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Atomic Arts brings past to life
Atomic Arts has followed on from its work on Discovery's Nefertiti Resurrectedwith more than 30 CGI shots for Channel 4's Seven Ages of Britain, which starts on 15 November at 20.00, produced by Wildfire TV. Atomic's animators used Discreet 3ds Max for rebuilding the period ...
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Wilde animations for X-mas
Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding's Lupus Films has produced 3 x 24-minute animations based on the short stories of Oscar Wilde, to be transmitted on Channel 4 over Christmas. The Nightingale and the Roseis the first episode of Wilde Storiesand ...
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Alchemist for dubbs
Soho duplication facility Dubbs has invested more than£130,000 on an Alchemist Platinum Ph.C standards converter, along with a Sony HDW-2000P/I VTR to meet an increased demand for HD transfers. Dubbs financial director Julie Redmond explained that 'with the Alchemist converter constantly in use it made sense to upgrade to the ...
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New job for mixer
Hackenbacker Audio Post Production has hired re-recording mixer David Humphries, who has almost 30 years of experience. His credits include Shackleton and Longitude and he was previously at DB Post and also freelanced. Hackenbacker has recently been doing audio post for Garth Marenghi's ...
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Pinnacle CEO quits
Pinnacle Systems' Kim Fennell has resigned as the president and chief executive of the manufacturer. Current board member Charles Vaughan has been appointed as Pinnacle's interim president and chief executive while the board searches for a successor. The resignation follows the announcement of first quarter 2004 results in which the ...
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Tragic loss at Clear
Clear Facilities director Damien Raymond-Barker lost his two-year battle with cancer last week. He was 33 and is survived by his partner, Tanya Johnson, head of production at Red, and his two-year-old son, Max. Damien was an integral part of Clear and its chief executive, Greg Caplan, said: 'He was ...
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EPG wins RTS award
The 2003 RTS Award for Technical Innovation has been won by the Vista (virtual human interface for a set-top box agent) project, an electronic programme guide (EPG) that aims to improve visually impaired and elderly viewers' access to digital TV. It has become apparent that viewers who are elderly or ...
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NewsManagement buy out Oasis
Following months of speculation a management team has bought out Oasis Television in a multi-million pound deal.
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McMillan forced into receivership
McMillan, one of the UK's largest equipment suppliers, was this week forced to call in the receivers. Blair Nimmo and Neil Armour of KPMG Corporate Recovery have been appointed joint receivers at the request of the directors, writes Sam Espensen.
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Management finalises deal to buy Red Post Production
The management of Soho's Red Post Production has completed a deal to buy the company, writes Will Strauss.
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M2 founder Cullen set to step down
The founder of M2 Television, Bill Cullen, is expected to finalise a deal this week in which he will step down as a company director, writes Sam Espensen.
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Shriek sounds out Sky Movies
Shriek music and sound design has produced the soundtrack for Sky Movies' new idents. Shriek joined a five-way pitch, which required a new non-Hollywood approach. Sky commissioner Paul Butler said that he chose Shriek because 'it came up with something unexpected, and has produced a series of highly creative scores ...
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Blunt animated after double act
Canned Heat is the first of two S4C commissions for Blunt Pictures, a division of Siriol Pictures set up to produce adult animation. It is described by the producers as 'a humorous exploration of prejudice and intolerance featuring animated cans of soup which prove that despite our differences, we all ...
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Gabriel gig is Done and Dusted
Peter Gabriel's latest concert, Growing up Live, was filmed by Done and Dusted using 26 HD cameras from three main angles - above, below and eye level. This was to give the impression of heaven, hell and earth. The complicated post work was done at The Farm. The offline was ...
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Leitch defers agm
Leitch Technology has rescheduled its annual general meeting after receiving a vote of no confidence from shareholders. According to Leitch, the company does not have to postpone the AGM but has chosen to do so because it 'gives an opportunity to see the argument that these shareholders are presenting'. The ...
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Corinthian move
Corinthian TV has hired a new chief technology officer from the BBC. Paul Wilcock began his career at Granada in the 1980s and was head of operations
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Outsource in LA deal
ITV voice production company Outsource Media has entered into a partnership with US audio facility group LA Studios. The deal gives Outsource exclusive use of its West Coast studios, while LA Studios will have access to Outsource's new facility in Sheffield, which it moves into this week. The company does ...
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Promax awards
Changes to the way the Promax UK Awards are judged have brought an end to the BBC's dominance of the design and branding category. Amendments were made to both the make-up of the judging panels and the awards categories and the result saw this year's Gold awards being shared out ...
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Nokia pushes for 'mobile' TV
Telecoms giant Nokia is urging television producers and broadcasters to buck up their ideas and start providing unique content for mobile phones.
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NewsBBC dominance of Promax ended
Changes to the way the Promax UK awards are judged have brought an end to the BBC's dominance of the design and branding ceremony.