All articles by Will – Page 71
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NewsMPC adds to visual effects team
Soho post production facility the Moving Picture Company (MPC) has taken on two new visual effects supervisors.
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NewsPace snares BT Vision set-top box deal
BT Vision hopes to secure 'two to three million subscribers' after signing a deal with Pace for next-generation personal video recorders.
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NewsExtreme Sports gig goes to Arqiva
Arqiva has won a five-year contract to playout the Chello Zone-owned Extreme Sports Channel to Sky.
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NewsQualcomm snaps up mobile-TV spectrum
American mobile technology firm Qualcomm has bought 40 Mhz of UK L-Band radio spectrum for£8.3m.
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NewsLink Research sells wireless systems to SIS
SIS Outside Broadcasts, formerly BBC Outside Broadcasts, has invested ‘several hundred thousand pounds' in L1500 wireless camera systems from Link Research.
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Sony's new camcorder flies off the shelves
Sony has sold more than 500 units of the new PMW-EX3 camcorder in the first month since its launch.
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NewsBrits provide state of the art kit for Moscow
Manchester United and Chelsea won't be the only English participants in next week's Champions League finals, as key Sky Sports personnel and Staines-based outside broadcast company NEP Visions will be providing the host feed from Moscow.
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CommentTechnology that will change the world
Last chance to win stuff! Will Strauss starts a debate about the technology of the future and offers readers the chance to win a free conference pass worth£700 in exchange for their opinions.
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FeaturesAnthony Dod Mantle interview
Director of photography Anthony Dod Mantle explains why he decided to use a virtually untried technology, the Red One camera, on a new high-profile BBC drama.
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NewsFoundry unleashes Ocula
Visual effects software developer The Foundry has developed a series of plug-ins that will help with the post production of stereoscopic 3D content.
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NewsHealth channel to go live with Portland TV
Portland TV will provide bandwidth, playout services and live studio feeds for a new channel dedicated to health and wellbeing.
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NewsPepper picks Omnitek
Test and measurement manufacturer OmniTek has sold four XR image analysis systems to Pepper for use in its newly refurbished post production facility in Geek Street, London.
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NewsBBC1 to use new Red One digital camera
A new BBC1 adaptation is making a little bit of technology history this month as the first reported UK television drama production to use the Red One digital camera.
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NewsUpgrade at GlobeCast will increase capacity
GlobeCast has kicked off an expansion project that encompasses upgrades to master control room (MCR) and media management technology from Omneon, Hewlett Packard and Pharos.
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NewsAutodesk buys Realviz
Autodesk has purchased the image creation products and technology devised by software company Realviz.
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NewsBeam TV to launch subtitling service
Distribution companies IMD and Beam.tv are teaming up to launch a new service for the television commercials market that will make adding subtitles part of the distribution process.
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CommentMaking sense of 1080p
The launch of Freesat means that more consumers will get to access HD content. But what happens if the HD standards change? Will Strauss investigates.
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NewsiTX News sold to BBC
BBC News has bought an iTX News playout and automation system from OmniBus Systems so that it can produce short summaries with a two-person producer-presenter team.
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NewsRed Bee sells Piero to Ireland and Sweden
Red Bee Media, formerly BBC Broadcast, has sold its Piero 3D graphics technology to RTE in Ireland and C More Entertainment in Sweden.
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NewsAvid unveils new Raid arrays
Avid Technology is launching two new storage disk arrays that fuse SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) drive technology with fail-safe data protection to cope with disk drive failure.