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NewsEx-Onsight CTO Mills sets up VR consultancy
Former Onsight chief technology officer Richard Mills has set up a VR and 360-degree production consultancy and services company.
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NewsFix FX selects 10 Scottish graduates for training
Ten graduates from Scottish universities have been selected to undertake training with Glasgow-based visual effects studio Fix FX on a scheme created in partnership with The Foundry.
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NewsTrickbox installs interactive video wall from MultiTaction
Trickbox TV has installed a MultiTaction interactive display video wall inside its Tower Bridge TV studio.
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NewsMoov to provide graphics for C4 Paralympics coverage
Moov will provide broadcast graphics for Sunset + Vine’s live coverage of the Rio 2016 Paralympics for Channel 4.
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NewsNEP acquires Danish OB firm
The NEP Group has acquired the assets of Danish outside broadcasting firm DBlux.
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NewsEricsson to cut broadcast jobs
A global cost-reduction and efficiency drive at Ericsson will result in job cuts at its Broadcast and Media Services division in the UK, Broadcast has learned.
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NewsPinewood posts record revenue as TV income falls again
The Pinewood Group has recorded a surge in revenue due to the strong performance of its film division, which has once again limited the opportunities for TV productions to use the company’s facilities.
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NewsGettens to lead Molinare's factual TV audio team
Molinare has appointed Greg Gettens to the role of head of broadcast factual sound.
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NewsAvid releases updates based on Orad technology
Avid has updated two graphics products based on technology it absorbed as part of its acquisition of Orad last year.
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NewsBBC to support interactive TV standard HbbTV
The BBC is to support the HbbTV standard for interactive TV, a move that will mean the legacy MHEG requirement is removed from the BBC Interactive HTML application specification.
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NewsDeltatre eyes growth following sale to Bruin
International private investment firm Bruin Sports Capital has bought sports media services company Deltatre.
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NewsBBC trainee wins RTS Young Technologist Award
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has named BBC trainee broadcast engineer James Goodhand as the winner of its annual RTS Young Technologist Award.
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NewsEikon doubles space with move to Golden Square
Soho post house Eikon is moving to a new facility on Golden Square that is more than twice the size of its previous HQ on Poland Street.
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NewsArena looks to boost OB fleet on back of Sky deal
Arena Television will “start to look beyond its current OB truck build programme” after winning the contract to provide OB facilities for Sky Sports’ rugby union coverage.
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NewsSNK adds three suites in London facility expansion
SNK Studios is spending £500,000 expanding its Tottenham Court Road facility as its attempts to position itself firmly in the middle of London’s audio postproduction market.
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NewsNEP rebuilds fleet after fire
OB firm NEP will launch five new outside broadcast trucks this year to cover live events including Wimbledon and the Premier League, seven months after a fire devastated its Bracknell base.
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NewsPinewood adds stages in boost to capital
Pinewood Studios will officially open five new sound stages this week, providing another boost to a London TV and film studio market that two years ago was said to be in ‘crisis’.
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NewsA brighter picture for London studios
In the two years since Broadcast last published data on the available TV and film studio space in London, the overall picture has improved.
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NewsFountain Studios closure date confirmed
The date for the closure of Fountain Studios has been confirmed, with the next series of The X Factor set to be the last show to shoot at the facility.
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NewsSMPTE members appoint Gauntlett as UK Section chair
The DTG’s chief technology officer Simon Gauntlett has been appointed chair of the UK Section of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE).