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Red move to Blue
Broadcast post facility Blue has grabbed account manager Kabir Malik from Red Post Production. Malik has worked at Ascent Media Group, M2 and Oasis Television during the past six years, with clients including MTV, BBC Broadcast and Fox Kids Europe. Malik follows former Red colleague Chris Mortimer who joined Blue ...
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New Red colourist
Meanwhile, Red Post Production has picked up colourist George Mellors. Formerly at SVC and One Post, Mellors has previously graded on projects including idents for MTV, Sky Sports bumpers and trailers for the forthcoming series of Top Gear.
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Todd-AO buys eQ
Todd-AO has bought a£100,000 Quantel eQ editing system. The eQ provides editing, grading and versioning that can work at both standard and high-definition, a key reason for the purchase. Managing director Sam Webb said: 'We know the HD market is set for huge growth and while that growth is happening, ...
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UK Post elections
UK Post members have elected St Anne's Post managing director Keith Williams and Granada post-production boss Lance Tattersall to join last year's returning board. All but two members of last year's board were successfully re-elected with managing directors Nicky Sargent, The Farm Group and William Sargent, Framestore CFC choosing to ...
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New BBC Post role
BBC Post Production London has promoted post-producer Richie Cohen to fill a dedicated indies post-producer role, which starts this month. Cohen recently project managed BBC Broadcast's move from Television Centre to the hi-tech Broadcast Centre. BBC Post Production is part of BBC Resources, one of the remaining commercial arms of ...
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Maidstone booking
Maidstone Studios has picked up its first booking for its new 12,000sq ft studio for the second series of Geronimo TV/Scottish Media Group (SMG) production Prove It!for ITV. The 13 x 20-minute series is in the studio from 31 October to 11 November.
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BBC idents set '2' logo free
BBC Broadcast is setting BBC2 free in a new campaign pushing the channel's comedy offering. Comedy stars such as Stephen Fry, John Bird and Catherine Tate figure in the idents showing the BBC2 logo roaming free. The first sketches will include the cast of satirical BBC2 comedy ...
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TSI bears in on C4 comedy
TSI has completed the post-production for A Bear's Tail, a Channel 4 spin-off from comedy series Bo' Selecta!. A key challenge in the post-production process involved shots of comedian Leigh Francis - who dressed up as a bear for the series - ...
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The Mill/Blue do Lost promos
The Mill and Blue have completed post-production on the promo for Channel 4's new American import Lost. The promo for the drama series, which is based on how passengers cope after an air crash, included a one-day shoot in Hawaii. The Mill 3D animator Rob Petrie ...
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BBC3 offers The Mighty Boosh first on broadband
BBC3 is to become the first UK channel to premiere a programme over its broadband website service.
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Flooded with work... and uncertainty
While a slew of national events and major concerts has kept the OB market afloat this summer, the 2007 sale of BBC Resources looks set to create a few waves. Kevin Hilton reports.
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C4 to put£2m into broadband
Channel 4 is pushing ahead with plans to grow its new media presence by ploughing£2m into new broadband services.
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NewsHenson shuts London arm
The London arm of Jim Henson's Creature Shop has been shut down with the loss of 23 jobs.
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NewsSky to offer high-def Premiership football
Sky is to include all of its live FA Premiership matches in its new high-definition (HD) package.
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NewsBBC shuts down Cult website
The BBC is to shut down its Cult television website as part of a drive to make 10 per cent savings across its new media operation.
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BBC Broadcast sells for£166m
BBC Broadcast will be sold to an Australian consortium led by Macquarie Capital Alliance Group (MCAG) for£166m - a price underpinned by£500m of BBC contracts - once the government greenlights the deal next month.
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Molinare installs£150,000 Mac edit set-up for Tour
Molinare is helping Venner TV to bring Lance Armstrong's epic bid to win his seventh consecutive Tour de France to the public by installing a£150,000 purpose-built non-linear Apple edit set-up.
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Clear jobs cut
As funds fail to materialise VFX house Clear has been forced to make emergency cuts after promises of funding for its planned telecine suite fell through.
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Bell's rapid ascent
Ascent Media Network Sevices Europe (AMNSE) has appointed Catherine Bell as vice-president of operations. Bell, former head of traffic and presentation for Satellite Television Asian Region (Star), will report directly to AMNSE senior vice-president, Bob Gentry. AMNSE is currently recruiting a vice-president of engineering.
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Full stream ahead
Senior producer Lauretta Horrocks has been promoted to production manager at interactive design and DVD authoring company Stream. Horrocks will head a team of six producers at the Ascent Media company. A Stream spokesman said that the appointment filled a new role and was not a direct replacement for anyone ...