  • News

    Hyperactive in management rejig

    2008-11-06T11:54:02Z

    Hyperactive Broadcast has restructured its management team and will double its investment in equipment next year in response to new opportunities in the market.

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    News

    Tapeless: Paul Merton in India

    2008-11-05T16:27:40Z

    Tiger Aspect's second exploration of foreign culture in the company of Paul Merton returned to the digital workflow first devised by the producer with hire firm Procam and facility Evolutions.

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    Features

    Tapeless: Pulling Power

    2008-11-05T16:26:12Z

    The 12th series of ITV's long running motoring magazine was the first to be produced all digitally earlier this year when producer Mike Burch of X2 Productions decided to ditch the trusted Digibeta and DV formats for the high-definition output of Sony's disc-based XDCAM.

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    News

    Tapeless: Big Cat Live

    2008-11-05T16:23:11Z

    Described by the BBC as its “most ambitious ever live international wildlife event”, this transmission over eight days in October from Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve took metadata management to new levels.

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    News

    Tapeless: Wallander

    2008-11-05T16:12:57Z

    Choosing£6m detective drama Wallander as the BBC's first project shot using the Red One was a brave step.

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    News

    Tapeless: On Thin Ice

    2008-11-05T16:09:42Z

    Twofour Productions will track presenters Ben Fogle and James Cracknell attempting the 450-mile Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race for BBC2's 5 x 60-minute ob-doc airing next year.

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    Features

    Production: Tape free zones

    2008-11-05T15:54:01Z

    As producers move into digital HD, the benefits of tapeless are being felt across a range of productions. Adrian Pennington examines where it is making a difference.

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    Behind The Scenes

    On location: Afghan Star

    2008-11-05T15:43:24Z

    Producer/director Havana Marking on filming a doc about Afghanistan's answer to Pop Idol.

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    Features

    The Devil's Whore

    2008-11-05T14:46:00Z

    TX: Forget bonnets and ballrooms, Peter Flannery’s Civil War drama is a highly political piece about a turning point in British history.

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    Comment

    And so it came to pass

    2008-11-05T07:47:00Z

    Will Strauss made a prediction about mergers and acquisitions and it came true. In his latest blog he wonders what can be done to stop them failing.