Broadcast News Archive for January, 2002
15/01/2002 EXTREME PRODUCTIONS SCOOPS PROGRAMME TRIO
NORTHERN Ireland based independent television company Extreme Production have announced a trio of new commissions for 2002. The commissions include a second 6 x 30’ run of the hit animal welfare inve

15/01/2002 HUTCHISON 3G SIGNS CONTENT DEAL WITH BBC TECHNOLOGY
HUTCHISON 3G UK, holder of the UK’s largest third-generation mobile phone licence, have announced that they have awarded BBC Technology a contract to manage the production of their audio-visual conten

15/01/2002 MATROX SHIPS DIGISUITE MAX 7.0
MATROX Video Products Group have announced that the full line of Matrox DigiSuite MAX 7.0 realtime editing platforms is now shipping worldwide. Incorporating realtime 3D DVE powered by the innovativ

15/01/2002 STEPHEN VENNING AND JUDY ROBERTS JOIN THE MILL
OSCAR winning visual effects facility The Mill have announced the appointment of Stephen Venning as operations manager of the Mill 3D department, and Judy Roberts as an inferno operator. Venning joi

14/01/2002 BBC'S REGIONAL NEWS FOR ENGLAND TO AIR ON DIGITAL SATELLITE
THE BBC has announced that as of January 28, 2002, viewers watching BBC One on digital satellite in the five largest English Regions will be able to access their own regional news programmes at 6.30pm

14/01/2002 BLINK TV OPEN NEW BUSINESS IN U.S.A.
LONDON-based Blink TV, the big screen entertainment company, have announced the opening of a business development unit in the U.S.A, headed by Van Jarvis and based in San Francisco. Jarvis has been i

14/01/2002 CAMERON COMMUNICATIONS LAUNCH ARCHIVER 32
CAMERON Communications have announced that they are to launch Archiver32, the complete network, archive and media management system. Archiver32 now brings all the mainstream elements of media into on

14/01/2002 IMAGESTATE LAUNCH ROYALTY FREE FOOTAGE CD
CREATIVE content suppliers ImageState have launched 34 royalty free footage CDs in the UK and the company’s other international markets. The collection includes over 600 individual footage clips on su

14/01/2002 ITC ADD TO PROGRAMME CODE COVERING FINANCIAL REPORTING
THE ITC have published an additional section to the Programme Code covering financial reporting. With immediate effect the amendments incorporate aspects of the Financial Services And Markets Act (Fi

14/01/2002 KPN CHOOSE NET INSIGHT
DUTCH network operator KPN have chosen Net Insight, a leading provider of real-time broadband infrastructure technology, as supplier of media network solutions. Under a framework agreement, KPN plac

14/01/2002 NEW STREET ANNOUNCE NEW GAME SHOW
NEW Street productions have unveiled their new game show – Strike! The interactive format has been created for international distribution and license. In a statement the company explained many of th

14/01/2002 SANCTUARY GROUP ANNOUNCE PROFIT HIKE
THE television, music and entertainment Sanctuary Group have reported sharp rise in profits and turnover for the year to September 2001. The company announced pre-tax profits rose by 88 per cent on

11/01/2002 ANIMATE! COMMISSION NEW SLATE OF PROJECTS
ANIMATE! is now commissioning a new slate of risk-taking projects for television, with running times of 3-6 minutes and production budgets from £5,000 to £30,000. Applicants do not have to be animato

11/01/2002 BBC TECHNOLOGY AWARDED AUDIO-VISUAL CONTRACT
HUTCHISON 3G UK, holders of one of the UK’s largest third-generation mobile phone licence, have announced that they have awarded BBC Technology a contract to manage the production of their audio-visua

11/01/2002 BBC TO LAUNCH NEW DIGITAL CHANNELS BY SPRING 2002
THREE new BBC digital television channels will launch by Spring 2002, offering UK audiences a greater choice - more programmes of original quality and tailored specially for them - along with new idea

11/01/2002 CHANNEL 4 CLOSE ANIMATION DEPARTMENT
CHANNEL 4 have closed their animation department, after two decades of customised commissioning of seminal British animation. During the last three months the Channel has been shedding staff, cutting

11/01/2002 DRAFT ZERO LAUNCH TWO NEW DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
DRAFT Zero, developers of film, television, radio and multimedia projects, have announced that with the support of the Film Council they are launching two development programmes for executives and scr

11/01/2002 SCOTTISH SCREEN INTRODUCE NEW FUND
A NEW fund to encourage feature film projects at the early stages of development has been established by Scottish Screen. Open to both companies and individuals the Seed Fund offers support of up to

11/01/2002 UTV RATES AS NORTHERN IRELAND'S FAVOURITE CHANNEL
UTV is Northern Ireland's favourite television channel, as the official 2001 TV ratings just released confirm that almost twice as many people are watching UTV every evening as BBC NI. UTV's share of

11/01/2002 ZONE VISION SIGN DEAL WITH ALPHA DIGITAL SYNTHESIS
ZONE Vision, the London-based thematic channel producers and distributors, have signed a deal with Alpha Digital Synthesis SA to launch the channel in Greece on Alpha DTH platform. The company have a

10/01/2002 B+ MAGAZINE LAUNCH YOUNG TALENT AWARDS
B+ magazine, part of the Broadcast group, are launching a Young Talent Awards event, to recognise and showcase TV and film-making talent in the UK. The B+ Young Talent Awards will be held at The Prod

10/01/2002 EARLY BIRD BULLETIN FOR BECTU MEMBERS
FREELANCE members from BECTU can sign up for the Early Bird production warning bulletin. Early Bird, set up in the summer of 2001, now has over 500 BECTU freelance subscribers who receive early warni

10/01/2002 EXTENSIS ANNOUNCE RELEASE OF PORTFOLIO 6
EXTENSIS have announced the release of Portfolio 6, a major upgrade to Extensis’ award-winning Digital Asset Management (DAM) solution. Portfolio 6 is one of the fastest ways for professionals to sha

10/01/2002 GOVERNMENT EASES LANDLORDS SWITCH TO DIGITAL TV
LANDLORDS will now find it easier to access information about switching to digital TV, with the aid of a new leaflet aimed at helping them choose the type of digital receiving equipment to install in

10/01/2002 ISKRA TELEVISION ANNOUNCE ONLINE DEALS
ISKRA Television, the UK based distributor of clips, programmes and formats have announced a series of recent deals done via their online service Iskra Shorts. Most notably amongst these is a volume