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Indie network day
Following the publication of its recent 'Independents Day' report on the independent sector, investment bank Bridgewell Securities is hosting a networking event for independent producers, where they can meet potential City backers and learn about raising finance to fund development and production. The informal event will take place on 6 ...
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YTV buys Quantel kit
Yorkshire Television has bought a Quantel eQ HD editing system as part of the refurbishment of its Edit One suite. Due to open at the end of the year, the new suite has taken two years to design and build. Yorkshire Television technical supervisor in post-production Andrew Brearley told Broadcast ...
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Fired Up Chemical Bros tribute
Fired Up Television has produced an hour-long documentary about the The Chemical Brothers, called Block Rockin' Beats, to celebrate the band's 10th anniversary. To be broadcast on Channel 4, it features interviews with Chemical Brothers collaborators and fans including Noel Gallagher, Fatboy Slim and Bernard ...
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New blood for Resolution
Post-production facility Resolution has added two editors to its team of staff editors.
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McKerlie hiring no conflict, says BBC
The BBC has moved to allay fears raised by the post facilities community about the hiring of former BBC Factual and Learning (F&L) relationship manager, Andrew McKerlie by The Farm Group's new facility, Uncle, writes Sam Espensen.
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Gould moves up BBC
BBC Broadcast has appointed Laura Gould as head of television production. Gould will be in charge of the department, which produces promotions and trails for the BBC and other broadcasters, as well as representing BBC Broadcast directors in the marketplace. She was previously at Pink Films where she worked for ...
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Rugby World Cup is all a dream
Ahead of the Rugby World Cup later this month in Australia, Nervo and Knox Creative has produced an on-air campaign for the tournament for ITV. Shot entirely in studio on Super 16, the titles explore the aboriginal idea of dream-time - that there are two realities; one in which we ...
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Al-Jazeera Sport gets identity
Former XTV executive producer Richard Markell's new branding agency, Markell Associates, has just completed its first job - the branding package for Al-Jazeera Sport, a new channel launching this week. The package included logos, bumpers, stings and idents, as well as title sequences for the channel's news programmes and its ...
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Twinned servers aid remote production
Manufacturer quantel has unveiled a remote production workflow system that allows broadcasters to edit a live event happening on the other side of the world from their own broadcast centre, writes Sam Espensen and Will Strauss.
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TT races look for the green light
Greenlight television is using its eight years' experience covering the Isle of Man TT race to make a revealing behind-the-scenes documentary. Greenlight covers the races for US and UK channels such as BBC NI and Men & Motors and owns the rights for all the footage. Among the characters featured ...
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New flame facility
Flame artist Jason Watts has left The Mill to set up a new facility. Opening next year in Soho, the company will be called Finish and will specialise in Flame compositing. Watts is starting Finish with business partner Justine White, formerly of One Post. Based in Poland Street, the facility ...
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Nat Geo embarks on pilgrimage
Director and producer Anisa Mehdi has made a documentary about the Islamic city of Mecca for National Geographic. Inside Mecca is a one-hour show which airs on 26 October. It follows three pilgrims, including Irish-born mother of two Fidlma O'Leary, as they complete the pilgrimage to Mecca, one of the ...
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Furnace develops
Software developer The Foundry, which specialises in plug-in visual effects, has announced that its Furnace software is now available on Discreet editing and compositing products. 'We have re-engineered it to make more sense in the Discreet environment but, for the most part, have not needed to modify the core technology ...
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Superpowers in clash over Tetris
A ricochet digital production for BBC4, The History of Tetris looks at the history of the highly compelling computer game that ended up on Game-boys everywhere during the 1980s. Originally thought up by a Russian mathematician, the game spread via disk until a war broke out between the Russians, Robert ...
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Animation lessons
Legendary animation producer Bob Godfrey is to give a masterclass on how he makes a film at the forthcoming Bradford Animation Festival. His talk will include animatics from his latest production. Godfrey's credits include Henry's Catand Roobarb and Custard. Also ...
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M2 will target market for HD
M2 Television has invested in a batch of new Panasonic and Snell & Wilcox kit in order to set up a duplication arm. The kit, which is HD and HD cross-conversion equipment, includes two Panasonic VTRs - an HD D5 and a DVC Pro HD with variable frame rate converter.
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New bosses throw£1.5m at Molinare
Only days after completing a deal to purchase post facility Molinare, new joint owners and managing directors Mark Foligno and Steve Milne are already ploughing money into the struggling facility, writes Sam Espensen.
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Wi-cam-c launches
BBC WiScape has introduced a new camera to its wireless camera family. The Wi-Cam-C is a more lightweight and flexible system that is designed especially for ENG (electronic news gathering). According to BBC WiScape, the camera is different from any other wireless camera currently available because it is 'simple to ...
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NewsMolinare sold for£10
Struggling facility Molinare, the post arm of The TV Corporation, has been bought in an MBO for just£10, writes Sam Espensen.
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NHU is guinea pig for full digital production
Production teams at the BBC's Natural History Unit in Bristol will be first BBC staff to test a BBC Technology production system designed to modernise the way programmes are made by the corporation, writes Will Strauss.