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Five agrees emergency playout deal
Five has signed a two-year deal with BBC Broadcast for the corporation's commercial play-out division to provide 'second-line disaster recovery' for all of the commercial broadcaster's programme feeds.
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Rushes helps Nessie emerge from gloom
Soho visual effects house Rushes has created a CG version of the legendary Loch Ness monster for a one-off BBC specialist factual documentary. Steve Leonard's Search for the Loch Ness Monsterexplores the myths and mysteries surrounding the loch and features specially created scenes of divers ...
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2d3 launches plug-in
Software manufacturer 2d3 has launched SteadyMove Pro, a shot stabilisation plug-in for film and video professionals. Users can load in a shaky video sequence and the application will automatically generate a smooth clip. It studies the images to calculate the relative camera movement from one frame to the next and ...
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Rubery back to boxes
One of the founders of Pace Micro Technology Barry Rubery has gone back to his roots and launched a set-top box business. Harrogate-based Fusion Digital Technology has been set up with the help of£3m from Beko Electronik, the TV set manufacturing division of Turkish conglomerate the Koc Group. Beko will ...
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Finn in Clear cut move
Former operations manager and senior dubbing mixer at Martyr Sound Danny Finn has joined Clear Cut Pictures to head up its new sound department. Previously with TVI and Tele-Cine, Finn's credits include M.I.T for Thames and Peter in Paradise for the BBC.
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NewsMolinare could close as losses mount
Facilities house Molinare could face closure after its owner Television Corporation admitted losses at the subsidiary had increased 'significantly' over the last two months forcing it to issue a profits warning, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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The Bridge's refit underway
Soho audio post-production facility The Bridge is part of the way through a major refit that will see all three of its suites upgraded with the installation of networked hard disk
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Idol win for Marberger
Tobias Marberger, a 29-year-old Swedish composer, romped home in the voting for this year's inaugural Extreme Idol, the Broadcast magazine and Extreme Music search for a new production music superstar. Dubbed
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Churchill Restored
London facility house The Machine Room has restored, treated and edited both old and new footage for three one-hour programmes that chart the life of former British prime minister Sir Winston
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BBC mounts biggest Glastonbury set-up
BBC Outside Broadcast is throwing two brand-new trucks, 15km of video cable, 27 VTRs, 30 cameras and 100 technical staff at the coverage of this year's Glastonbury Festival, writes Sam Espensen.As
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NewsEdmonds pioneers the 'video studio'
Noel Edmonds, the king of light entertainment TV in the 1980s, is planning to launch a nationwide network of 'mini-studios' designed to allow broadcasters to put viewers on screen without the cost of studio interviews, writes Sam Espensen
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BBC R&D explores content-share plan
Programme producers stand to gain repeat fees from the everyday exchange of recordings between friends and acquaintances under a new initiative being developed by BBC R&D, writes Richard Dean.
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Buyout brings stability to Fairlight
The future of audio console manufacturer Fairlight has been secured after management bought the assets to the company, writes Kevin Hilton.
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IQ boost for Motion FX
Graphics and effects facility Motion FX has bought a Quantel IQ digital film system to partner the Thomson Viper Filmstream camera it purchased last year in order to kickstart a move into HD production, writes Sam Espensen.
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Exit puts the titles on BBC2's smartass
Nobody Likes a Smartass is a new early evening comedy quiz show due to broadcast in the middle of June on BBC2. Presented by Jo Brand, the show pits an audience of viewers against a panel of experts. The graphics and titles were done at ...
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Lambie Nairn offshoot
Three Lambie Nairn staff have quit the design company to form their own agency. The new company, Dunning Eley Jones, will offer advertising, web development, internal communications and identity services and aims to be an 'independent alternative to the global media giants currently dominating the marketplace'. Brian Eley and Marcus ...
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Editing pair join Farm
The Farm Dublin has hired two new editors, Morten Winther and Vinny Beirne. Former Condor and Laughing Buddha sound effects editor Winther, whose credits include the MTV Europe Music Awards and a Nescafe commercial, will be responsible for operating The Farm's standard and HD online Quantel IQ and eQ systems. ...
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Rushes wins CGI pitch
Soho facility Rushes has won the pitch to do CGI work on London - A City in Time, a two-part documentary for Diverse which will air on Discovery and Channel 4. The 3D department will be recreating London over a period of 2,000 years from ...
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Leaf call for 3d entries
The London Effects and Animation Festival (Leaf) is calling for entries from 3D artists and companies for the 2003 awards. With a new structure this year designed to recognise skills, techniques and technology applications, the awards take place on 28 October and the submissions deadline is 5 September.
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The Hospital offers first hi-def studio
The first high-definition studio in the UK will open its doors in less than eight weeks' time as part of the first phase of the opening of The Hospital, a new state-of-the-art facility spearheaded by entrepreneur Paul Allen and former Eurythmics frontman Dave Stewart, writes ...