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NewsVinten rewarded with top GTC honour
The GTC has handed its annual Television Cameraman’s Award (TiCA) for 2010 to Bill Vinten, the youngest son of William Vinten the founder of the camera-support manufacturing company.
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NewsKemsley to head up Root6 technical support
Root6 has appointed Neal Kemsley as customer services manager, a role that will see the former Avid man head up the reseller’s technical support arm.
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NewsSoho trio up for best TV facility at the Conch
Soho’s Boom, Molinare and Pepper will battle it out to be crowned best TV Mix Facility at next week’s Conch audio awards.
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NewsFIMS initiative opens the door to global standard
A worldwide standard for the interfacing of technologies from different vendors has come a step closer thanks to an initiative being backed by IBM, Sony and the BBC.
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NewsMeaney backs post-2012 plan
Media hub expert Danny Meaney has backed the Olympic Park Legacy Company’s proposal to turn the broadcast and press centres in Hackney into a district for the creative industries after the 2012 games – but has warned that it will need to be patient.
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NewsSumners plumps for MatrixStore
Manchester’s Sumners has bought a MatrixStore pre-production archive and data management system as it looks to find new ways to cope with the storage demands created by tapeless acquisition technology.
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NewsBBC to include 3D in Super Hi-Vision tests
BBC R&D is to carry out stereo 3D tests as part of the live Super Hi-Vision (SHV) transmission trials it is conducting with NHK this week.
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NewsCan secures 3D deal with HBS
Can Communicate has signed a four-year strategic deal that will see it co-produce and manage both live and as-live stereo 3D content for Switzerland’s Host Broadcast Services (HBS).
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NewsDK adds EBU Loudness compliance
DK-Technologies has adapted its PTO700 audio and video meters and waveform monitors so that they comply with both the ITU’s and the EBU’s loudness specifications.
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NewsFormer Red Bee staff launch branding firm
Three former colleagues from Red Bee Media have joined forces to open a new branding agency called The Council.
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NewsAP uses VISLINK to speed breaking news
The Associated Press (AP) has completed a technology trial that saw VISLINK’s microwave and Advanced Gateway used to connect field reporters to its ENPS news system.
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NewsAvid recruits three to EMEA sales team
Avid has added three new people to its EMEA sales team as the company looks to embark on its ‘next stage of growth.’
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NewsLegacy Company calls for interest in 2012 broadcast centre
The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) is hoping to tempt broadcasters and creative industries companies to move to Stratford after announcing that it is calling for expressions of interest for the future use of the London 2012 broadcast and press centres
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NewsPLOUD unveils guidelines to combat loudness issue
The European Broadcasting Union’s PLOUD group has published new guidelines in a major push to solve the contentious issue of loudness.
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News2012 broadcast centre gets legacy backing
The Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) is confident it will find post-2012 tenants for its broadcast and press centres as it prepares to begin marketing the scheme.
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NewsS&M looks to speed up grading process
Smoke & Mirrors is hoping to speed up the grading process for its film and TV producer clients by adopting a new workflow that makes use of BlackMagic Design’s latest version of the Da Vinci Resolve colour corrector.
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NewsMilne quits Molinare for film finance start-up
Molinare director Steve Milne has left the Soho post house almost seven years to the day after he and fellow director Mark Foligno bought it from the TV Corporation.
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NewsSharp Project phase 2 sells out
Phase 2 of Manchester’s Sharp Project is now fully let after three new tenants signed up for office space at the digital content production hub.
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NewsYouView reveals first tech requirements
YouView, the project formerly known as Canvas, has published the first technical requirements for the set-top boxes that will work with its open standard PSB-backed connected TV service.
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NewsVision3 makes 3DTV move
Stereo 3D company Vision3 has appointed senior producer Natalie Samson to the newly created role of head of TV.