December 2007
BBC Resources Ltd has secured a three series deal with SpunGold for ITV1's Alan Titchmarsh Show.
Having successfully supported the first series and a Christmas Special, it will help make series two, three and four and provide studio and post production facilities right up into 2009.
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December 2007
In response to the increasing demand from programme makers for totally tapeless working environments, BBC Outside Broadcasts has developed the X-Trailer, an HD capable, reliable, cost effective and fully integrated mobile post production and transmission solution... More
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November 2007
BBC Outside Broadcasts has moved their Manchester office to The Pie Factory, the forerunner to the mediacity:uk site at Salford Quays... More
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November 2007
BBC Post Production, part of BBC Resources Ltd, is launching a new consultancy service, to provide practical guidance and advice to programme makers outside of the BBC. It is opening up access to twelve of its top design team, who collectively have nearly 250 years of experience, designing and managing facilities and workflows across all platforms... More
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October 2007
BBC Outside Broadcasts, part of BBC Resources Ltd, is capturing the BBC Electric Proms, the five-day rock and popular music festival, which takes place in Camden, north London, this week... More
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September 2007
BBC Outside Broadcasts is supporting Premier League All Stars, the new major live football event series produced by North One Television for Sky One. The show will bring together Premier League legends, celebrities and fans representing all 20 Premier League Clubs... More
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August 2007
The BBC has announced that the process for the sale of BBC Resources Limited has begun and an advertisement is to appear in the Financial Times, Times and UK trade magazine Broadcast on Thursday 16 August... More
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August 2007
BBC Post Production, part of BBC Resources Ltd, has won editing work on the new series of That Mitchell & Webb Look, which is being made in High Definition to ensure that it is future proof and to maximise value from international sales. The six programmes are being shot in BBC Studios’ new HD studio and edited by BBC Post Production, offline in standard definition before being conformed in HD using an Avid Nitris... More
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August 2007
BBC Post Production, part of BBC Resources Ltd, has invested in new non-linear equipment to support its customers in BBC Sport as they move towards a tapeless workflow in a fast-turnaround environment. The first production to benefit from the investment will be Match of the Day, which starts this month... More
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July 2007
The Open is one of BBC Outside Broadcasts’ biggest and most complex operations. Over four days in mid-July, BBC1 and 2 shows 42 hours of live golf, plus evening highlights. Ensuring that the best coverage possible reaches the armchair golf fan is a herculean task... More
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Caption
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July 2007
BBC Resources is supporting 22 hours of live high definition coverage of the Live Earth concerts taking place on 7 July, which will go out to over 135 countries across the world. Its new HD studio, Studio Eight, at Television Centre in London is acting as the hub for the operation, where content will arrive and be packaged up by BBC Resources for different international broadcasters... More
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June 2007
BBC Outside Broadcasts is supporting St Kilda - A European Opera - an ambitious and innovative arts project that will connect the remote Scottish island of St Kilda by live satellite link to simultaneous performances in five different countries... More
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June 2007
BBC Outside Broadcasts is building a fly-away production gallery in a tractor shed at San Carlos on the Falkland Islands this month, to capture and link live pictures and sound for a Remembrance Service on 17 June, to mark the 25th anniversary of the conflict... More
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San Carlos
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June 2007
BBC Resources Ltd is delighted to announce the completion of a second high definition studio at Television Centre in West London. Studio Eight, comprising 8,000 square feet, has been upgraded to HD to sit alongside Studio One, the UK’s first major high definition studio... More
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June 2007
BBC Outside Broadcasts’ Special Cameras team has won the Sports Innovation Award at the RTS Television Sports Awards for designing and building the world’s first motorised HD Plunge Camera. The broadcast quality HD mini-camera system is mounted on a 16m vertical track and captures divers in real time as they free fall into the pool and 4m below the surface... More
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May 2007
Saturday 19th May was an historic occasion for the tournament: It was the first ever FA Cup Final captured at the new Wembley Stadium and the first ever FA Cup Final to be broadcast in high definition (HD)... More
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April 2007
BBC Outside Broadcasts has covered The London Marathon for BBC Sport since it began in 1981. For the 2007 event it is using six production units, 35 cameras, six bikes, two helicopters and an overhead circling plane to capture the race... More
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February 2007
BBC Outside Broadcasts, part of BBC Resources Ltd, is supporting BBC Sport’s host coverage of the RBS Six Nations 2007. The Northern Hemisphere's annual showcase rugby event takes place over five weekends in February and March, when England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, France and Italy compete to be Six Nations champions going into 2007’s Rugby World Cup... More
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February 2007
Two recent critically acclaimed feature films supported by BBC Costume + Wigs – Marie Antoinette and The Queen - are up for BAFTAs and OSCARs this month for costume design and make-up and hair... More
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Marie Antoinette
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January 2007
BBC Outside Broadcasts’ UKI-1, Europe's first purpose built transportable earth station, is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The three metre satellite dish, weighing 3.3 tons had a massive impact on live television... More
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January 2007
BBC Post Production London has won editing, grading, finishing and sound work on 15 half-hour episodes of Dinosapien, a new children’s high definition co-production for BBC Worldwide and CCI Entertainment. The broadcast partners are the BBC and Discovery Kids (US)... More
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