Broadcast News Archive for June, 2001
29/06/2001 ACI ANNOUNCE BROADCASTING FOOTBALL CONFERENCE
ACCESS Conferences International (ACI) have announced their first Broadcasting Football conference which is to be held at Chelsea Village, London, which will run from August 2 to the 3 2001. The two-

29/06/2001 BDL AUTOSCRIPT TO SHOW LATEST SOFTWARE AT IBC 2001
BDL-AUTOSCRIPT, one of the leading manufacturers of Teleprompters, will show the latest version of +WinPlus+ Prompting Software at IBC 2001 with many new features and Newsroom interfaces including MOS

29/06/2001 CCTV ORDER THREE SSL DIGITAL CONSOLES
SOLID State Logic (SSL) have announced that China Central Television (CCTV) have ordered a further three SSL digital consoles. The first digital installation was completed in 1999, when a 48-fader, 9

29/06/2001 FILMFOUR AND ORANGE LAUNCH MAJOR PRIZE
ORANGE and FilmFour have launched a major prize that aims to discover new and dynamic voices for film in the UK. The Orange FilmFour Prize for Short Film is open to writer and director individuals an

29/06/2001 IRISH BROADCASTERS TO PRODUCE SHORTS SERIES
FOR THE first time ever, all the television broadcasters in Ireland have joined together to produce a unique series of short films. New filmmakers from throughout Ireland have made all the films on t

29/06/2001 MINISTER CELEBRATES CYFLE’S ACHIEVEMENTS
FIRST MINISTER, Rhodri Morgan AM, recently presented the first people to benefit from Objective 1 funding with their Skillset Professional Qualifications NVQs in Caernarfon. The individuals were on t

29/06/2001 PACE AND OPENTV SIGN AGREEMENT
PACE MICRO Technology, one of the world’s largest developers of digital home gateway technology, and OpenTV one of the world’s leading interactive television and media solutions company, have signed a

29/06/2001 S4C SCOOP THREE AWARDS AT PROMAX
NAKED WELSH flesh certainly took the eye of the adjudicators at the world PROMAX awards ceremony in Miami, Florida, as S4C won three silver awards in the USA. S4C’s sports promotional film grabbed th

28/06/2001 DIGITALMENTORS ANNOUNCE SUITE OF PRODUCTS
DIGITALMENTORS have announced the availability of a suite of products designed to meet the growing need for information and skills on implementing digital TV solutions. Based in Limerick, Ireland, th

28/06/2001 DTS EXPAND DVD APPLICATIONS
THIS year at IBC, DTS will be showing the latest developments in 5.1/6.1 encoding technology for DVD-A, DVD-V, CD and broadcast applications. DTS can now deliver 5.1 channels in 96/24 along with full

28/06/2001 eMOTION EXPANDS OPERATIONS TO UNITED KINGDOM
RESPONDING to explosive growth in their European markets, eMotion, a leader in digital media management software and services, have announced that they have completed the purchase of their leading UK

28/06/2001 EUROPEAN BROADCASTERS ADOPT CONVERA SOLUTIONS
CONVERA have announced the latest advancement in their pursuit of the European broadcasting and media industry. German television broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 Media have successfully deployed two Conve

28/06/2001 ISIS GROUP APPOINT DTL AS EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTORS
DTL BROADCAST have announced that the ISIS Group based in the USA have appointed DTL as their European Distributors. DTL will be offering the full range of ISIS and PixCells products directly in the

28/06/2001 ON SIGHT UPGRADE RANGE OF AVID SYSTEMS
SOHO based ON Sight have upgraded their range of Avid online and offline editing systems as part of an ongoing development programme. According to co-founder Simon Craddock the programme has been des

28/06/2001 S4C UNVEILS ANNUAL REPORT 2001
AN Oscar nomination, numerous other awards, and a boost in children’s programming output, were among the highlights of the year, noted by Chair of S4C Elan Closs Stephens, in the broadcaster’s annual

28/06/2001 SKY SPORTS SECURE FORD SPONSORSHIP DEAL
SKY SPORTS have again secured Ford Motor Company as exclusive broadcast sponsors for FA Premier League coverage. The new deal starts with the 2001-2 season and takes the Ford sponsorship of Sky’s Pre

27/06/2001 ANIMO ENLIVEN ‘THE SQUIRE’S TALE’
SELDOM HAVE narratives been so closely studied and widely read as Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, but the great literary works are now being brought to life with stunning paint effects for anothe

27/06/2001 BARRAKA COLLABORATE WITH PANTECHNICON
THE PRODUCT of Baraka Post Production's latest collaboration with Pantechnicon is a stunning eight-screen, 360 degree panoramic presentation made for the Denbies Wine Estate in Dorking, Surrey. The 1

27/06/2001 EPIC NEW BT BRANDING CAMPAIGN
BT’s major new brand advertising campaign is in the form of an epic 90-second commercial featuring a cast of millions. The spot was created by St Luke’s and was directed by Jake Scott through RSA Fil

27/06/2001 FILM COUNCIL INVEST IN ‘BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM’
THE Film Council have finalised their investment of £945,043 in Gurinder Chadha's new film ‘Bend It Like Beckham’, one of the last interim funding decisions made by the Arts Council's Film Panel last

27/06/2001 FILM COUNCIL LAUNCH £6M REGIONAL FUND
THE FILM Council launched their £6 million fund for Regional Investment for Film in England (RIFE) in Cambridge on June 27 in partnership with Screen East, one of the first regional agencies to receiv

27/06/2001 KIT SCOOP AWARD FOR NEWS SERVICE
THE FIRST on-demand news service to be launched on KIT, the East Yorkshire broadband television service from Kingston Communications, has picked up a national award for breaking new ground. ‘Calendar

27/06/2001 REGULATORS WELCOME OFCOM ANNOUNCEMENT
THE FIVE communications regulators that will merge to form OFCOM have welcomed the announcement in the Queen’s Speech that a full draft of the Communications Bill will be published during the current

27/06/2001 UNION WIN LEGAL FIGHT ON HOLIDAYS
BECTU have won holiday rights for freelancers in a legal fight with the UK government. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) have ruled that the UK government are in breach of European employment law i

26/06/2001 BBC TECHNOLOGY ALLY WITH REALNETWORKS
BBC Technology and RealNetworks, one of the global leaders in Internet media delivery, have announced an alliance which positions BBC Technology as one of the largest digital media delivery service pr