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NewsBDA snares Discovery deal
Discovery Networks EMEA has awarded BDA (Bruce Dunlop and Associates) the on-air creative account for a major part of its channel portfolio including Animal Planet and Discovery World.
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NewsSequence provides editors for World Cup coverage
Sequence Post is providing HBS, IMG and Sunset & Vine with Final Cut Pro editors that will be cutting packages and programmes during this month’s football World Cup in South Africa.
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NewsFlame op and dubbing mixer join Prime Focus
Prime Focus has added senior Flame artist Fasa Oyiboto to its commercials team and dubbing mixer Stephen ‘Wid’ Cook to its broadcast operation.
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NewsAlias Smith and Singh snaps up Canon XF305
Alias Smith and Singh has purchased a unit of Canon’s new XF305 camcorder that it will add to its camera hire fleet.
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NewsSpringwatch moves from de-rig to truck-based OB set-up
Outside broadcast company Arena Television is providing facilities for the BBC Natural History Unit’s production of Springwatch which continues this week.
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NewsRed Bee provides streaming for ITV iPhone app
Red Bee Media is behind ITV’s simulcast streaming of ITV1 and ITV2 for the Apple iPhone and a new app that will allow users to watch World Cup coverage ‘on the move.’
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NewsPanasonic opens Pinewood Experience Centre
Panasonic has opened a new ‘Broadcast Experience Centre’ within Pinewood Studios’ props buildings.
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NewsArqiva grabs Hallmark UK uplink deal
Arqiva is to provide NBC’s Universal Networks International with uplink and Eurobird capacity for its Hallmark UK channel.
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NewsPanasonic twin-lens P2 debuts
Panasonic’s twin-lens P2 camera has been used in action for the first time, capturing elements of the live 3D broadcast of the French Open tennis.
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NewsITFC trials digital courier service with The Farm
Asset management, QC and subtitling service ITFC is testing a digital delivery network with The Farm with the aim of removing tape from programme distribution.
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NewsBow Tie in Welsh Assembly deal
Bow Tie Television has won the contract to broadcast live proceedings from the National Assembly for Wales, beating incumbent facilities group Barcud Derwen in the competitive bid.
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NewsProcam launches sister facility focused on 3D
A sister facility to hire shop Procam Television has opened, catering for stereo 3D TV, features, commercials and event visuals.
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NewsEditworks gets Scotland boost
London post house Editworks has regained the contract to post-produce BBC2 weeknight quiz show Eggheads after opting to open a facility in Glasgow.
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NewsBarcud Derwen for sale as cash problems hit
Barcud Derwen has been put up for sale after directors at the Welsh facilities group concluded that it could not trade through its current “cash-flow difficulties”.
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NewsPresteigne in Input tennis link
Presteigne Charter is providing temporary broadcast facilities and engineering staff for UK indie Input Media’s coverage of the French Open Tennis Championships, which continues this week in Paris.
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NewsRefine buys 3DAccess software in Blu-ray first
Refine has become one of the first facilities in the UK that can create 3D Blu-ray discs after buying 3DAccess software from Sonic Solutions.
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NewsS&M overhauls London and NY storage set-up
Smoke & Mirrors (S&M) has added a new organization wide DI and VFX and Petabyte media archive storage environment at its facilities in London and New York.
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NewsMo pips Red Riding at Bafta Craft Awards
Channel 4’s Mo was the big winner at last night’s Bafta Craft Awards with three key members of its production team winning awards.
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NewsLyons to open IBC 2010
Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, will open this year’s IBC conference in Amsterdam with an address on the future of public service broadcasting.
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NewsSoho audio talent wins Baftas
Soho post houses Boom and Molinare are celebrating after their senior audio talent was recognized with Bafta Craft Awards.