All Technology articles – Page 546
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NewsTen companies account for 60% of post spend
Consolidation and polarisation are the watchwords of this year's Broadcast Post Survey, with the 10 largest companies and groups accounting for nearly 60% of the money spent on television editing, graphics and finishing in the UK
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Breath upgrades dubbing theatre
Breathe Post Production, the post facility formed by the merger of Strongroom and Air Studios, has spent£350,000 updating and upgrading its Hampstead dubbing theatre.
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NewsAscent picks up new diTTo scanner
Ascent Media has become the first company in the world to purchase the new 16mm/35mm version of the Cintel diTTo film scanner.
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NewsRed Vision to work around both clock and globe
Red Vision is investing£1m in a workflow set-up and a new render farm that will see visual effects projects worked on for 22 hours a day.
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NewsPixion buys Men from Mars
Indian post-production company Pixion has paid more than£1m to buy Men From Mars.
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FeaturesCreative Review - Get Squiggling!
2D and 3D animation completed by Blue Zoo on a Cbeebies and BBC2 pre-school series.
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FeaturesPost Survey 2008: A split personality
2008's Post Survey suggests the editing, finishing and effects sector is a tale of two industries.
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NewsBBC Trust backs£81m tapeless move
The BBC Trust has approved funding of£81m to kickstart the corporation's move into multiplatform production and tapeless workflow.
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FeaturesCreative Review - Ashes to Ashes
Grade and post-production carried out by Pepper on the Life on Mars spin-off.
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NewsReuters buys P2 camcorders for bureaux
International news agency Reuters has bought 100 Panasonic AJHPX2100 P2 memory card-based HD camcorders for use by its more than 80 bureaux.
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NewsFacilities pool their resouces across Pennines
VTR North in Leeds and Sumners in Manchester have merged their graphics and visual effects departments.
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FeaturesOn location: The Last Enemy
Recreating a refugee camp and terrorist attack pushed producer Gub Neal to the limits.
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NewsNew HD playout suite for Arqiva
Arqiva Satellite Media Solutions has installed a new HD ready television playout suite at its Chalfont Grove Media Centre.
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CommentHow average is the average post company?
In the week that Broadcast publishes its Post Survey 2008, Will Strauss looks at the characteristics of the 'average' UK facilities company.
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NewsAscent Media gives Media Centre the hard sell
Ascent Media is going to take an aggressive approach to selling its transmission services to the broadcast market after officially opening a new Media Centre in Stephen Street in London.
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NewsBig post companies continue sector domination
Consolidation and polarisation are the watch words of this year's Broadcast Post Survey with the 10 largest companies taking home nearly 60% of the money spent on TV post production in the UK.
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NewsOn Sight first in line for PDW-700s
Broadcast equipment hire and HD facility On Sight has placed the first order in the UK for the new Sony XDCam HD PDW-700 camcorder.
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NewsBritish companies snare vfx awards
The Visual Effects Society honoured a host of UK artists and companies - including Framestore CFC, The Senate, MPC, Rainmaker London and Jellyfish Pictures - at its 2008 awards ceremony.
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NewsArqiva supports Africa Cup of Nations
Arqiva was backing Sunset+Vine's coverage of the Africa Cup of Nations for the BBC with the provision of connectivity, studio and broadcast facilities.
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FeaturesCreative Review - Phoo Action
200 visual effects shots completed by Rushes for a 60-minute BBC3 drama.