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Lights, Camera, Makohead Action

Lights, Camera, Makohead Action How the Makohead stabiliser, only available from BPS UK Ltd, helps film makers keep a steady horizon

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London to Capetown, by bike Part 3

Continuing Franks journey through Africa¦.. Franks has travelled through Europe and into Africa on his journey and we pick it up in this final leg heading for the capital of Congo, Brazzaville.

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Behind the scenes at Big Brother 9

Working 94 days with no day off is a hard task. Its even harder for the TV equipment that has to keep going round the clock, every day, to keep all the viewing addicts supplied with live footage and highlight editions.

Tags: bb9 | big brother | iss023 | ddfpost | avid | evs | N/A

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Why should people take holidays

Whether times are smooth or rough, Peter Savage is in no doubt that holidays are good for business

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IBC top visitor tips

From flower bulbs to North Sea ferries, here are some top tips from the people in the know¦!

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Lightworks Editing

It is said that Variety is the Spice of Life and the Lightworks Editing systems have been very spicey recently.

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Monitor Colour Calibration

With the growing acceptance of LCD displays for high end picture monitoring it has become increasingly important that users can be assured that they are working to a known standard.

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When trouble looms phoenix your company

Peter Savage looks at what happens when a business runs into trouble and asks whether government rescue packages available only to some should be allowed

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Back in the days before microprocessors

Back in the days before microprocessors, Character Generators were members of the Graphics Department armed with sheets of Letraset and cardboard.

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London to Capetown, by bike Part 2

Continuing Franks journey after leaving Nigeria¦..

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Getting the best out of your LCD

Many people who use CRT picture monitors have found the introduction of LCD displays disappointing.

Tags: Oxygen DCT | iss022 | crt | lcd monitor | calibration | N/A

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Virtual sets come of age

Virtual studios (VS) have experienced a roller coaster ride of popularity through their short life

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Screen and Music Travel

Tv-bay caught up with Colin Doran from Screen and Music Travel to chat over the options in regard to travelling and staying at IBC.

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Marshall masters LCD

Marshall Electronics has made huge strides in the LCD picture monitor market, with a practical package that fits with many of todays applications and circumstances.

Tags: Cache-Media | iss022 | marshall electronics | lcd | monitor | lcd panel | N/A

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Virtual Sets

When I first started approaching people in the UK with Brainstorms Virtual Studio software I was surprised to have them shake their heads vigorously and explain that virtual studio systems were far too expensive and too difficult to set up and run Coupled with that was the lack of realism and whos using them?

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Virtual Studios

Traditionally virtual studios have been extremely expensive to equip due to the amount of technology required just to make the studio work.

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Stryder TV Brick House Video User Report

Stryder TV is based in Oxfordshire and for decades we have provided both British and International broadcasters with a complete video production services. Our camera crews have operated in 45 countries from the Arctic to the Tropics and we produce anything from web content to beaming live pictures across the world with our satellite truck.

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Chyron interview with tv-bay

Chyrons acquisition of AXIS Graphics, a unique web-based graphics system that has pioneered online graphics production.

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A brief history of television graphics

Thirty years ago, television captions were routinely created by sticking white Letraset characters onto black card. Credit rolls were possible using special devices which used long strips of black material onto which the Letraset was stuck, and which were literally rolled, either by an electric motor but sometimes even by hand.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about TV lighting Part 2

In my last article, I talked about some of the basic technical aspects that we need to think about when we start on the lighting trail. Although Id like to move on into lighting proper there are some more techie things that need to be understood if our lit pictures are to be of the highest quality.

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Making the most of a downwardly mobile market

When the economy takes a downward turn you must look for opportunities to succeed, not assume you will fail, explains Peter Savage

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Mixing with the wildlife on Springwatch

As another series of Springwatch draws to a close Id like to share with you an insider view of one of my favourite vision mixing jobs.

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London to Capetown, by bike part 1

South Africans are known for being to the point, so when I was told that I had done the whole thing Arse Backwards I wasnt unduly upset, but I did feel a need to justify the way I had approached this project.

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Aston 7 your lucky number for Sports Graphics

Aston Broadcast has been supplying CG products for long enough to know that the world of live sports graphics presentation never stands still for long. Programme directors like to push the boundaries on visual effects in order to wow the viewer and to differentiate the presentation from that of rival channels or programmes.

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Flexiscope from Hamlet

A number of years ago Hamlet gave itself the impossible task of developing the worlds first HD and SD video and audio measurement and monitoring instrument that could be packed into one small handheld device.

