Broadcast News Archive for June, 2006
22/06/2006 Eurotek Complete Installation Of RTE Graphics Infrastructure
Eurotek have announced the completion of an installation of a new graphics infrastructure at Ireland's national broadcaster, Radio Teilifis Eireann (RTÉ). The installation, completed over a three mon

22/06/2006 Infinia Invests In Quantel eQ
Infinia, a leading Madrid-based post production house has purchased a new eQ editing / effects /color correction /mastering /versioning system. Infinia has offices in Barcelona and Madrid and the new

22/06/2006 Nordisk Film ShortCut Selects Digital Vision For Traditional And Software-Based NR
Digital Vision, a leading developer of advanced digital media applications specialising in film and video solutions, has announced that Nordisk Film ShortCut, one of the most innovative post houses in

22/06/2006 Sony XDCAM HD 'Run-Away' Success In First Major European Production
The first European production to use the XDCAM HD professional disc format – the Land Rover G4 Challenge – has been declared a success by BHP Sport, the crew tasked with the rapid generation, editing

22/06/2006 Studio AKA’s New Promo Highlights ITV Mobile Channels
Studio AKA’s new promo for mobile TV, 'ITV For Your Mobile' directed by Grant Orchard, features an animated character who loves watching ITV programmes at home, but is unaware that he can catch all hi

22/06/2006 The Australian Caption Centre Wins Subtitling Contract
The Australian Caption Centre (ACC), a subsidiary of Red Bee Media, has won a five year contract to provide subtitling (captioning) services to The Seven Network, one of Australia’s major broadcasters

21/06/2006 Bluefish444 Europe Introduces HD-SDI To DVI-I/HDMI Converters
Bluefish444 Europe has introduced blueThing and redThing, compact multi-standard HD-SDI to DVI-I/HDMI converters for all common LCD and plasma monitors. Applications include HD production monitoring,

21/06/2006 Digital Anarchy Releases Data Animator 1.1 for Mac
Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective special effects software for Adobe After Effects, have announced the immediate availability of Data Animator 1.1 for both Macintosh OS X and Wind

21/06/2006 Gaelic Media Service Announces Appointment Of Chief Executive
Donald Campbell, currently Tax Director with Ernst & Young, one of the world’s leading professional services organisations, has been appointed as Chief Executive of the Gaelic Media Service. He has b

21/06/2006 LipSync Post Deploys First iQ Pablo In UK
LipSync Post has become the first company in London to install the new Pablo - Quantel’s next generation colour correction system. They have chosen the top of the range 4k Pablo model complete with Q

21/06/2006 Ranelagh Arts Festival Film Committee Seek Short Film Entries
The Film Committee of the Ranelagh Arts Festival is looking to encourage entries for its inaugural forthcoming short film festival, "minicinefest". A panel of distinguished judges including:

21/06/2006 Red Submarine On Board As JVC Professional Dealer
JVC Professional Europe, the UK subsidiary of the Japanese pro broadcast equipment company, have appointed York-based digital audio and video systems supplier Red Submarine to be dealers for JVC Pro c

21/06/2006 Tektronix Awards Gearhouse Broadcast ‘Value Added’ Reseller Contract
Gearhouse Broadcast, the broadcast sales, rental, projects and systems integration company, has announced that it has become a value added reseller for Tektronix. Gearhouse Broadcast has been selecte

21/06/2006 Ten Years Up - Total Audio Offer Prizes Of Top Quality Monitors And Headphones
UK pro-audio experts, distributors and equipment supplies specialists, Total Audio Solutions are 10 years old this year - and to celebrate, the latest edition of their free catalogue and price list fo

20/06/2006 Broadcasters View Save The Children Footage Over The Web
At Broadcast LIVE, Forbidden Technologies and Save the Children announced the further adoption of new media in the charities sector, with the use of Forbidden's FORscene web-based post production plat

20/06/2006 FOCAL International Networks At Broadcast LIVE
FOCAL International's Networking Reception at the Footage Zone at Broadcast LIVE is now on Stand A86 Wednesday 21st June 13.00 - 14.00. FOCAL International members, colleagues and clients intending t

20/06/2006 Gearhouse Broadcast Launches Broadcast Rental Solutions
Gearhouse Broadcast is set to launch broadcast rental solutions to the drama, documentary, feature film, commercials and corporate markets at Broadcast LIVE 2006. With a philosophy of, "Small enough

20/06/2006 ITN Archive Refiled As ITN Source
ITN Archive, one of the world's largest and most comprehensive moving footage collections, has been rebranded in a makeover, as it becomes ITN Source. The change of identity is part of a wider compan

20/06/2006 ITN Re-launches Corporate Identity On Major Investment
ITN Multimedia, one of the UK's leading mobile, broadband and radio content providers has rebranded as ITN On. The change underpins ITN's vision and commitment to delivering Right Content Right Now t

20/06/2006 Pro-Bel Appoints Adrian Scott To Board And Top Marketing Role
Pro-Bel, a premier manufacturer of routing switchers, signal processing, master control, automation and control and monitoring technologies, has announced the appointment of Adrian Scott as Director a

20/06/2006 RTM Selects SGL FlashNet As Part Of Upgrade Project
Software Generation Ltd (SGL), a leading provider of digital video storage/archive management software, has announced that Malaysian Government broadcaster, Radio TV Malaysia (RTM), has selected SGL F

20/06/2006 South Africa's Studio Zoo Increases Creative Range With Quantel's eQ FX
South African TV post production company Studio Zoo based in Johannesburg has purchased a second eQ - this time an eQ FX which is the powerful new addition to the eQ range. The Quantel eQ FX is an al

19/06/2006 Breathe Post Production Launches
Breathe Post Production launched recently from the amalgamation of post divisions at Strongroom and Air. With a major investment in new technology Breathe will now offer a range of HD editing, graphi

19/06/2006 HIT Entertainment Brings Content Encoding In-house With ContentAgent-XR
HIT Entertainment is one of the world's leading pre-school children's entertainment producers and rights owners and has an exceptional portfolio of properties including Bob the Builder, Thomas & Frien

19/06/2006 Nexus Produce Series Of Short Films For Animal Planet Channel
Nexus Productions have completed a series of animated short films for children’s TV channel, Animal Planet, Italy. The films, written and directed by Bessy & Combe, Carolina Melis and Celyn, range fr