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The Digital Production Partnership (DPP) has announced the publication of the latest version of its Technical Specification for the Delivery of TV Programmes to all major UK broadcasters. Version 5.0 of the delivery specification represents a major update, targeting new deliverables with the addition of: Ultra High Definition (UHD) High Dynamic Range (HDR) advice on…

Zenon Schoepe, the founder and Editorial Director of international pro audio magazine Resolution, passed away on 10 April. He was 56 years old, writes Joe Hosken. After successfully completing a degree in microbiology at Queen Elizabeth College, University of London, Schoepe began his career in publishing as a trainee journalist with International Thomson, where his…

The British sound recording fraternity contains many eccentrics, but perhaps none more so than Mike Skeet who sadly passed away in December 2015 after a short illness. Mike was an inspiration for a great many of us throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s, mostly through his enthusiastic magazine articles on DIY recording equipment and techniques.…

He’s the genius inventor who helped save millions of lives during the Second World War, but whose achievements went unheralded following an early death. However, this is not the tale of Alan Turing – but Alan Dower Blumlein, who was killed in a plane crash while developing Britain’s superior airborne radar system. Blumlein will receive…