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NewsAscent restructures ready for expansion
Ascent Media Group has consolidated four of its UK businesses and rebranded them as Ascent 142 while also lining up a “war chest” for further acquisitions.
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Upgrade for iCR software
AmberFin has upgraded its iCR software so that it now supports both Sony XDCam and Panasonic P2 standard-definition and high-definition encoding.
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NewsPay-TV stunting Euro HD
The lack of access to free-to-air HD channels is a key reason behind the low take-up of HD in Europe, according to media analysts Screen Digest.
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Harris HD kit set for Beijing
Harris Corporation will Gearhouse Broadcast with HD image-processing equipment for use at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games.
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NewsSnell and Wilcox adapts Kahuna for EVS XT2
British manufacturer Snell and Wilcox has adapted its popular Kahuna SD/HD multi-format vision mixer so that it works directly with the EVS XT2 production server.
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NewsBBC testing DVB-T2 in run-up to HD Freeview
The BBC has begun test transmissions of DVB-T2 in preparation for the launch of high-definition services on Freeview.
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NewsCamera Corps ready for Beijing role
UK specialist camera systems company Camera Corps will play a key role in providing coverage of next month's Beijing Summer Olympics.
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NewsUS broadcasters benefit from tapeless Wimbledon
NBC, ESPN and Tennis Channel are making use of an on-site tapeless production set-up to provide coverage of this year's Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
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NewsTSL to upgrade NI assembly broadcast system
Systems integrator TSL has won a contract to re-furbish the broadcast facilities within the historic Parliament buildings in Belfast where the Northern Ireland Assembly meets.
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NewsSony takes EX3 on the road
Sony will showcase its new EX-range camera technology and the HDCAM SR mastering format during a UK road show in July.
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NewsDVB-T2: how the tests will work
As preparations for the launch of HD on Freeview begin, Justin Mitchell from BBC research and innovation offers up some detail on the DVB-T2 trials.
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NewsKayak sales reach 2,500
Thomson has sold the 2,500th unit of its Thomson Grass Valley Kayak switcher.
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NewsS4C completes first HD children's programme
Welsh-language broadcaster S4C is a step closer to its goal of making all programming in HD by 2012 after completing filming on its first high-definition children's programme.
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NewsTechnicolor moves to Soho
Technicolor will open a new seven-storey facility in Soho's Lexington Street in late autumn as part of a multimillion pound project to move its post-production and its creative services division from West Drayton.
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NewsEvolutions takes on ex-Sanctuary facility
Evolutions has taken a 10-year lease on the Great Pulteney Street facility previously owned by Sanctuary Post and is spending£2m on new equipment to kit it out.
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BBC seeks IPTV standard
The BBC is in talks with other public service broadcasters to agree a standard technology that would make IPTV content available on traditional television sets.
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NewsTrue HD migration may remain slow till 2012
A large HD 'content gap' will remain in 2012 with a majority of Europeans still watching standard definition TV on their HDTV displays.
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NewsPace puts forward case for stereo 3D
Vince Pace used his presentation at last week's Broadcast's Technology Summit to try to persuade UK programme makers that stereoscopic content is a viable production option.
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NewsVisions gets Mandela gig
NEP Visions is working with Serpent Productions to deliver host broadcast coverage of the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday concert in Hyde Park this weekend.