All Technology articles – Page 609
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Cimelli to be CTV MD
Corinthian Television Facilities (CTV) has appointed Maurizio Cimelli as its new managing director. Cimelli joins Corinthian after three years as managing director of the London Playout Centre. Chief executive Mike Silverman will step to one side to focus on developing new business while Cimelli focuses on current customers. Also joining ...
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New hiring at bluw
Creative agency Bluw has hired illustrator and animator Matt Borle. Borle's credits include work on BBC3's dark animation series Monkey Dust and he has been employed to work across broadcast projects. Bluw has dealt with design applications for Michael Hurll Television on the British Comedy ...
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Video Networks puts kids to bed
Video Networks has designed and produced a new section, Time for Bed, for the Scamp channel. Time for Bed uses animated sequences to package Scamp's pre-school programmes. A sunset is played before the packaged programme with a moonrise sequence at the end of the section to show it's bedtime. Creative ...
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New name for BBCT
BBC Technology was sold to German engineering firm Siemens last Friday and will be renamed Siemens Business Services Media Holdings Ltd. Siemens Business Services will work closely with the BBC Technology Direction group, which is responsible for developing the BBC's technology strategy across the corporation for the duration of the£2bn, ...
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Soho raises fears over tapeless BBC
Facilities trade associations Cheff and UK Post have voiced concerns over the BBC's plans to adopt tapeless production.
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Beard for Ascent
Ascent Media Network Services Europe (AMNSE) has appointed former BBC sales manager for media communications Mark Beard as vice-president, sales. Beard joins senior vice-president Bob Gentry, another Ascent man who came directly from the BBC.
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Liquid creates celeb ancestors
Liquid TV has created the branding and graphics for the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are?. The Wall-to-Wall-produced show explores the ancestors of among others Meera Syal, Vic Reeves and David Baddiel. The celebrities were shot on blue-screen and then composited into traditional ...
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Clear Cut adds Final Cut, Avid and Lightworks
Clear Cut Pictures has invested£170,000 in five new suites as it field tests Final Cut Pro's capabilities.
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NewsBBC looks to slash in-house output
The BBC is preparing radical proposals that could see its in-house television production cut to just 50% of overall output, leading to massive cuts in staff.
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Machine Room move
London post facility The Machine Room has appointed Ben Baker as senior project coordinator to look after TV series, film mastering and restoration. Baker joins from Ascent Media after 18 months at the company where he was most recently responsible for the Warner Brothers entertainment account. His first task will ...
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UK post extension
UK Post has extended the nominations deadline for the second regional director on its board. Gaynor Davenport, chief executive, UK Post said: 'In light of the forthcoming regional tours, and following feedback from some UK Post members, I have decided to extend the nomination period.' Nominations will now be accepted ...
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Design co launches
Ex-BBC design directors Dave Freeman and Simon Brown have set up Pixels and Potions and Kiss My Pixel as part of a new collective based in Bristol. Freeman and Brown, both formerly of BBC design in Bristol, set up last week to focus on broadcast and feature film design. They ...
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Locomotion buys four Final Cut systems
Locomotion Creative Production Services is installing Final Cut Pro editing facilities at three further production companies.
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Bernard Hayes titles Himalaya
Bernard Hayes Design has created the opening sequence for Himalaya with Michael Palin. Palin's 2,000-mile journey takes him through the Himalayan states, from the Khyber Pass to the Bay of Bengal. Within the titles, the camera follows Palin through temples and over mountains. Digibeta footage ...
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BDH gives Mobos Caribbean theme
Burrell Durrant Hifle (BDH) has designed and directed the titles and packaging for the Mobo Awards 2004 for Scarlet Productions. The sequence is based on a pool party theme with artists and presenters enjoying a Caribbean sunset from the roof of the Royal Albert Hall as the dome opens skywards. ...
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Atom titles Manilow special
Atom Pictures has produced the opening titles for the BBC's One Night with Barry Manilow. The sequence features BBC Television Centre at twilight being strafed by spotlights in a way that's reminiscent of a Hollywood gala. Images of Barry Manilow were composited onto the ...
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ITN's hi-res archive
ITN has launched a new service offering previously unseen images from its archives. ITN Archives/Stills will use digital technology to generate high-resolution stills from moving footage at 300dpi - approximately four times the resolution of conventional screen-grabs.
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Jowell approves Technology sale
The sale of BBC Technology is to go ahead this week despite broadcasting union Bectu's continuing campaign to stop media secretary Tessa Jowell from granting approval.
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Animation project
Hewlett Packard and software developer Alias are set to offer British animators the chance to test HP Labs' experimental Maya Rendering Service. The project, called SE3D, is offering 10 groups of UK animators free access to HP Labs' render farms, which utilise the power of hundreds of processors. The participants ...
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Jobs go at C4 as it merges creative services
Channel 4 has merged its in-house creative services departments at the cost of five jobs as it aims to implement a more fluid working practice.