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UK kit firms compete for Olympics work
Two UK kit hire specialists have formed separate consortiums and will compete for the lucrative broadcast services work available during next year's summer Olympics in Athens, writes Sam Espensen.
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RTL playout centre for sale
RTL has put its£30m a year transmission services company LPC (London Playout Centre) up for sale after deciding that it is no longer 'core business', writes Will Strauss.
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Mill buys Furnace
Software developer and plug-in specialist The Foundry has made the first sale of its Furnace software on Discreet, thanks to a deal with The Mill. The facility had been beta-testing the product and has now got four floating licences. Technical director Roy Trosh said that Furnace is a 'unique product, ...
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New Avid for Molinare
Molinare has begun its£1.5m of investment, which was pledged by new managing directors Steve Milne and Mark Foligno, with the installation of an Avid HD DS suite complete with a full range of Sony HD VTRs, HDCam and HD monitors. The suite will be used to expand high-end documentaries, features ...
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Altered Images moves
Altered Images, the broadcast technology reseller has moved from south-west London to Shepperton as part of an expansion plan. It has already acquired a new distribution partner, Lynx Technik, a German company which develops and makes hardware and software solutions for the broadcast industry. Altered Images is to be the ...
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Mezzo does scary job for C4
The 100 Greatest Scariest Moments is the latest in the Greatest of... series from Channel 4. The shows, produced by Yorkshire and Tyne Tees TV, have all been branded with graphics that use a video wall. For this latest instalment, head of design Paul Peppiate of Leeds-based Mezzo decided to ...
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Jump gives Ab Fab 1980s look
Absolutely Fab-ulous returns this Friday with a new title sequence created by Jump Design. Che Guevara posters, punk record sleeves and 1980s-style magazines, such as ID, inspired the new sequence, which is a departure from previous Ab Fab titles which relied solely on the typography of the logo. Stills of ...
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NewsRTL puts playout centre up for sale
RTL has put its£30 million-pound-a-year transmission services company LPC (London Playout Centre) up for sale after deciding that it is no longer 'core business', writes Will Strauss.
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Second hive flame
Soho animation and effects company The Hive has purchased and installed its second Discreet Flame suite in eight months. Managing director Dave Southwood said:
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Evolutions tools
Evolutions Post Production has spent£150,000 on two new Digidesign Pro Tools HD audio systems and the refurbishment of its audio suites. Lead sound engineer Ian Marriott-Smith said that the purchase was driven by a 'rise in demand not only for our traditional long-form television programming services but also heightened client ...
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Soho Editors offers new pay scheme
Soho editors client manager David Brady has bought the post-production talent agency in a deal reputed to be worth around half a million pounds, writes Will Strauss
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Here Comes the Sun in the can
The Picture Canning Company has done all the outside broadcast camera work on the BBC's new primetime Saturday night show Here Comes the Sun. Produced by 12 Yard Productions, the 8 x 50-minute show sees two families each week battling against each other to win ...
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POW titles put together by Code
Chris Jennings of Code Design is the man behind the titles for the upcoming ITV primetime drama POW. The 6 x 60-minute series goes out from this Friday and follows the adventures of a group of British prisoners. The titles feature a tracking shot across distressed wooden window slats, which ...
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Kingston client
Satellite and broadband transmission and play-out service provider Kingston Inmedia has secured the first customer for its Customer Controlled Playout service. Mobile Crazy TV, a new channel launching on Sky Digital next month, will use Kingston's Participation TV package, co-located satellite uplink and office facilities. Mobile Crazy TV will aim ...
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BBC to offer TV via the internet
The BBC is developing 'on demand' technology that will allow viewers to download and watch its television programmes through the internet and digital television, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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St Anne's takes on Henry VIII
St Anne's Post spent six months doing post-production on Henry VIII, a two-part TV drama starring Ray Winstone. Colourist Sam Hollingdale, who completed the grade, said that several battle scenes were given a steely blue look to make the swords and weapons glint and shine. For the execution scenes, as ...
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Buyout of 422 Manchester complete
The management of post facility 422 Manchester have this week completed a buyout of the company, just over a year after it was bought by the Barcud Derwen Group, writes Sam Espensen.
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BBC2 boost for Sumners
Manchester post facility Sumners has been commissioned by BBC Manchester to do all the post work on Britain's Best Sitcom, one of the largest BBC projects of next year.
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Zound/Shriek deal
Audio production and post house Zound has expanded its services and entered into a partnership with music specialist Shriek. Based north of Oxford Street in central London, Zound has four studios and as well as dubbing and mixing, offers restoration services for DVD and ADR. The partnership will encourage 'cross ...