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Morris lobbied
Minister for the arts Estelle Morris was last week urged to address training issues in the£1.4bn post-production industry to ensure that the UK maintains its position as a world leader. Colin Brown, head of Cinesite, said that Morris was fascinated by the way that training works in the industry during ...
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PSB channel launch
Ascent Media Network Services Europe has helped launch Information TV, a free-to-air TV channel that is touting itself as 'a new approach to public service broadcasting'. The channel carries programmes from government departments, public bodies and other public service institutions. It aims to provide UK citizens with access to valuable ...
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new tv sms system
The new sendto:Air picture messaging system from broadcast computer system specialist Cat and Mouse will be unveiled this Saturday on BBC1's new primetime show Johnny & Denise - Passport to Paradise. The system downloads picture and text messages from mobile phone networks and allows producers to quickly view and approve ...
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Bow Tie recruits
Outside broadcasting company Bow Tie Television has appointed Duncan Smith - formerly facility director for Nats - as sales and marketing director. Tom Nash joins as head of sound from Visions.
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Moving Picture company likely to be sold
ITV is to dispose of a large number of its non-core assets in a bid to make further savings from its merger process. Post-production house The Moving Picture Company, which provided effects for the recent Troy blockbuster, is close to being sold off. The company ...
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Skillset av survey
Skillset will next week undertake its annual census of the audio-visual industries. Company chief executives and human resources manager will have the forms on Wednesday 30 June. Forms can also be downloaded from www.skillset.org/census.
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Rowland takes helm at Red Fig
Mark Rowland, the former managing director of Television Corporation International, has joined I'm a Celebrity's interactive service provider Red Fig to spearhead a strategy of global expansion.
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Kit upgrade boosts Oasis expansion plan
Oasis is continuing its strategy of diversifying into arts, drama and long-form with a kit investment of£250,000, supported by recent commissions for the BBC and ITV, writes Rick Dacey.
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Satellites are nearly full up, warns NTL
NTL Broadcast believes that satellite platforms may run out of capacity in the next three years and has secured the last available transponder lease on Eurobird to maintain its growth.
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Red trio win claim
An industrial tribunal has found Red Post Production guilty of unfair dismissal in the case of three senior creatives with a combined total of 17 years' service. DS operator Alex Pickering, Flame operator Paul Dixon and Fire operator Dave Kiddie were among 12 redundancies that were made last October. ...
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Map time rolls out
French developer Allegorithmic has designed Map Time, a plug-in for Adobe After Effects and Discreet Combustion. Map Time is a fully editable heterogeneous video filer designer that allows artists to create and manipulate complex animated patterns, effects and transitions. It features more than 350 preset visual effects.
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More help for blind
The BBC, ITV and Channel 4 are to join Five in providing audio description on services broadcast by satellite. This will make audio description available to several million additional households, in addition to those households with suitable digital terrestrial receivers. Ofcom had proposed in a draft code - to be ...
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G-Pixx flies high
In its first month of operation TV helicopter G-Pixx has answered BBC news calls for the Heathrow heist, the Momart warehouse fire and Abu Hamza's transfer to Belmarsh, as well as a number of sports-related commissions. Owned by former TV and radio presenter Mike Smith, G-Pixx aims to become ...
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VTR role for fish
Richard Fish has joined VTR plc's The Machine Room from Ascent Media to head business development for its restoration, film mastering, high-definition and duplication businesses. Fish spent two years at Ascent Media securing archive, telecine, HD and feature film work across the group and was previously at BBC Worldwide. The ...
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NewsRowland resurfaces at Red Fig
Mark Rowland, the former managing director of Television Corporation International, has joined interactive service provider Red Fig to spearhead a strategy of global expansion.
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Clear gets Moore
Derek Moore has joined Soho effects house Clear as senior Inferno artist. Moore replaces Jonny Hicks, who is leaving Clear to join LA-based Digital Domain. Moore, previously of Rushes, has been brought in to work across all genres having worked on projects spanning commercials, promos and films. Ad campaigns include ...
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foundry wins grant
Visual effects developer The Foundry has been awarded a grant for research and development by the DTI. The funding will go towards Project Imogen, which has been valued at£575,000 and will last 18 month. Imogen will look to combine traditional optic flow research with imaging understanding techniques to develop more ...
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Suite beams
Beam.tv is launching a service, called Beamsuite, that it said will facilitate global advertising campaigns by speeding up the production of international versions for local broadcast market, including different formats, such as PAL, NTSC, HDTV, or languages. Generic masters and broadcast elements, including overlength shots, audio tracks, graphics, fonts and ...
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Image launch
Image Dynamic Pictures is set to launch Camden Post, a post-production facility providing offline and online suites, graphics and title design services. Owners Stuart Gosling and Patrick Holtkamp have recruited Jen Reznick from Illuminations to be head of facilities due to her experience in working with video and arts documentaries.
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NewsBBC Technology staff balloted over strike
BBC Technology staff are threatening strike action over potential redundancies arising from the sale of BBC Technology.