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NEW APPOINTMENTS AT ELSTREE FILM STUDIOS
2 Jul 09
Roger Morris is delighted to announce two new appointments to the Elstree Film Studios team.
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VW 'GTI Project' awarded FWA 'site of the month'
30 Jun 09
VW's "GTI Project" Scaletrix-themed microsite has not only garnered an FWA 'site of the month' accolade, it has also caused quite a stir in the blogosphere.
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XDCAM HD DECK ARRIVES AT RENT
30 Jun 09
Rent has added top of the range Letus35 Ultimate DOF adapters to The Farm Group's hire division.
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Fountain Studios First in Line for Apollo
29 Jun 09
Calrec Audio has announced the first sale of its new Apollo console to London-based The Fountain Studios.
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Redflow by sequence post
29 Jun 09
Following the success of recent high end titles sequences shot and posted by Sequence Post using the Red camera, the Pinewood team are officially launching their new service arm: Redflow.
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SIS LIVE unveils latest OB 7 production vehicle
29 Jun 09
New-generation outside broadcast vehicle offers maximum flexibility for clients
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New Data Lab and Scanning Business Manager at MPC
26 Jun 09
MPC has appointed Kerri Aungle as Data Lab and Scanning Business Manager.
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Optimising and Compressing
25 Jun 09
How to compress your footage effectively for internet, mobile and broadcast
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Project Pinewood - Building Britain's Creative Future
25 Jun 09
Pinewood Studios has submitted it planning application for Project Pinewood, a living community for the creative industry.
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Occupation is a powerful new three-part drama serial from BBC Northern Ireland for BBC One, that traces the lives of three British soldiers from the invasion of Basra in March 2003 to the present.
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BBC's team 'Charlotte's Webb' wins UK Screen's Pub Quiz
24 Jun 09
We'd like to congratulate 'Charlotte's Web' on winning UK Screen's pub quiz yesterday, taking away the cash prize.
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Online Post editing Michael Caine's latest feature 'Harry Brown'
23 Jun 09
Marv Films have extended their stay at boutique post production house, Angel Islington's Online Post Production.
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SWEET16 LAUNCH: KODAK, SOHO FILM LAB AND RUSHES TEAM UP FOR EXCITING NEW 16MM INITIATIVE
22 Jun 09
sweet16 is a new offering of packaged services, consisting of stock, lab processing and grading aimed at stimulating the use of 16mm film for commercials, virals and music promos.
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The Mill puts the spark into Adidas
The Mill and 180 Amsterdam have ignited the new ad campaign for Adidas' F50i football boot.
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The Mill New York and Zubi Advertising has worked in partnership on the new Ford Focus commercial entitled 'Book'. This is the second Ford spot The Mill has taken on this year.
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Machine Shop Special Effects have been busy!
22 Jun 09
May and June have been very busy months for Machine Shop Special Effects, especially after May's intense schedule building props and stage rigs in time for the new Take That 'Circus' Live show and also the Mamma Mia 10th anniversary show.
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AWARDS & LAUGHS FOR IPC EDITORS
22 Jun 09
The Independent Post Company is celebrating two recent awards successes for its editors Kim Nikolajsen and Jane Greenwood.
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ENVY Opens Foley St Roof Top Bar
Envy is pleased to announce it's Foley st roof top bar has now officially opened, fully licenced, ready for summer.
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Versatility reigns at Music 4 Studios
19 Jun 09
The versatile team at Music 4 Studios have recently been commissioned to supply custom music for Expedia's new campaign for the Scandinavian market.
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Doghouse Post Production News June 2009
19 Jun 09
Good news from the Team at Doghouse, we continue to expand as the company completes and celebrates it's 5th year in business, we are busy as ever thanks to clients positive word of mouth helping our reputation to spread throughout the region.
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Stories We Tell Ourselves: The Cultural Impact of UK Film 1946-2006
18 Jun 09
The UK Film Council today launches Stories We Tell Ourselves: The Cultural Impact of UK Film 1946-2006.
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THE MILL BACK FOR DOCTOR WHO
18 Jun 09
The Mill has confirmed that they are once again set to weave their visual effects magic on the forthcoming series of BBC ONE's Doctor Who.
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MORE MILL MAGIC FOR MERLIN
18 Jun 09
The Mill is happy to confirm that it is returning to create the visual effects magic for the second series of the hit BBC ONE drama, Merlin.
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Satusfaction editor John Bisset has won this year's Best Anime Golden Trailer Award for Zealot's theatrical trailer of Persepolis.
16 Jun 09
The award was accepted in Los Angeles at the Directors Guild Theater Complex in Los Angeles by producer Mark Berridge on behalf of Zealot UK.
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The Mill Showcases The Mill
15 Jun 09
The Mill New York held its first Creative Showcase on Monday 6 June followed by its legendary annual pre AICP party.
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WIMBLEDON 2009 GOES HD WITH SIS LIVE
15 Jun 09
Europe's leading outside broadcast and uplink supplier provides full HD facilities to BBC Sport
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THE MILL NY WINS AT D&AD AWARDS
12 Jun 09
The Mill NY's Angus Kneale has scooped a prestigious D&AD award for his work on the Coca Cola commercial 'It's Mine' in the TV & Cinema Crafts / Special Effects category.
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MANCHESTER STAR STARTS PRODUCTION COMPANY THANKS TO FUTUREWORKS
12 Jun 09
Bury lad Tom Bohan was last seen producing his first ever music video for The Hollow Earth Theory in the state of the art Futureworks studio back in January, and now he's back for more, setting up a production company based on his success.
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Cinesite Expands Production Capacity For Major Fox Award
12 Jun 09
Cinesite announced today that we have been awarded a major visual effects contract for the Twentieth Century Fox production Marmaduke, scheduled for release in 2012.
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Salon expands with significant new investment in Avid products.
11 Jun 09
Salon, the UK's longest established editing equipment hire company, has recently made a significant investment in new Avid systems to expand its ever increasing fleet.
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rushes presents straight 8 cannes advertising festival fringe screening - 2009
10 Jun 09
"the only thing in cannes worth setting an alarm for. but set two?
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The Mill announce 'Mill Colour' iPhone app
9 Jun 09
The Mill is proud to announce the launch of Mill Colour, a unique photo grading application for the iPhone that has been developed as a business to business tool for our clients and as a consumer friendly app.
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RUSHES SOHO SHORTS RE-CREATE AN ICONIC FILM MOMENT TO PROMOTE THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL
9 Jun 09
Conceived by Paul White and directed by Trevor De Silva, Rushes have produced their own version of the J. Arthur Rank title sequence to introduce this year's short film festival.
