The Farm Group, with support from Jigsaw24 Media, has launched a new training scheme designed to provide rapid upskilling for entry-level post-production technical operators. The Post Operators Skills Training (P.O.S.T) scheme is an intensive, two-week course which fast-tracks the progression of new starters at The Farm and develops future TV talent.

Jigsaw24 has announced that it has been awarded The Digital Production Partnership’s top Committed to Sustainability mark. The B2B technology solutions provider achieved ‘five leaf accreditation’ – the highest possible score in the scheme, which was developed by the DPP to enable suppliers in the media industry to demonstrate that they’re working towards reducing their environmental impact.

Following reported revenue of over £155 million and 19% growth in the 20/21 financial year, leading B2B technology solution provider, Jigsaw24, has revealed plans to redefine its media business in 2022.  The new strategy sees the division specialising in post-production and shifting from a product focus to a service-led approach as Jigsaw24 Media. It also includes the reorganisation of the senior leadership team as well as a number of new hires.   

Leading B2B media technology solutions provider Jigsaw24 has appointed Patrick Roche as an Audio Professional Services Engineer and Rolf Martens as an Audio Presales Consultant.

Rohde & Schwarz, a global leader inpost-productionmedia technologies, has supplied the latest version of its R&S®CLIPSTER mastering system to Filmhouse. Scotland's leading independent cinema, Filmhouse is the home of the annual Edinburgh International Film Festival, which was established in 1947.

Leading B2B technology solutions provider Jigsaw24 has strengthened its cloud and remote offering with the appointment of Jason Cowan as Business Director, Media and Entertainment.

Leading B2B technology solutions provider Jigsaw24 has appointed the former Brand Director at Speedo, Rob Hicking, as its Chief Financial Officer.

In his new role, Rob will be responsible for the entire financial function of the company, which delivers specialist IT services and solutions to customers across sectors including enterprise, education and media and broadcast.

Leading B2B IT solutions provider Jigsaw24 has hired Rachel Daly as Vendor Alliances Manager as part of its ambitious growth plans. 

Leading B2B IT solutions provider Jigsaw24 has been named an Avid® Certified Cloud Partner – becoming the first business in the UK to earn the status.

It means the company can provide an Avid-certified solution that enables post-production professionals to edit their media from anywhere in the world.

Jigsaw24, which was already one of the country’s only Avid Elite Partners for audio, video and storage, will offer the post-production solution as part of its CCM24: Cloud Control and Management service.

Through CCM24, the company’s expert team manages and monitors customers’ cloud applications and storage platforms to help end users enjoy remote access to their projects.

David Skeggs, Head of Business Management at Jigsaw24, said: “Becoming an Avid Certified Cloud Partner reflects our fantastic relationship with Avid, our passion for cloud solutions and our unrivalled ability to help customers take full advantage of them.

“Avid’s technology allows post-production teams to work from anywhere, which opens up all kinds of possibilities for businesses in the industry.

“As an Avid Certified Cloud Partner, we can help customers realise the potential of remote or on-set editing – whether that takes the form of virtualising key hardware, enabling high-speed file transfers or expanding facility editorial capacity without increasing rent costs.”

Craig Dwyer, Vice President, Global Cloud and SaaS Practice at Avid, said: “Our expanded partnership with Jigsaw24 empowers post-production teams to fully leverage the integrated cloud tools from both companies to ensure customers have the best cloud experience possible.

GB Labs, innovators of powerful and intelligent media storage solutions for media and entertainment workflows, has announced that London-based Whisper, the sport and live events TV production specialist, has further expanded its GB Labs MidiSPACE 3RU storage system with an additional 64TB MidiSPACE 3RU, bringing Whisper's overall storage capacity to 384TB.

Jigsaw24, the Avid Elite reseller for Storage, Video and Audio solutions, today announced it has signed a volume purchase agreement with Avid. Under the terms of the agreement, Jigsaw24 has committed to carry an increased level of Avid stock to provide its customers with easier and quicker access to a wider range of Avid solutions, at competitive rates.

Sony Professional has announced that it has worked with media and entertainment technology solutions provider Jigsaw24 to upgrade the University of Lincoln School of Film & Media in time for the 2014/2015 academic year. The School invested in three Sony HXC-D70 studio cameras and a Sony MVS-3000A switcher, upgrading its existing studio to provide the latest professional HD broadcast cameras.