Update: Creative Video Productions (CVP) will pay around £5m to buy Mitcorp, creating what is thought to be the UK's largest broadcast equipment and systems provider.
Executives from Blue post production and indie Tiger Aspect have clashed over whether the trend towards shooting with user friendly cameras and employing multi-skilled staff is a positive thing for TV production.
Avid, the manufacturer of digital media creation tools, is helping ITV flagship soap Coronation Street to move to a shared storage based tapeless production environment.
Broadcast technicians have been warned of the need to adopt more of the 'process-driven' mindset of the IT industry if they are to manage the convergence of production technologies effectively.
Sony specialist retailer H Preston has ordered more than 200 HVR-Z7E (handheld) and HVR-S270E (shoulder-mount) cameras at Broadcast Live and Video Forum.
He has fans and detractors in equal measure, but one-time 'reality' star Ben Fogle has managed to carve out a successful career as a television presenter. He tells Rob Shepherd about life after Castaway.