Production & Post
Universal Pixels delivers in-camera visual effects for BBC drama Better
Instead of using a traditional low loader, the Universal Pixels team built an enclosed box, which was driven by disguise GX2c media servers
Production & Post
Production & Post
New virtual production centre to honour Martin Scorsese
The New York-based centre will feature two 3,500-square-foot double-height, column-free stages, two 1,800-square-foot television studios, as well as state-of-the-art broadcast and control rooms
Production & Post
AWS Elemental MediaConvert adds support for enhanced colour processing
MediaConvert can generate Dolby Vision dynamic metadata for on-the-fly jobs to convert non-Dolby Vision HDR content into Dolby Vision
Production & Post
LucidLink powers production workflows for award season contenders
LucidLink Filespaces has facilitated collaboration and workflows on the likes of the BBC's The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse, and Hulu/Disney...
Production & Post
CVP celebrates female cinematographers as part of #IWD2023
Company is staging a free exhibition of images shot by members of illuminate, a society of UK-based female cinematographers
Production & Post
LAMDA to invest in virtual production and mocap technology
The organisation also plans to update its audio suite, and replace halogen lights with environmentally-friendly LEDs
Production & Post
Leveraging emerging HDR technologies for streaming and broadcast content
High dynamic range (HDR) is making rapid progress in replacing legacy standard dynamic range (SDR) as the next generation of TVs, streaming services and...
Production & Post
New mobile app uses advanced artificial intelligence to create mocap videos
Move.ai’s software extracts natural human motion from video using advanced AI, computer vision, biomechanics and physics, automatically retargeting the data to a character rig
Production & Post
James Corden’s production company behind new Sunderland TV and film studio
Crown Works Studios will include up to 20 premium sound stages suitable for major feature film and HETV productions
Production & Post
Gravity Media unveils location post production solution with mRes Pronology
The companies said the new solution is particularly useful for reality TV series as mRes enables users to continuously record for multiple hi-resolution and...
Production & Post
DPP asks if media industry is on the brink of an automated localisation revolution
The new growth area is voice-to-voice synthesis (known as ‘voice cloning’), which is a way to blend human performance with the benefits of machine...
Production & Post
How is virtual production impacting editors?
Shailendra Mathur, vice president, architecture and technology, at Avid takes a look at how virtual production workflows, techniques and technologies are now impacting more...
Production & Post
The visual Power of the Doctor
2022 saw the end of Jodie Whittaker’s time as the Doctor. Her final episode has more visual effects than any other in Doctor Who’s...
Production & Post
ZOO Digital supports localisation rollout for major Hollywood studio
The content producer is also using the company's ZOOstudio to manage localisation across its vendors
Production & Post
All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis lead BAFTA Film Awards technical winners
The Netflix-produced All Quiet on the Western Front was the night's big winner, picking up seven awards
Production & Post
Pinewood Studios granted permission to build 21 new sound stages
The expansion is expected to create 8,000 new jobs and inject £640 million a year in to the UK economy
Production & Post
CJP Broadcast builds virtual production and mo-cap suite at University of Sunderland
Systems integrator CJP Broadcast Service Solutions has delivered a complete virtual studio with motion capture facilities for the University of Sunderland. For virtual production,...
Production & Post
30 seconds or less: How The Mill showcased HP’s new high-powered workstation’s rendering capabilities
Tim Kafka, head of creative operations at The Mill Los Angeles, reveals how the company worked with HP to drop a Z8 Fury workstation...
Production & Post
Report: Fewer people considering leaving TV and film industry due to mental health
Some 80 per cent of respondents to the Looking Glass 2022 survey agreed that they sensed a positive change to the industry’s culture and...
Production & Post
Avatar: The way of Water, The Rings of Power, ABBA Voyage win at Visual Effects Society Awards
Annual awards celebrate work that "elevates the art of storytelling and exemplifies the spirit of adaptation and ingenuity"
Production & Post
Canon: ‘New Tech Masters’ are the future of filmmaking
The report posits the idea of Set Libs, a greenscreen library subscription service where VR camera experts could standardise detailed location shoots created through...
