Broadcast News Archive for June, 2001
18/06/2001 MCD AUCTIONS MAJOR SALE TO BE HELD ON JUNE 27
MCD Auctions have announced that their next major sale by auction of video, camera, and studio equipment is to be held at NEC Harlequins RFC, Chertsey Road, Twickenham on June 27. The lots can be view

18/06/2001 PACE RE-LAUNCH SERVICE POLICY FOR SKY DIGIBOXES
PACE MICRO Technology have re-launched their service policy for Sky Digiboxes and now offers the most flexible and comprehensive service support available. The new policy, available from August 1 200

18/06/2001 RTÉ CO-PRODUCTION RECEIVES MAJOR AWARD
A documentary co-produced by RTÉ has won a special award at this year’s Banff Television Festival in Canada. ‘The Gold Rush’ a three-part documentary shown last year on RTÉ One, takes a critical look

18/06/2001 SKY DIGITAL OFFERS TEXT MESSAGING THROUGH TV
SKY DIGITAL viewers can now take part in the text-messaging revolution that continues to sweep the world. Viewers can send text messages to any UK mobile network simply by using their Sky remote contr

18/06/2001 SUBVERSIVE SUBMISSIONS FOR ALTERNATIVE COMPETITION
FUTURESONIC and the Mark Thomas Product are inviting submissions to a CCTV film/soundtrack competition, with submissions featuring CCTV footage reclaimed under the new Data Protection Act UK. Revisio

15/06/2001 HOWELLS APPOINTED FILM & BROADCASTING MINISTER
DR KIM Howells has been appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on June 11. Howells, 54, whose new ministerial portfolio will include T

15/06/2001 INDIGOVISION ANNOUNCE TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH
INDIGOVISION Group, one of the UK's most exciting technology companies, have announced a technological breakthrough that allows video to be delivered over wireless and cellular networks to consumer el

15/06/2001 ITV TO BROADCAST NEW COMEDY
PETER DAVISON is starring in a brand new comedy drama for ITV ‘The Last Detective’ adapted from the novel by best selling author Leslie Thomas. The two-hour drama, adapted by Richard Harris, the writ

15/06/2001 KENT JOINS VINTEN MARKETING TEAM
NICK KENT has been hired as Vice President of Marketing and e-Business Development at Vinten, one of the leaders in the design and manufacturing of camera supports. Kent will be responsible for Marke

15/06/2001 MAYOR SUPPORTS AFRICA AT THE PICTURES FILM FESTIVAL
THE MAYOR of London, Ken Livingstone, is hosting a reception on June 19 to support the Africa at the Pictures Film Festival. The fifth Africa at the Pictures Film Festival a celebration of African ci

15/06/2001 OPENTV ACQUIRE STATIC
OPENTV, ONE of the world's leading interactive television (iTV) and media solutions company, have announced that they have agreed to acquire London-based Static, a privately-held leading iTV media and

15/06/2001 STAMFORD PUTS SKY DIGITAL IN EVERY HOME
A GROUND-breaking deal announced by British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) and Stamford Homes means there are now more than 200 new reasons to buy a new home. That is the number of digital satellite televi

15/06/2001 UIP SPONSOR AWARDS FOR IRISH FILMMAKERS
UNITED International Pictures (UIP) have agreed to sponsor, for the second year, a number of prestigious awards for Irish filmmakers. The UIP Director¹s Award is the largest award of its kind in Irel

14/06/2001 CHANNEL 5 MOVE MAIN EVENING NEWS
CHANNEL 5 have announced that they are moving their main evening news bulletin to 7.30pm and introducing a new bulletin at 5.30pm. The weekday ‘ITN 5 News’, presented by Charlie Stayt, will move from

14/06/2001 DATE ANNOUNCED FOR CAMBRIDGE CONVENTION
THIS YEAR’S Cambridge Convention 2001, ‘Thinking Global, Acting Global, the challenges to the UK industry’, is to be held at King’s College, Cambridge on September 13 to the 15, and is to be Chaired b

14/06/2001 EQUITY CALL FOR 'SOAPSTARS' TO BE DROPPED
EQUITY have made strenuous efforts to persuade Granada to drop their plans for a docusoap in the style of ‘Popstars’ with would-be performers competing for a part in the award-winning soap ‘Emmerdale’

14/06/2001 GRANADA REFOCUS ON TWIN BUSINESS DIVISIONS
GRANADA, one of Europe’s leading commercial television companies, are reorganising all their businesses into two distinct and focused divisions comprising platforms and content. Granada claim that th

14/06/2001 MICROSOFT AND PACE ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT
MICROSOFT and Pace Micro Technology, one of the leading pioneers in digital set-top boxes, have announced the first implementation of Microsoft TV technology following last year's memorandum of unders

14/06/2001 ONDIGITAL REACH ONE MILLION SUBSCRIBERS
ONDIGITAL, the digital terrestrial television platform, which will be rebranded as ITV Digital, have announced that they have reached the milestone of one million subscribers, and they expect to break

14/06/2001 REPORT ASSESSES S4C'S CONTRIBUTION TO ECONOMY
A report that examines welsh broadcaster S4C's contribution to the Welsh economy has been published. Commissioned by S4C, and written by the Welsh Economic Research Unit based at Cardiff University a

14/06/2001 TWO FACILITIES HOUSES REACH STRATEGIC ALLIANCE
TWO of the UK’s facilities houses have announced the formalisation of a new exclusive hire agreement. The arrangement sees ARRI Lighting Rental, one of Europe’s pre-eminent lighting hire companies, b

13/06/2001 BECTU DISCUSS FREELANCE TERMS WITH YTV
BECTU have met with Yorkshire Television (YTV) to discuss freelance terms and conditions. BECTU Officials have discussed with YTV management the terms and conditions of freelances engaged by the comp

13/06/2001 DE LUXE VIDEO DISTRIBUTION PLAN TO MOVE PREMISES
DE LUXE Video Distribution members are facing major upheaval as the company plans to move. De Luxe plans to move from their current Park Royal site in London to a new and bigger warehouse at Enfield.

13/06/2001 EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL SEEK UK FICTION FILMS
THE ORGANISERS of the Edinburgh International Film Festival are seeking UK fiction films, features and shorts for Film UK at the Edinburgh International Film Festival which runs from August 12 to the

13/06/2001 GRANADA’S ADVERTISING REVENUE FALLS
GRANADA have released their Interim Results for the six months ended 31 March 2001 that show a fall in net advertising revenue of 5.4 per cent. Steve Morrisson, Chief Executive of Granada, said: “In