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Autodesk Flare: New Visual Effects Software Adopted Around the Globe
9 Jun 09
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) has announced that its new Autodesk Flare visual effects software - launched just one month ago - has been licensed by five post-production companies across three continents.
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Online Post and Windfall - The Operation: Surgery Live
9 Jun 09
Online Post Production has completed the pre-TX offline editing, online editing and final website encoding requirements for The Operation: Surgery Live for Windfall Films and Channel 4.
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European Conference on Visual Media Production
12-13th November 2009
British Film Institute Southbank, London
http://www.cvmp-conference.org
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Stephen Tompkinson's African Balloon Adventure given lift-off by blue
5 Jun 09
A documentary following actor Stephen Tompkinson on the journey of a lifetime has been post produced by blue, the UK broadcast arm of the Prime Focus Group.
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UNIT APPOINTS COMMERCIALS PRODUCER KELLY COOK
4 Jun 09
UNIT, one of the UK's leading post production and visual effects companies, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kelly Cook as a Producer, responsible for developing and growing UNIT's portfolio of commercials work.
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Hayward joins Avid to lead North Region Sales Team
4 Jun 09
Avid has appointed Simon Hayward as North Region Director.
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RUSHES SOHO SHORTS ANNOUNCES THE OFFICIAL SELECTION THEIR 11TH YEAR
1 Jun 09
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival is proud to announce its Official Selection and two new competitive categories for 2009.
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THE VISION CHARITY SOHO FUN RUN IS BACK
1 Jun 09
Yes, it's that time already - we're back, and this year it is happening on: Thursday July 9th
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This month's winner of Shining Stars goes to Robin Durham, Buildings Manager at Rushes.
29 May 09
Robin has the challenging job of looking after a complex building and 100 employees.
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Twickenham Film Studios goes HD
28 May 09
Twickenham Film Studios is pleased to announce that Dubbing Theatre 1 is now fully HD capable.
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FINISH POST OLD SPECKLED HEN IDENTS
28 May 09
Finish has completed vfx work on a series of humorous and quirky idents for the British beer Old Speckled Hen directed by Mark Nunneley through RSA.
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VFX roles added to Skills Shortage List
28 May 09
We are delighted to report that the Government has accepted in full the revised recommended shortage occupation list published by the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) last month.
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Help shape UK Screen events...join the new Events Committee!
28 May 09
We are inviting members of UK Screen to work closely with the association to deliver interesting topical events relevant to your particular sector.
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Producer newsletter to launch
28 May 09
We will be launching a new, quarterly newsletter which will be circulated to production companies.
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Since its launch the Red camera has had a huge impact in the camera market. Firstly, it continues the acceleration towards the extensive use of digital cameras in all genre's, but the Red essentially provides a product at a fraction of the price tag of the traditional players offerings.
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A Stellar Line-up for Edinburgh International Television Festival 2009
27 May 09
The 35th annual MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival launches today with an impressive line-up of creative and industry luminaries.
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Calling all factual programme makers
27 May 09
Two days, fourteen high impact sessions, fifty of the most important speakers and the perfect central London venue... all contribute to the most important event this year for factual programme makers: The Intelligent Factual Festival 2009 on the 14th and 15th July
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Breathe purchase and install Digidesign Icon ES D-Control mixing console
27 May 09
Breathe Post is proud to announce purchase and installation of a Digidesign Icon ES D-Control mixing console.
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Ironman Nick Cowan Completes One of the World's Toughest Challenges
27 May 09
Acoustic and studio design consultancy would like to congratulate Nick Cowan, owner of Modern World Studios in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, for completing The Ironman Lanzarote in a highly respectable time of 14 hours, 38 minutes and 25 seconds.
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Business Training and Support for Independent UK Film Companies
26 May 09
Skillset provides a free consultancy service to help independent UK film companies develop their business to be amongst the best in the world and compete successfully in the global marketplace.
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BRIGHTON TV FORMS A 3D STEREOSCOPIC PARTNERSHIP WITH SGO MISTIKA
26 May 09
SGO, a leading European developer of high-end solutions for the post production and broadcast industries, and Brighton TV, a leading UK facilities house, are pleased to announce they have formed a strategic partnership to develop SGO Mistika's 3D stereoscopic capabilities.
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THE SENATE VISUAL EFFECTS BUILDS TWO THOUSAND YEAR OLD PANTHEON FOR ANGELS AND DEMONS
26 May 09
Following their exceptional work on The Da Vinci Code, Visual Effects Supervisor Angus Bickerton returned to The Senate Visual Effects to create a number of sequences for the follow up thriller Angels and Demons.
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Locomotion 3D creates 3D brand hero for Buzz Monkey Energy drink
26 May 09
Locomotion's 3D team has just created a cool and crazy dancing brand hero for Buzz Monkey Energy, an Australian energy drink.
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News From Met Film
21 May 09
Met Film Production is delighted to announce the release of Little Ashes on Friday 8th May in the UK, USA and Spain.
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Met Film Post delivers entire post on The Story Of
21 May 09
Met Film Post has just finished the entire post-production for The Story Of, Abadi Films and Change the World Productions' rock and roll comedy adventure directed by James Abadi and starring Tamsin Eggerton, of St. Trinians' fame.
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Met Film Post and The Infidel
21 May 09
Met Film Post will be delivering the online edit, grade and mastering of The Infidel, a co-production between Met Film Production and Slingshot Studios.
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RUSHES CREATE 'BIGGER' EURO FOR HYUNDAI I30 COMMERCIAL
20 May 09
Serious Pictures director and DOP John Pardue completed this latest instalment, the third in a series of recent commercials also posted at Rushes, for Hyundai Motor Europe.
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Open Effects Association Formed At Nab 2009 - Promoting Open Standards for Visual Effects -
20 May 09
Seven companies joined forces at NAB last month to launch The Open Effects Association.
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Rowan Bray Joins Halo
20 May 09
HALO Post Production have announced the appointment of Rowan Bray to the position of 'Business Development Manager'.
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FINISH COMPLETES WORK ON STRIKING VIRAL FILM FOR AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
20 May 09
Soho based VFX specialists, Finish, have completed work on a powerful new viral film for Amnesty International entitled DEFY THEM, which was conceived by WCRS and produced by Therapy Films.
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Angels and Demons
19 May 09
Ron Howard has completed Angels and Demons, the second outing of the Dan Brown franchise featuring Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks).
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The 1st Annual London FCPUG SuperMeet
19 May 09
Academy Class are proud to sponsor the The 1st Annual London FCPUG SuperMeet!