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Scriptwriting

Having penned a few scripts in the past it always amazes me 'when a film actor, whether it be a known or an up and coming potential' just seems to utter those mortal words It was such a great script...I just had to do it

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Fancy a trip from Beijing to Paris in our Landrover?

Thats more or less how it happened, not months of planning or deciding I needed adventure in my life, just Fancy the trip.

Tags: beijing to paris | z1 | hdv camera | av1 | tesco fruit cake | iss020 | N/A

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Selling your business Part 3. Gearing up for sale

In the final article in his series about preparing your business for sale, Peter Savage outlines the strategy that leads to success even in a slowing economy.

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IPTV in 21st Century TV

The radio and television networks born and raised in the last century are a consequence of a medium in which broadcasting is the natural way of working. From one to a fickle many it has been a matter of finding material with mass appeal which has occupied generations of commissioners.

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Selling your business part 2 of 3

In the second of his series of three articles about preparing your business for sale, Peter Savage explains the ins and outs of valuing businesses.

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Getting up to speed with IPTV

Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) has been gathering pace around the world for the past few years and is major competition to cable and satellite broadcasters.

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tv-bay interviews Malcolm Robinson

Tv-bay Interviews Sony Broadcasts Mr OB Malcolm Robinson.

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Everything you ever wanted to know about lighting Part 1

Light levels and Colour Temperature.

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Dont Drink from the Mainstream.

Alternative news organisation, Undercurrents does like a challenge. Born out of frustration in 1993 at the mainstream medias lack of drive in reporting environmental issues, my colleagues and I searched for other outlets............

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Insurance in a muddy field

There can be few subjects which provide a wider insight into life than Insurance. Dont let anyone convince you that it is boring.

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Is it cool to use cool lighting

The term cold lighting is used within the film & TV lighting industry as a generic term for energy efficient, Fluorescent, LED, and Plasma (panel) lighting sources which emit little or no radiant heat.

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Calzaghe Fight with Input Media

Sports production company Input Media faced a series of technical, logistical and creative challenges when they were commissioned by fast rising broadcaster Setanta Sports to cover one of the biggest live Boxing events ever staged in the UK.

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Guide to filming in London

Filming in any public place is not always straightforward and the capital is no different. If you work alone or with a crew then there are a number of rules to follow to ensure that you have a trouble free shoot.

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Protect your boys toys

In a recent survey it was estimated that there were 70 million mobile phones, in the Uk. More than one phone for every member of the population. This figure is staggering in its self, but then consider the replacement value, which is in excess of £500 billion pounds. Makes your eyes water.

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A hidden beauty

The lifestyle of the Wildlife cameraman (and woman) youd have thought, and I was hoping, was all exotic locations and beautiful scenery. Except for me the reality was a murky, water filled quarry during a very cold winter and early spring of 2006- 07.

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CTV OB Truck

Responding to the growing demand for HD broadcasts and with a fleet of already overworked outside broadcast trucks, CTV Outside Broadcasts newest addition to its fleet, OB 9, is a fully-equipped production facility with the latest in High Definition production, mixing and recording equipment.

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Selling your business Part 1 of 3

A company is only worth what someone else is prepared to pay.....

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OB HD and budget constraints

E2E explain how the advent of HD and budget constraints has expanded the refurbishment side of the industry.

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The Benefits of Lens Add-ons

Zoom lenses on broadcast and professional video camcorders are wonderful tools for the videographer, allowing quick and easy focal length change. But ultimately, a zoom lens is limited on both the wide and telephoto end of its zoom range.

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Quality Assurance for Digital Production Workflow

In every industry that Ive had anything to do with the word Quality gets backs up faster than just about anything else. Well, perhaps some parts of the automotive industry are amenable but then they largely invented the concept in the last century.

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Royalty Free Music Can Save You A Fortune

How important is music to your production? Think of the two notes John Williams used in Jaws to signal danger and to sometimes mislead the audience into believing that a great white shark was lurking in the hidden depths. Music plays such a crucial and powerful role in the visual world to be overlooked at your peril.

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Lender of the last resort or good use of your assets

Peter Savage continues his series of articles on setting up in business by looking at the pros and cons of factoring/invoice discounting

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An airport more dangerous than Death Valley

As far as Insurance Companies are concerned, Airports can be a greater risk than some of the loneliest places on the planet.

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The Reflecmedia Chromaflex portable chromakey system

The use of keying a foreground image over a background image to form a composite is an established and widely used technique in film and TV production........

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Setting up in business: Le Christmas Crunch

Peter Savage (who has over 18 years experience of setting up and running businesses) continues his series of articles, this month looking at the festive period

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