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NewsSony launches 4K player with multiformat support
Sony has unveiled the PMW-PZ1, a 4K SxS memory player for multiformat playback capability for 4K up to 60p and HD video.
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NewsSNK Studios recruits in-house engineer
SNK Studios has recruited Chris Whiteside as an inhouse engineer. He joins the audio post and sound design studio from Windmill Lane Pictures in Dublin.
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NewsTVT appoints manager to drive non-UK business
TVT has appointed Andrea Winn as business development manager.
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NewsAviwest integrates satellite unit in video uplink system
Video contribution systems provider Aviwest has teamed up with BGAN terminals supplier Cobham Satcom.
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NewsNative strengthens team with business development recruit
Native, the music supervision and composition arm of Soho-based audio facility Jungle, has appointed Rachel Menzies as a business development and music supervisor.
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NewsStargate opens UK site at Ealing
LA-based TV visual effects facility Stargate Studios has opened an outpost at Ealing Studios to tap into the UK tax relief for high-end drama and export its unique brand of virtual location production.
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NewsArri unveils Alexa XT replacement
Arri has unveiled the Alexa SXT, a camera which builds on the firm’s Alexa device and offers ProRes 4K recording.
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NewsBBC film to examine legacy of Savile abuse
Olly Lambert is to direct a 90-minute film for BBC1 which will highlight the impact on the lives of those affected by child sexual abuse, including the victims of Jimmy Savile and the crimes exposed by the Operation Yewtree investigation.
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NewsProducers back campaign to halt kids TV 'crisis'
Kids’ television producers have thrown their weight behind a campaign to halt the “crisis” in original children’s content over the past 12 years.
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NewsMedia firms plan wage rises
More than half of media companies plan to increase wages in 2015, according to a Barclay’s Employers’ Survey.
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NewsTwofour's Happy Families heads to Denmark
TV2 Denmark is remaking Twofour’s fixed-rig documentary series Happy Families.
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NewsHistory sails off with US pirate drama
History has acquired the UK television rights to Michael Bay’s US pirate series Black Sails.
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NewsAvid to target “untapped” $2bn independent sector
Avid will turn its attention to the “untapped” independent creative sector with the launch of more subscription-based and free versions of its software applications.
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NewsUTV Ireland costs to hit £6m
UTV expects to invest £6m in fledgling channel UTV Ireland this year, as group revenues grew by 8% in 2014.
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NewsPat Younge co-founds Sugar Films
Former BBC chief creative officer Pat Younge and former Channel 4 executives Lucy Pilkington and Narinder Minhas have joined forces to launch London and Cardiff-based indie Sugar Films.
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NewsBen Stephenson issues rallying call as BBC wins 18 RTS Awards
The BBC walked away with 18 of 28 gongs at the RTS Awards, as well as a special recognition prize for Ben Stephenson, who called on the industry to get behind the corporation during charter renewal.
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NewsBBC2 to share The Clare Balding Show
BBC2 has agreed a deal with BT Sport to share the latest series of The Clare Balding Show.
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NewsPlayground hires Film 4 executive
Colin Callender’s Playground Entertainment has continued its push into the UK with the hire of Film 4’s senior development editor.
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NewsDavid Cameron agrees to single leaders' debate
Prime minister David Cameron has agreed to participate in a single leaders’ debate with seven political parties, leaving question marks hanging over the future of the two other proposed broadcasts.
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NewsDame Janet Smith review due in May
Dame Janet Smith’s review into the culture and practices of the BBC at the time of the Jimmy Savile and Stuart Hall scandals is due to report in May after more than two years of gathering evidence.