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The Hospital Club launches its quest to unearth the real power dynamics behind the scenes of London's creative and media industries
19 May 09
The Hospital Club 100, now in its second year, launches its search this week to find the most powerful movers and shakers in the creative and media industries, with the emphasis on genuine current contribution and importance, not just the size of someone's celebrity status, profile, bank balance, titles or past reputation.
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Enjoy England's view from above posted at PFL
18 May 09
A new commercial for VisitEngland featuring spectacular aerial snaps of some of England's top attractions has been post produced at Prime Focus London.
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The Mill wins at BAFTA
18 May 09
The Mill wins a BAFTA Craft Award in the Visual Effects category for their work on 'Doctor Who - Fires of Pompeii' for the BBC.
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FROM COBBLES TO COACHING ~ CORONATION STREET CREDITS DOP JOINS FUTUREWORKS
18 May 09
One of the men behind the legendary opening credits of Coronation Street is joining Manchester media school Futureworks - and helping students create a TV-style drama all of their own.
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RUSHES POST NEW KETTLE CHIPS COMMERCIAL
14 May 09
Th1ng director Daniel Cohen has directed and stop frame animated the latest commercial for Kettle Chips, with Rushes carrying out the full post.
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DOUBLE NEGATIVE RECREATE THE VATICAN FOR "ANGELS AND DEMONS"
14 May 09
The team behind "The Da Vinci Code" has returned to bring us the film version of Angels and Demons, based on the novel of the same name by Dan Brown.
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LUCOZADE SPORT LAUNCHES 'EVOLUTION' COMMERCIAL CAMPAIGN
13 May 09
Tony Kaye has directed a series of Lucozade Sport commercials for its 'Evolution' campaign with Rushes carrying out the full post production on this VFX heavy project, which included the completion of over 100 VFX shots.
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Darryl Bolton joins Prime Focus London as Business Development Consultant
12 May 09
Prime Focus London has appointed Darryl Bolton as business development consultant to work closely with PFL's production and sales teams.
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REVAMPED EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON VISUAL MEDIA PRODUCTION (CVMP) CALLS FOR PARTICIPATION
12 May 09
CVMP, the European Conference on Visual Media Production (www.cvmp-conference.org), is now announcing its call for submissions.
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New Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard 3D art installation posted at PFL
8 May 09
British artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard's 3D video installation has been post produced by Prime Focus London.
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ELSTREE STUDIOS TO OPEN DOORS ON NEW GREEN-SCREEN FACILITY WITH ROGUE ELEMENT FILMS
6 May 09
Rogue Element Films provides digital film rental with a full digital data workflow and a host of support services.
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THE HUNT FOR GOLLUM REACHES MANCHESTER
1 May 09
This week sees the premiere of a new Lord of the Rings film made entirely by fans - and Manchester based Futureworks helped create what is could be one of the biggest independent, not-for-profit short films ever made.
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MAC recognises VFX Skills Shortage
1 May 09
Last month we were awaiting publication of the MAC (Migration Advisory Committee) Report to see whether they would support our submission and recommend to Government that the current shortage occupation lists be updated to include specified visual effects roles.
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Recession Study: Have your say
1 May 09
Skillset is compiling evidence on skills issues for the Creative Media Industry as a result of the recession.
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Kasabian's Fire promo posted at PFL
1 May 09
Prime Focus London has completed post production on Kasabian's promo for their new song Fire.
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Appleton wins April's Shining Stars Recognition Scheme
1 May 09
We are pleased to announce the winner of April's Shining Star award is Mat Appleton who works as Head of Client Services for ENVY.
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TC Soho add to HD Inventory
30 Apr 09
TC Soho Ltd has expanded its HD duplication services with the purchase of a HDCAM SR 5800 Recorder and a HDCAM M2000 Recorder.
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Toby Alington to Record Classical Brits @ Royal Albert Hall
29 Apr 09
Toby Alington, MD of Richmond Studios, will be producing the Classical BRIT Awards broadcast soundtrack for BRITs TV, for the 10th year running.
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Entirely CG Sequence By Cinesite For Wolverine
29 Apr 09
Cinesite has created a series of shots for Foxs Wolverine, released in the UK today, involving an entirely CG plane, clouds, ground and sky.
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Sequence create opening titles for 2009 Royal Ascot
28 Apr 09
Sequence have just been commissioned by Sunset & Vine to create bespoke opening titles for the 2009 Royal Ascot event on BBC1.
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New West End office business centre offers touch of cinematic history
28 Apr 09
The opening of a newly refurbished grade II listed building at one heddon street brings a touch of cinematic glamour and history within reach of UK Screen Association members seeking office space, meeting rooms or virtual offices in the West End.
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Envy does full post on 'Kerry Katona - What's the problem' title sequence and promos for MTV.
28 Apr 09
Creating the promos and title sequence for MTV One's new show Kerry - What's the Problem? Kerry was filmed in an entirely mirrored environment, her repeated reflections representing the light and dark sides of her life, and their seemingly infinite depth.
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Leading your team through the recession
28 Apr 09
management techniques for the creative and digital media industry
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North One Television take home a BAFTA
27 Apr 09
Sequence Post would like to congratulate North One Television on their 2009 BAFTA for the Brazil coverage of the ITV F1 series in 2008.
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Glyph Products Now Available from Salon
27 Apr 09
Salon Pro Sales, the sales arm of successful editing equipment rental company Salon, has recently added Glyph products to their range of solutions aimed at Creative Professionals.
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Sequence W1 to open in May
27 Apr 09
The team have secured their 3rd Sequence site, following on from the already established Pinewood Studios site and recently developed Chiswick Park facility
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The Pavement joins forces with Goldcrest Group
27 Apr 09
London's premier media and motion graphic production company, The Pavement, today announces it has secured major new investment from Goldcrest Group ? one of the largest independent film production and post production companies in the US and UK.
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Release of SHIFTY - Film London Microwave's second successful feature out today
24 Apr 09
Today sees the much anticipated release of Shifty, the second feature from Film London's Microwave, the highly successful micro-budget film-making scheme run in partnership with BBC Films and supported by Skillset.
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Big Sunday - BBC Studios and Post Production supports live and fast turn-around editing on four major sporting events
24 Apr 09
On Sunday 26 April, BBC Studios and Post Production's Sport area on the second floor of Television Centre will act as a nerve centre, supporting live and fast turn-around editing for four major sporting events - The London Marathon, Moto GP from Japan, F1 from Bahrain and Match of the Day 2.
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When you want to look your very best you go straight to the top, as in schmutter, so in digital animation.
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DVD MARKET REMAINS STRONG FOR REFINE WITH FIRST RETAIL BLU-RAY
22 Apr 09
Newly rebranded DVD authoring business re:fine, previously known as 24-7DVD, has announced a batch of recent commissions to author and produce various DVD projects including its first Blu-Ray DVD title for retail.
