Business
Deluxe makes Post Haste acquisition
Post Haste Digital has been acquired by Deluxe as part of the latter's global expansion and technology investment strategy
post production
People
Gravity Media adds to equipment rental team
Two new hires, Ian Morrison and Leila Ghazzawi, are welcomed to the business' equipment rental division
Business
Film and TV Charity launches initiative to celebrate the #HiddenHero
Charity is launching an inaugural week-long celebration of everyone who works in TV and film
Production & Post
Sky’s Landscapers tops nominations at RTS Craft & Design Awards
The BBC leads with 35 nominations followed by Sky with 13 and ITV with 11
Audio
New Hackney-based finishing house with two Dolby Atmos theatres launches
Bleat is home to two Dolby Atmos theatres as well as four multi-functional, hybrid suites, which all include 4K HDR Projection
Production & Post
Climate-conscious post production facility Bumblebee takes flight
TVBEurope talks to Zinc Media Group CTO Olly Strous about the company's new solution, and why it wants to work with a supply chain...
Production & Post
Post production house Radiant Post opens Manchester office
New facility will provide post production services, including onsite and remote offline, online and grading, and Atmos dubbing
Business
Milk acquires Lola Post Production
Lola's credits in 2022 include Dangerous Liaisons (Starz/Lionsgate) and Dinosaurs: The Final Day with David Attenborough (BBC)
IP Migration
Seizing the full potential of NDI
Karl So, vice president, product management at Caton Technology, writes that while NDI is not the solution to every requirement of production and delivery...
People
Meet the… head of marketing
Digital Nirvana's Suresh Babu allows us inside his daily routine and why he thinks marketing in the media and entertainment industry is a different...
Production & Post
Milk VFX moves into new Clerkenwell studio
New facility will act as a hub for the company's hybrid working set-up, and has capacity for 200 artist seats
Production & Post
Avid helps Ted Lasso, The Beatles: Get Back to Emmy Award wins
Other winners and nominees who relied on Avid's Media Composer editing software included Barry, Stranger Things, Better Call Saul, Euphoria, Squid Game, Only Murders...
Production & Post
‘It’s about the next stage of growth for us’: Gravity Media’s MD on the new White City Production Centre
TVBEurope talks to Gravity Media's managing director Ed Tischler about the company's plans for its latest Production Centre
People
Twickenham Film Studios’ CEO Cara Sheppard joins Streamland Media
She will lead a worldwide team on delivering colour, editorial, dailies, and mastering and restoration services
Production & Post
Zinc Media Group announces new climate-conscious post production service
Bumblebee is described as a climate-conscious, work-anywhere post solution, that will offer dedicated upload hubs at Zinc's nationwide facilities, flexible remote and physical edits...
Production & Post
Creating flexible, collaborative workflows for the next-generation of media professionals
Dr Jonathan Wardle, director, National Film & Television School, explains how the organisation is using cloud-based tools to show the next-generation of media talent...
Production & Post
The Seldom Seen Kid: How Blackmagic’s cameras and ATEM Mini Extreme ISO helped film Elbow documentary
The documentary was shot during Covid restrictions, which meant only the creative director was able to be in the room with the band during...
Production & Post
Investigating the VFX in Only Murders in the Building
How visual effects house Atlanta VFX employed Blackmagic Design's Fusion Studio CFX and motion graphics software for its work on the Emmy-nominated series
Production & Post
BAFTA launches campaign to inspire behind-the-camera talent of tomorrow
The minute-long advert mentions numerous roles within the industry, including coders, boom operators, creative artists, rig makers, and all the people in the credits...
Media Management
Survey: Almost 90 per cent of broadcasters to adopt cloud in next year
Nearly two thirds (63 per cent) of those questioned said that they have already started applying cloud to post-production/file-based production
Production & Post
CCW pledges to become first UK-based net zero production company by 2023
The company, which works across CGI, video production, 2D and 3D scanning, and photogrammetry, is enabling clients to opt into its sustainability scheme
Business
TVBEurope July/August 2022 issue now available
This issue looks at the plans for broadcast coverage of the Commonwealth Games, investigates the two codecs vying for adoption by the media industry,...
Production & Post
‘It’s time colourists were brought into the limelight’
TVBEurope hears from some of the judges at this year's FilmLight Colour Awards, which celebrate the work of colourists on TV and film productions
People
Andy Kaplan to head up operations at Light Iron
Kaplan has previously worked at Technicolor and Company 3
Production & Post
How colour helped tell the story of the Peaky Blinders
Post production house Company 3 reveals how colour played a huge role in the look of the award-winning series
Business
TVBEurope June 2022 issue now available
The June edition of TVBEurope is now available to read online and download
Audio
Portland Audio adds Dolby Atmos suite
The suite features an Avid ProTools S6 M40 16 fader console, complete Genelec monitoring system and a Mac-based Dolby Atmos Home Entertainment RMU
Business
LWKS acquires cloud-based file sharing company ioGates
"We have to be able to share media and collaborate and cross boundaries that are far beyond expensive tin in a facility," LWKS CEO...
Production & Post
The Farm Group, Jigsaw24 Media partner on training scheme
The scheme includes both practical and theoretical elements and is designed to give junior operators a comprehensive understanding of the technologies typically used in collaborative...
People
Meet the finishing artist
The Finish Line's Zeb Chadfield talks about learning to edit by cutting tape to tape on video, and why he tries to approach every...
Audio
Virtual Post upgrades audio facilities
Company has also restructured its audio department, promoting Jon Gray to head of audio and hiring Andrew Wilson as senior re-recording engineer
Media Management
Marquise Technologies adds VC-6 compression technology to post production workflows
SMPTE ST 2117-1 (VC-6), is a multi-layer coding standard that utilises in-loop AI techniques
Audio
How Pinewood Studios moved ‘in the box’ with its post production sound
Jens Christensen, post production director at Pinewood Group, talks to TVBEurope about the company's move to Avid’s large format S6 control surface as part...
Production & Post
UKTV renews managed service contract with The Farm Group
New contract will see a technology refresh, including a change to Adobe Premiere editing platforms and the implementation of a new asset management system
Production & Post
Bringing a 19th century Spanish galleon to life for La Fortuna
How Madrid-based post production house Twin Pines worked on 1,000 digitally retouched shots for new drama, La Fortuna
Production & Post
Evolutions invests in Flame facilities as part of high-end documentary expansion
Company is also welcoming a number of new editors as it looks to expand its premium services in the high-end documentary space
Production & Post
Case study: How classic Hollywood inspired the look of Toast of Tinseltown
Suite Post colourist Lee Clappison explains how he created the look for Steven Toast's latest outing
Audio
Qvest upgrades audio production for Rotor Film
Dual-operator installation features two Avid S6 mixers at Babelsberg studios
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
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...
Business
Evolutions expands London presence, adds 22 offline suites
Company says the expansion is driven by the "massive production boom" in the UK