Two former Technicolor colleagues have opened a media services facility backed by ES Broadcast, the equipment sales and rental firm. Gary Edwards spent 18 years as director of engineering at Vidfilm, which was bought by Technicolor in 2006, while Peter Carrington was a digital media engineer at Technicolor for 13 ... Read More

Timecode Systems is now shipping its SyncBac Pro accessory for GoPro cameras. Introduced earlier this year at NAB, the embedded system for GoPro Hero4 Black and Silver cameras allows users to generate frame-accurate timecode and wirelessly sync multiple cameras. Timecode chief executive Paul Scurrell said “the ability to timecode sync GoPros ... Read More

Italian production company Vandone Film has acquired three Blackmagic Studio 4K cameras to help it get under the bonnet of Formula One and Moto GP. Vandone Film’s clients include Sky Italia. It also produces specialist media content for Sky Sports F1 HD and Sky Sports Moto GP ... Read More

Prosecutors in Brazil have accused OBS of breaking employment laws during the Olympic Games, according to a report by Reuters. It is claimed that OBS employees were made to work irregular hours and for more than 10 hours a day during the Olympics and Paralympics. It is not yet clear if any ... Read More

Avid has updated two graphics products based on technology it absorbed as part of its acquisition of Orad last year. The 4Designer graphics authoring tool is for creating 2D and 3D motion graphics, while Maestro gives broadcasters options for management and playout of graphics and animations. New features include the Maestro ... Read More

Soho post house Eikon is moving to a new facility on Golden Square that is more than twice the size of its previous HQ on Poland Street. The two-floor facility will cover 6,000 sq ft, providing space for an additional four suites to take the total ... Read More

Arena Television will “start to look beyond its current OB truck build programme” after winning the contract to provide OB facilities for Sky Sports’ rugby union coverage. The Redhill-based company was last month awarded a four-year, 80-game-per-season deal to cover various tournaments and matches, including England’s ... Read More