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News from the NAB Show Floor
21 Apr 09
Smoke & Mirrors London First to Adopt Flare - Autodesk's New Product
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NAB 2009: Autodesk to Show New Versions of Visual Effects Systems for Film and TV and to Launch Flare - Hot Addition to the Product Line-up
20 Apr 09
Flame, Inferno and Flare Focus on Creativity, Productivity and Rapid RED Workflow
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Avid Unveils New Brand Identity
20 Apr 09
New identity reflects move to integrate five industry-leading businesses and commitment to deliver interoperable, open audio and video solutions to customers
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Avid Announces Surge of Third-Party Integrations at NAB '09
20 Apr 09
Continues to deliver open solutions with integration of third-party camera, server and automation technology
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Award-Winning Creative Team from Slumdog Millionaire Joins Avid at NAB 2009
20 Apr 09
Award-winning customers Editor Chris Dickens and Composer A.R. Rahman guest appearance set to wow audio and video community on show floor
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VET Training offers a special rate for the Post production 101 editing course on 30 April
17 Apr 09
If you direct editors or manage edits, then the Post production 101 course is an essential and perfect foundation which also prepares for further Avid or Final Cut Pro training.
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Tonight's the Night - BBC Studios and Post Production supports new HD entertainment show
17 Apr 09
BBC Studios and Post Production is supporting the new glitzy Saturday night entertainment series Tonight's the Night, enabling ordinary people to live out their performing dreams for real and become the most unlikely stars that Saturday night has ever seen.
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ITV COMMISSIONS COLTRANE IN
16 Apr 09
ITV has commissioned a new three-part genre thriller, Murderland, starring Robbie Coltrane, based at world famous Elstree Studios.
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Terrestrial high-definition TV pilot launched in UK with Arqiva and Enensys collaboration
16 Apr 09
Arqiva and Enensys are playing a leading role in the terrestrial high-definition TV (HDTV) pilot launched recently from the Crystal Palace transmitter in south London, utilising the new DVB-T2 standard.
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KENNEDY BRINGS MUSIC TO REFINE
16 Apr 09
Newly rebranded content processing and re-purposing business re:fine has announced the latest recruit to its commercial team in the form of Alex Kennedy who joins the company as Business Development Executive.
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We're back for our fourth consecutive year, we've got an exciting new venue and nominations will open shortly. So be sure you've got Tuesday 22nd September firmly in your diary and get ready to celebrate the very best of British sound.
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Less than 2 weeks left for submissions to 11th Rushes Soho Shorts Festival
14 Apr 09
The submission deadline is 23rd April 2009.
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Prime Focus Technologies appoint Dafydd Upsdell as Director of Sales for UK
14 Apr 09
Dafydd Upsdell, the former content strategy manager for Beam TV has joined Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) as director of sales for the UK.
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NAB 2009: Autodesk Presents Visual Effects Software for Digital Entertainment Creation
14 Apr 09
New versions and new product launch raise creative bar and help to improve efficiency
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Digital Vision Presents: The Kings of Colour - Las Vegas and London
8 Apr 09
For those not travelling to NAB, Las Vegas this month, Digital Vision will bring a little bit of Vegas to Soho by showcasing our new products in parallel, at NAB and at our Wardour Street office, London, from the 20th - 23rd April.
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Arqiva appoints Wireless Access Customer Director
6 Apr 09
Arqiva has appointed Maura Coyne as Customer Director for its Wireless Access division.
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Machine Shop and Girls Aloud.
6 Apr 09
The Girls Aloud video promo for their new single 'Untouchable', directed by Marco Puig, premiered on the 25th of March with special effects and models provided by Machine Shop.
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Machine Shop; Cracking ideas.
6 Apr 09
The new exhibition project entitled 'Wallace & Gromit Present a World of Cracking Ideas' features a 1000m2 model of the Aardman animation characters' house and garden filled with various physical and audio visual interactive exhibits.
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How to lead and manage your team effectively - two day workshop.
6 Apr 09
The current economic climate presents a series of challenges and opportunities in the creative and digital media industry. It is now more important than ever to be able to lead and manage your team effectively through periods of change.
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Here Comes The Conch
6 Apr 09
We're back for our fourth consecutive year, we've got an exciting new venue and nominations will open shortly. So be sure you've got Tuesday 22nd September firmly in your diary and get ready to celebrate the very best of British sound.
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Feature Film Sound
6 Apr 09
When it comes to sound, how do US film executives and directors choose their top flight talent and facilities? What influences their decision? What are their experiences of working in the UK? How do they perceive our talent base? And equally importantly what do we think they think??
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Visual Effects Skills Shortages
6 Apr 09
We should hear later this month whether the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) upholds the joint submission by UK Screen and Skillset and recommends to Government that the current shortage occupation lists be updated to include specified visual effects roles.
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Statutory holiday extends to 28 days
6 Apr 09
The statutory holiday entitlement has changed.
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UK Screen hosts Fund Raising Seminar
6 Apr 09
Last week's 'Fund Raising and Financial Fun in a Depression' seminar at Coutts proved to be a very interesting evening.
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Over 8,000 productions added to MediaBase
6 Apr 09
MediaBase, the online database for production activity in the UK, has had a boost with over 8,000 productions added to the site.
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Prime Focus London adds some 'Uplifting Volume' to Herbal Essences
3 Apr 09
Prime Focus London has completed post production on the latest Herbal Essences commercial, 'Uplifting Volume.'
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Prime Focus London grades Knightley's Woman's Aid appeal
3 Apr 09
Prime Focus London's Tareq Kubaisi has graded the latest hard-hitting appeal from Woman's Aid.
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White Mark Brings World-Class Acoustics To Splice TV's New Audio Facilities
3 Apr 09
Acoustic and studio design consultancy White Mark Ltd has completed a major acoustic re-fit of the audio control room and voice-over booth at Splice TV Ltd in London's Shoreditch.
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Men-from-Mars/Pixion helps Indias film makers tell epic tale on an epic scale
3 Apr 09
Simon Frame senior vfx supervisor/co-founder at Men-from-Mars took command of several thousand local theatre artistes, a film crew of 430, cranes, and helicopters for epic scenes in acclaimed director Prakash Jahs (Indian) star studded thriller, 'Rajneeti`.
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Endgame delivers rave reviews at Sundance while Men-from-Mars delivers the crowds
3 Apr 09
Director Pete Travis turned to Men-from-Mars/Molinare to add fully digital crowds to a handful of shots in his soon to be released political thriller Endgame.
