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Jelly TV buys smoke
Bristol-based Jelly TV has bought the UK's first Smoke on Linux system for£50,000. The graphics and animation specialist decided to buy it on the back of recent successful projects for the BBC: Curriculum Bites for BBC Education and Time Machine for the Natural History Unit. Jelly delivered over 300 SFX ...
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MTV wins Leicester Square studio appeal
MTV is back on course to open its£1m-plus studio in Leicester Square after assuring Westminster City Council that the pull
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Second EQ at AHC
AHC Post has installed a second Quantel EQ, less than a year after buying its first, to cope with a demand for HD work. It has also bought a Quantel QEdit Pro editing system, which will be networked with the two eQs to handle preparation and SD-only work. 'It's been ...
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St Anne's acts on Omagh drama
St Anne's Post has recently completed the post on Tiger Aspect/ Hell's Kitchen International's Omagh. The drama is based on the infamous 1998 bombing, the search for the perpetrators and the unmet need for a thorough examination. St Anne's Jamie Shemeld did the online work, while Kevin Brazier and ...
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Discreet acquisition
Discreet has bought Unreal Pictures, developer of the award-winning character animation tool Character Studio. The move brings Character Studio in-house after nearly four years of collaboration, tying it permanently to Discreet's 3ds Max. Discreet now has full intellectual property and patent ownership to Unreal software and, importantly, retains the services ...
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NewsBectu calls for halt of BBC Technology sale
Broadcasting union Bectu has written to the new BBC chairman Michel Grade calling on him to review recent decisions, including the sale of BBC Technology.
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TSI posts new Test the Nation
TSI Post has built the graphics for Talent TV's upcoming Test the Nation. The questions and answers package was created by Mark McKenna on Smoke HD. The Mac systems that were previously used had struggled to keep up with the workflow. 'Working on HD ...
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Gearbox guarantee
GearBox Sound and Vision is going to guarantee a within-the-hour delivery service to Soho-based companies, via a new service called Gearbox Express. Managing director Richard Eastwood felt that the needs of the Soho community demanded that they 'get as close as possible to where our clients are based'. Eastwood said ...
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Rushes Europe push
Rushes has promoted Vittorio Giannini to senior producer/new business executive to drive sales of Rushes services and creative staff to the continent. His remit includes re-establishing links with new and existing clients in France, Italy, Germany and Scandinavia. Giannini will answer to Carl Grinter, director of production and business development.
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Oasis finishes Pavarotti doc
Oasis Television has completed audio work on BBC documentary Pavarotti - the Last Tenor. Director Francis Hanly chose Oasis dubbing mixer Hugh Mitchell-Dawson to drive the audio desk, saying: 'I've always worked with Hugh because he has a good feel for music and we ...
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Cut & Run in LA tie-up
London's Cut & Run has joined forces with US-based Swietlik Editorial and executive director Christie Cash to open an office in LA. Cut & Run Los Angeles will represent the combined editorial roster in the US while UK operations will trade under Cut & Run London. Owner Steve Gandolfi believed ...
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Industry votes on board for UK Post
Members of the post-production community have shown their faith in the UK Post steering committee by awarding all its members seats on the full board.
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Awards honour young talent
Dublin-based Daniel O'Hara won best young director award at Wednesday (19 May) night's Broadcast Young Talent Awards.
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Audio reseller set up
HHB Communications has launched a reseller division to supply audio kit to the television post-production sector. Headed by former Tyrell sales manager Ben Nemes the new branch will be called Scrub and will sell and service Digidesign systems and extras. The new division will initially employ three people and be ...
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Condor takes on Flame artist
Condor Post-production has recruited Flame and Smoke artist Gary Driver, reuniting him with his former boss Tom Horton.
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Machine Room adds HD and offline services
The Machine Room has spent£300,000 on HD grading and offline services.
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422 goes Wild with Bill Oddie
Bristol-based 422 South has completed a branded graphics package for Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie for the BBC. A bird emblem was set in different natural environments using a hand-drawn logo by Howard Moses, who also created hand-made models for the sequence, including ice ...
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Animation restored
Metro Broadcast has restored, mastered and authored the complete 85 x 24-minute animated classic Battle of the Planets for DVD. Metro's Steve Wilsmore used Archangel to clean film dirt, grain, scratches and flickers. Scratchbox was used on a round-the-clock basis, targeting specific problems on a frame-by-frame basis. The 25th anniversary ...
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NewsBBC dominates Bafta craft awards
Production staff working on BBC programmes picked up the lions share of winners trophies at last night's BAFTA craft award.
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UK Post reveals board
UK Post, the trade association for the post production sector, has revealed the members of its inaugural board.