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IBC Podcast: BBC Sport’s Barbara Slater and BBC R&D’s Hannes Ricklefs
Episode 13 of the IBC Podcast features interviews with Barbara Slater, BBC director of sport and the winner of the International Honour for Excellence and Hannes Ricklefs of BBC Research & Development, one of the authors of the Best Technical Paper.
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Stage Fifty targets virtual production with launch of Winnersh Film Studios
Studio operator Stage Fifty is opening its second film site in the UK, Winnersh Film Studios, near Reading, which will include a massive virtual production stage.
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Fremantle backs scripted alliance The Creatives
Fremantle is backing global scripted alliance The Creatives, launched this week by nine leading production companies from eight different countries to house a slate of high-end drama series and films.
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Channel 4 to invest £15 million in training
Channel 4 says it will create over 15,000 training and development opportunities from 2022 with a focus on young people from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds who want a career in broadcasting.
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The BBC leads again with 11 wins at the RTS Craft and Design Awards 2021
The Royal Television Society (RTS) announced the winners for the 2021 Craft and Design Awards last night at a prestigious ceremony held in London.
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Unity acquires Peter Jackson’s Weta Digital
Video games and animation software firm Unity is to acquire New Zealand-based VFX studio Weta Digital in a $1.63 billion cash and stock deal.
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Shepperton Studios to expand as Netflix takes more space
Pinewood Group is to further expand its Shepperton Studios site in Surrey.
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DAZN acquires Israel’s Texel, launches DAZN X tech hub
Sports streamer DAZN Group has launched technology and innovation hub DAZN X to develop interactive and engaging experiences for its viewers.
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OB firm Arena TV ceases trading
Outside broadcast firm Arena Television has ceased trading after more than 30 years in business.
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The evolution of post to a cloud-first model
With traditional working practices upended, rising costs and technological advances, startup post production firms are eschewing physical facilities in favour of a cloud-first approach.
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Nvidia: Virtual worlds will crop up like websites
Nvidia thinks it has the fabric for building the metaverse on a larger than planet scale.
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Study finds women are ‘invisible’ in visual effects industry
Women received just 21.6% of all VFX credits across the top 400 grossing films from 2016 to 2019, according to a new report titled Invisible in Visual Effects.
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Report: time to invest in virtual production skills
The UK needs to rapidly train and invest in virtual production skills if it is to capitalise on the technology, according to a report from the StoryFutures Academy: The National Centre for Immersive Storytelling.
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Belfast’s Titanic Studios listed for sale
Belfast filming facility Titanic Studios has been put up for sale.
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Disney+ to launch Marvel films in IMAX’s Expanded Aspect Ratio
Streaming service Disney+ is to launch 13 Marvel titles in IMAX’s Expanded Aspect Ratio on 12 November.
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Behind the scenes of Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast
Kenneth Branagh’s biographical family drama reclaims the city in an era where the streets had no name. Editor Una Ní Dhonghaíle speaks about cutting the drama.
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NFS over RDMA boosts storage performance for M&E workflows
We are in a new golden era of content creation writes Gregory Shiff. The explosion of streaming services has brought an unprecedented volume of new and amazing media. Production, post-production, visual effects, animation, finishing: everyone is booked solid with work. The expectations for this content are higher than ever, with ...
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Selecting the right CPU performance benchmark
Benchmarks are vital tools for measuring the performance of Central Processing Units (CPUs) in the most popular consumer devices writes Ajay Joshi. With the advent of more complicated use cases and compute workloads, benchmarks are becoming increasingly important in the home device market, which includes digital television (DTV) and set-top ...
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TV can help viewers decarbonise their lifestyles, says Sky
Broadcaster Sky has called for greater collaboration among broadcasters to help consumers to decarbonise their lifestyles through on-air content.
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Framestore opens Mumbai studio
VFX house Framestore has opened a 30,000 square-foot, purpose-built studio in Mumbai.