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Men-from-Mars delivers over 1000 shots in 8 weeks on green screen Web series Gemini Division
3 Apr 09
Leading US web drama company Electric Farm Entertainment put Men-from-Mars Indian pipeline to the test on their tight turn around web series "Gemini Division" for NBC Universal.
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ZERO DB CREWS & POSTS "BULLRUN" HD SERIES FOR SPEEDtv
3 Apr 09
Zero DB, the Queens Park-based broadcast facility, is nearing the end of a 19 week project shooting & posting 10 x 1 hour "Bullrun" shows in HD for the US Fox SPEEDtv network.
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ZERO DB CREWS FOR ANT & DEC'S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY
3 Apr 09
Zero DB, the Queens Park-based broadcast facility, supplied the main PSC crews & equipment for the location-based team challenges in the recent Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway series of shows for ITV 1.
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UK Screen Association
3 Apr 09
Evidence submitted to the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications: The British film and television industries
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BBC Resources becomes 'BBC Studios and Post Production' under new leadership
1 Apr 09
BBC Resources is merging its Studios and Post Production divisions and has appointed a new leadership team, reporting to CEO Mark Thomas.
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Hireworks hires new staff and opens new rental base in Soho
1 Apr 09
Film and TV editing equipment rental company Hireworks (www.Hireworks.tv) has recruited hire specialist Danny Simmonds to head up a new operation in Soho.
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Oscar win for AMPS member.
1 Apr 09
AMPS is pleased to congratulate one of its members, "Slumdog Millionaire" Re-Recording Mixer Ian Tapp, on his 'Oscar' for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing, alongside Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty.
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Get Certified with Academy Class and get discounts off Apple software and hardware
1 Apr 09
All end users who attend an Apple Training Class with Academy Class and take the Certification Exam are eligible for a discount from Apple Online Telesales.
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Former Technicolor Subtitling Head joins ITFC
1 Apr 09
ITFC today announced the appointment of Stewart Dickison as Media Access Operations Manager.
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RUSHES AND ITCH FILM TEAM UP FOR HOT MELTS PROMO
31 Mar 09
Following his successful run of videos to launch emerging British indie bands such as The Kaiser Chiefs, The Kooks and The Automatic, Itch director Charlie Paul's talents have been called upon again to produce the Hot Melts first release, 'Edith'.
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Smegtastic! Dave's Red Dwarf Goes Red 4k
31 Mar 09
Evolutions, Soho's largest independent post production facility, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the contract to complete the post production on Dave's new series, 'Red Dwarf: Back to Earth'.
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USC Equips New Cutting Edge Cinema Arts Facility with more than 260 Avid Audio and Video Solutions
30 Mar 09
School of Cinematic Arts gives students opportunity to unleash their creativity with industry-standard media creation tools used by today's professionals
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Ben Affleck to Podcast on Experience Using Avid Media Composer
30 Mar 09
Actor, Director to discuss his experiences using Media Composer while filming and editing his documentary "Gimme Shelter"
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600 ODD CREATURE SHOTS
30 Mar 09
Primeval, ITV's critically acclaimed, smash hit adventure series, returns on March 28th 2009 to take a monster size chunk out of Saturday nights.
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STAR WARS RETURN TO ELSTREE STUDIOS WITH A MUSICAL SPECTACULAR
30 Mar 09
ELSTREE STUDIOS are thrilled to welcome back Star Wars, this time with STAR WARS: A MUSICAL JOURNEY.
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blue rustles up another Great British Menu
30 Mar 09
Great British Menu returns to our screens for a fourth series and blue is again providing the post production work.
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Arqiva named as principal cell site partner for pioneering 3G network integration project
27 Mar 09
Mobile Broadband Network Limited (MBNL), the joint venture between T-Mobile UK and 3 UK formed to create and manage what will be the UK's most extensive 3G network, has selected Arqiva as its strategic partner for the provision of cell sites.
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RUSHES AT STOKE YOUR FIRES 2009
25 Mar 09
As part of its continued commitment to young animators and the animation industry, Rushes is delighted to be supporting this year's Stoke Your Fires Festival of Animation.
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Locomotion creates 'Cupcakes' to promote BUG, London's essential music video event.
25 Mar 09
Soho-based 3D / VFX specialist Locomotion creates the second in a series of spectacular spots to promote music video showcase BUG 09's spring season of events, held at BFI Southbank.
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Autodesk Introduces 3ds Max 2010 Software at Game Developers Conference
24 Mar 09
New Release Offers Innovative Creative Tools, Powerful Scene Management Capabilities and Enhanced Support for Interoperability and Pipeline Integration
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This month's winner of Shining Stars goes to Emma Shannon, Post Production Supervisor at mediahouse (IMG Media Ltd).
23 Mar 09
Emma has been a member of the mediahouse bookings team for seven years and General Manager, Karen Mullins praises her commitment, efficiency and reliability throughout this time.
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ALIAS SMITH AND SINGH APPOINTS DANNY DAWSON AS UK HIRE MANAGER
23 Mar 09
Alias Smith and Singh, one of the UK's premier broadcast technology hire companies, today announced the appointment of Danny Dawson as Hire Manager.
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Arqiva completes new management team
18 Mar 09
Arqiva CEO Tom Bennie has finalised his new management board following integration of the former National Grid Wireless, which was acquired in April 2007 but operated independently until September 2008.
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Two great FREE offers from Televisual this spring...
16 Mar 09
We all know that times could be easier, so we hope that Televisual's two great offers should put a spring back in your step
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BRITISH SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS SHOW A SUCCESS AT ELSTREE STUDIOS
16 Mar 09
Last weekend Elstree Studios hosted one of the most important events in the UK film calendar - the British Society of Cinematographers exhibition.
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422 South came out tops!
13 Mar 09
CGI and visual effects house 422 South were last night recognised with a Media Innovation Award at the Gala dinner event and awards ceremony held in Bristol last night.
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ASCENT 142 AND RUSHES TEAM UP FOR PICTURE POST AND FULL VFX ON LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS
13 Mar 09
Ascent 142 completed full picture post and Rushes all 250 VFX shots on Lesbian Vampire Killers, the debut feature from Phil Claydon, starring James Corden and Matthew Horne and the first (UK) movie to be shot entirely on RED camera.
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Tina Turner Live, Arnhem
12 Mar 09
Toby Alington, MD of Richmond Studios, joins Tina Turner in Arnhem, Holland, next week to record her concerts at the Gelredome on March 21 & 22 for TV and DVD release.
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MPC Vancouver completes VFX for Watchmen
11 Mar 09
Zack Snyder has directed 'Watchmen' the DC Comics graphic novel inspired release for Warner Bros Studios.
