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Whitfield St kit sale
Whitfield Street Studios' recording and post-production equipment will go under the hammer in a webcast auction on 15 November, following its closure last month (Broadcast, 26.9.05). Auctioneers firm Edward Symmons is hoping to shift equipment including an SSL 9000J series 72-channel mixing console and a comprehensive range of outboard equipment. ...
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Glassworks hire
Glassworks has recruited VTR post-producer Anthea Mousley to join its production department. Mousley, who worked on the latest Rimmel and Dairylea campaigns during her 18 months at VTR, will join producers Tim Phillips, Jonathan Davies and Romilly Endacott. Her addition to the team is part of an expansion at the ...
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BBC World on net
BBC World is the latest channel to be made available on IPTV network GreenGrass as part of its beta trial. It will join ITN and motor-sport channel Revs TV in the trial ahead of GreenGrass' full consumer launch in January. The channel will go live and be announced to consumers ...
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Technicolor move
Technicolor Creative Services is injecting£500,000 into the expansion of its DVD facility in west London. The facility has opened up 32 new positions within its DVD and UMD compression and authoring arm, boosting the number of staff to more than 70. The expansion includes three Sony UMD authoring stations and ...
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Extreme alliance
Extreme Video has collaborated with unmanned blimp specialist 2PiR to develop 'tele-eye', the world's smallest and lightest remote-controlled HD aerial TV camera system. It was used for the first time this month for Sky TV's coverage of the Horse of the Year Show at Birmingham's NEC.
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VooDooDog talks popcorn for Sky
Sky Creative Agency and animators VooDooDog have created a series of trailers for the Sky Movies channels, featuring talking popcorn. Viewers were recorded talking about their favourite films and the voices were then edited to three 30-second spots and adapted to the popcorn, which VooDooDog's Charlie Lovett animated on Maya ...
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Nats grades Five Hannibal job
Nats Post Production has performed the grading for Hannibal of the Alps, a two-hour HD special from Atlantic Productions charting the life of the legendary commander. The programme draws on the latest evidence in archaeology, science and military history to tell his story. Nats colourist Nick Adams graded the documentary ...
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Directors Cut posts pop doc
Directors Cut Films has completed the post-production for BBC music entertainment's Girls and Boys: Sex and British Pop, a 4 x 60-minute documentary series about British pop music from the 1960s onwards and how it affected attitudes to sex and sexuality. DCF's Andy Willsmore, Guy Crossman and Claire Guillon did ...
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Somethin' Else in Motorola podcast tie-up
Indie Somethin' Else has signed a deal with mobile phone operator Motorola to make a series of podcasts for its new iTunes phone.
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Why Rome wasn't built in a day
The BBC and HBO's attempt to create a lavish costume drama with Rome nearly came to grief as production was halted after three episodes had been shot - so began an epic campaign to save it. Andy Stout reports.
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NewsC4 launch 'living war memorial' online
3.30pm: Channel 4 has partnered with the Imperial War Museum to launch online, Lost Generation, a 21st Century war memorial.
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NewsEndemol launches mobile TV channels
Endemol is to make further inroads into the mobile market, launching two new channels and a separate UK division to oversee the burgeoning area.
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NewsJamie's School Dinners grabs five Promax nominations
Channel 4's Jamie's School Dinners promo has clinched five nominations for the Promax UK Awards to be held on 5 November, including Best Launch and Best Television Campaign.
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NewsFirst Big Brother birth live
4pm: The first Big Brother birth in the world took place in Holland at 11.16am this morning, streamed live on the internet.
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NewsTV Corp's Hawk-Eye gets official approval
3.45pm: Indie TV Corp's ball-tracking system Hawk-Eye has been cleared by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for use as an official umpiring aid.
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NewsProducers slam BBC's desktop editing drive
The BBC's drive to bring in desktop editing for its factual department came under fresh criticism today, as producers slammed it as an unwise way to shrink production budgets.
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NewsSky plots move into broadband
11.45am: BSkyB is said to be planning a£1bn move into the broadband telephony market with one of its possible acquisition targets being IPTV service Homechoice.
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Roll To Record goes up for sale
Reality TV specialist Roll To Record has become the latest OB outfit to put itself on the market with its management team citing personal reasons rather than financial difficulties as reasons for selling up.
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Presteigne buys£6.5m Sony HD kit
Hire companies and resellers have invested a total of over£9.3m in HD kit this month. Presteigne Broadcast Hire has ploughed more than£6.5m into HD kit, which includes the purchase of 30 Sony HD VT recorders and slow motion equipment.
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Two Way in Flextech deal
Two Way TV has signed a deal with Flextech Television to provide interactive red button services for Challenge TV and Bravo.