LATEST TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Refine to rent out P2 cards
Content processing and re-purposing business Refine is buying 30 Panasonic P2 memory cards that it will make available to production companies on a rental basis.
Pro Motion Hire adds Varicams
Pro Motion Hire has widened the selection of tapeless cameras available within its hire fleet with the acquisition of Varicam camcorders from Panasonic.
Evolutions picks up ContentAgents
London post-production company Evolutions has purchased three ContentAgent re-purposing systems from Root6 Technology.
Atempo to unveil new FCS capabilities
Atempo will give visitors to BVE 2010 a sneak preview of a new version of its Digital Archive (ADA) technology that can keep track of Apple Final Cut Server metadata information on archived assets.
Avid buys Blue Order
Avid has bought the German media asset management company Blue Order Technologies for an undisclosed fee.
GridIron to showcase workflow tools at BVE
GridIron Software is teaming up with Adobe, Panasonic and Rimage at BVE 2010 to guide visitors through an integrated workflow that will go from capture to multiple format delivery.
CREATIVE REVIEW
Ultimate Traveller
Full post on a T4 reality show in which inexperienced backpackers are dropped into the back streets of Jakarta.
Relic - Guardians of the Museum
Full post and effects work on a factual entertainment gameshow that follows a ghostly tour-guide and a team of children as they unlock the mysteries behind famous artefacts in the British Museum
Day of the Triffids, BBC1
With memories of the 1980s series still fresh, the BBC’s Triffids film set out to update the killer plants in CG and strike fear into a new generation. Matthew Bell went on set.
TECHNOLOGY FOCUS
Adderlink Infinity
A technology for distributing full screen, lossless images and audio over a high-speed IP network infrastructure.
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PRODUCTION FEATURE
Leader of the film pack
Alpha leader or team player? Bill Britten examines the two styles and explains why investment in leadership training can benefit the industry and improve artistic and technical excellence.
The sound of things to come
Surround sound is shaking up audio, but before you get wrapped up in 5.1, it pays to have a well-thought-out plan. Andy Stout steers you through the issues.
ON LOCATION
One Born Every Minute, C4
The use of a multi-camera rig proved inspired with The Family, but would it work in a more dramatic environment, asks Magnus Temple.
360 DEGREES
The Lost Initiative
Few TV dramas have embraced the internet in quite the same way as Lost so Sky1 has again joined the fray with the final run of its Broadcast Digital award-winning Lost Initiative.
