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BBC's Belgian job
BBC Broadcast has created a fresh football brand for Belgian telco Belgacom and public service broadcasters VRT and RTBF. The idents will be used on football broadcasts and matches streamed on the web. Produced by Louise Braham and designed by Katy Jones the work was posted in 3D by Andy ...
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New in-car TV tuner
Spanish-based hi-fi firm Vieta is to launch a compact Freeview in-car tuner that will enable passengers to watch Freeview broadcasts en route. The TDT500C tuner is designed to operate with Vieta's range of in-car LCD monitors. The tuner aims to put an end to the drawbacks that have always plagued ...
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Top Banana studio
Birmingham-based commercials production company Top Banana has acquired Optical Image's Stourbridge facilities business, which includes the lease on a 9,000sq ft studio, five edit suites and the company's existing client base and has relocated to Optical's site in Broome, near Stourbridge. Optical Image has refocused its activities, but will continue ...
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The Hive provides the fear factor
VTR's graphics specialist The Hive has teamed up with ITV's promos unit to create a 30-second spot for reality hit The X-Factor. The sequence is based on the journey contestants take to reach their auditions through a long and ominous corridor lined with footage of people being ...
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London Post dresses the part
Titles for BBC2's 8 x 30-minute factual series A Week of Dressing Dangerouslywere created in Softimage XSI by London Post's 2D and 3D graphics designers Toby Goulding and Simon Hooley. The duo used the idea of a zip fastener to introduce the BBC in-house series which ...
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Nats gets equation right for C4
Nats has finished posting Channel 4's£1.3m E=MC2, a docu-drama which traces the roles played by five scientists in piecing together the world's best known equation. It was produced in HD by indie Darlow Smithson using DVCPro HD on the Panasonic Varicam at 720p. Post-production supervisor Richard Gillespie ...
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Laughing all the way to the studio
With TV sitcoms traditionally being one of the most studio-bound of TV genres, comedy producers and production managers need to know what they are looking for when choosing a studio. Louis Pattison looks at what's on offer
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NewsNat Geo US launches HD channel
National Geographic is launching a high-definition version of its US channel NGC in early 2006.
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NewsWebsite launches to sell public's news footage
'Citizen journalists' are to be given a helping hand with the launch of a new website set up to sell video footage and photos from the public.
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NewsYooMedia launches mobile channel
Interactive group YooMedia has launched a mobile gaming channel, in the form of a spin off of its Avago TV channel and website.
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NewsSky's Goswami to launch broadband TV service
Former BSkyB commercial director Martin Goswami is looking to launch a TV over broadband service called Aggregator TV.
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NewsBroadband users flock to BBC3 comedy
The BBC's first experiment with broadband video-on-demand has been hailed a success, after 35,000 people watched the first episode of The Mighty Booshonline.
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NewsArmchair anarchist: BiBc puts sex pistols on download
Rare footage from the ITN archive, including the Sex Pistols' debut UK TV performance, is available to download from the internet for the first time.
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Top of the Scots
Whether you're shooting and posting in Edinburgh, Glasgow or London, production talent north of the border shouldn'...
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BBC research opens Pandora box
The BBC is funding research into a Freeview personal video recorder (PVR) capable of outperforming rivals such as Sky+.
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London Studios offers HD editing
The London Studios is investing£1.5m in its post-production facilities as it adds an additional 11 suites and makes its first step into high-definition editing.
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Mobile phone TVs set for rapid growth
Mobile phone sales will hit 1 billion in 2009 with smartphones the fastest growing area of the market.
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Melt in£1m grant initiative
A new South Yorkshire-based initiative called Melt, whose backers include the BBC, Channel 4 and Pact, will be handing out£1m to producers using new technology.
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Men and Motors puts programming online
Men and Motors is launching a broadband service this August, putting over 100 hours of programming online.
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Digidesign move
ProTools developer Digidesign has appointed Martin Bennett as its new European marketing and strategic business manager. Bennett, who has been with Digidesign for over eight years, has latterly been responsible for selling the ICON system into high-end post, music and broadcast studios and facilities. He is now charged with overseeing ...