Production & Post
Case study: Adding realism, light and deep colour to Norwegian film Kampen om Narvik
How colourist Dylan R Hopkin utilised Davinci Resolve to being the drama to life, including greenscreening the lead character's coat to create the right...
Production & Post
ITV, S4C sign up to body aiming to improve working life of freelancers across UK TV industry
The Freelance Charter aims to improve the working life of freelancers across the television community and address the working practices and culture of people across...
Media Management
How Netflix is using the cloud to get productions over the finish line
Netflix's director of production strategy Jeff Shapiro, and Peter Cioni, director of production business development, talk to TVBEurope about how the streamer is using...
Production & Post
ATP Media aims to smash highlights with WSC Sports’ AI video technology
WSC Sports-generated clips will be distributed near-live to all ATP Media stakeholders including broadcasters and media partners
Production & Post
US sub-rental business CameraOne expands into Europe
The company is launching in Europe with an inventory of more than $3 million of cameras, lenses and accessories
Production & Post
Virtual production hub and research facility to open in Cardiff
The new facility, dubbed Seren Virtual Productions, will offer a one-stop, end-to-end solution supporting all aspects of virtual (and physical) production
Production & Post
‘Oscars for geeks’ celebrate game-changing filmmaking technologies
Awards are voted for by members of the Hollywood creative and technology community working in motion pictures, television and emerging media
Production & Post
How post production facility BASIS BERLIN rebuilt its grading department from scratch
How the German post production facility rebuilt its colour grading workflow with DaVinci Resolve
Production & Post
Turning a 4,500 sq ft studio into 36 miles of jungle
Jenny Priestley catches up with the team at dock10 to find out how they helped create the virtual environment and creatures for award-winning factual...
Media Management
Google opens Immersive Stream for XR to all Google Cloud customers
Immersive Stream for XR enables users to click a link or scan a QR code and immediately be transported to extended reality
Production & Post
UK supply and logistics provider Supply 2 Location opens new hubs, lays out green credentials
The company has opened new hubs in Birmingham and Merseyside, and recently finalised negotiations on its second Scottish 'yard' within the Pioneer Film Studios...
Production & Post
TPN adds cloud security measurement to remit
The Trusted Partner Network's new platform TPN+ helps member companies to manage and communicate content security status
Production & Post
Digital Camera Systems unveils first wireless lens encoder for virtual production
The LDT-V2 streams lens data directly to the media player, enabling freedom of movement for camera operators
Production & Post
Render farm management system, AI-driven facial veiling tech among Sci-Tech Oscar winners
The annual awards recognise inventors and engineers who have advanced the art and science of motion pictures
Production & Post
VFX studio One of Us looks outside London to find new talent
Company is working with Doncaster-based Firebrand which supports the VFX community with extra capacity and staff
Production & Post
Mediapro to open two new virtual production studios in Spain
The company will invest €3.5 million in the Barcelona production centre, which will feature a 500 m2 studio and 235 m2 of LED paneling
Production & Post
Creating a visual effects community across Europe
TVBEurope catches up with ACCESS:VFX's founder Simon Devereux and new European chapter lead Chris Kiser to talk about the need for a European-wide organisation...
Production & Post
New Welsh TV studio officially opens its doors
The studio is aiming to deliver sustainable productions and minimise its carbon footprint, with local film and TV crews available
Production & Post
disguise releases API for designers to build their own workflows
Among the new use cases are: show control, camera calibration on the go, control of disguise servers, status support and greater colour capabilities.
Production & Post
CoreWeave acquires Conductor Technologies to expand burst rendering solutions for VFX studios
According to CoreWeave, the acquisition will enable it to deliver burst rendering solutions to visual effects studios while "removing friction" in the setup process
Production & Post
LucidLink becomes first cloud collaboration tool to adopt TPN+ platform
TPN, powered by the Motion Picture Association, aims to help content owners, service providers and the industry as a whole with security preparedness and...