After over 10 years in Soho we have grown too big for our offices and are moving back to our South East London roots.

I don’t know how many of our clients have been to our Central London shop in Wardour St. but if you have you may have had to fight your way past a veritable mountain of cardboard boxes of jobs going out, stock coming in and supplies needed to keep our busy production department running.
Yes, after over 10 years in W1 we have finally decided that when you cant see staff over mountains of cardboard, then the place is too damn small. We have taken a long lease on a fantastic new place in SE1, conveniently close to both Waterloo East and Borough Market (I can feel the waistline expanding already!). With 3500 SqFt of warehouse space and ample adjoining offices, in a building populated by internet startups and telecoms companies, we are very excited to have a new home we can grow into.

We will of course be offering all our usual fast turnaround DVD duplication and mail fulfillment services, just with a bit more room to breathe!

Our new address is active from 14th November, click here for all the details.

A sign of the economic times perhaps, but we take no pleasure in announcing that Amstore CD Duplication have gone into administration. 10th Planet Digital Media will of course honour any pricing to their client base and we will do everything we can to make sure that no CD and DVD clients of theirs suffer as a result of this sad news.
Our thoughts go out to the management at this difficult time of what used to be one of the major players in the UK CD Replication and Duplication industry.

Due to the continuing crisis in Japan, stocks of HDCAM SR are severely limited. This has meant that what stock is available is on an allocation basis only. This effectively means that broadcasters and large facilities will be able to get some stock but smaller companies will find it very difficult to secure both HDCAM and HDCAM SR. As a result tape prices have gone up, in some case by over 100%. Stand definition stock is also experiencing some price rises and shortage, though not as severe as HD.

If it wasn’t for the fact that solid state video storage solutions are similarly affected, it would be another nail in tape’s coffin. It will be interesting to see how much tape sales recover by when supplies improve, as digital workflow and delivery is looking very attractive at the moment.

10th Planet is one of the UK’s leading suppliers of Promotional USB through our sister website WeAreUSB.com.
Since the earthquake on Japan on Friday 11th March we have seen huge increases in the cost of the flash memory that is at the heart of every USB drive. As a result prices for USB memory have risen by as much as 20% in the last few days. Supplies are very limited and although we have some UK stock for fast turnaround orders this is selling very fast. If you have any USB projects that are required in the next few weeks please contact us for the latest developments.

10pdm are looking for a runner/trainee to join our busy DVD Authoring and encoding team. The ideal candidate is someone with a passion for all aspects of digital video with some knowledge of encoding and authoring processes preferable, though training will be provided.
A good design sense is also an advantage.

email jobs@10pdm.com with your CV and covering letter.

So we may be a bit biased here at 10th Planet, but well done to the hammers for securing the Olympic Stadium after 2012.
Our bias is of course mostly due to West Ham choosing 10pdm’s USB division (wearesusb.com) to design and manufacture their custom shape usb.

Having said that, with the number of football clubs that use our services for both USB and DVD duplication there was quite a high chance that one of our clients would secure it!

Ok, so it’s a slight exaggeration but sharp eyed viewers of BBC’s “The Apprentice” with Sir Alan Sugar may have noticed the guy’s team racing past our Soho shop. After popping into our local Italian deli (the foodie’s delight that is Camisa) to score some white truffles they can be seen jumping into their waiting limo, parked outside our store. Sadly for them it wasn’t the previous week’s episode where we would have gladly helped them get to grips with DVD duplication and authoring!

We are closed from 24th December and we reopen on the 4th January. If you need to contact us whil we are closed please email sales@10pdm.com

Where can I get a branded USB in 2 days flat?
10th Planet offer a unique, in house branding and duplication service on USB that caters for the most demanding client. We invested in the domed resin printer because it gives the best print quality possible on a USB or any flat surface for that matter.
Its fast, cost effective and looks amazing!

The most cost effective and common method of producing a run CDs or DVDs on any quantity over a 1000 units, is to replicate them. However this is a 10 working day process from receipt of approved artwork for all components and a master disc.
During the months of September to the middle of December, there isn’t much flexibility when it comes to these lead times but there are alternatives!
Recordable media can be printed in exactly the same way as a pressed disc, with paper parts and packaging being identical for all production methods, but these can be produced in a fraction of the time.
Most of the hold ups associated with disc production are caused by late running master CDs and DVDs and because a replicated disc cannot be produced without these, the delays can render the project unusable. But with recordable discs, the discs are usually printed in advance and so most of the assets can be collated without a master.
The standard duplication and assembly time after all the assets have been printed and when the master does subsequently arrive, on 1-2000 discs is just 24hrs.
The costs are pretty comparable on a run of 1000 too!