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NewsAzure tie-up brings cloud rendering to Maya and 3ds Max
Autodesk is to offer users of its 3D graphics applications the chance to do rendering in the cloud after securing an agreement with Microsoft Azure.
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NewsBBC puts IP at heart of Cardiff HQ
BBC Wales’ new £120m headquarters in Cardiff will be the corporation’s first to be outfitted entirely with IP infrastructure.
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NewsJumbuck appoints operations director
Little Boy Blue post-production supervisor David E. O’Brien has joined Jumbuck Film & Television as its director of operations.
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NewsBroadcast TECH Survey - Share Your Expertise
If you are involved in specifying or procuring technology within your company, Broadcast wants to hear from you.
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NewsCamera array developed for VFX plates
Helicopter Filming Services (HFS) has launched a new camera array designed for shooting aerial and ground plates for visual effects shots.
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NewsBerriff wins GTC award
The council of the Guild of Television Cameramen (GTC) has chosen documentary filmmaker Paul Berriff OBE as the 2017 winner of its Television Cameraman’s Award (TiCA).
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NewsBelden acquires KVM developer Thinklogical
Belden, the parent company of Grass Valley and Miranda, has acquired KVM switching specialist Thinklogical in a deal worth $160 million (£124m).
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NewsVFX leaders voice Brexit concerns
European visual effects houses have urged for calm and rationale thinking as the UK and EU work towards Brexit.
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NewsNFTS plans Live TV Simulator course for sport production
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is launching a Live TV Simulator Sports Production course in partnership with HBS, the company that provides host broadcasting services for the football World Cup
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NewsTechnicolor moves Troy VFX workflow to the cloud
BBC and Netflix drama Troy: Fall Of A City is making use of a new cloud-based shot delivery system developed by Technicolor.
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NewsDeveloper seals deal for studio site in Liverpool
A £35m TV and film studio in Liverpool has moved a step closer with finalisation of the purchase of a 350,000 sq m site by property developer Capital & Centric.
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NewsAperi secures LeaseWeb cloud deal
Aperi has signed an agreement that will see the cloud hosting firm LeaseWeb offer IP-based production services based on its live media processing virtualization platform.
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NewsMPS showcase for tiny encoder
Soliton Systems, the manufacturer of mobile video contribution using H.265 encoding over 3G or 4G mobile networks, will showcase the Zao-S at the Media Production Show (MPS).
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NewsAvid boss plots media world domination
Avid chief executive Louis Hernandez Jnr has told Broadcast that he wants to get every media professional in the world to use the company’s Media Central platform.
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NewsBT and NFTS look to plug engineering skills gap
BT is offering an engineering scholarship that will see a student supported through the National Film and Television School’s Production Technology MA.
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NewsPEC assets sold in pre-pack deal
The owners of the London-based equipment dealer PEC Video have bought the assets of the company in a pre-pack liquidation deal.
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NewsCoffee & TV directors complete Bristol studio MBO
The management team at Coffee & TV’s Bristol facility have completed a buy-out of the regional hub and have re-named it as Moonraker VFX.
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NewsBlackmagic appoints first training partner
Soho Editors has been appointed as Blackmagic Design’s first Certified Training Partner, offering courses in DaVinci Resolve.
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NewsVendors push 12G-SDI with raft of product launches
The industry’s proposed move from SDI to IP was the talk of NAB this week, but it didn’t stop manufacturers touting 12G-SDI for live production
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NewsFoundry previews cloud-based post platform
In what was one of the most intriguing announcements at NAB, Soho-based Foundry previewed a new cloud-based service for post-production that centralises infrastructure, creative tools and pipeline.