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Escape to be Maya hub
Alias Wavefront has appointed Escape Studios as the first UK authorised training centre for Maya, the firm's 3D modelling and animation software. Alias Wavefront UK entertainment business manager Mark Cass said it was important to widen the availability of Maya training following the repricing of the product earlier this year ...
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Eutelsat buys Stellat 5
Satellite operator Eutelsat is to buy the Stellat 5 satellite from France Telecom for around 3180m (£115m). The sale is part of France Telecom's policy of focusing on its core business of telecommunications services. Stellat 5 was launched on 5 July and will take over the distribution of French TV ...
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MINI-DV SERIES FOR FOX.
Satellite children's channel Fox Kids UK is filming a new low-budget 25 x 2-minute interstitial series
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - MOLINARE HIRES THREE.
Television Corporation facilities arm Molinare has made three new staff appointments. Ex-M2 sales and marketing director
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ITC MAKES SAFETY VIDEO.
The ITC has released a training video to help producers use flashing images and regular patters
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - PA EXPANDS BROADCAST.
The Press Association, which recently bought INP (International News Productions), has expanded its broadcast unit and
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Blue Zoo finds new home.
London Animation and graphics house Blue Zoo will move to new premises this month after outgrowing its current offices, writes Will Strauss
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - INFERNO ARTISTS TO VTR.
London post facility VTR has appointed Inferno Artists Dan Williams and Glyn Tebbut to its team
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Avesco sells Fountain to MEM for£7m.
Audiovisual publisher Medal Enter-tainment & Media (MEM) is hoping to forge relationships with TV production companies after paying #7m for Fountain Television, the TV studio owned by Celador parent Avesco, writes Will Strauss
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Barcud Derwen in 422 buy-out deal.
Creative facilities group 422 has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Wales-based facility
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Barcud Derwen in 422 buy-out deal
Creative facilities group 422 has agreed to sell the majority of its business to Wales-based facility Barcud Derwen, writes Will Strauss
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Blue Zoo finds new home
London animation and graphics house Blue Zoo will move to new premises this month after outgrowing its current offices, writes Will Strauss
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Mini-DV series for Fox
Satellite children's channel Fox Kids UK is filming a new low-budget 25 x 2-minute interstitial series called VWF (Vegetable Wrestling Federation), shot entirely on mini-DV using a Canon XL1. It will be edited using Final Cut Pro on a Mac and then brought into an online suite and transferred to ...
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PA expands broadcast
The Press Association, which recently bought INP (International News Productions), has expanded its broadcast unit and upgraded its facilities to become more user-friendly for foreign broadcasters working in the UK, as well as regional broadcasters reporting in London. The new set-up will have four full-time camera operators plus extended editing ...
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Inferno artists to VTR
London post facility VTR has appointed Inferno Artists Dan Williams and Glyn Tebbut to its team. Both join from Red Post Production. Williams, who has also worked at The Mill, won an MTV special effects award for Madonna's 'Frozen' promo. He also worked on Kylie Minogue's 'Can't Get You Out ...
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Molinare hires three
Television Corporation facilities arm Molinare has made three new staff appointments. Ex-M2 sales and marketing director Peter Walton joins as sales director. Nick Anderson, who worked on Lads' Army, joins as online editor and Graham Holtom is the company's new Telecine colourist. Holtom's credits include: ...
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ITC makes safety video
The ITC has released a training video to help producers use flashing images and regular patters on TV responsibly. The 13-minute video 'Impact with responsibility' covers the medical impact of certain visual techniques on viewers susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy - where convulsions are caused by flickering light. The highest profile ...
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - PEPPER UPGRADES HD.
Covent Garden facility Pepper has become the first facility in the UK to install two Avid-DS
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - ENDERS STUDIO REFITTED.
ATG Broadcast has re-equipped the BBC's Elstree Studios A, B and C which are now being
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TECHNOLOGY & FACILITIES - Tyrell takes on Games challenge.
Reseller Tyrell has supplied BBC Host Broadcast with editing and networking systems to provide highlight coverage