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Lux Aeterna rebuilds ancient humans
LiDAR caves, rigged skeletons, photogrammetry casts, and millimetre checks against research. Historical VFX gets very literal.
Lola Post’s VFX Survival Guide on Walking with Dinosaurs
Lola Post’s Rob Harvey shares VFX details on Walking with Dinosaurs 2025: 800 shots, 200 artists, Unreal Engine for dinosaurs, and zero Jurassic Park liberties.
His Dark Materials | Featurette
Cuddling with an ice bar? Things get animalistic in the BBC series based on the novel trilogy - with creature effects, puppetry and Master Petz.
Ridley Road | VFX-Breakdown
Cowardly fascists versus freedom fighters: this BBC series portrays the banality of evil.
VR Deep Diving | Retro-Article
Review: In DP 06 : 2017, our author Mirja Fürst immersed herself in a VR experience for the "Ghost in the Shell" film adaptation.
The Watch | VFX-Breakdown
Flying lizards - now in golden hamster format? Only in Pratchett's Discworld cosmos!
Are we sure that footage works?
Getting HDR out is still a bit tricky - in theory everything works or should work. But what if you have to KNOW it works? Well, Aja has presented a machine that can eliminate the guesswork.
Half as Much Data Thanks to H.265?
H.265 is said to be very economical with storage, but is it? The BBC R&D team measured it, with full results available to download.
A lot of CG-Wolf for little money
Trixter recently gave us an interview about "Avenger 2" for the upcoming issue, and in 2013 the studio was nominated for an animago AWARD with the BBC series "Wolfblood".
30 Musicians in One Go
For BBC Music, The Mill brought together around 30 well-known musicians in one spot. FXGuide explains how it was done in the making-of.
Lighting with the BBC
How do you put performers and the whole set in the right light? The BBC lighting guide is available online, free of charge, and helps.
Stadium UK: Commercial for the 2012 Olympic Games
Pete Candeland of Passion Pictures directed the Stadium UK commercial, which serves as an insert for the 2012 Olympic Games on the BBC.
KUK Film Produces 3D Production for BBC
The first 3D pilot film by the BBC Natural History Unit was made together with the 3D experts at KUK Filmproduktion GmbH, Munich. The exterior and studio recordings took place in Bristol, while 3D postproduction was carried out at KUK Film in Munich. The film has now been presented for the first time at NAB in Las Vegas.
BBC Tender for News Editing and Playout Goes to Quantel
Enterprise sQ impresses with speed, flexibility, expandability and openness to third-party systems
sevenload Triples Its Marketable Video Inventory in the Premium TV Segment
The social media network expands its marketable inventory to 100 million views per month, including 30 million monthly video views in the premium TV segment.
Sevenload Launches BBC Worldwide Branded Channel with Social-Media Campaign
Sevenload partners with BBC Worldwide and publishes selected video content from the British broadcaster's programming.
BBC World News Launches Live 3G and Wi-Fi Streaming on iPhone and iPod Touch
BBC World News announced an app enabling iPhone and iPod Touch users in 16 European countries to watch the channel live over Wi-Fi or 3G networks.
BBC Documentary on Blu-ray: Ganges – India’s River of Life
Following the nature documentary Earth, Polyband is bringing another BBC documentary to the German Blu-ray and DVD market.
Oscar Nomination for Animated Film ‘This Way Up’
London animation studio Nexus has announced that the short film by Smith & Foulkes has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film.
Monster Microphone
At Berlin Central Station, BBC World News is using an oversized microphone installation to draw attention to its journalistic values.
Astra Reports 30 Percent Increase in HD Channels Within Three Months
The satellite operator now carries 55 European HD channels and sees the increase as evidence that HDTV is taking off in Europe.
BBC Opens Its First Global Integrated News Centre
For the first time, the BBC will bring together all its international expertise in a global, integrated news centre. From Monday, July 7, television channel BBC World News, BBC World Online, and the news teams and staff of BBC World Service Radio and its online platforms will unite as a unique global multimedia news organization supporting the BBC’s international news services.
BBC World Becomes BBC World News
The BBC is updating the name and appearance of its international television news channel.
Local DVB-T Pilot Launches in Leipzig
The Saxon media authority launches its Überallfernsehen lokal DVB-T pilot project in Leipzig.
Green Oscar for ‘Earth’
As part of the ‘Cinema for Peace’ benefit gala, the ‘CleanEnergy Award’ was presented for the first time in Berlin yesterday evening. The unique and breathtaking nature documentary ‘EARTH’ was honoured. The ‘Green Oscar’ distinguishes projects that engage with the subject of the environment in a special way.
IPTV Work in Progress: BBC Brings Adobe on Board
A platform-independent Flash player is intended to calm tempers.
BBC Brings iPlayer Streaming to Flash
BBC and Adobe plan Flash-based iPlayer streaming for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows, restricted to viewers in the United Kingdom.
BBC’s IPTV offering triggers wave of protest
At the weekend, the BBC launched its new IPTV service for the first time. There were protests among Mac user.
NAB: Siemens Wins Major BBC Projects
Siemens plans an interoperability layer and a scalable central archive for the BBC.
BBC Broadcast Centre Uses Synapse System
TSL installed a complete range of modular Axon Synapse components at the BBC Broadcast Centre in London's Media Village.
Quantel eQ Adds HD Finishing at BBC Post Production
BBC Post Production adds HD format conversion, colour grading and finishing with a Quantel eQ system.