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    Fusion reopens after three-day shutdown

    2005-09-22T08:30:00Z

    Fusion Post Production was closed down for three days last week after staff were locked out of the D'Arblay Street facility following a dispute with the building's landlord over payment of rent.

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    Morph job for kids health show

    2005-09-22T08:30:00Z

    BBC Broadcast has created animated morph sequences for Honey, We're Killing the Kids, BBC3's new 6 x 60-minute series which aims to transform UK families' unhealthy habits. The morphs, by designers Martin Shannon and Ruth Abrams, show the accelerated effect of an

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    Brand new look for The Den

    2005-09-22T08:30:00Z

    RTE Two's children's channel The Den has been given a facelift, with a range of idents and logos for use off and on air. Creative agency Dunning Eley Jones designed and produced the new look, which shows doors opening out of the show's title to reveal the programme content. The ...

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    Saint titles for Rock School

    2005-09-22T08:30:00Z

    RDF's new show Rock Schoolrolls up next week with a title sequence by design agency Saint. The programme follows Gene Simmons of Kiss teaching kids in an independent school how to rock and roll and form a band. Creative directors Nicky Thompson and Matt Cosserat designed ...

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    Everest to Charter

    2005-09-22T08:30:00Z

    Borehamwood-based hire firm Charter Broadcast has confirmed that Ed Everest, managing director of one of the UK's largest OB firms, 021 Television, is to join the company next month in the same role. Broadcastrevealed in July (7.7.05) that Everest would be leaving Birmingham-based 021 to join ...

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    MPC wins Emmy

    2005-09-22T08:30:00Z

    MPC has won an Emmy award for its 3D work on Discovery's Virtual History: the Secret Plot to Kill Hitler, produced by Tiger Aspect. MPC creative head of 3D, commercials and TV picked up the award in the category of outstanding individual achievement in craft; graphic ...

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    JVC moves UK HQ

    2005-09-22T08:30:00Z

    Camera manufacturer JVC Professional Europe is moving its headquarters to new purpose-built premises at Staples Corner, north London next month, bringing its UK-based consumer and professional divisions under one roof. JVC has also launched the tapeless DR-HD100 40GB and 80GB hard disk drive as its latest ProHD recorder, to enable ...

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    BBC hires Blomberg

    2005-09-22T08:30:00Z

    BBC Broadcast has appointed Thomas Blomberg - former managing director of the UK arm of global subtitling group, SDI Media - in a newly created role as its head of language services. The position was created to facilitate BBC Broadcast's expansion in the translation broadcast market; it will now offer ...

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    Mansi to Clear Cut

    2005-09-22T08:30:00Z

    Clear Cut Pictures has appointed online editor/colourist Bruno Mansi to head the company's online team. Mansi joins Clear Cut from Hillside Studios where he was senior editor for four years. His recent credits include 90-minute doc The Spy Who Stole my Lifefor Five and C4's ...

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    Audio SOS: emergency treatment

    2005-09-22T08:00:00Z

    The 'fix it in post' mentality may work for video, but sound is hard to salvage in the edit. From background noise to inaudible productions shot on cheap cameras, the number of casualties in audio post's emergency rooms is on the up. Andy Stout asked four audio specialists about aurally ...

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    Whitfield St calls in administrators

    2005-09-22T07:49:40Z

    Whitfield Street Studios, one of London's largest recording facilities, has called in the administrators after negotiations with Pinewood Shepperton to buy the central London business collapsed.

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    Panasonic pulls out of next IBC

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Panasonic is to pull out of next year's IBC, arguing that the costs of taking part in Europe's biggest broadcasting technology event outweigh the benefits.

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    Terrestrial channels sign up for mobile trial

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Fourteen of the 16 channels lined up for Arqiva's mobile television broadcast trial, scheduled to begin later this month, have been confirmed, with BBC1 and BBC2, ITV1 and ITV2, Channel 4, Five and BBC News 24 all signing up to take part.

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    BBC spends£2m on HD upgrades

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    BBC Post Production has ploughed£2m into HD upgrades of its operations in London, Birmingham and Bristol.

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    HD cameras at IBC

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    The camera wars heated up at IBC this year with Grass Valley launching its new Infinity camcorder, a low-end HD camera aimed at taking on Sony's HDV market. Sony completed its line-up of HD formats with the launch of the HD version of its tapeless XDCAM, positioned between its HDV ...

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    Resellers for Nitris

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Altered Images, Root6 and Dublin-based Tyrell have been appointed as resellers for Avid's Symphony Nitris, the first time the long-form finishing kit has been offered to third-party dealerships. Symphony Nitris offers real-time uncompressed HD and SD finishing and primary and secondary colour correction.

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    Dubbing expands

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Glasgow-based audio post facility The Dubbing Theatre has moved to the city's The Waterfront Studios and doubled its capacity because of increased bookings. It now offers five studios with Protools, Avid Audiovisions and Digital performer.

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    Quantel's new suite

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Quantel has launched a new grading option the Pablo Suite, combining image processing hardware and colour correction software. Founded on eQ and iQ, the suite offers a complete digital intermediate system. Three Pablo models have been developed: the eQ for HD applications, the iQ2 for 2K digital intermediates and the ...

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    Sport deal renewed

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Arqiva has renewed its contract with British Eurosport in a five-year deal worth over£6m. The channel will move from Arqiva's Langley studio to the company's Broadcast Media Centre at Feltham, which will be British Eurosports' production and administration base. Arqiva receives worldwide feeds and provides playout to Sky at Osterley ...

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    Framestore tends Gardener FX

    2005-09-15T08:30:00Z

    Framestore CFC has supplied the special effects for Focus Features' new film The Constant Gardener, starring Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Set in Kenya, the film recounts a man's quest to expose corruption in the pharmaceutical industry after his wife is murdered. Digitally supervised by Adrian ...