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Encoding Digital Video for Streaming and Network Delivery

Wednesday 4th and Thursday 5th March 2009
10.30 am – 5.00 pm  
 
Day One: Introductory Course, 4th March 2009.
Offers an introduction to digitising moving images for online delivery and tackles problems, which may be encountered in the process.
Day Two: Advanced Course, 5th March 2009
Designed to follow on from the [...]

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Peter White MBE, the BBC’s Disability Correspondent, will open the forthcoming Learning on Screen Conference on 7th and 8th April 2009 which is being organised by the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC). The key theme of the Learning on Screen conference in 2009 is Disability and Access to Moving Image and Sound. There will also [...]

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BUFVC is receiving entries for the Learning on Screen Awards 2009. The awards will be given following the Learning on Screen Conference dinner at the Holiday Inn Regent’s Park on the 7th April 2009. 
The BUFVC will present a number of awards which celebrate and reward excellence in the use of moving image, sound and related media [...]

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Learning on Screen, the annual conference established by the Society for Screen-Based Learning, focuses on the delivery of learning and research with moving image and sound – be it broadcasting, web delivery or cinema.
It will be held at The Wellcome Collection (183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE) on 7th and 8th April 2009 and the Learning [...]

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Shooting with High-Definition Video (HDV)
Wednesday 12th November 2008
10.30 am – 5.00 pm
BUFVC, 77 Wells Street, London W1
Intended audience: participants from higher and further education who wish to learn professional camera techniques to improve their own recording methods for use in courseware, research and teaching.
In this one day workshop we take a non-technical approach to learning [...]

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Over 3,000 hours of historic news footage from ITN’s archive division, ITN Source, has been made available to further and higher education institutions in the UK, giving educators and students cost-free access to a century of video material.
The NewsFilm Online service, www.nfo.ac.uk , featuring ITN and Reuters content, forms part of a £22 million digitisation [...]

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Encoding digital video for streaming and network delivery – Advanced

Presenter: Greg Newton-Ingham (Yukoo)
Thursday 16 October 2008, 10.30 am – 5 pm

Designed to follow on from the introductory course, this course offers greater technical insight into the challenges involved with digitising moving images for online delivery, addressing considerations such as system software, compression and server technology.

Although [...]

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Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production
Presenters: Alma Hales and Bernadette Attwell
Date:  Thursday 9th October 2008, 10.00 am – 5.00 pm
Book your place now on one of the most popular courses run by the BUFVC. This is an essential one-day starter for those needing to use copy and manage existing third party content in [...]

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