Broadcast News Archive for June, 2012
29/06/2012 4HM Seeks Asia Distributors
UK manufacturer 4HM announced at Broadcast Asia 2012 that it is actively seeking distribution partners in the Asian markets. 4HM was set up three years ago by several broadcast industry professional

29/06/2012 Antenna Setup Tips For Wireless Receivers
Pyers Easton, Managing Director of Raycom Ltd shares his expert knowledge I am frequently asked about the best antenna setups for wireless receivers to maximise range, whilst remaining as prac

29/06/2012 Avid Studio For iPad Helps RTÉ Develop The Future Of Mobile Journalism
Ireland’s national television and radio broadcaster, RTÉ, has developed and is about to pilot a new acquisition model for mobile journalism that uses Avid Studio for iPad. By deploying a mobile journa

29/06/2012 CMC Invests In Multiple Jünger Audio T*AP Units For Loudness Compliance
German dynamics processing manufacturer Jünger Audio has recently sold four of its market-leading T*AP Television Audio Processor units to France’s CMC laboratories. Part of the giant MonalSystem gr

29/06/2012 Connected TV – What’s The Hold Up?
Screen’s connected TV specialist, Gordon Maynard explains how the market landscape drove the development of the company’s connected TV solution ScreenConnect. You will have to go a long way to find s

29/06/2012 Fresh Appointments For Vaddio
Appointing Mark Steen to the role of COO is a natural move as a result of Vaddio’s rapid growth and expansion. Steen joined Vaddio in April 2007 as both a Product Manager and member of the management

29/06/2012 Grass Valley Ships EDIUS With Cross-Platform Codec
Grass Valley™ has begun shipping the highly anticipated latest version of its EDIUS® multiformat nonlinear editing software. EDIUS Pro 6.5 now includes a comprehensive 3D editing workflow and cross-pl

29/06/2012 LIME Selects Mirifice MiriMON For OTT QoE Monitoring
LIME, Cable & Wireless Communication’s Caribbean business, has selected Mirifice’s MiriMON QoE (Quality of Experience) solution to monitor its newly launched TV service. Mark Longstaff, CEO of Mirifi

29/06/2012 Park View 4 U Wins Prime Minister's Big Society Award
Park View 4 U, a community group who mobilised people in their area to transform a once ‘boggy field’ into a community park where young people could channel their energy, is the latest winner of the P

29/06/2012 Sky Sports Chooses Panasonic To Bring F1 To Viewers
Sky Sports dedicated channel for its new in-depth Formula 1 coverage gives viewers the ultimate Formula 1 experience. This new home of Formula 1 is the only place to enjoy live coverage of the whole

29/06/2012 UK Leads The WI-Fi Boom
The UK is leading the global wi-fi boom, with its existing estate of more than 18 million hotspots set to increase to 21 million by 2015, according to industry experts, Informa Telecoms & Media. The

28/06/2012 Blue Lucy Media Brings Cloud Down to Earth at IBC 2012
At IBC 2012 Blue Lucy Media (BLM) is launching a metered licencing system for all of its advanced software-based content acquisition, production tool and metadata management products. BLM software i

28/06/2012 Camera Corps Q-Ball Remote Heads Capture The Commentaries At Wimbledon
Camera Corps Q-Ball compact all-weather robotic pan/tilt/zoom heads have been chosen by a major UK-based outside-broadcast company as commentator cameras at the 2012 Wimbledon tennis tournament. “Q-B

28/06/2012 Film Audio Professionals Record The Sounds Of Bangkok For The Hangover Part II
When Sound Designer/Supervisor Cameron Frankley and Sound Mixer John Fasal were tasked with capturing the ambient audio for the film the Hangover Part II in Bangkok, the team packed its Sound Devices

28/06/2012 Framestore Provides Home Advantage
Framestore has worked with BBH to deliver an integrated Olympics campaign for BA, comprising an iconic TV ad, a timely viral teaser and a customisable application that creates personalised edits of th

28/06/2012 Marquis’ Project Parking Scores For Input Media
Marquis Broadcast, specialist in content workflows and media integration software, has announced Input Media, one of Europe’s leading sports production companies, has selected Project Parking for a da

28/06/2012 Miranda Provides Total Control And Visibility At WNJU Telemundo 47
Miranda Technologies, a global provider of integrated solutions for production, playout and delivery systems for television broadcasters and multi-system operators, has announced the completion of a f

28/06/2012 New Agreement Increases SSL’s Presence In The Philippines
Solid State Logic, the world’s leading manufacturer of analogue and digital audio consoles, is pleased to announce the appointment of Stage Craft International as its large format console distributor

28/06/2012 Rascular Adds Snell Rollcall Compatibility To Software Control System Helm
Rascular, the leading supplier of PC-based multi-device control, has today announced the launch of a new version of its flagship product Helm. With broadcasters and playout providers of all shapes and

28/06/2012 The Other Planet Launches With Quantel
Newly launched facility, The Other Planet, based in central Leeds, is rapidly establishing itself as one of the top post facilities in the North East of England. The Other Planet, put together by th

27/06/2012 Clear-Com Quality And Real-Time Reliability Enable Actors To Use Intercoms As Working Props
Clear-Com®, a global leader in critical voice communication systems, is pleased to announce that its Eclipse-PiCo digital matrix, V-Series panels, Tempest®2400 wireless system and HME DX121 digital wi

27/06/2012 Guilmette Relies On Vinten® Vision blue5
Boston-based sports camera operator and Director of Photography Tom Guilmette recently added Vinten’s new Vision blue5 head to his one-man-band shooting package. He says it is the perfect complement

27/06/2012 HHB Supplies Fuse FM With Studer OnAir 1500 Consoles For New Radio Studios
HHB Communications has supplied Fuse FM, the University of Manchester Students’ Union radio station, with two Studer OnAir 1500 audio mixers as part of the relocation and upgrade of its studios. The

27/06/2012 InBroadcast Update
In April we published the story of Phillip Izzard and the false and misleading statements he was making to sell advertising in his Le Sommet Media ezine Inbroadcast. Following our story, the Advertis

27/06/2012 Marzano Keeps Pictorvision Eclipse Flying
For a recent summer blockbuster, Marzano was asked to capture a seaplane taxiing on water while being pursued by the bad guys in a cluster of airboats with machine guns. “Filmmaking in Europe over th