22 l April 2014
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BBC Studios and Post Production at Elstree Studios will provide full production gallery facilities for the live finals stage of The Voice. The production team will make full use of BBC S&PP ’s purpose-built gallery, which is specifically designed to support large-scale TV productions. Meryl McLaren, commercial manager at BBC S&PP, says: “To add The Voiceto our stable of high-calibre prime- time entertainment series, such as Strictly, is a real privilege.”
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Two of London’s leading audio post production houses have come together to concentrate on sound for both TV drama and feature films. Hackenbacker Audio Post Productionis now part of the HALO group of companies, but will continue to operate under its original name from its main studio centre in Bateman Street, Soho. Recent productions mixed at Hackenbacker include The Musketeers, Downton Abbeyand Whitechapel.
www.hackenbacker.com
British broadcast hire company Presteignehas won a contract from BBC Sport to provide on-location technical resources for its coverage of Formula One motorsport. The equipment, which includes the capabilities for live production and delivery and fast turnaround editing, packs into three containers for shipping in cargo aircraft. The flyaway kit includes production control facilities for unilateral coverage, switching 15 feeds from the host broadcaster with three wireless cameras covering the presenters in the pits and paddock.
www.presteignecharter.com
RTW, maker of audio meters and monitoring devices, has named Magnetic Mediaas its exclusive distributor in Poland. International sales manager for RTW, Arjen Hofland, says: “In the past two decades, we’ve watched Magnetic Media grow alongside the Polish market for audio equipment, and have found the company to be an outstanding representative of our products.”
www.magnetic.com.pl www.rtw.de
Calrec acquired by Electra
Broadcast console maker follows Allen & Heath into private equity firm’s ownership, writes Dave Robinson
ELECTRA PARTNERS, the private equity firm which acquired Cornwall-based Allen & Heath (A&H) in a deal worth £43m last summer, has scooped up broadcast console specialist Calrec Audio for £14m ($23m). Calrec and A&H will once
again become sibling brands, as they were under previous owner D&M Holdings, alongside Denon & Marantz (though there was no obvious sharing of technology in that arrangement). “When we made our initial
investment in the professional audio sector by supporting the buyout of Allen & Heath, Electra provided all of the new financing to ensure flexibility with respect to further acquisitions in the sector,” said Alex Fortescue, chief investment
UNITED KINGDOM News from Next TV Summit
MORE SPEAKERS and details of the agenda for the Next TV Summit London, to be held at the prestigious Bafta theatre on 11 June, have been announced. The line-up of speakers will include Mary Ann Halford, MD of media and entertainment at FTI Consulting, Fremantle Media CEO Jens Richter, and Ashley MacKenzie, founder and CEO of DRM agency Base 79, with Michael Comish, group digital officer at Tesco
and founder and CEO of streaming service Blinkbox, as keynote speaker. As well as offering panel discussions and keynote presentations – sessions will cover multiscreen versus pure OTT, the rising cost of premium content, the popularity of reality programming for online and OTT providers, and much more – there will also be several networking opportunities throughout the day during
coffee breaks, lunch and at the evening cocktail party. The event, organised in
association with PSNEurope’s sister title TVBEurope, promises to “explore the opportunities posed by developments in mobile broadcasting, second screen, OTT, multiscreen, and how to capture, interact with and monetise an increasingly eclectic viewership.” Tickets are available now from
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FTI Consulting’s Mary Ann Halford
As Calrec finds new ownership, so the Callisto finds a new name: hello Summa!
partner of Electra Partners in a statement. “The acquisition of Calrec shows the benefits of this approach, and both companies are well-placed to accelerate growth as a result.” “We are delighted to have funded the acquisition of Calrec,” said Charles Elkington, investment partner of Electra Partners. “Part of our investment strategy in the professional audio sector is to acquire additional businesses to create a group of market- leading professional audio brands. We look forward to working with Roger Henderson
and his team to continue to invest in developing new products for Calrec’s customers.” Celebrating its 50th
anniversary this year, Calrec, which occupies a converted 19th century mill in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, has developed a range of digital consoles relied on by the world’s most successful broadcasters. “Calrec has experienced rapid
growth over the past few years. We have a very healthy product portfolio, and we look forward to working alongside Electra Partners as we continue to break new technological
boundaries,” said the console company’s managing director Roger Henderson. The buyout was announced just ahead of Calrec flagging up a rebrand for its Callisto audio console. A cut-down version of the Apollo and Artemis desks, Callisto will henceforth be known as Summa, following a request from another pro-audio developer who had already registered the product name. Summa will make its debut at NAB in Las Vegas later this month (see preview, over).
www.calrec.com
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