All articles by Will – Page 62
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NewsBBC uses mobile phones to shoot music doc
BBC audio and music has produced a part UGC feature-length documentary for this week's Electric Proms shot entirely using mobile phone cameras.
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CommentPandas and penguins and Panasonic P2
Will Strauss reports from the Wildscreen Festival in Bristol as wildlife and natural history programme makers give their opinions on file-based production.
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NewsAscent builds Current TV remote studio
The systems and technology services division of Ascent Media has completed the build of a new studio for the part UGC channel Current TV.
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NewsAmis buys XDcam for Volvo Ocean Race
CVP-Mitcorp has supplied tapeless camera kit and shooting packages for the 2008-2009 Volvo Ocean Race, which is being shot in HD for the first time.
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NewsOculus adds Editshare for Wild at Heart
Oculus Post has bought a four terabyte EditShare storage system to help with production of the next series of ITV1 drama Wild at Heart.
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NewsVitec buys Talkdynamics for£1.4m
Camera peripherals and accessories group Vitec will continue its 2008 spending spree by acquiring the Technologies Talkdynamics business for£1.4m.
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FeaturesYorkshire's got talent
With over 10,000 people working in TV, radio, new media and games, Yorkshire is a key player in the creative sector. Will Strauss takes a look at the shape of the industry and how it is starting to embrace cross-platform production.
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NewsC4 and ITV to launch HD Freeview channels
Channel 4 and ITV will both be allocated slots on Freeview to provide HD services, Ofcom has confirmed.
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NewsOn Sight to hire out P2 cards
On Sight plans to offer Panasonic P2 memory cards for hire as part of a concerted effort by the two companies to make IT-based tapeless working more affordable.
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NewsDigital Vision handed bankruptcy protection
The short-term future of Digital Vision, the Swedish manufacturer behind the Film Master grading system, has been secured after the company successfully applied for its domestic equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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NewsIce Patrol goes tapeless
The makers of a new high definition ob-doc for Five and National Geographic are hoping that tapeless camera technology will help them successfully complete 16 weeks filming and editing on a Royal Navy ship bound for the Antarctic.
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NewsIonostorm to calm participation TV fears
ionoco and Content Guru have fused together their Storm and graphics technologies to create a new end-to-end innovation designed to help producers create participation TV formats.
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NewsHireworks invests in new Avid systems
Hireworks, the Pinewood based Film and TV editing equipment rental company, is continuing its current expansion by investing more than£300,000 in new Avid technology.
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NewsThe Mill joins the data lab providers
The Mill is the latest facilities company to launch a dedicated Data Lab service offering to oversee tapeless shoots and deal with footage through pre, production and post.
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NewsJobs to go as Quantel focuses on software
Editing and effects systems manufacturer Quantel is to cut a significant number of jobs as part of plans to concentrate on software rather than hardware development, Broadcast has learned.
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News3,000 hours of history go online
Colleges are to get free online access to more than 3,000 hours of film and TV news from the past 100 years following a collaboration between academia and the broadcast industry.
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CommentWhose line-in, line-out is it anyway?
In a world where technology transcends boundaries, Will Strauss stumbles across a debate about who the broadcast equipment customer really is.
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NewsRogue Element Films in TV push
Rogue Element Films is hoping to attract more TV producers by offering up its inventory of lenses and 35mm support equipment for hire via a dedicated rental service.
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NewsDolby Digital Plus added to ContentAgent
Root6 Technology has added Dolby Digital Plus to the post-production deliverables on its ContentAgent repurposing platform.
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NewsCase study: You Are Powerful
How three Soho post facilities joined forces to work on a hard-hitting and poignant project for Amnesty International.