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Follow on Google News | TV Editing Facility To Open In BristolAt least 20 new jobs to be created as one of London’s largest television post-production groups spends £1m on state-of-the-art South West base
By: Evolutions The state-of-the- The facility will cost approximately £1m to fit out and will include 30 picture and sound editing suites plus additional space for TV production offices. Evolutions managing director Simon Kanjee said: “Having had discussions with our existing independent television production company clients in London - as well as local TV producers in Bristol - we believe there is a significant demand for the scale, speed and quality of post-production service that we can offer. Although we cannot reveal details yet, we already have some very interesting jobs booked in.” He added: “Bristol is a vibrant and exciting city and, despite the difficult economic climate, the media sector is thriving. By opening a facility in Bristol we believe we can help to grow the local market.” Keys to the new building were handed over last week and a recruitment drive is currently underway. It is expected that the new facility will be up and running by July before becoming fully operational in September. ENDS Notes for editors - Evolutions works with a wide variety of different television production companies, helping them to produce factual, entertainment and comedy programmes. - Credits include The Apprentice (BBC1), Watchdog (BBC1), One Born Every Minute (Channel 4), The Only Way Is Essex (ITV2) and An Idiot Abroad (Sky1). - The new facility will include 20 Avid Composer editing suites plus Avid Symphony online editing suites, two sound dubbing theatres and a colour grading suite. End
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