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Millar buys studios
Record producer Robin Millar has acquired Whitfield Street Studios from its current owner, Sony Music. Negotiations have been going on between Millar and Sony since September when Sony decided to pull the plug on the facility. Purpose-built in 1965 and originally owned by CBS, the central London facility consists of ...
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Buyers line up for BBC Tech
The BBC has revealed the shortlist of bidders for its technology arm, BBC Technology (Broadcast, 6.2.04). After receiving 40 bids for BBCT, the BBC pared these down to a shortlist of eight: EDS, Capita, Accenture, IBM, Logica, CSC, Fujitsu and HP. These companies will now move forward to the next ...
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Pepper pours£1m into HD kit
London post-production facility Pepper has purchased a Spirit Datacine together with a Da Vinci 2k Plus grading system in an investment representing£1m, writes Farah Jifri.
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NewsBroadcast Young Talent Awards
Broadcast has begun its annual search for the next generation of programme making superstars with the launch of the Broadcast Young Talent Awards 2004.
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TMR expands video restoration facilities
London-based post-production facility The Machine Room (TMR) has expanded its restoration department with the addition of new video restoration and enhancement technology from US manufacturer Teranex, writes Farah Jifri.
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Farm lays down Dunkirk sound
The Farm has completed audio post work on Dunkirk , a three-part BBC drama documentary. The series recreates events in June 1940 and the race against time to save Allied soldiers trapped in France. Sound effects were tracked down via specialist archives in order to ...
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Big Squid recreates shipwreck
Big Squid has produced content graphics for a new Discovery Channel series shot in high definition called Quest for Columbus. The programme, produced by New York's Engel Brothers Media, pieces together the search for the explorer's Santa Maria boat that was shipwrecked on his ...
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BBC wins NY prizes
BBC Post Production has won two golds - for best art direction and best digital effects - at the 46th New York Festival for Secret Weapons. The 3D and digital effects team at BBC Post created the effects. The producer was Big Wave Productions. ...
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Mwnci buys in Avid systems
Cardiff-based post-production company Mwnci has purchased a range of kit from Avid including the first Avid DS Nitris to be installed in Wales. Also included in the deal are four Avid Media Composer Adrenalines and an Avid Unity Media Network system. Avid declined to reveal how much the deal is ...
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ATG signs BBC deal
Systems integrator ATG Broadcast has signed a deal with BBC Broadcast for the integration of a central storage and archive system to be installed at its new Broadcast Centre facility in west London. The initial phase of the project will allow several days' worth of programme files to be archived ...
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Anvil relocates
Dubbing and ADR facility Anvil Post Production is moving from Buckinghamshire to a facility in Perivale, west London. Work on the new premises will begin this month, with existing equipment being transferred from the old studios over the next six months.
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Hot-Heads in action
Picture Canning Company has been contracted to provide technical facilities and equipment for a new RDF reality TV show called The Penthouse. Currently in production, the show follows a group of celebrities in a penthouse as they complete tasks. Computer controlled hot-head cameras and ...
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BBC Technology attracts 40 bids
The BBC has received 40 serious bids for its BBC Technology arm, writes Farah Jifri.
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Red3 transitions travel time
Red3, a recently established offshoot of Red Vision, has provided transitional shots for a show within the BBC's Natural World strand called The Amber Time Machine. The film follows David Attenborough as he traces a piece of amber he was ...
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Station ties the knot with RDF
The Station has put together the titles for RDF's Wedding Day. The 5 x 30-minute ITV1 series follows a happy couple on their big day.
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MPC finishes Hustle promos
MPC has completed effects work on a series of promos for a BBC1 drama about confidence tricksters called Hustle.
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Soho Editors to Eire
London post-production talent company Soho Editors is to open a division in Dublin. The company will be run by managing director Therese Caldwell, previously of The Farm Digital Post Production. Soho Editors Ireland will represent Irish editors, compositors and sound engineers as well as all other post-production disciplines to the ...
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Leitch hires CEO
Leitch Technology Corporation has appointed Tim Thorsteinson as president and chief executive. Thorsteinson joins Leitch after leaving his position at Thomson Broadcast and Media Solutions where he was responsible for the broadcast product line. Formerly the president of the video and networking division of Tektronix, Thorsteinson also ran ...
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MPC buys licences
The Moving Picture Company (MPC) has picked up another batch of plug-in licences from visual effects sparks developer The Foundry. The company has purchased 22 remote-processing licences and four full licences of Furnace for their Shake systems. Paddy Eason, visual effects supervisor at The Moving Picture Company, said that the ...
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BBC Broadcast ups capability
BBC Broadcast is to tighten up the playout operations at its Broadcast Centre facility in preparation for the launch of services from the site in April.