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Function does Downloaded look
Function Design has designed titles and in-show graphics for One More Production's Downloaded. The programme showcases footage of the weird and wonderful from the near limitless library of the internet. Function Design's Tobin Goffe was creative director on the project and Oasis head of ...
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Strike threat to BBC sports coverage
A walkout by BBC Technology staff could hit coverage of sports events such as Grand Prix Athletics from Crystal Palace after Bectu members opted to strike on a Friday and Saturday.
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NewsBBC Technology faces strike action
Union members at BBC Technology are set to strike over plans by the corporation to sell the division to German electronics group Siemens.
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Uncle to set up Endemol facility
The Farm Group subsidiary Uncle has won the contract to build a dedicated post facility for Big Brotherproducer Endemol in Bristol.
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AHC and X-Ray merge to meet HD demand
Ahc Post and X-Ray FX have merged to create a£1m-a-year high-definition boutique in Soho.
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Riverside role for Editworks' boss Boyers
Editworks managing director Jim Boyers has resigned and is taking control of Riverside TV Studios.
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Lambie-nairn rival
Former Lambie-Nairn managing director Sharon Wheeler has set up a new company, Turquoise, in Covent Garden in direct competition with her former employer. Wheeler, who left Lambie-Nairn in June last year, said: 'I didn't intend to set up Turquoise when I left - it grew organically.' Twelve months after leaving ...
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Thomson fifa deal
Thomson has been selected by Swiss-based HBS (Host Broadcast Services), host broadcaster of the 2006 Fifa World Cup, to provide HDTV OB vans for its coverage of
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New Design Outfit
Three former senior designers from Carlton this week set up a graphics design company, Bottletop. Dave Beeson, John Hunt and Anne Whitley decided to form the business to capitalise on the vacuum that would be left with the closure of the Nottingham studios. Bottletop is due to move into the ...
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nvidia launch
New PC video technology to be released later this year from Nvidia is expected to provide a major boost to live-performance animation characters. As PC manufacturers switch from AGP-based video boards to the higher bandwidth PCI Express, real-time render rates will leap forward. The boost comes from specially built motherboards ...
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UK arm for LA firm
Pacific Television Center, a Los Angeles-based independent transmission and production facility, is opening a digital insert studio and master control room in London. Pacific Television Center will use the facility to produce and transmit broadcast content for TV networks, cable channels, film studios and publicity companies. New connectivity at the ...
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422 South titles BBC fame show
422 South has created the title sequence for BBC1 reality series When Will I be Famous?The 6 x 30-minute documentary series follows students as they tread the boards at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London. Designer Mike Alderson gave the titles a ...
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Jump creates Sport Relief look
Jump has designed and produced graphics for the BBC's live charity event Sport Relief. Title sequences and graphics for the charity telethon were based upon the concept of a video wall. The 16 x 8 grid allowed Jump to avoid TV design conventions and borrow ...
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Siemens is chosen for bbc Technology
Siemens has been selected as the preferred single bidder for BBC Technology. The bid, which has not been disclosed, must now be approved by the BBC governors, the secretary of state for media Tessa Jowell and the EU Competition Commission. If it is passed Siemens will take a 10-year contract ...
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NewsBrits hog Wildscreen nominations
British filmmakers that use techniques such as CGI and special effects to enhance their wildlife programmes are prominent in the shortlist for this year's Wildscreen Natural History awards.
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BBC Broadcast on top at Promax Awards
BBC Broadcast dominated the international categories at last week's Promax Awards in New York and Broadcast Young Talent Award winner Richard Acton was recognised as an exciting new talent for the second time in as many months, writes Rick Dacey.
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Red Vision puts the epic into TV
Red vision has brought Lord of the Rings-style battles to the small screen with the BBC's upcoming Battlefield Britain and intends to license the groundbreaking software that made it possible across the industry.
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Lola buys in HD kit for BBC doc
Special effects company Lola has spent over£200,000 on new kit to cater for the HD needs of BBC documentary Supervolcano, following in the footsteps of its previous success with Pompeii.
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Machine room hires
The Machine Room has expanded its DVD operations, which now account for over 25% of its annual turnover, with the addition of five staff. Vicki Angus, former new media producer at Stream, joins alongside Kat Evans, who brings music and feature experience from Abbey Road and Technicolor. Paul Mills has ...