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Clear creatives take over in MBO
Visual effects house Clear is being bought out by senior creatives a week after managing director Greg Caplan said that the company was going through a 'blip'.
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Todd-AO buys eQ
Todd-AO has bought a£100,000 Quantel eQ editing system. The eQ provides editing, grading and versioning that can work at both standard and high-definition, a key reason for the purchase. Managing director Sam Webb said: 'We know the HD market is set for huge growth and while that growth is happening, ...
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Maidstone booking
Maidstone Studios has picked up its first booking for its new 12,000sq ft studio for the second series of Geronimo TV/Scottish Media Group (SMG) production Prove It!for ITV. The 13 x 20-minute series is in the studio from 31 October to 11 November.
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Red move to Blue
Broadcast post facility Blue has grabbed account manager Kabir Malik from Red Post Production. Malik has worked at Ascent Media Group, M2 and Oasis Television during the past six years, with clients including MTV, BBC Broadcast and Fox Kids Europe. Malik follows former Red colleague Chris Mortimer who joined Blue ...
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New BBC Post role
BBC Post Production London has promoted post-producer Richie Cohen to fill a dedicated indies post-producer role, which starts this month. Cohen recently project managed BBC Broadcast's move from Television Centre to the hi-tech Broadcast Centre. BBC Post Production is part of BBC Resources, one of the remaining commercial arms of ...
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TSI bears in on C4 comedy
TSI has completed the post-production for A Bear's Tail, a Channel 4 spin-off from comedy series Bo' Selecta!. A key challenge in the post-production process involved shots of comedian Leigh Francis - who dressed up as a bear for the series - ...
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BBC3 offers The Mighty Boosh first on broadband
BBC3 is to become the first UK channel to premiere a programme over its broadband website service.
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Jim Henson confirms 23 job cuts from Camden site
The axe hanging over the London base of Jim Henson's Creature Shop has fallen, cutting 23 full-time jobs.
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BBC idents set '2' logo free
BBC Broadcast is setting BBC2 free in a new campaign pushing the channel's comedy offering. Comedy stars such as Stephen Fry, John Bird and Catherine Tate figure in the idents showing the BBC2 logo roaming free. The first sketches will include the cast of satirical BBC2 comedy ...
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Clear Cut buys£400,000 Avid Unity system
Clear Cut Pictures is spending£400,000 on buying and setting up the UK's first 4 gigabit fibre-channel Avid Unity system which will allow producers to work remotely at the west London facility.
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Flooded with work... and uncertainty
While a slew of national events and major concerts has kept the OB market afloat this summer, the 2007 sale of BBC Resources looks set to create a few waves. Kevin Hilton reports.
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C4 to put£2m into broadband
Channel 4 is pushing ahead with plans to grow its new media presence by ploughing£2m into new broadband services.
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NewsHenson shuts London arm
The London arm of Jim Henson's Creature Shop has been shut down with the loss of 23 jobs.
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NewsSky to offer high-def Premiership football
Sky is to include all of its live FA Premiership matches in its new high-definition (HD) package.
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NewsBBC shuts down Cult website
The BBC is to shut down its Cult television website as part of a drive to make 10 per cent savings across its new media operation.
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Going for gold
Winners at Promax last week included broadcast creative agencies Devilfish and Angelfish, who picked up eight gold awards for work for Flextech, Reality TV and Five, and Bruce Dunlop Associates who notched up a total of 12 awards across the BDA Group.
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Clear jobs cut
As funds fail to materialise VFX house Clear has been forced to make emergency cuts after promises of funding for its planned telecine suite fell through.
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BBC on course
BBC journalists will have to pass new training courses in order to be promoted within the corporation. As part of its response to the Neil report on its journalistic standards, the BBC has dropped the Neil committee's recommendation for a bricks-and-mortar college, opting instead for a 'virtual college' of training ...
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Bell's rapid ascent
Ascent Media Network Sevices Europe (AMNSE) has appointed Catherine Bell as vice-president of operations. Bell, former head of traffic and presentation for Satellite Television Asian Region (Star), will report directly to AMNSE senior vice-president, Bob Gentry. AMNSE is currently recruiting a vice-president of engineering.
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Online archive fear
A BBC project to make its archive available online has been criticised by an MP, who fears it could spark a new trade in illegal downloads. Derek Wyatt, chairman of the All Party Internet Group, said he plans to investigate the cor-poration's plans for its Creative Archive - a publicly ...