All articles by Will – Page 50
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NewsVisions to provide Twenty20 coverage
OB company NEP Visions will provide host broadcaster ESPN Star with the worldwide HD feed for the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup which starts in London this week.
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NewsGearhouse heads to Costa Rica for US ‘I’m a Celeb’
Gearhouse Broadcast is providing broadcast and technical facilities in Costa Rica for coverage of the US version of I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here!
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NewsIonoco backs Poker Channel 3D playout service
Ionoco has developed a live 3D playout system for The Poker Channel’s new Casinojoy Blackjack service.
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Bob the Builder heads for Bubble
Bubble TV has won the contract to provide voice-recording facilities for the seventeenth and eighteenth series of Hit Entertainment’s animated children’s series Bob the Builder.
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Effects body to foster open standards
Seven of the post-production sector’s best known software companies have formed a new independent industry body that will develop and promote open standards within the visual effects community.
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GMS to open Afghan bureau
Global Media Services (GMS), the outside broadcast and transmission arm of The Associated Press, is to open a new bureau in Afghanistan ahead of the country’s general elections in August.
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Boag to run Ascent digital lab
Former Cine Image owner and managing director Steve Boag has joined Ascent Media where he will head up a new department providing filmmakers with digital lab services.
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NewsBolt races into a third dimension
Triple Olympic sprint gold medallist Usain Bolt’s record breaking run in Manchester has become the latest event to be captured in stereoscopic 3D by Sky.
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BVE targets craft and creative with new show
Broadcast Video Expo (BVE) is introducing a sister event for its main show next year that is specifically aimed at creative, logistics and craft people.
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NewsSkyworks opens up HD aerial archive
Independent production company Skyworks is offering other television producers the chance to access its aerial footage library which contains 60,000 high definition shots taken from the air.
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Mockler heads for Soho Film Lab
Neil Mockler has joined Ascent Media’s Soho Film Lab (SFL) as director of film services.
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Breathe adds Icon and posts charity film
Breathe Post Production has upgraded one of the 5.1 dubbing theatres at its North London facility and provided picture post on the winner of a charity short film competition.
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Brookside co-creator backs tapeless
Colin McKeown, the producer and executive producer behind BBC daytime drama Moving On, has praised the camera technology that was used to shoot the show.
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Halo opts for Bray
Former DGP general manager Rowan Bray has joined Halo Post Production as business development manager.
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Huge grading suite to replace Molinare studio
Molinare has closed the TV studio at its Foubert’s Place HQ and will replace it with one of the largest colour grading theatres in central London.
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Gearbox bought by CVP-Mitcorp
The CVP-Mitcorp group has rescued fellow equipment sales and rental company Gearbox from administration and in the process saved 16 jobs.
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Pepper considers vfx closure
Pepper Post is considering closing its visual effects department as part of a round of cut backs designed to ensure that the company remains competitive.
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SMPTE proposes 3D mastering standard
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has announced proposals for a stereoscopic 3D mastering standard that will provide universal image formatting requirements for making and delivering 3D content.
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Democracy's Mills joins HRA
Hibbert Ralph Animation (HRA) has appointed Greg Mills, formerly a partner and executive producer at Democracy, to the role of executive producer.
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TC Soho picks up Sony VTRs
TC Soho has bought two Sony VTRs to help with the company’s transfer and duplication operation and also its standalone Avid and FCP digitising service.