The Bottle Yard’s TBY2 facility in Bristol is one of the first studios to be awarded the new Studio Sustainability Standard by BAFTA albert, the UK’s industry organisation for environmental sustainability in TV in film. The sustainably-designed film and TV production facility, which opened last Autumn, is powered by a 1MWp rooftop solar array, believed […]
BT Group has opened its new flagship office in Bristol for a workforce of 2,500. The new 13-storey waterfront office will become one of the company’s key hubs in the UK and home to specialist and skilled roles from across BT Group, including EE, BT Business and Openreach. BT announced last year that it is […]
BT has revealed plans to grow its in-house Digital talent resource to 6,300 people, from 3,500 at the start of the financial year (April 1st 2022). The majority will be brought on board by April 2024. “Digital was founded to accelerate BT’s transformation, innovation and return to growth. To succeed, we need to bring in […]
Motion Impossible, the manufacturer of modular remote dolly systems and camera stabilisers, has announced the launch of MagTrax, a new magnetic strip-guided system for discreet tracked applications, offering more flexibility and fast set-up for laid or set-embedded dolly tracks. MagTrax enhances the existing drive-ends by enabling customers to follow a magnetic strip laid on a […]
Channel 4’s proportion of commissions and spend in the Nations and Regions hit an all-time record high last year. Two thirds of all original programming commissioned for the main channel was produced in the Nations and Regions – nearly double the broadcaster’s 35 per cent quota set by Ofcom. Channel 4’s Chief Content Officer, Ian […]
BT Sport has announced Rugby Stories, a new strand of documentaries around each of the thirteen clubs in the 2021/22 Gallagher Premiership. Each club will have a dedicated episode which typically airs on BT Sport on Friday evenings directly following a live match from the Gallagher Premiership or Heineken Champions Cup on BT Sport. Rugby […]
Cyber Group Studios, a producer and distributor of animated series, best known for its award-winning series Gigantosaurus, has acquired a majority ownership stake in A Productions, a UK-based animation production studio. A Productions is a creative-led, multi-discipline studio based in Bristol, UK, with a strong reputation for producing award-winning children’s content for many major UK […]
For the NBC primetime celebrity game show That’s My Jam in the US from Universal Television Alternative Studios, famed television and live event director Glenn Weiss and his long-time Steadicam operator Toré Livia from Jitacam decided on three AGITO modular remote dolly systems from Motion Impossible. Using two AGITO Sports with two cameras each, and […]
BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Audio have announced a new partnership which will bring together their network radio teams in Wales and Bristol in a single unit, led from Cardiff, working across both sites. The new unit, will create a substantial audio hub with more than 70 posts, giving the teams across the two bases […]
Top Gear, the long-running BBC One motoring entertainment show, is transferring its production from London to the South West from spring 2022. BBC Studios Bristol is the production hub for many factual entertainment programmes including Countryfile, DIY SOS, Antiques Roadshow, Fake or Fortune and Gardeners’ World. It’s also home to the Natural History Unit which […]