Production & Post

Audio

Qvest upgrades audio production for Rotor Film

Dual-operator installation features two Avid S6 mixers at Babelsberg studios

How McDonald’s is lovin’ virtual production

How virtual production helped create McDonald's interior and exterior assets - from digital coffee cups on the counter to specific featured items on the...

Production & Post

Versa Studios opens new London facility, Manchester and Leeds to follow

London base includes a 10,000 sq ft studio space as well as 20,000 sq ft of fully accessible ancillary space including full production galleries

Production & Post

Pinewood expansion approved by local council

Development project will result in a £355 million boost to the UK economy and create over 3,500 jobs if given final approval

Production & Post

Blackbird scores with FIFA

Football's governing body will use Blackbird's cloud-native editing platform for video editing and publishing content

Business

Is Europe’s production boom reaching a tipping point?

In its latest report, Enders Analysis predicts the streaming services are likely to shift their priority away from growth to profitability, which could lead...

Business

Global unions call for end of “excessive hours” for TV and film workers

In the UK, TV and film workers average 50 hours per week, not including prep and wrap time

Production & Post

American Society of Cinematographers releases short film on testing and calibration

Project tested how HDR, diverse skin tones, high resolution detail, in-camera VFX, fast moving action, and visuals tax compression algorithms and image processing software

Production & Post

Reading’s Shinfield Studios opens four stages, Disney confirmed as first client

A further nine stages are due to open in 2023, with completion of the entire 18 stage facility expected by the end of 2024

Production & Post

Final Pixel achieves live facial and body mo-cap streamed to Unreal Engine

Content used cluster rendering to create a high-quality bespoke 3D character using a traditional CG pipeline

Production & Post

BFI: UK studio sector set for £900 million investment

Over £131 million was spent on new production facilities across the UK during 2017-2019, with a further investment of £785.4 million planned

Production & Post

Avid adds support for graphic designers to MediaCentral

Adobe Photoshop and After Effects users can store and catalogue their photos, clips, graphical elements and other content for access on the open Avid MediaCentral...

People

Elstree Studios’ managing director steps down

Morris's tenure has seen Elstree become the home of both Strictly Come Dancing and The Crown

Production & Post

Another new TV and film studio to open in London

Space includes offices and workshops on site, and will house the largest single studio space (27,000 square feet) that Troubadour has created in London...

Production & Post

BBC Studioworks to operate Kelvin Hall TV studio

The multi-camera studio will offer "state-of-the-art gallery suites"

Production & Post

Red Bee Media enhances metadata with Stats Perform partnership

Red Bee's platform now offers analytical and statistical sports data including highlights, score alerts and imagery from more than 4,000 leagues and competitions globally

Production & Post

‘Most sustainable TV and film production facility in London’ to open in 2022

RD Studios has been created through a net zero-carbon refurbishment of an existing warehouse, with each unit drawing on solar power from photovoltaic panels...

Production & Post

Zero Density updates RealityHub to include Unreal Engine support

The new RealityHub release will make it fast and easy for broadcasters to utilise Unreal Engine directly from the same platform they use to...

Production & Post

Canon’s latest HDR monitor delivers Dolby Vision and EBU standards

The DP-V1830 delivers Dolby Vision and EBU TECH3320 standards, with a Grade 1A rating achieved for contrast ratio, peak luminance, black level, luminance uniformity...

Production & Post

France Télévisions future proofs newsroom with Fairlight

Broadcaster has implemented 31 Fairlight Advanced Consoles in two bay systems, across 24 regional newsroom hubs throughout France

IP Migration

Grass Valley signs $31 million deal with Broadcast Solutions Group

Broadcast Solutions Group's Nordic team will also establish a new facility in Helsinki based on Grass Valley’s cloud-based Agile Media Processing Platform (AMPP)

Production & Post

How Take 1 helps broadcasters and streaming services meet the demand for subtitled and localised content

TVBEurope talks to Take 1 CEO Louise Tapia about the company's work providing subtitle and localisation services to broadcasters and streaming services, as well...