All Technology articles – Page 647

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    Homeless gets kit

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    The 400 Company has supplied kit, crew and an offline suite for a new BBC Everymanstrand called Headhunting the Homeless. Walsh Bros Ltd is producing the 3 x 40-minute shows, which follow homeless people trying to get back to work. ...

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    Business hones ideas

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Ad production company The Business has set up a division to deal with commercial ideas. Russell Jarman Price (ex-Still Price, DNA) is to head the department, which will look to develop branding, programming and advertising opportunities for agencies and brand owners. Jarman Price said projects will include advertiser-funded programming and ...

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    Ortmans forced out of business

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Experienced TV design company Ortmans Young International (OYI) has been forced to close, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Clear wins BBC deal

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Post house Clear has won 10 weeks' work from the BBC on three promos for its DTT platform, Freeview, after posting the first 'mask changing' films. Directed by Tim Pope, the next three promos will have people 'taking their faces off' in different environments. Clear has also appointed a new ...

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    B+ scouts for new young TV making talent

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    The B+ Young Talent Awards, the only awards ceremony in the UK designed specifically to celebrate young television makers, has been expanded to include graphic designers and online editors for 2003.

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    Advanced awareness

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    The growing importance of 'interoperability' will be the talking point at an event taking place in London next week. The AAF Technology Awareness Event is run to promote the development and adoption of the Advanced Authoring Format, a multimedia file format which enables content creators to exchange digital media and ...

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    3D Excalibur Hails a ride

    2003-02-20T08:30:00Z

    Birmingham-based PS Creative has completed a 3D CGI TV/cinema spot to promote a new ride at Drayton Manor theme park. 'Excalibur' is due to launch in April, promising to immerse the passenger in 'legend, myth and mystery' Directed by Ralph Tittley, the ad features three hapless knights and a dragon-catching ...

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    Sky phone shop opens

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    The UK's first 24-hour phone shopping channel launches this week on Sky Digital, with a speech recognition system in place that will provide an 'end-to-end' digital system for customer transactions. Phone World will feature round-the-clock promotions on a variety of mobile phones and accessory packages. Eckoh Technologies has provided the ...

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    Jones named new MD of One Post

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Ascent Media (formerly Liberty Livewire) has revealed that Paul Jones is to be the managing director of One Post, the facility formed as a result of the merger of Soho 601 and SVC, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Graphics recreate SAS pitch

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    The final episode of a six-part BBC series on volunteer SAS soldiers is to feature graphics created by Simon Hooley at London Post, which aim to put the viewer into the minds of the amateur elite combat soldiers. Made by General Factual, the show required graphics to give an overall ...

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    TSI goes commercial

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Broadcast facility group TSI has launched a commercials arm in the hope of attracting clients from the 'secondary l...

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    Lorry decision wins Tyrell new business

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    London equipment reseller Tyrell has received a sudden surge in the number of support contracts it has won for Discreet products since competitor Red Lorry Yellow Lorry backed out of broadcast business, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Sony budgets camera

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Manufacturers Sony and Pinnacle Systems have teamed up to offer a budget camera and editing package for small production companies. Customers purchasing Sony DSR-PD150P, DSR-PDX10P and DSR-250P DVCams or the Sony DSR-11 VTR will now receive Pinnacle edition 4.52 editing software as standard. Also included will be an i.Link PCI ...

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    Beam wins Cannes deal

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    UK digital courier and archive service Beam TV has won an exclusive contract with the organisers of the Cannes Lions advertising awards to handle entries and manage data during the festival. MD Matt Cooper told Broadcast that agencies will be able to dispense with Beta ...

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    Picardy battles to save post services

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Glasgow-based Picardy Media Group is confident that its production, post-production and corporate arms will remain going concerns despite the company going into receivership at the end of January, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Backpack camera captures punters' views

    2003-02-13T08:30:00Z

    Following hot on the heels of such technological wizardry as 'boulder-cam', 'ant-cam' and 'barnacle-cam', BBC Sport's first 'crowd-cam' debuts this weekend at the RBS Six Nations rugby tournament.

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    Rushes buys two Shakes

    2003-02-06T08:30:00Z

    Soho visual effects house Rushes has bought two new Shake licences after winning a graphics commission from the BBC, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Red Lorry Yellow Lorry quits TV

    2003-01-29T13:14:47Z

    Soho equipment reseller Red Lorry Yellow Lorry (RLYL) is pulling out of the broadcast industry and moving into corporate marketing, writes Will Strauss.

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    Grass Valley adds to product range

    2003-01-29T13:14:03Z

    Thomson Grass Valley has announced a raft of new products and improvements in existing lines ahead of April's NAB event in Las Vegas, writes Sam Espensen.

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    Fire Mountain turns BBC's life of mammals into simulator ride

    2003-01-29T13:13:06Z

    BBC Worldwide and AI/Camber has commissioned Fire Mountain Entertainment to produce a simulator-ride film for the wildlife series The Life of Mammals. Featuring Siberian tigers among other felines, Hunting with the Big Cats will open to visitors at the Glasgow Science Centre, the first stop ...