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Pinnacle of freebies
Pinnacle Systems is giving away free audio-editing software from 15 January. Anyone who buys a full version of its non-linear editing application Liquid Edition or Liquid Edition Pro will get a copy of Steinberg's Wavelab Essential Audio Editor, worth£179, free.
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Optex unveils kit
Optex, which manufactures broadcast equipment, has launched two products. The Digidolly, which is a portable tripod dolly and track kit, and the Silverskin, an all-weather protective cover for use with Sony DSR-PD-170 and 150 camcorders. The camera cover is made from military-grade fabric and costs£150. The Digidolly is constructed from ...
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Rushes makes 1960s come alive
The second series of the Bafta-nominated comedy 15 Storeys High starts on BBC3 early next year. Rushes Post Production's 3D department has been commissioned to do the titles, and director Mark Nunnely requested a sequence which would recreate the style of 1960s architectural drawings. So 3D artist Hayden Jones designed ...
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844/X price slash
Media 100 has announced a significant price drop in its 844/X editing system. It is also thought the price cut will anticipate and drive a large software expansion in the company, due for January. The price for the 844/Xi was£16,495 and is now£7,095; the 844/Xe was£29,595 and is now£14,195; and ...
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HD 'around corner'
Carlton International's controller of operations and engineering, Simon Fell, said HD is just around the corner for UK consumers. At a conference in London last week, Fell predicted that 33 million homes will have HD in the US by 2008, and that the UK will be close behind. He added ...
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Pepper finishes Outback art doc
Pepper has completed the picture post on a documentary for Five about the sculptor Antony Gormley. Inside Australia was shot near the tiny outback town of Menzies on the huge Lake Ballard in Western Australia. The area has become home to Gormley's most ambitious work to date, an installation of ...
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Clear Cut explanation of Big Bang
Project Poltergeist is a Horizon episode from documentary outfit Dox about neutrinos - sub-atomic particles which are emitted from the sun and may explain the origins of the universe. Clear Cut Pictures has created graphic content and producer David Sington explained: 'We had to find a way to visualise the ...
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Post co promotions
Editors' agency The Independent Post Company has given two booking employees new jobs. Anthony Crossby has been promoted to general manager from head of bookings, and Holly Ryan has become senior booker. The agency's recent credits include Little Britain and ...
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Condor ups game
The Condor Group has placed an order for a fifth Da Vinci grading system and is upgrading all of its international systems as part of£500,000 of investment. The new system is to go into the London office, with the Millennium ITK datacines being upgraded to the new Millennium II machine. ...
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Molinare to host Sky daytime show
Molinare has secured the contract for Sky One and Shine's new daytime show, writes Sam Espensen.
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Discreet's US parent in move to shed jobs
Discreet is to streamline its management operation as part of a rationalisation process announced by its US parent company, Autodesk.
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Lipsync hires fyvie
Lipsync Post has hired Stuart Fyvie as senior colourist to utilise its Quantel iQ-based grading system. Previously at Resolution, his credits include Band of Brothers and Dreamkeeper. This year he has worked with Ray Harryhausen on the restoration of archived 16mm material.
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Mitcorp set to plug gap left by McMillan
Following the closure of broadcast equipment reseller McMillan last week, Mitcorp UK has announced that it is to set up a subsidiary to fill the gap in the regional market left by the company's demise.
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McMillan sinks with 140 job losses
Barely a month after going into receivership, equipment supplier McMillan has ceased trading with the loss of 140 jobs and debts thought to be close to£2m.
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HD sales up 162%
Sales of Discreet HD systems worldwide are 162% higher than last year, according to the editing and effects products manufacturer. It also said nearly two-thirds of Discreet systems sold in quarter three of this year were HD version of Smoke, Inferno, Flame and Fire. Discreet spokesman Marc Petit said 'quality ...
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VH2 rolls out with The Darkness
Condor Post Production has created a series of launch commercials for VH2. Designed and produced by head of on-air at VH1 Paul Wilkinson, the new logo was recreated by Condor animator George Humphris. The logo is integrated into pictures from the promos of various bands including Oasis, Travis and The ...
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Mezzo enjoys 50% increase in turnover
Leeds-based post and production company Mezzo has announced a rise in turnover of more than 50% during the past year. Mezzo founder Mark Platt believes the purchase of a Quantel eQ editing system helped raise profits.
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Approvals online
Salt has launched an online system called Approvals, which automates the provision of remote approvals for work-in-progress and back catalogue at post-production companies and VFX studios. It allows clients to review, download, annotate and search their content and can be branded for an individual post house. Approvals can also be ...
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BBC to visualise Holst's Planets
The Planets is a visual interpretation of Holst's orchestral epic from BBC Wales Music for BBC2.
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MTV wins celeb deal
MTV Studios in Camden has won the contract to host Celebrity Extrafor Living TV and Banana Split Productions. The programme, now in its third year, goes out daily and has a half-hour slot on Saturdays at 17.30. Presented by Liz Bonnin, it features interviews with ...