Production & Post
ITV takes delivery of new sustainable satellite cars
dB Broadcast has supplied ITV with a mini-fleet of four Mk2 Daytime Sat Cars which have been developed with sustainable hybrid technology to replace...
Production & Post
Production & Post
dock10 announces passing of studio manager Sinead Sweeney
Sweeney was a much loved member of the dock10 team, and has been with the facility since its launch in 2011. Her colleagues have...
Media Delivery
Four new tech firms join 5G VISTA consortium
ATEME, Imaginary Pictures, Ori, and 5GIC join 5G VISTA Live Entertainment Consortium that aims to showcase new in-stadia digital experiences using enhanced connectivity technologies...
Live Production
EU-funded 5G project turns to TAG multiviewer platform
TAG Video Systems has announced that its monitoring and multiviewer platform is being used in the EU-funded 5G-VIRTUOSA project to explore operational and cost...
Business
Broadcasters and industry stakeholders unite to launch The Freelance Charter
Key stakeholders from the UK TV industry come together at the Edinburgh TV Festival to sign a landmark charter that pledges to improve freelance...
Live Production
Canon appointed ‘official imaging supporter’ for 2022 Commonwealth Games
The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games will take place from 28 July to 8 August next year with Canon announced as official imaging supporter
Media Management
Sweden’s SVT expands investment in Avid MediaCentral
Sveriges Television (SVT) has chosen Avid software subscription for TV news and programming production workflows
Production & Post
Blackmagic releases DaVinci Resolve 17.3
Blackmagic Design has announced the release of DaVinci Resolve 17.3, which comes with a speed increase that CEO Grant Petty hails "hard to believe"...
Production & Post
‘Pop-up’ film and TV studio gets go-ahead
New studio in Hoddesdon is thought to already be in use
Live Production
Canon unveils next-gen studio 4K HDR camera and 8K lens
Products are aimed at news gathering and studios production
Business
Dagenham Studios owner acquires two Irish facilities
Both studios are expected to continue under their current brands, with staff remaining on board
Audio
dock10 installs Calrec Artemis in £1 million remote gallery
Dedicated multipurpose remote gallery works with outside broadcasts and connects to the dock10 network
Production & Post
Wakefield to host new £1 million virtual production studio
Centre for Virtual Production is set to be the first of its kind in Yorkshire
Production & Post
New iPhone to include ProRes video recording
New phones expected to include ProRes video recording in either HD or 4K resolutions
Production & Post
The Foundry, Mo-Sys set for HPA honours
Annual awards reward outstanding technical and creative ingenuity in media, content production, finishing, distribution, and archive
Production & Post
Garden Studios collaborates on UK’s first carbon neutral virtual production film
Film emitted less than one tonne of carbon. If it had been shot as a traditional multi-location film, it would have emitted over 120...
IP Migration
ARRI puts the spotlight on broadcast studio lighting networks
Software will work with contemporary studio facilities with both IP-based and DMX-controlled lighting systems
Production & Post
X2X Creative opens Soho-based post production and HDR suite facility
Facility is linked to X2X Creative's other location across the road via dark fibre optical connectivity
Production & Post
RTVE makes the Olympics interactive with Flowics
Flowics' platform enables viewers to interact with broadcasts via social media, web pages and apps
Production & Post
TVU Networks, Blackbird partner on camera to cloud to consumer workflow
Cloud editing platform has been integrated into TVU Producer
Production & Post
NEP launches virtual production business
NEP Virtual Studios plans to offer ICVFX/visualisation solutions, permanent virtual stages, and virtual art department services
Production & Post
Fifty Fifty monitors waveforms with Leader
Monitor's features include 4K/UHD operation, 10G IP input and 12G-SDI interfaces
Production & Post
New tool aims to help organise VFX libraries
The libraries can store VFX practical elements as well as textures, reference images, clips from the internet or the matte painting library
Production & Post
Telstra opens new UK Broadcast Operations Centre
BOC will host a Master Control Room, office space, and lab/workshop area designed to facilitate tests and builds
Production & Post
UK’s largest independent virtual production facility opens its doors
Films and high-end TV productions can head to MARS for virtual production
Production & Post
New £700 million UK TV and film facility announced
Development is expected to create over 4,500 permanent jobs and contribute more than £300 million annually into the local economy
Live Production
Blackmagic Design launches new 4K studio cameras
New compact all-in-one studio cameras are designed for live production customers
Production & Post
A deep dive into deepfakes
Viktor Underwood, CEO at Quickchannel, warns deepfakes have the power to disrupt and damage trust in broadcasting
Media Management
Olympic Broadcasting Services hosted in the cloud for first time
Content+, OBS’ content delivery platform, is fully migrated to the cloud for delivering short-form content, content asset management and content production
Production & Post
London welcomes more studio space
London North Studios is the latest in a long line of new studio complexes either to have recently opened or currently in development
Production & Post
Lucasfilm hires YouTuber who created Luke Skywalker deepfake
Video has been watched over two million times, and improves the VFX used to de-age Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker
Production & Post
Samsung partners with Parasite producer on virtual production studio
The modular screens include precise colour expression, HDR10+ and cinema LED picture quality technology, as well as optimised frame rates for production houses
Production & Post
Boosting fan engagement and interaction during the summer of sport
With the Opening Ceremony of the 2020 Olympic Games just days away, Vualto's Femke Schurer looks at how broadcasters can mimic a seamless linear...
Production & Post
Disney Plus receives over 70 Emmy nominations
The Crown and The Mandalorian topped the list of programmes with the most nominees, scoring 24 each
Production & Post
Ross Video powers ServusTV’s new facility
"This was a real opportunity for us to challenge the various manufacturers and vendors in live news production and say ‘show us your best’,"...
Production & Post
All 12 live Springwatch episodes powered by clean energy
The BBC said if the energy provided for Springwatch 2021 had been produced with diesel generators, seven tonnes of CO2 would have been released...
Production & Post
The Crown in the cloud
How the award-winning in-house VFX team for the Netflix drama completed 600 shots in eight months on AWS
Production & Post
Evertz opens Munich-based DreamCatcher training centre
DreamCatcher Training Centre also has connectivity to perform full remote production workflow-based demonstrations of Evertz’s XPS RealTime UHD/3G/HD Streaming Platform and BRAVO Studio platforms
Production & Post
Grading Norwegian episodic comedy, Pørni
Senior colourist Dylan R Hopkin discusses series where every episode has its own unique colour palette
Production & Post
How virtual production is making the film industry more sustainable
Virtual production is here to stay and has the potential to massively decrease the carbon footprints of productions, writes Andy Ray, sales director at Vicon
Production & Post
Points of view: Artificial intelligence
Hackthorn Innovation's Steve Sharman explains why AI is set to move up the value chain to increasingly help optimise and automate parts of production...