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Jack Amos

a tribute by Ron Saunders to archivist and researcher Jack Amos

Feb 16th 2010 11:09 // General // No comments

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Getty swallows Jupiter

Stills, footage and music supplier Getty Images has acquired its second biggest competitor after Corbis, photo and footage house Jupiterimages, for US $96 million.

Nov 30th 2008 23:11 // News // No comments

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BBC MG partners with the Hollywood Reporter

The movie stories content provider has struck a deal with BBC Motion Gallery to syndicate its distinctive content.

Nov 30th 2008 22:36 // News // No comments

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European initiative

More than a thousand cultural organisations are making contributions to a European online library, Europeana, a free multimedia venture with content including 80,000 broadcast recordings from the 20th Century.

Nov 30th 2008 22:28 // News // No comments

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New moves at ITN

New rep deals have been announced as ITN changes direction.

Nov 30th 2008 22:04 // News // No comments

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Getting to grips with the business of research

Steve Bergson reviews a new book that stands out because it tackles a difficult subject in a striking way....not so much a different approach as a new trail being blazed.

Nov 30th 2008 20:55 // General // No comments

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Telling Stories with Archive

With the publication of 'The ethical use of archival visuals: memories of 'Vietnam: A Television History', industry stalwart Kenn Rabin has co-written a book on the often little understood art - technically and morally - of using archive footage in media programming. Here he looks at some of the crucial issues.

Nov 2nd 2008 22:02 // General // No comments

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Russian archives nationalised!

Feature films from studios to be pooled in national archive

Oct 31st 2008 23:13 // General // No comments

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iStockphoto survey reveals a lack of copyright understanding

A recent study of more than 1,000 people conducted by KRC Research and microstock imaging producer iStockphoto has revealed that 33 percent of Americans are using downloaded digital content. However, nearly 30 percent are unaware that permission may be required for its use.

Sep 30th 2008 22:51 // General // No comments

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Demotix aims to mainstream citizen journalism

A new agency is aiming to rep citizen journalists and user generated content suppliers

Sep 30th 2008 22:47 // General // No comments

Web Feeds

Creative Pro: An Intimate Look at Adobe's Branding

When I was down at Adobe a few weeks back, I wrote about the graphics used in the launch of Creative Suite 6.

It turns out I'm not the only one interested in the graphic treatments for not only the marketing of CS6, but also in the products themselves. While the periodic table-style icons are essentially the same as the last few versions, the splash screens of the applications are markedly different.

Apparently many of you aren't thrilled with the applications' new looks.

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21 May 2012 | 9:58 am BST

Digital Media: Content Insider 228 - NAB Wrap Deux

The Nvidia GPU Conference gave us yet another peek into why the GPU still matters. Jen-Hsun Huang runs a high tempo aggressive team that is always pushing the envelope and his latest announcement was no exception bringing tears to our son's eyes because he so wanted one of the $1K units but no way! It may be all about gaming power but the pixel processing power took us right back to NAB and how their latest offerings and technology announcements is keeping pace with movie and broadcast producers demands for better quality video and faster encoding. And yes you still have to store it all somewhere!

18 May 2012 | 8:00 pm BST

Creative Pro: Fonts on Friday: Influenced by the '70s

What better time to round up new typefaces than on Friday. Not only is "Fonts on Friday" alliterative, but showcasing new fonts also seems like a good way to end the week.


The fonts featured in this week's installment have a decidedly '70s vibe. The type and lettering of the '70s often had a look and feel that today we might associate with the social change that started in the '60s. Think of the revival of Cooper Black, a chunky face that looks like it had just been liberated from its girdle.

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18 May 2012 | 9:18 am BST

Creative Pro: Adobe Muse Now Available

Last week I wrote about two upcoming products that can be downloaded from Adobe Labs — Muse and Edge.

While Edge is still very much in development, Muse is now available for purchase.

Muse is a Website-creation tool with a WYSIWYG interface and the process used is much like Adobe InDesign.

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17 May 2012 | 9:26 am BST

Digital Media: ASSIMILATE Expands Sales and Support for SCRATCH in India with DOTS Techno-Creative Solution

ASSIMLATE announced further expansion of its sales and technical support presence in India with the appointment of reseller DOTS Techno-Creative Solution, nationwide. In response to India's demand for high-quality file-based workflows to support its burgeoning Bollywood and broadcast markets, ASSIMILATE opened a sales and technical support division for its SCRATCH product line in Mumbai in October 2011, and has since built a strong network of knowledgeable resellers and authorized training centers.

16 May 2012 | 8:00 pm BST

Digital Media: Filling a Full Broadcast Schedule Before Homeroom at Texarkana's Texas High School

Texarkana's Texas High School (THS) has always prided itself on being able to offer real world learning experience at state of the art facilities. It is home to a vibrant and united student body. The public school is well known for competitive sports and even some famous alumni that have gone on to become politicians and professional athletes. Even the facility itself is widely acknowledged as an architectural beauty.

16 May 2012 | 8:00 pm BST

Creative Pro: iPad App Teaches Photoshop

Here's a little-known gem: Adobe has created a free iPad app that lets you learn Photoshop through interactive tutorials. The Tutorial Player for Photoshop includes 12 step-by-step tutorials that teach image-editing tasks.

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16 May 2012 | 10:35 am BST

Digital Media: ASSIMILATE Congratulates SCRATCH Artists On Festival de Cannes 2012 Entries

At the 65th Festival de Cannes, May 16 - 27, several films on the competition roster have been created by filmmakers whose post-production companies used ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH DI software in their digital workflows for conform, color grading, and finishing. The Cannes Film Festival is the world's premier showcase for independent and international filmmakers.

15 May 2012 | 8:00 pm BST

Digital Media: Improving UX on the Cheap

Perfecting your apps UX can be a costly endeavor. But adequate planning and tightly focused study groups can keep costs under control while ensuring the finished product is of high quality.

15 May 2012 | 8:00 pm BST

Creative Pro: Adobe Will Fix Security Holes in CS5.5 Apps

Adobe found itself in hot water last week when it announced its plan to help users overcome a security flaw in key Creative Suite 5.5 applications. The solution? Upgrade to CS6.

The applications affected — Flash Professional, Illustrator, and Photoshop — have security holes that let hackers take control of your system after you open a malicious file, for example, a .TIF file in Photoshop. Versions 5.5 and earlier on both Mac and Windows are vulnerable.

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14 May 2012 | 9:50 am BST