All Pioneer Productions articles – Page 8
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NewsPioneer moves into drama
Pioneer Productions is to set up a drama unit headed by Sean Grundy, who directed the company's forthcoming drama-documentary Hindenburg.
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NewsFactual VoD growth stalled by red tape
Red tape surrounding digital rights is making it hard for owners of specialist factual content to exploit their programming online effectively.
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NewsPioneer to shine light on biology
Pioneer Productions is promising a ground-breaking two-hour journey through the human body's life cycles in its most ambitious high-tech science commission for Channel 4.
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NewsStation handles worst weather
The Station has created animated titles and graphics for Britain's Worst Weather, a new Pioneer Productions series for Channel 4.
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US cable network has keys to UK stately homes
US cable network HGTV has commissioned London-based Pioneer Productions to produce a one-off special in which actor John Barrowman visits some of the UK's most famous stately homes and castles.
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Rainbow goes all HD
Rainbow Post has upgraded from a Symphony to a Symphony Nitris. It joins the Quantel eQ in the online department and has been installed primarily to work on programmes edited on Avid offline systems including an upcoming HD series for National Geographic Channel, Naked Science ...
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Liddle to look at the Bible for C4
Former Todayeditor Rod Liddle is to front a Channel 4 religious special investigating how the Bible first came to be translated into English - one of two feature-length documentaries greenlit by the broadcaster.
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Rainbow upgrade
Rainbow Post has doubled its surround sound facilities with the upgrade of its Studio 2 to 5.1 surround sound with Dolby E.
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Spencer moves on
The Edit Store Group has nabbed De Lane Lea Sound Studios' dubbing mixer Jez Spencer.
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C4I secures sales down under
Channel 4 International has sold a package of eight titles to Australia's ABC as part of a major output deal with the public broadcaster.
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Post houses feel the Soho squeeze
In Soho, while boutiques thrive on their expertise and client care and large post firms do well out of offering a one-stop shop and economies of scale, those in between find life less easy.
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NewsLittle Britain duo completes hat-trick of craft wins
Costume designer Annie Hardinge and make-up artist Lisa Cavalli-Green won their third consecutive RTS Craft and Design Awards last night.
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C4 to chart 2005's disasters
Channel 4 has commissioned indie Pioneer Productions to produce a major fast turnaround documentary chronicling the year's numerous natural disasters.
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Pioneer order celebrates Americanlove affair with cars
London-based science indie Pioneer Productions has secured a commission from the US Travel Channel to make a series celebrating America's love of cars, trucks and bikes.
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C4/NatGeo tie-up marks disaster anniversary
Channel 4 and the US National Geographic Channel have jointly backed a major drama-documentary marking the 20th anniversary of the Challenger space shuttle disaster.
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Taking baby steps
RDF's investment in The Baby Channel may have been motivated by sound business sense, but does it signal a host of similar niche channel moves by production companies?
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Rainbow moves offlining to second office
Soho facility Rainbow Post Production has opened a new office in Hammersmith and splashed out£150,000 on four Final Cut Pro editing systems, each backed up with 3.2 terabytes of storage.
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Shooting in HD: it's all in the detail
High definition is at last becoming a reality as the number of shows being shot on the format continues to rise. Bu...
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Roundtable - Exploitation: how worried should we be?
When TV Wrap handed Pact a report naming 30 indies it claims have exploited freelance workers, it prompted shock, denial and widespread consternation within the indie community. Broadcast brought the freelancers and indies together to fight it out.