All Technology articles – Page 614
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Turner to bring playout in-house
Turner Broadcasting System Europe is bringing its playout services in-house as it moves towards a tapeless environment.
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Hi-def festival debut
The first Sweet high-definition festival is due to debut at the end of August in Edinburgh to coincide with the Television Festival. The four-day event will promote and demystify HD and discuss its place in the future of television and cinema. As well as panel discussions there will be specialist ...
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Oasis makes Sheila Quigley doc
Oasis Television has finished The Making of Sheila Quigley for Shine Productions. Film-maker Chris Terrill spent a year following Sheila Quigley, a grandmother from County Durham, to see how her life changed after receiving a£300,000 advance for her first novel, ...
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Fusion seeks new investors
The management of Fusion Post is restructuring the company's finances to pay off old debts while it negotiates with potential new investors.
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TV set sales hiring
The TV Set Group has appointed Martin Rogers as film and VT sales manager. TV Set has recently expanded with the purchase of P3, which was then merged with Arena Digital to create Arena P3. Rogers had previously worked at Dubbs, Evolutions, The Machine Room and Visnews.
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NewsAardman picks up 2 Soho awards
Bristol's multi-Oscar winning Aardman Animations has picked up two more awards, this time for its TV work.
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TV Set merges P3 with Arena Digital
Post-production group The Television Set has bought post facility P3 for an undisclosed sum. The broadcast and corporate post-production company will be merged with Arena Digital at TV Set's five-storey Newman Street site to create a new company, Arena P3.
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3 Mills sold to LDA
East London's 3 Mills Studios has been sold to the London Development Agency (LDA). The deal, worth a reputed£22.54m, was signed last week with completion expected within a month. 3
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Fusion nabs 'The Heist' job for C4
Fusion has post-produced reality documentary The Heist for Windfall Films. The 3 x 50-minute series follows a team of reformed criminals as they try to outwit a team of security experts by planning and executing daring crimes, such as kidnapping and ransoming a racehorse. ...
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422 Manchester invests in HD to stop client drain
422 Manchester has invested around£400,000 on high-definition products to stop big-budget local clients from heading south for post-production work.
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Jowell meets Bectu
Media secretary Tessa Jowell has agreed to meet broadcasting union Bectu to discuss its fears about the sale of BBC Technology. Jowell will meet union representatives before the government makes a decision on the proposed sale of the technology offshoot to German firm Siemens. The meeting is expected to take ...
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DB wins contract
Broadcast systems integrator DB Broadcast has won the contract to build two transmission survey vehicles for BBC strategy & distribution. The specialist vehicles will be used to measure terrestrial TV and radio reception throughout the UK, including DTT and DAB.
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Cut and Run kicks off new MOTD
Cut and Run and Wave have contributed to Match of the Day's return to the BBC. The BBC Broadcast-produced trail recreates the Match of the Day signature theme tune using football-related sounds: burgers frying, the swish of the ball hitting ...
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Resolution opens nine-suite facility
Resolution has opened its second new facility in as many weeks by taking over the building previously occupied by facilities company Head First.
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Machine Room Hiring
David Wilson has joined the Machine Room as VT duplication sales manager to further the VTR plc-owned duplication operations and strengthen its bookings department. Wilson, previously of Dubbs, joined before Dubbs' recent redundancies. Wilson said: 'I was keen to pursue other options and moving to The Machine Room will allow ...
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MPC to siggraph
The Moving Picture Company (MPC) is to spearhead the UK trade and investment's presence at this year's Siggraph exhibition. The initiative, which has been funded by the UK government, aims to showcase the expertise of the British visual effects business at the annual graphics event. MPC has worked on ...
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Sixfootsix's Olympian task
Sixfootsix and North One have designed and produced the Olympic Games' official title sequence for the International Olympic Committee. The sequence follows a timeline looking back over 2,000 years of Greek sporting history, taking the viewer on a journey from ancient Greece to the modern age. Creative Director Jan Hallet ...
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Polecam to Olympics
Camera Core is taking six Polecam rigs to the Olympics, all of which will be fitted with a new 'dive bag'. The bag houses the camera and is covered with a chemical film that prevents water droplets from gathering, allowing a smooth transition between above and below the water surface ...
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Ascent sets up TV and film restoration arm
Ascent Media has brought in Martin Poultney from Technicolor to head their new group restoration, archiving and mastering team aimed at the film and TV markets.
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Dubbs axes nine
Soho duplication service Dubbs has laid off nine members of staff in what chairman John Reiss called 'a proactive initiative to protect the staff that remain'. Reiss attributed the decision to cut the staff to the technological changes that have affected the duplication business and said: 'We hate doing this ...