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New kit for 2nd sense
2nd Sense Broadcast has installed two multitrack Pyramix systems. 2nd Sense has provided audio post-production on Later with Jools Holland, which was produced in high-definition for sale to the States, and children's animation series Boo!.Borehamwood-based Total Audio Solutions installed the Pyramix systems.
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Precursor gives E4 a fresh look
Precursor has redesigned E4's channel idents and menus, winning a five-way pitch. Precusor developed a parallel E4 world which is linked to ours. A conventional purple 'outside' world was designed to contrast with a surreal white 'inside' world while a 3D E4 logo acted as a portal between the two. ...
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Fold7 has designs on Paramount
Fold7 has designed new channel idents across the Paramount Comedy Channels. The series of branding focuses on objects associated with Paramount shows; a Jack Russell dog for Frasieror a martini for MASH, which rotate slowly in locked-off shots on top of a ...
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ASP's software aid
Adaptable Software Products (ASP) has launched accounting software developed specifically for media freelancers and contractors. Accolyte was designed in consultation with industry accountants and current freelancers to produce an all-in-one package that covers invoicing, bills, currency conversion, VAT returns and year-end accounting.
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BIBC internet launch
British Internet Broadcasting Company (BIBC) has launched an end-to-end internet broadcasting service called Internet Master. BIBC claimed the service is the first of its kind to allow content owners to sell on-demand across the internet. One strand of the service, Channel Master, enables the use of the internet as an ...
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Lipsync buys DI kit
Soho's Lipsync Post has bought a second Quantel iQ digital intermediate grading suite, totalling£3.5m of investment in digital intermediate over the past year. The new suite includes Truelight Calibration, 5.1 surround sound and a 12-foot screen, which is supported by Northlight film scanners and Arri-laser film recorders. Lipsync has recently ...
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Lipsync puts images to eulogy
Lipsync Post has produced titles for and onlined Holocaust - A Music Memorial Filmfrom Auschwitzfor the BBC. The graphics had to be evocative yet appropriate to the subject matter. Senior designer Julia Blake and creative director Howard Watkins used After Effects to make the titles appear ...
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Pepper adds suite
Pepper has added a new HD Nitris suite as it expands its online operations. The expansion also includes an HD upgrade for its fourth Nitris and additional storage capacity, costing an estimated£150,000. The new Nitris will be used from this week on forthcoming BBC drama Fingersmith, ...
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Dillon sets up production agency Rare
The executive producer in charge of Channel 4's recent mammoth rebranding campaign has opened a production agency, Rare.
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Sony lands contract to bring HD to Royal Opera House
Sony has won a contract to turn the Royal Opera House into a high-definition broadcast studio.
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Moov titles celeb gameshow
Moov has created the title sequence for new BBC1 comedy 29 Minutes of Famefor Angst Productions. The Bob Mortimer-hosted gameshow takes a sideswipe at the overinflated world of celebrity and fame. Designers Nevil Appleton, Graham Clarkin and Jane Aspinwall used 2D still imagery to create a ...
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Clear Cut posts latest Horizon
Clear Cut Pictures has posted an edition of Horizon: Global Dimming. Dox Productions reveals how global warming could be a more serious, immediate and complicated issue than previously believed, unleashing cataclysmic climate change. Film editor Horacio Queiro cut the offline, colourist Mike Curd graded and onlined. ...
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Oasis completes Twisted Tales
Oasis Television has completed post-production on the first two series of Twisted Talesfor BBC Manchester. The first two runs of the dark comedy will be shown back to back. Senior editors Marc Eskenazi and Robert Burchell graded and onlined the first series, Tim French and Jon ...
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DB refits QVC
Systems integrator DB Broadcast has completed work on a new suite of control rooms for UK shopping channel QVC. They replace the channel's original control room, which was built in the early 1990s. DB supplied equipment including eight vision racks, a triax patch panel designed to connect as many as ...
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MotionFX expands
London-based digital film facility MotionFX has added a second Quantel iQ system, Eyeon Digital Fusion vfx workstations, two Thomson Viper FilmStream digital cinematography cameras and a 2K digital screening unit. Justin Lanchbury has joined the company as group sales manager from rental firm VMI.
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Lost film restored
The Machine Room has restored footage for the British Film Institute (bfi) from the archives of Edwardian film company Mitchell and Kenyon. The firm, long since folded, recorded everyday life as well as working on feature films. The three-part The Lost World of Mitchell and Kenyon, ...
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MBO gives Kanjee control of Evolutions
Evolutions Television is set for major expansion following a multimillion-pound management buyout led by managing director Simon Kanjee.
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Crow TV opens second facility
Crow Television is doubling its capacity by setting up shop on the doorstep of Endemol, Atlantic Productions and National Geographic.
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NewsTV Corp offloads Visions for£16.8m
The Television Corporation is to offload outside broadcast business, Visions, to American company NEP for£16.8m, marking its withdrawal from the facilities market.
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BBC1 turns to 2AM for Christmas
2AM Films has produced Christmas idents for BBC1. The interstitials are built around an idea submitted by a 10 year-old Blue Peter viewer as part of competition to design an ident. It features more than 30 kids and is called Bouncy Puddings. Andy Margetson was ...