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NewsGlobelynx feeds Sky HD
The fixed-camera network company helped to set up a live HD feed from the trading floor at CMC Markets’ City of London offices for a special feature on the City. Globelynx teamed up with network firm Colt, which has a link that connects CMC to Globelynx’s master control switch using ...
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NewsSky revamps Millbank studio
Sky News is putting the finishing touches to a move that will see the channel’s political editor Adam Boulton and special correspondents relocate from its Osterley base to a new multimedia studio at Millbank Studios in central London.
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NewsTV revenue drops at Pinewood
Pinewood Studios today acknowledged that television continues to be a challenging sector, with the film industry picking up the slack in demand for the firm’s TV facilities.
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NewsHullabaloo Studios to close
Manchester post-production facility Hullabaloo Studios is to be wound up resulting in the loss of eight jobs.
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News3D TV faces ‘cultural limitations’
A professor of graphics and imaging from Cambridge University has warned that despite the current push, 3D TV could still have too many cultural and technical limitations to go mainstream in the UK.
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NewsReliance Mediaworks expands to tap conversion market
Reliance Mediaworks, the owner of Soho’s iLab, is expanding its visual effects capability in London with a view to post converting 2D features and TV projects into stereo 3D.
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NewsHotCam rolls out X Factor multi-camera rig
Equipment hire company HotCam is making the multi-camera custom studio rig that it devised for The X Factor available to other television producers.
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NewsTSL and Mediasmiths lined up for Salford Uni contracts
Overbury is expected to award systems integration contracts to TSL and Mediasmiths after securing an £18m deal to fit out Salford University’s new MediaCityUK building.
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NewsMolinare embarks on first 3D jobs
Molinare has completed post-production on live action 3D feature Mortician 3D and is about to start work on editing the live action sequences for a stereo animated short called The Flying Machine.
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NewsJacobs joins Air as head of post
Former The Mews facility manager Frankie Jacobs has joined Shoreditch-based Air Post Production as its new head of post-production.
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NewsQuantel Pablo receives 3D award
Quantel has been awarded the International 3D Society’s 3D Technology Lumiere Award for its Pablo 3D colour correction and finishing system.
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NewsFM&T trainee placements up for grabs
BBC Future Media & Technology (FM&T) and Vision and Media are to provide paid trainee placements in software engineering and user experience from next year.
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NewsSony staff join CVP
Two former senior members of Sony UK’s technical team have joined broadcast equipment supplier CVP.
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NewsBehind the scenes at Calrec
Yorkshire based manufacturer Calrec has revealed exactly how it builds its audio consoles in a special behind-the-scenes promotional video.
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NewsPEC Video MD dies in bike accident
PEC Video managing director Derek Morgan, 53, has died from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident on the M1 motorway.
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NewsScreen seeks 3D subtitle standard
Screen Subtitling Systems is calling for disparity information to be made available to the entire production and broadcast chain so that stereo 3D graphics and subtitles can be viewed more comfortably on 3D TV transmissions.
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NewsOTF brings post work in house
Factual producer and distributor Off The Fence (OTF) has invested £500,000 in an in-house post-production facility in Bristol.
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NewsMedia firms back 2012 broadcast centre plan
Three technology and facilities companies have given public backing to proposals to turn the 2012 Olympic Broadcast and Press centres in Hackney into a ‘district’ for creative companies after the games.
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NewsWarden quits Pepper
Pepper joint-managing director, senior online editor and former owner Shane Warden has resigned with no job to go to after more than 10 years at the Soho post house.
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NewsBennett promoted to MD of ITV resources
ITV director of Northern resources Paul Bennett has been promoted to managing director of resources for ITV Studios (ITVS), a new position that will see him head up all production, technical and facilities operations for ITVS across the whole of England.