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NewsSiggraph 2017: Jellyfish to offer cloud-based rendering tool
London VFX house Jellyfish Pictures will use the Siggraph expo in LA to launch a subsidiary business that will offer cloudbased rendering and virtual studio services to small- and mediumsized facilities.
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NewsHalo opens offline facility to meet growing demand
Soho-based post-production house Halo has opened a new 12-seat offline facility on Brewer Street at a cost of £250,000.
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NewsAnimated Women UK announces Disney's Beth Parker as animation chair
Animated Women UK, a support network for women working in VFX and animation, has announced Disney’s Beth Parker (pictured) as its animation chair.
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NewsSiggraph 2017: Foundry to launch Elara in beta form
Foundry’s cloud-based post-production platform Elara will be launched in open beta at this week’s Siggraph in LA.
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NewsSiggraph 2017: Boris FX focussing on VR developments
The 360-degree capabilities of Mocha VR will be a key focus for plug-in developer Boris FX at this week’s Siggraph expo in LA.
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NewsSiggraph 2017: ILM to tout open source CG library
Lucasfilm and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) have announced the first release of an open source computer graphics exchange library and will discuss its potential this week during Siggraph.
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NewsSplice first post-production house to become albert affiliate
Splice is the first post-production house to become an albert affiliate. The albert scheme, which Bafta first launched in 2011, supports the UK production and broadcast industry’s transition to environmental sustainability.
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NewsPanasonic reveals full line up of PTZ cameras with NDI support
Panasonic has announced a full line-up of PTZ (pan, tilt and zoom) cameras with built-in support for NewTek’s Network Device Interface (NDI) protocol, which enables multiple video systems to communicate with one another over IP.
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NewsTVT buys DMC to ‘leapfrog' competition into IP world
Chiswick-based media services company TVT completed a takeover of Amsterdam-based playout and distribution facility Digital Media Centre (DMC) last week, following three months of discussions.
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NewsNew engineering and VFX graduate training schemes announced
Technical and creative facilities company Timeline Television, and VFX house Double Negative have launched graduate programmes offering successful applicants the chance to gain valuable experience in the industry.
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NewsSky agrees Cisco security deal
Sky has agreed a deal with Cisco that will see extra conditional access and digital rights management (DRM) protection added to video content that the broadcaster makes available via computers, set-top boxes and mobile devices.
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NewsProVision preps Space Studios move
ITV owned facilities company ProVision is to relocate its Manchester HQ to Space Studios Manchester later this year.
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NewsVIDEO: SpaceCrate, the audio studio in a shipping container
SpaceCrate, the purpose-built audio recording and mixing facility in a shipping container, is working on its first production – a feature film being shot in a variety of UK locations, including Shepperton Studios.
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NewsNEP engineer named as RTS young technologist of the year
Kathleen Gray, a guarantee broadcast engineer at NEP UK, has won the 2017 RTS (Royal Television Society) Young Technologist Award.
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NewsAI technology EVE auto-edits clips of eSports content
Media-tech company Elastic Media has launched EVE (the Elastic Video Engine), an AI technology that uses AI and ‘deep learning’ to take live streams and broadcasts and auto-separate them into segments.
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NewsExtending the IMF format from film to broadcast and online content
The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) is partnering with Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) to develop a new version of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) specifically for broadcast and online. The aim is to have it completed in the first half of 2018.
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NewsNewTek launches IP camera and converters
NewTek is hoping to make the industry’s transition to IP-based production “real and affordable” with the introduction of an NDI-compatible camera and two IP video converters with wi-fi capability.
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NewsIndustry reactions to the Red Hydrogen One smartphone
Even by the standards of a company that thrives on serving up the unexpected, last week’s announcement by Californian camera manufacturer Red Digital Cinema that it is developing an Android smartphone took many by surprise.
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NewsAMC Networks’ playout centre sold to TVT
Media services firm TVT has bought the Amsterdam-based playout and distribution company DMC (Digital Media Centre) from AMC Networks.
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NewsTimeline provides 4K OB truck for World Para Athletics Championships
Timeline Television’s IP 4K HDR truck is providing outside broadcast facilities for the presentation coverage of the ninth annual World Para Athletics Championships.