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Depeche Mode, Wrong
11 Mar 09
Patrick Daughters directed 'Wrong,' Depeche Mode's first single from their latest album, Sounds of the Universe.
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The Farm Group's broadcast hire arm, RENT, reaches it's first birthday and adds the Letus35 Ultimate film adapter and prime lenses to its stock.
11 Mar 09
The Farm Group's broadcast hire arm, Rent, has celebrated its first full year of operation and after the success of 2008 is increasing its expansion plans for 2009.
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Rosie Beauvais Joins 'The Farm'
11 Mar 09
The Farm has recruited senior producer Rosie Beauvais from Ascent Media to head up the production team at Uncle Duplication & Digital Media, the group's specialist video transfer, encoding and DVD authoring facility.
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ENVY EXPANDS VFX DEPARTMENT
11 Mar 09
Envy has opened a new VFX Support department with 8 workstations setup for 2D and 3D work at Rathbone Place.
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Avid Delivers Native XDCAM Support and Industry First Stereoscopic 3D Capabilities with Latest Versions of Editing Software
11 Mar 09
Customers to benefit from creative editorial enhancements, a more open Avid architecture and streamlined HD workflows
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Avid Announces Native RED Support
11 Mar 09
Customers benefit from simplified ingest process and full offline to online Advanced RED Conform Workflow
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Aquarium's team 'Fish' wins UK Screen's Pub Quiz
10 Mar 09
We'd like to congratulate 'Fish' on winning UK Screen's pub quiz last week, taking away the Ģ200 prize money.
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Prime Focus London lights up the magic for Rankin & Chris's VO5 Elixir spot
9 Mar 09
Prime Focus London has completed post production on a new ad campaign by agency Euro RSCG London for VO5 Elixirs, Alberto Culver's latest range of hair care
products.
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Molinare upgrade Audio department
9 Mar 09
Molinare have recently upgraded the Audio department at their D'Arblay Street site.
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Howard Hymanson joins Harbottle & Lewis as Co-Head of Employment
9 Mar 09
Harbottle & Lewis is delighted to announce that employment law specialist, Howard Hymanson, has joined the firm as a Partner and will Co-Head the Employment Group with Marian Derham.
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REFINE SECURES FILM AND TV CONTENT DELIVERY APPROVAL FOR ITUNES
6 Mar 09
Newly rebranded content processing and re-purposing business re:fine, previously known as Vode has been approved by Apple's music and video platform itunes to deliver both film and TV content.
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straight 8 not quite too late...deadline extended to 30th march
5 Mar 09
br8king news...2009 entry deadline extended to 30th march!
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blue gets busy in the kitchen as Heston prepares a feast
3 Mar 09
blue has completed post production on Heston's Feasts, superchef Heston Blumenthal's latest series, which sees the gastronomic genius look to the future of food by studying traditional dishes from the past.
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PFL post Anton Corbijn's 'Linear' - to be released with new U2 album
2 Mar 09
Prime Focus London has completed post production on Anton Corbijn's latest film, Linear.
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Rushes Soho Shorts Showcase hits Copenhagen
2 Mar 09
Rushes Soho Shorts, Bornshorts and the Danish newspaper Politiken have teamed up to bring Copenhagen a night full of exciting short films, animations and music videos.
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MEANWHILE, DOUBLE NEGATIVE CREATE BROODING FUTURISTIC CITY FOR FRANKLYN
27 Feb 09
Described as an urban fairytale, Franklyn tells the story of anti-hero, Preest (Ryan Phillippe) and opens in the UK today.
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Oscar Winner for Best Visual Effects "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" Shaped with Autodesk Technology
26 Feb 09
Autodesk Applauds 81st Annual Academy Award Winners and Nominees
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Oscar Glory for Pinewood Post's Mixers
25 Feb 09
Pinewood Post's re-recording mixers Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp were awarded the Oscar for Achievement in Sound Mixing on Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire at this year's Academy Awards.
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Autodesk Introduces Softimage 7.5 Software
25 Feb 09
Enhancements to the Software Help Artists Work More Efficiently
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Double Negative wins VES award for The Dark Knight.
23 Feb 09
Double Negative's visual effects work was honoured at the 7th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards, which took place on Los Angeles on 21st February 2009.
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Brits Oscar Success
23 Feb 09
UK Screen Association congratulates the UK feature film industry on yesterday's Oscar success.
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Man On Wire wins the Acadamy Award for Best Documentary Feature
23 Feb 09
James Marsh's documentary of Phillipe Petit's wire walk between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Centre in 1974 has scooped the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature at the 2009 Academy Awards
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UK Screen Announces February's Shining Star
23 Feb 09
UK Screen, the trade body that represents UK service companies to the film and television screen industries, has announced the winner of February's Shining Star award: Alison Fearn who works as Co-ordinator at Pinewood Studios Group.
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Prime Focus London delivers Sarah's Story
20 Feb 09
A powerful new cinema campaign designed to highlight the shocking effects of motor neurone disease (MND) and the work of the charity Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA) has been post produced by Prime Focus London.
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422 speeds up workflow with Autodesk Smoke
20 Feb 09
422, the Manchester-based post production house, has invested in a third Autodesk Smoke editing and finishing system.
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Your chance to tell Westminster City Council what support your business needs
19 Feb 09
01zero-one would like to invite you to an event to meet Councillor Brian Connell, Westminster's Cabinet Member for Economic Development.
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Autodesk at NAB 2009
19 Feb 09
Stand SL2120 ? Las Vegas Convention Center
20-23 April
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STRAIGHT 8 AND RUSHES TEAM UP FOR 2009 EVENTS, SCREENINGS AND MORE ...
19 Feb 09
straight 8, the filmmaking experience like no other, is underway for 2009 and Rushes and straight 8 are excited to announce that they'll be teaming up again this year, more than ever before, through a programme of screenings, events and spreading the word further and wider!
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GMTV Updates News and Video Operations with End-To-End Avid Workflow
19 Feb 09
Scalable media network solution provides seamless workflow and automation capabilities
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Prime Focus appoints Michael Constantine as Director of Global Marketing
18 Feb 09
~ Former Leo Burnett agency leader takes strategic role at global Visual Entertainment Services group ~
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House of Cards is a new spot created by Leo Burnett as part of a campaign for homeless charity Shelter.
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VET Training runs HD camera workshop for Birds Eye View
16 Feb 09
VET Training is running a 1/2 day HD camera workshop in support of Birds Eye View, the film festival which celebrates women filmmakers.
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AZIMUTH FINISHES Ģ275k REFIT
16 Feb 09
Azimuth Post Production has just completed a Ģ275,000 refurbishment of its D'Arblay Street facility that was formerly occupied by Resolution.
