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The Hive brings T-rex to life
The Hive has animated a tyrannosaurus rex in X-ray form for BBC2's Horizon science strand, which explores new research casting the dinosaur in a new light. T-rex: Warrior or Wimp? is a 50-minute programme produced and directed by Johanna Gibbon at the BBC's science department. ...
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BAFTA wins for BBC
The BBC's The Darkhouse , an interactive radio drama, has picked up the award in the technical innovation category at the 2003 Bafta Interactive Awards. The drama has also been adapted for the web. The BBC was also nominated for its ...
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One hires animators
One Post has taken on two 3D animators for its CGI operations. Duncan McWilliams joins One from The Hive, where he worked on projects for AOL, Bloomberg and Disney. Before The Hive, McWilliams worked at DigM Digital Media and as a freelance graphic designer. Also joining is Michiel de Kraker, ...
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Skaramoosh animates bats
Skaramoosh has completed 3D animation and compositing on Superbat for Oxford Film and Television and Gedeon Television. The sequence done by Skaramoosh shows a bat chasing a mosquito ending in a Matrix-style time splice to illustrate how bats use sonar to detect their prey. 3D animation for the sequence was ...
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M2 to leave camden
M2 Television has abandoned its Camden branch and moved all the kit and staff to its Soho headquarters. The move will be completed within the next four weeks. Although the two branches currently operate as separate companies, M2 says that no redundancies are planned and the majority of staff will ...
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Minicams launched
Prime Television has launched two minicams, which are the result of three years of development. They are a compact three-chip, pan and tilt camera and the Matchstick Minicam. The pan and tilt camera avoids the need for ARC (aspect ratio conversion) before widescreen broadcast. The minicam provides true 16:9 widescreen ...
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Sale for Sony kit
Surrey-based broadcast services company Presteigne Broadcast Hire is the first customer to buy Sony's new wireless camera systems. Presteigne took delivery of the WLL-RX55 wireless camera receiver and CA55 wireless camera transmitter from Sony last week. Presteigne already has a number of wireless camera systems from other manufacturers such as ...
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Foundry invents open VFX program
London-based company The Foundry has blown the visual effects market wide open with the development of a software program that will allow editors and compositors to use 'plug-in' visual effects from any company on any finishing system, writes Farah Jifri.
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Two firms finish Sky's Miriam
London Post and The TV Set have post-produced There's Something About Miriam a 6 x 60-minute series for Sky One. The series was onlined and graded using Symphony with Sapphire FX by Blue Turtle's Graham Carr at London Post with series director Dominic Bowls. Carr ...
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Lip Sync posts great escapes
Lip Sync Post has completed the animated titles for 7 x 30-minute series Escape From? for Five. Produced by 3BM the series is part of a larger 14-programme commission, the other seven being Missions, a series on great missions in the 21st century. ...
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Jump brands UK's Eurovision
Jump has done the branding for Eurovision Making Your Mind Up! the live television competition to find the UK's Eurovision entry for 2004. Jump's Stephen Smith designed the programme logo while senior designer Keith Livingstone created the opening titles using specially shot footage which was ...
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Luckwell given trade body role
Mike Luckwell has been appointed chairman of a new post-production industry association being set up by the UK Film Council. The as-yet-unnamed body will represent and promote the UK post-production industry at home and abroad.
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Flaxton joins hd bill
Director and DoP Terry Flaxton has been added to the bill for next week's Harnessing High Definition conference. The multi-award-winning film-maker, one of the first people in the world to shoot a feature film on videotape, has been involved in a number of HD projects including Past Present Future Imperfect ...
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MBO interest in alias
Computer hardware manufacturer SGI is in negotiations to sell its 3D division, Alias, to an MBO team. The deal, which will be done with backing from a private equity investment firm, will see the existing management team and organisation structure remain as it is under new ownership. Alias did not ...
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Millar puts£4m into Whitfield St Studios
Robin Millar, the new owner of London facility the Whitfield Street Studios (see Broadcast, 13.2.04), is investing around£4m to get the facility up and running, writesFarah Jifri.
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Optex to sell sony
London-based reseller and rentals company OpTex has inked a deal with Sony to become the latest 'Sony premier reseller' in the UK. The deal covers the Sony DVcam systems and services and will see OpTex add the entire DVcam range to its existing Sony CineAlta HDcam high-definition products. Sony will ...
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Molinare spends
Molinare is continuing the£1.5m investment drive started by managing directors Steve Milne and Mark Foligno when they took over the company in September with the creation of a new Avid department. The 3,500 sq ft facility will house nine Avid Adrenalines with LAN-share supplied by Root 6. It will also ...
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Telemagination MD quits to go freelance
Marion Edwards, managing director of animation house Telemagination, is leaving the company after seven years. Edwards, who is currently executive producing a second series of The Cramp Twins for Cartoon Network, will leave in mid-March to set up as a freelance producer and animation consultant. ...
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Encoda wins ITV deal
ITV has awarded a multimillion pound contract to Encoda Systems to supply its airtime sales system Landmark. The deal will see more than half of the UK's commercial TV advertising being controlled by the Landmark system at ITV, following the merger of Carlton and Granada. Landmark will allow ITV to ...
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Losses lead WPP to close Tyrell
Advertising giant WPP has closed its loss-making equipment reseller Tyrell with the loss of 28 jobs, writes Will Strauss.