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Freesat tops 100,000 sales

Freesat tops 100,000 sales

Sales of Freesat boxes have reached 100,000 within five months of the launch of the BBC-ITV digital satellite joint venture.
Envy delays offline plans for expansion

Envy delays offline plans for expansion

Envy has ditched plans to open a new offline facility in Great Portland Street next month and will instead launch a larger one on Foley Street in January.
Watson becomes transmission adjudicator

Watson becomes transmission adjudicator

Ofcom has appointed former NTL broadcast managing director Alan Watson as the official adjudicator for broadcast transmission services in the UK.
First Cuts software puts editing on ‘auto pilot’

First Cuts software puts editing on 'auto pilot'

A new sub-£200 piece of software that generates a first edit of a documentary by itself is set to divide the editing community.

New senior positions at Pepper Post

The new owners of Pepper Post have added two directors to the company's board and appointed two new members of staff.

Thomson launches slo-mo system

Thomson will hope to put a dent in EVS's dominance of the outside broadcast slow-motion market when it releases a new instant replay controller and media server later this year.

Framestore CFC enlists finance advisors

Framestore CFC has appointed corporate finance advisors Hawkpoint Partners to help it secure external investment.
Clear Cut picks up Alchemist

Clear Cut picks up Alchemist

Clear Cut Pictures has taken delivery of a new Alchemist Ph.C-HD motion compensated standards converter from Snell and Wilcox.
Case study: Grandpa in my pocket

Case study: Grandpa in my pocket

How a Codex-based tapeless workflow helped the production team on a Cbeebies show to make rapid visual effects decisions while on-set.