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RUSHES GRADE U2'S 'GET ON YOUR BOOTS' FOR ALEX COURTES AT PARTIZAN
13 Feb 09
Alex Courtes at Partizan has directed the music video for U2's latest release 'Get On Your Boots' with grade and conform carried out at Rushes.
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PFL finishes Stroke Awareness Campaign for COI
13 Feb 09
Prime Focus London has completed the post-production on a new ad campaign which is aimed at raising awareness of the symptoms of a stroke.
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REFINE BOLSTERS MANAGEMENT WITH HEAD OF OPERATIONS
12 Feb 09
Newly rebranded content processing and re-purposing business re:fine, encompassing the companies previously known as 24-7DVD, Vode and Caseys Film and Video, has added a key player to strengthen its executive team in the shape of Brett Symes.
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Avid Customers Create Top 10 Grossing Films of 2008
11 Feb 09
Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that creative teams behind all of 2008's most popular and most watched films worldwide, used one or more Avid products in the production process of the film.
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Australia, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Frost/Nixon, Milk, Valkyrie and More
10 Feb 09
Autodesk Technology Helps Artists Shape Movie Magic
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'Man on Wire' wins BAFTA
10 Feb 09
We are delighted to announce that Man On Wire, which was posted in full at Molinare, won 'Outstanding British Film' at the 2009 Baftas on the 8th February.
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Artem create excellent inventions for Ed & Oucho
10 Feb 09
Artem Special Effects were contacted by BBC Scotland to assist with their new CBBC science series Ed & Oucho's Excellent Inventions, which sees Ed and his sidekick, Oucho the cactus, setting off on an inventing adventure around the UK.
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RUSHES COMPLETE SPONSORSHIP PACKAGING FOR AVONMORE BRAND
9 Feb 09
Rushes have completed post on 8 new sponsorship packages for Irish dairy brand Avonmore.
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FRAMESTORE SCOOPS TWO TOP AWARDS AT IMAGINA 2009
9 Feb 09
This year's Imagina Awards, held in Monte Carlo on 5th February 2009, saw Framestore win two of the nine awards.
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Let's hear it for British Sound
9 Feb 09
UK Screen Association congratulates the UK feature film sound industry on yesterday's BAFTA win as well as its multiple award nominations this month.
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3 BAFTAs for World Class British Studios
9 Feb 09
Pinewood and Shepperton Studios were both awarded a BAFTA during last night's ceremony for their Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema, with Pinewood Post's re-recording mixers Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp plus Glenn Freemantle and his team at Pinewood-based Sound 24 receiving the prestigious award for creating the Sound on Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.
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Machine Shop new website!
9 Feb 09
Machine Shop is proud to announce the new (beta) website is now online!
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Machine Shop to work on Cracking Ideas!
9 Feb 09
Machine Shop has recently been appointed to work on a new interactive exhibition at the Science Museum for SGA Productions.
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Autodesk is seeking submissions for its Best of the Best Show Reel 2009
9 Feb 09
Autodesk is seeking submissions for its Best of the Best Show Reel 2009 which will be showcased at NAB (the National Association of Broadcasters Convention) in Las Vegas on 20-23 April.
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TC Digitising Service
9 Feb 09
In its ongoing release of new services in 2009, duplication company TC Soho Ltd has set up a new digitising service to cater for companies and individuals with editing systems but without VTR deck capability.
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The Joint cut for the BRITs
6 Feb 09
After returning from the Christmas break, it was straight back into work for The Joint who have been cutting the surround shows and packages for The BRIT Awards 2009 Launch Party.
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Russell Stopford joins Met Film
6 Feb 09
Met Film is delighted to welcome Russell Stopford who has recently joined Met Film full-time as Managing Director of Met Film Post and Met Film Creative.
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Sound Investment - BBC Post Production launches new 5.1 suite
6 Feb 09
BBC Post Production is launching a second 5.1 sound suite, the Blue Theatre, in response to a growing customer demand for 5.1 mixing and to support the BBC's HD channel requirements.
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Soho Editors Announce Training Offers
6 Feb 09
Soho Editors Training are pleased to announce that we have some new and exciting special offers for 2009.
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SUNSHINE AND ROYLE FAMILY SHOOTS CAP A GREAT YEAR FOR THE PIE FACTORY
5 Feb 09
Sumners' founder Andy Sumner has reported on a bumper 2008 for The Pie Factory, the converted studio complex on the site of new Media City UK in Salford.
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Oscar nods for Pinewood Post mixers and Sound 24
5 Feb 09
Pinewood Post's re-recording mixers Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp have been nominated by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for Achievement in Sound Mixing together with Glenn Freemantle and Tom Sayer from Pinewood-based Sound 24, nominated for Achievement in Sound Editing for their work on Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire.
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Free Event: Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium Seminar with Adobe and Academy Class
5 Feb 09
Join Creative Suite video experts for a free, in-depth seminar that features the new Creative Suite 4 Production Premium.
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A special Final Cut Studio Event with Larry Jordan and Academy Class
5 Feb 09
Academy Class is bringing Larry Jordan to town for "PowerUP with Final Cut Studio: Pro Techniques"
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BAFTA awarded to Pinewood and Shepperton Studios for their Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
5 Feb 09
The award is being presented on 8th February at the 2009 BAFTA film awards ceremony in recognition of the key role that both Studios have played in British cinema over the decades. In the words of BAFTA "Pinewood and Shepperton stand for excellence".
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Super Bowl XLIII: Autodesk Technology Key Player in Commercials
4 Feb 09
Leading advertisers and movie studios relied on technology from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to tackle the cutting-edge visual effects and animation integral to delivering their Super Bowl XLIII message.
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Capital Export: Dates Announced for London UK Film Focus 2009
30 Jan 09
The London UK Film Focus (LUFF) has announced 29 June ? 2 July 2009 as the dates for international film buyers to put in their diaries for this year's event. Once again it all takes place at BFI Southbank.
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Evolutions Expands with New Business Development Manager
29 Jan 09
Evolutions, Soho's largest independent post production facility, announced today that Victoria Finlay has joined as Business Development Manager.
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Free access to the experts at Broadcast Expo
29 Jan 09
VET has been invited to present two topical seminars as part of the TV Tech programme at Broadcast Expo Feb 17- 19th to be held at Earls Court, London.
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Getting SD up to HD
29 Jan 09
VET has recently expanded its existing HD facility with the addition of a high quality up- and cross-converter. The incorporation of standard definition material in an HD production always requires some compromise in quality, but how much is acceptable?
