Features
Making the dragons fly
Martin Pelletier, visual effects supervisor at Rodeo FX, explains how House of the Dragon’s fantastic flying beasts are able to take to the air
CGI
Production & Post
DI4D sees double in new short film
Double uses the company's PURE4D 2.0 solution to faithfully transfer actor Neil Newbon’s facial performance onto his digital double
People
Meet the… product specialist, newsroom solutions
David Cardinale, product specialist, newsroom solutions at CGI tells TVBEurope about the importance of keeping skills up to date in the rapidly evolving media...
Artificial Intelligence
Ethical considerations of AI in newsroom workflows
Professor Markus Kaiser, director consulting expert at CGI, looks at how AI is finding its way into broadcasters' newsrooms and why media organisations will...
Production & Post
A race against time
The team at VFX studio Lux Aeterna was behind the visuals on the glossy BBC Studios documentary series Ancient Powers. The battle was telling...
Production & Post
CCW pledges to become first UK-based net zero production company by 2023
The company, which works across CGI, video production, 2D and 3D scanning, and photogrammetry, is enabling clients to opt into its sustainability scheme
Live Production
Case study: How CGI’s newsroom system helps the BBC handle its global news output
CGI’s OpenMedia newsroom system played an important part in keeping services on-air during the pandemic, enabling the vast majority of BBC news staff to...
Live Production
CGI wins €3.5 million contract to modernise France Télévisions’ newsrooms
Over 3,000 journalists are expected to use CGI's OpenMedia technology
People
Johann Rückel joins CGI as director of business development
Experienced industry professional joins as director of business development to "further expand the company’s OpenMedia global footprint", and was most recently sales director at...
Live Production
Avid integrates MediaCentral with CGI’s OpenMedia solution
MediaCentral is already integrated with both AP ENPS and Octopus newsroom computer systems
Business
The future is exciting! What the media tech industry can expect post-pandemic
TVBEurope looks at the positives from the way the media tech industry has dealt with the pandemic, and what the future holds
Production & Post
Pixar graphics pioneers win Turing Prize
Prize often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of computing"
Content
ITV4 to broadcast Grand National Race of Champions
Will feature 40 horses from previous races, created using CGI 3D technology and software
Production & Post
Absolute outsources production IT to ERA
Absolute has outsourced its production IT requirements to ERA’s hosted services
News
Business
Reuters unveils Partner Marketplace for new video content
Reuters has launched its Partner Marketplace, a service offering clients fully-licensed video content from a range of specialist providers, available via a single, tiered...
News
Production & Post
RealtimeUK brings gaming CGI to factual TV series
Manchester-based animation studio RealtimeUK has embarked on a major documentary series project for TV channel Yesterday.
News
IBC
zLense declares ‘world first’ in 3D camera technology
zLense's depth-mapping camera solution captures 3D data and scenery in realtime and adds a 3D layer to the footage
Production & Post
Photo-realistic CG humans a decade away
Over the last decade, we have seen the subtle but important evolution from simple body motion capture, such as stunt doubles, to full performance...
Production & Post
Atlantic launches Alchemy VR
Atlantic Productions, together with its visual effects studio, ZOO, are expanding into the virtual reality market with the launch of Alchemy VR.