Broadcast News Archive for October, 2001
15/10/2001 GOVERNMENT SIGNALS NEXT STEP FOR DIGITAL TV
MOVES to increase quality, reliability and geographical coverage of Digital TV have been announced by Douglas Alexander, E-Commerce Minister, and Kim Howells, Broadcasting Minister. Outlined with the

15/10/2001 MCGANN LAUNCHES CINEMAGIC PROGRAMME
THE programme for the 12th Cinemagic film festival for young people was launched by actor Paul McGann at Warner Village Cinemas at the Odyssey in Belfast. This year’s festival will run from November

15/10/2001 NEW AVID PRODUCT SPECIALIST JOINS ROOT6
RICHARD McGuinness has joined Soho-based resellers, root6, as Product Specialist for Avid DS HD and the new integrated effects workflow environment from 5D, including Cyborg, Commander and Colossus.

15/10/2001 ZONE VISION ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH UNIVERSAL
ZONE Vision Group, the London-based thematic channel producers and distributors, have entered into a licensing agreement with Universal. The agreement gives Zone Vision the basic cable television rig

12/10/2001 BSKYB TO HANDLE SALES FOR EMAP MUSIC CHANNELS
BRITISH Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) have announced that they have won the sales contract for Emap's portfolio of six digital music channels. From January 1, 2002, Sky Sales will take responsibility for

12/10/2001 BSKYB'S JOINT VENTURE WITH LADBROKES IS REFERRED
BRITISH Sky Broadcasting's joint venture with Ladbrokes, the betting and gaming division of Hilton Group, has been referred by the Secretary of State to the Competition Commission. The 50:50 joint ve

12/10/2001 EDIFIS APPOINT NEW SALES MANAGER
UK-based television and film graphics equipment manufacturer Edifis have appointed Brian Dedden as Sales Manager, reporting to Sales Director Richard Lilley. Dedden began his career at Tektronix in 1

12/10/2001 ELDON LAUNCH RESTYLED 19” EQUIPMENT CHESTS
ELDON 19” chests have not only been completely restyled but also offer a new degree of flexibility for equipment. The chests are available in three basic versions, three piece where the front and bac

12/10/2001 LANGLEY JOINS TWOFOURTV
ONE of the UK’s leading broadcast and corporate producers, twofourtv, the new media arm of Two Four Productions, have appointed Jason Langley to develop the branded and interactive programming aspect

12/10/2001 SOFTIMAGE ANNOUNCE WINNING JUNIOR ANIMATORS
SOFTIMAGE, the organisers of the European Junior Animators’ Award, have announced the winners of this year’s competition. Richard Craig-McFeely, Softimage European Business Manager, presented the awa

12/10/2001 TOWERS PERRIN REPORT LAYS FOUNDATIONS FOR OFCOM
A STUDY intended to lay the foundations of the new communications regulators OFCOM has been published. Produced by consultants Towers Perrin the study was commissioned by the five communications regu

12/10/2001 ZONE VISION SIGN DEAL WITH MGM
ZONE Vision, the London-based thematic channel producers and distributors, have signed an additional deal with Hollywood major MGM acquiring top-quality titles from the studio's library for Le Cinema

11/10/2001 CALL FOR SCRIPTS FOR COMEDY COMPETITION
MIRAGE Enterprises and Intermedia, in association with The Script Factory, are launching a nationwide competition to discover a great contemporary urban comedy idea to develop as a feature film. To p

11/10/2001 FII ANNOUNCE THE RETURN OF THE IRISH FILM BALL
THE Film Institute of Ireland (FII) have announced the return of the Irish Film Ball. The FII Award is presented to an Irish Filmmaker for their outstanding contribution to Irish Film. This year it i

11/10/2001 FILMMAKERS GUIDE TO DISTRIBUTION NOW AVAILABLE
A FILMMAKERS Guide to Distribution and Exhibition is now available from the British Film Institute (BFI) and Scottish Screen. Copies are free and can either be collected from Scottish Screen, the BFI

11/10/2001 ITV DIGITAL TO CARRY MORE INTERACTIVE ADVERTISING
ITV Digital are set to carry more interactive advertising to their viewers than any other platform from this month. They are empowering television with a series of interactive TV commercials from maj

11/10/2001 LIBERTY LIVEWIRE FORM NEW SALES TEAM
AS part of a growing expansion program Liberty Livewire's Media Services group, which comprises of 4MC, Telecine Short Form, Todd MCR and Stream have formed a new sales team. The team will be based a

11/10/2001 ORAD RECEIVE ORDERS IN EXCESS OF $1.3 MILLION
EMMY Award winner Orad Hi-Tec Systems, one of the world leaders in television production technology and sports broadcasting tools, announced the successful results of their participation at IBC with n

11/10/2001 PICARDY PRODUCE ‘FREESTYLE CRUISING’ VIDEO
PICARDY Media Group are helping Norwegian Cruise Lines tap into a younger market, by producing an upbeat and exhilarating video which illustrates a new, informal approach to travelling on the ocean wa

11/10/2001 PINNACLE SYSTEMS ANNOUNCE ARRIVAL OF PDS 6000
PINNACLE Systems have announced the arrival of their new, entry-level, digital production switcher, the PDS 6000. The PDS 6000 delivers a suite of real-time processing capabilities with a powerful Mi

10/10/2001 ‘THE WARRIOR’ SCOOPS GOLDEN HITCHCOCK AWARD
DIRECTOR Asif Kapadia's ‘The Warrior’ has won the top award, the Golden Hitchcock, at the 12th Dinard Festival of British Film sponsored by the Film Council. The Jury President, Emily Watson, said th

10/10/2001 BBC ANNOUNCE £25 MILLION INVESTMENT
BBC Director-General Greg Dyke has announced a £25 million investment in regional broadcasting and ground-breaking broadband digital TV and learning initiatives centred in Hull, the East Riding and Li

10/10/2001 DIGITALENT TEAM UP WITH TANGO
SIX of Britain's top digital filmmakers, illustrators and interactive designers, Digitalent, have teamed up with Tango to support 'Unleash the Talent Inside', the UK's first initiative to fund the dig

10/10/2001 FILM COUNCIL HOST NEW UK MEDIA DESK
THE Film Council have announced that they will host a new UK MEDIA Desk. The Desk is linked to the European Commission's MEDIA Plus Programme launched last January, and will be based in central Londo

10/10/2001 QVS DELIVERS INDUSTRY FIRST OUT OF THE BLUE
QUADRANT Visual Solutions (QVS), the designers and builders of state-of-the-art professional audio visual installations and providers of conference, presentation, and multimedia services, have launche