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VODE, CASEY'S AND 24-7 DVD GET RE:FINED
29 Jan 09
24-7DVD, Vode and Caseys Film and Video, the content processing and re-purposing businesses, have kicked off the year by being brought together under a single brand - re:fine.
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Evolutions Expands with New Business Development Manager
29 Jan 09
Evolutions, Soho's largest independent post production facility, announced today that Victoria Finlay has joined as Business Development Manager.
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Digital Britain: The Interim Report - Government outlines plans for UK's digital transition
29 Jan 09
The Government has today published a plan to secure Britain's place at the forefront of the global digital economy. The interim report contains more than 20 recommendations, including specific proposals on:
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SAGAR JOINS SATUSFACTION
27 Jan 09
Matthew Sagar, former HR Manager and Head of Recruitment at The Moving Picture Company, has joined Satusfaction, the post production talent agency, to head up a 3D and VFX arm. The new venture aims to supply CG and compositing artists for Film, Broadcast and Commercial projects.
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ENVY wins Best Post Production House 2009 at the Broadcast Awards.
22 Jan 09
Envy is proud to have won the award for Best Post Production House 2009. It was a great honour receiving this award at the Grosvenor House Hotel by host Rob Brydon.
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The nominees for the 81st Annual Academy Awards were announced on 22nd January, and The Dark Knight's visual effects have reached the three-film shortlist.
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Brett joins Avid to lead UK sales team
14 Jan 09
Avid has appointed Simon Brett as Senior Sales Manager for UK and Ireland.
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UNIT APPOINTS ADAM LUCKWELL AS CEO
14 Jan 09
UNIT announces today the appointment of Adam Luckwell as CEO of the post-production and creative services facility.
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Prime Focus London Post Tango in Hollywood
13 Jan 09
Prime Focus London has posted a glamorous new spot for Macleans toothpaste in which two well-heeled strangers dance an impromptu tango on a street at night.
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The Mill is delighted to announce the launch of Mill Studio.
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HOLLYWOOD EDITOR TO VISIT MANCHESTER STARS OF THE FUTURE
8 Jan 09
Budding sound engineers of the future will get to learn from one of the best in the business when a leading Hollywood sound editor visits the Futureworks studios in central Manchester to perform a masterclass in sound production.
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The Mill re-launches Mill Film
7 Jan 09
The Mill is delighted to announce its continued expansion by re-launching Mill Film; an artist led studio creating high end film visual effects for the movie industry.
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A Managing Director for Elstree Studios has been recruited.
Roger Morris has a wealth of experience in the media management, television and film industry and was offered the post following a vigorous selection process.
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The 11th Rushes Soho Shorts Festival is now Calling for Submissions
6 Jan 09
The entry form for this year's Rushes Soho Shorts Festival can now be downloaded at www.sohoshorts.com
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DAD takes a new direction by investing in Autodesk Smoke
5 Jan 09
Digital and Direct (DAD), the independently owned response-driven integrated marketing agency, is expanding its offering to clients by venturing into post-production - a move signified by its investment in Autodesk's Smoke editing and finishing system.
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Candidates Successfully Complete Technical Operations Course
18 Dec 08
During September to November 2008, 6 member companies completed the Technical Operations Course, run by Barry Day, on behalf of UK Screen.
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The Tale of Despereaux opens in the US and UK on 19th December 2008.
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blue completes post for Channel 4's King Lear
17 Dec 08
blue post production has completed the post- including online editing, grading and sound design - for the HD production of King Lear.
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blue complete titles and post for Britain's Vanishing Views
15 Dec 08
blue have designed and created the title sequence for Britain's Vanishing Views as well as completing post production for the show.
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Hybrid Win Royal Television Society Craft Award
12 Dec 08
Hybrid unanimously won this years 'Makeup Design: Entertainment and Non-Drama Productions' Category for their Prosthetic, Makeup and Hair work on the 'Wall to Wall' Production of 'Sex and the Neanderthals: Revealed'.
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Cinesite Completes Spectacular Drone Attack Sequence On The Day The Earth Stood Still
12 Dec 08
Cinesite completed a major sequence for the Twentieth Century Fox production The Day The Earth Stood Still, which releases today in the US and UK, complete with CG planes, tanks and spectacular explosions.
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Changes at TC Group
10 Dec 08
TC Group has been re-branded to TC Soho Ltd in a move to re-establish its presence within Soho as a duplication, digital media and DVD authoring facility servicing Post Production houses as well as its existing corporate client list.
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Optimising and Compressing Video for Multiple Platforms course
9 Dec 08
Can you effectively optimise and compress your work for internet, mobile phone and broadcast distribution?
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ENVY does full Post Production on The FA Cup Titles
9 Dec 08
ITV Sport's brief was to produce a strong and simple idea connecting the FA Cup to the people who have enjoyed the competition down the years from it's inception.
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ENVY does the full Post Production on Coke Zero presents: Wayne Rooney's Street Striker
9 Dec 08
ENVY, Broadcast Post House of the year, has done the off-line, on-line, grading and audio on the High Definition series Coke Zero presents: Wayne Rooney's Street Striker.
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4Music Festive rebrand
9 Dec 08
ENVY have just finished a festive rebrand for 4Music, the latest channel to be launched under the 4 umbrella.
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New Members - Academy Class - First Class Training for Creative's and Developers.
9 Dec 08
Meet the latest members to our community - Academy Class - who are an Authorised training centre for Apple, Adobe and Autodesk.
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The Joint edit 'Jamie Cooks Christmas' in HD
This month has seen The Joint editing "Jamie Cooks Christmas" in High Definition for Fresh One Productions.
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422 South cooks up some tasty videos for LURPAKŪ!
8 Dec 08
422 South has produced a series of 4 cookery videos for Lurpak, for broadcast on the LURPAKŪ web site.
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blue help Foxtrot Films put the Mariinsky Theatre centre stage for The South Bank Show
8 Dec 08
blue post-production have completed the post-production for The South Bank Show: Mariinsky Theatre.
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Darlow Smithson's "The Beckoning Silence" documentary wins an EMMY at the International Emmy Awards
8 Dec 08
The Beckoning Silence, produced by TV indie Darlow Smithson and post-produced by blue post production, has won an EMMY at this year's International EMMY Awards.
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Satusfaction Appoints Rob Gomez as Head of Film Marketing and PR
8 Dec 08
Satusfaction Post Production - the bespoke television editors' agency and UK Screen member - have announced the new appointment of Rob Gomez as its head of film marketing and PR after the company recently launched a film editors' department.
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Artem celebrate BTA Craft Award win
8 Dec 08
Artem Special Effects are celebrating after success at this years BTA Craft Awards.
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