Broadcast News Archive for September, 2000
20/09/2000 ONDIGITAL LAUNCH ONNET SERVICE
ONNET, ONdigital’s television based Internet service was officially launched on Tuesday, September 19, with 47 brand names on their portal page. Requiring no PC, ONnet needs only a small net box conn

20/09/2000 PEPPER PLAN HD TRANSITION VIA AVID|DS HD
UK BROADCAST facility Pepper have announced they plan to move into high definition (HD) post-production by becoming the world’s first beta-site for Avid|DS HD. A deal signed with UK reseller root6 at

20/09/2000 PHILIPS BEEF UP DIGITAL WATERMARKING STAKE
PHILIPS Electronics are to strengthen their activities in the field of digital content watermarking and rights protection technology by acquiring a 12 per cent stake in Digimarc Corporation, providers

20/09/2000 SKY INTRODUCE NEW BIOGRAPHY CHANNEL
BRITISH Sky Broadcasting (BskyB) and the Arts and Entertainment Television Network (A&E) have announced the arrival of The Biography Channel in the UK. The channel, which is dedicated to the lives of

20/09/2000 TiVo AND STARZ ENTER STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
TiVo and Starz Encore are to jointly develop subscription video-on-demand and pay-per-view on-demand broadband services. Greg DePrez Vice President, Subscription On-Demand for Starz Encore Group said

20/09/2000 VINTEN SUPPORTS STEADY OLYMPIC COVERAGE
VINTEN have provided 300 camera support systems for use during the Olympic Games 2000. Vinten say that their camera support systems are being used at a wide range of venues from the Olympic Stadium,

19/09/2000 BBC AND ONDIGITAL PROVIDE INTERNET ACCESS
THE BBC and ONdigital are to provide licence payers with access to the BBC’s public service Internet services through ONdigital’s new Digital Terrestrial Television service, ONnet. BBC Online will b

19/09/2000 BBC SCOTLAND SEEKS ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS
A COMPETITION to design new Glasgow Headquarters for BBC Scotland at Pacific Quay will be launched later this month. It is planned that by the end of November six architects will be shortlisted. The

19/09/2000 BBC WORLDWIDE PLAYS TV GAMES
TWO WAY TV is to create a number of new interactive games based on BBC shows following an agreement with BBC Worldwide. Tracy Munro Head of Business Affairs at Two Way TV said: “BBC Worldwide is an i

19/09/2000 BT BROADCAST SERVICES LAUNCH MEDIAREEL
BT Broadcast Services have launched Mediareel, a new service that will enable companies to exploit the industry’s migration to the digital video domain. Mediareel will enable the storage and delivery

19/09/2000 BUFVC GET A GRIP OF MOVING IMAGES
BRITISH Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC) will be holding one-day courses entitled ‘Encoding Digital Video for Network Delivery’ in the forthcoming months. The courses will be led by Greg N

19/09/2000 CHANNEL 4 CREW FILM EIGER DEATH PLUNGE
A CHANNEL 4 television crew filmed two British mountaineers as they fell nearly 2,000ft to their deaths while climbing the north face of the Eiger in the Swiss Alps. The fall was recorded by a Channe

19/09/2000 GOVERNMENT PROBES BBC EXECUTIVES BONUSES
SENIOR BBC Executives will have to justify their bonus payments in public as a result of Government pressure as reported in The Sunday Times. The Government is to force 17 Senior Executives as well a

19/09/2000 HARRIS TO CONTROL GRANADA DRAMA
GRANADA have announced that Andy Harris has been appointed as Controller of Drama. Harris who is currently Controller of Comedy for Granada will take over from Simon Lewis and Sue Hogg following thei

19/09/2000 ITC REJECT PROGRAMME COMPLAINTS
THE INDEPENDENT Television Commission (ITC) have rejected complaints about Keith Chegwin’s nude appearance in Channel 5’s programme ‘The Naked Jungle’. The ITC said that the programme code had not be

19/09/2000 SKY GLOBAL TO USE BSKYB AS BENCHMARK
BRITISH Sky Broadcasting (BskyB) are to be used as the template for the newly formed Sky Global Networks Inc. News Corporation, as revealed in the company’s annual report. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman an

18/09/2000 ADRIAN REES JOINS DTS AS MANAGING DIRECTOR
DIGITAL Theatre Systems (DTS) have appointed Adrian Rees as Managing Director. Rees, who will be based in the UK office in Berkshire, will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of DTS’ audio bu

18/09/2000 BBC WALES APPOINTS RUSSELL TO DEVELOP TALENT
MAGGIE Russell has been appointed as the first Head of Talent at BBC Wales. Currently Executive Producer for the broadcaster’s drama department, Russell will be responsible for developing creative ta

18/09/2000 CHYRON GEARS UP FOR NEW MEDIA REVOLUTION
CHYRON announced at IBC that it is to gear up to meet the latest new revolution to hit the broadcasting industry. At Chyron’s IBC press conference, Roger Henderson, the Chief Executive Officer of Chy

18/09/2000 GRADUATES PRODUCTION WORK ON SHOW
BECTU will be holding their third Graduates Production Show on September 19. The event will be based around a reel of excerpts of members’ film and video work along with static displays. Examples of

18/09/2000 INSCRIBER DEVELOP E-CLIPS FOR LIVE VIDEO
INSCRIBER have launched E-clips, an NT-based video sequencing product for the capture and playback of live video. Adam Medri, Product Manager for Inscriber said: “E-clips brings together an amazing a

18/09/2000 NTL WIN MOBILE TV CONTRACT IN SINGAPORE
NTL the UK-based digital network provider, together with Norway-based Nera Telecommunications, have won a contract to build a mobile digital television network in Singapore. The contract costing $5 m

18/09/2000 PERSONAL TV GIVEN BOOST BY PHILIPS
PHILIPS Research and their partner Audio-Visual Indexing and Retrieval (AVIR) have launched new equipment to enhance the application of Personal TV. The new technologies enable automatic creation o

18/09/2000 SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA ANNOUNCE NEW SET-TOP BOX
SCIENTIFIC Atlanta, manufacturers of communication networks have announced a New Explorer set-top box which will be available in 2001 to cable operators in Europe. The company previewed the new inter

18/09/2000 SILK OPT FOR SMOOTH DAR SOUND IN SOHO
SILK Sound, the Soho-based recording facility, have chosen to implement a network of four 24-track Soundstation STORM audio workstations from Digital Audio Research (DAR) the UK based manufacturer of