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July 29, 2010 — Ascent Media announced the appointment of Larry Birstock to senior vice president, Media Services, Alan Silvers to vice president, Media Services and Charlie Mitchell to vice president, Digital Services Group. All three will be based in Ascent Media’s DMDC in Burbank, CA and report to Adam Poulter, senior vice president, Global Media and Digital Services.
July 26, 2010 — Ascent Media has contracted with C-SPAN to refit its control rooms to enable the network to broadcast live in HD from remote locations. This week's confirmation hearings of Supreme Court justice nominee Elena Kagan will be the first such hearings ever presented in HD, according to Ascent.
July 26, 2010 — Pitch Blue, the new server-based system from Warner Bros., CBS and Ascent Media aimed at automating the process of delivering high-definition syndicated content, is now fully deployed at local stations, and its partners are starting to ramp up the delivery of high-definition shows.
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July 27, 2010 — Ascent Media Group, LLC (Ascent) today announced the appointment of Larry Birstock to senior vice president, Media Services, Alan Silvers to vice president, Media Services and Charlie Mitchell to vice president, Digital Services Group. All three will be based in Ascent Media’s DMDC in Burbank, CA and report to Adam Poulter, senior vice president, Global Media and Digital Services.
July 15, 2010 — Further bolstering unification of its digital intermediate (DI) services, Company 3 has expanded Executive Producer Devin Sterling's role to oversee DI operations between its Santa Monica and New York facilities, liaise with sister companies Method, and Rushes in London, as well as supervise any remote DI projects within Company 3’s international network of virtual outposts. Sterling will continue to work out of Company 3's facility in Santa Monica.
July 8, 2010 — Encore Hollywood has expanded its Visual Effects offering with the additions of Stephan Fleet as creative director, Emmy Award-winner Mitch Gates as CG supervisor and the promotion of Tom Kendall to the key role of executive producer. "We now offer on-set visual effects supervision, complete plate production and an extensive library of models and effects," says Bill Romeo, Sr. VP of Ascent Media's ETV (Entertainment Television) division.
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