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Arqiva delivers Metropolitan Opera live to European cinemas 8 May 08
Arqiva has completed its second season of live High Definition (HD) transmissions of 'The Met: Live in HD' into European cinemas.
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Blue Square 8 May 08
Create sophisticated 3D imagery to convey both the skill and fun involved in betting.
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UK FILM COUNCIL APPOINTS NEW PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE IN LA 8 May 08
Andy Weltman has been appointed Production Executive by the British Film Commissioner Colin Brown.
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FINISH POST CHRISTIAN AID WEEK COMMERCIAL FOR 2AM 7 May 08
Finish Post have recently completed the flash animation and flame work on a 2D TV commercial for Christian Aid Week 2008, 11th - 17th May.
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Autodesk Acquires Assets of REALVIZ, Developer of Image-Based Content Creation Software 7 May 08
Extends Autodesk's Leadership in 2D and 3D Design Innovation
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Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Kynogon SA 7 May 08
Grows Autodesk's Videogame Middleware and Simulation Offering
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Avid Introduces Next-Generation RAID Solutions 6 May 08
New VideoRAID ST and SR solutions enable customers to achieve full performance with no data loss during drive rebuild process
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NAB 2008 - The Year of 3D and 3G 6 May 08
NAB 2008 will stand out for many things, no Avid or Apple exhibiting on the show floor, the show floor being a lot quieter than normal (were these two things connected?) And also that 3D and file based HD acquisition were two big things that people were talking about across the halls.
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Hybrid ... Head off into the 'Outpost' 6 May 08
Hitting UK Cinemas from May 16th is Scottish War Horror film 'Outpost' starring Ray Stevenson from 'Rome'.
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BEAM.TV & IMD TO LAUNCH UK'S FIRST INTEGRATED COMMERCIALS SUBTITLING UNIT 6 May 08
IMD and BEAM.TV today announced the launch of AdText, a digitally streamlined subtitling operation that will fully integrate broadcast standard subtitling with IMD and BEAM.TV's distribution services.
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3D or not 3D? That is the question...
by Andy Stout

When it came down to it, the move of high definition from niche proposition to mass market was all a bit boring. It was never a case of 'if', it was always a case of 'when' and the fun was trying to guess when to jump.
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Blueberry Creative Consultants are going from strength to strength. 6 May 08
Recent additions to their bookings team include Charlotte Fung from Evolutions (Editors), and David Hall from ITV Graphics (Design & Animation).
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ENVY POST NEW 'GLADIATOR' GORDON RAMSEY PROMO FOR C4 2 May 08
ENVY, Broadcast Post House of the year, is just putting the finishing touches on the new 'epic' Promo for Gordon Ramsey's new 'F Word' series on Channel 4.
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Real World: The Making Of A Dolby Premier Facility 1 May 08
Dolby's new Premier Certification for film mixing theatres is creating much interest amongst the audio post production fraternity, with many facility owners wondering if they should upgrade their existing Dolby Approved studios to meet the new standards.
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Hybrid feature in April's 'Televisual' Magazine 1 May 08
Special Makeup Effects Supervisor Mike Bates contributed to the April issue in the 'Physical Forces' article, discussing Prosthetic Makeup & CG effects and the state of the industry today.
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2008 London Artists' Film and Video Awards (LAFVA) 1 May 08
Major Awards for London's Moving Image Artists Announced
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Panasonic AJ-HD1400 - Special Offer
GearBox is pleased to announce an exceptional, special offer on the Panasonic AJ-HD1400 DVCPROHD High-Definition compact VTR.
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"MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" - RUSHES AND AARDMAN TEAM UP FOR NEW WEETOS COMMERICAL 1 May 08
Directing duo "Sumo Science" (Ed Patterson and Will Studd) from Aardman Animation take us on a "Mission Impossible" style action adventure in the latest Weetos commercial for Producer Sally Lipsius at WCRS.
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Hybrid...Shamelessly made 'Debbie Gallagher' Fat 1 May 08
Our team worked on the new of the hit Channel Four show 'Shameless' which has just ended its TV run.
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NUTS create titles for 'Trick or Treat' 29 Apr 08
Design Company, NUTS @ The Joint, were commissioned by Objective Productions for C4 To create the title sequence and stings for Derren Brown's second series of Trick or Treat.
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