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NewsHRA innovation cuts cost of CGI
Hibbert Ralph Animation (HRA) has devised software that it claims will reduce the cost of producing animated TV series.
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NewsCue dot for 021 Television
Outside broadcaster 021 Television has installed a HD cue dot generator, specially engineered by Microvideo, to cope with ITV Sport’s move to cover UEFA Champions League, FA Cup and England Internationals in HD. ITV uses a cue dot to signal to its transmission centres when to take commercial breaks.
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NewsGinger trains Amazon trekker
Ginger Productions has trained adventurer Ed Stafford to self-shoot with a HVR A1E handycam for an epic trek along the river Amazon.
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NewsOLED comes to market
The technology set to eventually supercede plasma and LCD screens in the home and for professional monitoring is being advanced by a number of manufacturers.
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NewsSurvey: File transfer slow to take off
Nearly two thirds of broadcasters feel that speeding up production is a key technology priority, yet half of them still ship media around the world which is both time-consuming and costly, a survey from file transfer management company Aspera has revealed.
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NewsLipSync appoints business exec
Wardour Street film and TV facility LipSync Post has appointed Daniel Pagan as business development executive.
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NewsIndustry split over 3DTV standardisation
The broadcast industry is divided over whether or not to standardise 3D TV, according to new research from the Digital Television Group (DTG).
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NewsBlue and PFL staff agree to take pay cut
More than 80% of staff at Blue and Prime Focus London have agreed to take a pay cut as an alternative to a programme of redundancies.
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Technology briefs 5 June 2009
Technology news in brief from Broadcast magazine dated 5 June 2009 including Erik Huggers, Panasonic, Grass Valley and Amberfin.
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NewsFoundry team completes MBO
A management team at London visual effects technology developer The Foundry has completed a buyout of the company.
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NewsNarduzzo readies bigger Pinewood suite
Colourist Vince Narduzzo is to move from his temporary home at Pinewood Studios to a new larger grading suite within the Iver Heath studio complex.
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NewsIonoco backs Poker Channel 3D playout service
Ionoco has developed a live 3D playout system for The Poker Channel’s new Casinojoy Blackjack service.
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NewsVitec Group to scale back IBC presence
The broadcast systems division of British plc The Vitec Group will scale back its presence at IBC in September and instead focus is marketing efforts on locally run events and targeted activities.
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NewsTerry Smith joins Evolutions
Evolutions has appointed former IBF chief executive Terry Smith to the role of business development manager.
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NewsGearhouse heads to Costa Rica for US ‘I’m a Celeb’
Gearhouse Broadcast is providing broadcast and technical facilities in Costa Rica for coverage of the US version of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
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NewsVisions to provide Twenty20 coverage
OB company NEP Visions will provide host broadcaster ESPN Star with the worldwide HD feed for the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup which starts in London this week.
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Rushes Soho Shorts swamped by 2009 entries
The Rushes Soho Shorts Festival has received 1,159 entries for this year’s short film competition and added two new categories to the judging process.
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Boag to run Ascent digital lab
Former Cine Image owner and managing director Steve Boag has joined Ascent Media where he will head up a new department providing filmmakers with digital lab services.
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Bob the Builder heads for Bubble
Bubble TV has won the contract to provide voice-recording facilities for the seventeenth and eighteenth series of Hit Entertainment’s animated children’s series Bob the Builder.
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GMS to open Afghan bureau
Global Media Services (GMS), the outside broadcast and transmission arm of The Associated Press, is to open a new bureau in Afghanistan ahead of the country’s general elections in August.