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BBC's Belgian job
BBC Broadcast has created a fresh football brand for Belgian telco Belgacom and public service broadcasters VRT and RTBF. The idents will be used on football broadcasts and matches streamed on the web. Produced by Louise Braham and designed by Katy Jones the work was posted in 3D by Andy ...
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BBC factual trials in-house editing
The BBC's latest scheme for cutting the cost of programme-making will be tested at the corporation's London-based factual and learning department later this year with the introduction of low-cost desktop editing systems for production teams.
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Top Banana studio
Birmingham-based commercials production company Top Banana has acquired Optical Image's Stourbridge facilities business, which includes the lease on a 9,000sq ft studio, five edit suites and the company's existing client base and has relocated to Optical's site in Broome, near Stourbridge. Optical Image has refocused its activities, but will continue ...
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Nats gets equation right for C4
Nats has finished posting Channel 4's£1.3m E=MC2, a docu-drama which traces the roles played by five scientists in piecing together the world's best known equation. It was produced in HD by indie Darlow Smithson using DVCPro HD on the Panasonic Varicam at 720p. Post-production supervisor Richard Gillespie ...
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Avid buys out Pinnacle in£259m deal
Avid is to complete its proposed takeover of California-based video-editing firm Pinnacle Systems this week after the£259m deal was cleared by the European Commission.
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Laughing all the way to the studio
With TV sitcoms traditionally being one of the most studio-bound of TV genres, comedy producers and production managers need to know what they are looking for when choosing a studio. Louis Pattison looks at what's on offer
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NewsNat Geo US launches HD channel
National Geographic is launching a high-definition version of its US channel NGC in early 2006.
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NewsWebsite launches to sell public's news footage
'Citizen journalists' are to be given a helping hand with the launch of a new website set up to sell video footage and photos from the public.
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NewsYooMedia launches mobile channel
Interactive group YooMedia has launched a mobile gaming channel, in the form of a spin off of its Avago TV channel and website.
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NewsSky's Goswami to launch broadband TV service
Former BSkyB commercial director Martin Goswami is looking to launch a TV over broadband service called Aggregator TV.
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NewsBroadband users flock to BBC3 comedy
The BBC's first experiment with broadband video-on-demand has been hailed a success, after 35,000 people watched the first episode of The Mighty Booshonline.
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NewsArmchair anarchist: BiBc puts sex pistols on download
Rare footage from the ITN archive, including the Sex Pistols' debut UK TV performance, is available to download from the internet for the first time.
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Top of the Scots
Whether you're shooting and posting in Edinburgh, Glasgow or London, production talent north of the border shouldn'...
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BBC research opens Pandora box
The BBC is funding research into a Freeview personal video recorder (PVR) capable of outperforming rivals such as Sky+.
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Men and Motors puts programming online
Men and Motors is launching a broadband service this August, putting over 100 hours of programming online.
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Mobile phone TVs set for rapid growth
Mobile phone sales will hit 1 billion in 2009 with smartphones the fastest growing area of the market.
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Golden Square finishes Sky job
Soho post-production house Golden Square has just completed work on the first two instalments of the new campaign for Sky. The spots focus on a dog that is confused by the services offered by Sky. His housemate, a duck, explains what is available. Split-screen composites and 3D CGI photo-realistic body ...
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Lola up for Emmy
Special effects facility Lola is up for an Emmy award for outstanding special visual effects for a miniseries, movie or a special for its work on the HD BBC/Discovery co-production Supervolcano. MPC is also up for an Emmy for outstanding individual achievement for its work on ...
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London Studios offers HD editing
The London Studios is investing£1.5m in its post-production facilities as it adds an additional 11 suites and makes its first step into high-definition editing.
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Digidesign move
ProTools developer Digidesign has appointed Martin Bennett as its new European marketing and strategic business manager. Bennett, who has been with Digidesign for over eight years, has latterly been responsible for selling the ICON system into high-end post, music and broadcast studios and facilities. He is now charged with overseeing ...