Broadcast News Archive for March, 2007
27/03/2007 'Winters End' Scoops Major Awards At Indian Film Festival
Irish film 'Winters End' directed by Patrick Kenny has scooped three major awards at the Pumelo International Film Festival in Mumbai, India. Based in the heart of the world’s largest film making ind

27/03/2007 APT Set To Launch Extensive IIP Audio Capabilities On WorldNet Oslo
Audio Compression and Codec Specialist APT, is set to launch extensive new IP audio capabilities on the WorldNet Oslo, their flagship product for HD Radio STL applications, at this year’s NAB exhibiti

27/03/2007 Autoscript To Provide Teleprompting Support For BBC Arabic Television
Autoscript, a world leading teleprompting company, has announced that it will provide English and Arabic teleprompting operational support and technology for BBC World Service's new BBC Arabic Televis

27/03/2007 Digital Video Systems To Present OEM Products At NAB
At NAB, 2007 DVS will present its well-known OEM products in a different light. Renowned manufacturers of digital video systems and OEM customers of DVS exhibit their own products with their integra

27/03/2007 Eyeheight EnigmaHD Provides Solution To Transporting Programme Production Data
Eyeheight's new enigmaHD is a robust, versatile and easy-to-use solution to the problem of carrying programme production data and machine control information invisibly through an HD-SDI channel. Dat

27/03/2007 Ross Video Announces NBC Affiliates Invest In Synergy 4 Multi-Definition Production Switchers
Ross Video has announced that Cordillera Communications KVOA-TV in Tuscon, Arizona and WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky, both NBC affiliates, have invested in Synergy 4 Multi-Definition (MD-X) Productio

27/03/2007 UK Film Council Fund Scandalous School Classic
The UK Film Council’s Premiere Fund has awarded Lottery funding to the all-star modern day version of the classic St Trinian’s which starts filming on 25 March. The new version of the much-loved fif

26/03/2007 'Prehistoric Park' Enjoys Monster Success
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has reported that its flagship factual entertainment series 'Prehistoric Park', from the award-winning Impossible Pictures, is enjoying success equal to its prolific p

26/03/2007 Asian Zone Reality To Create Two Locally Produced Shows
Zonemedia’s Zone Reality Channel in Asia is to create two brand new locally produced shows and give the channel look a makeover in the coming weeks, it has been announced by Zonemedia’s Chief Program

26/03/2007 DK-Technologies To Bring Sight To Surround Sound At NAB
DK-Technologies will be attending this year’s NAB Convention in Las Vegas with a new StarFish display for its audio meters that will literally allow users to see what they are hearing when they are li

26/03/2007 Eyeheight To Introduce Major Additions To Range At NAB2007
Eyeheight will be introducing major additions to its range of compact modular broadcast production and post-production equipment to the US and international markets at NAB2007. The exhibit on stand S

26/03/2007 Manda Levin Joins BBC Drama Production As Creative Director
The BBC has announced that Manda Levin will join BBC Drama Production as Creative Director. Levin arrives at the BBC from Kudos Film and TV, where she was Head of Development at Kudos Pictures, worki

26/03/2007 Rushes Times Travels With Angellica To Mark End Of British Slave Trade
CBBC’s Angellica travels back in time to mark the anniversary of the end of the British Slave Trade. By following the Atlantic Triangle she traces her family roots back to Senegal in West Africa [thr

26/03/2007 Screensaver Completes Film For ‘London’s Burning’ Exhibition
London-based producer Screensaver have completed and delivered an installation film for the Museum of London, for their newly opened ‘London’s Burning’ exhibition. The exhibition, which focuses on th

26/03/2007 Signiant and Bitcentral Join Forces to Create Broadcast Industry’s First Distributed Asset Management Solution
Signiant has announced that Bitcentral is integrating Signiant technology into its entire range of products. As a result of this strategic OEM partnership, broadcast news production organisations no

23/03/2007 Ascent Media Unveils European Transmission Centre
Ascent Media has announced the launch of its new European Transmission Centre (ETC) in London. Built to fulfill the latest broadcast playout requirements the new ETC, located at Ascent Media's Stephe

23/03/2007 BBC Post Production Takes Delivery of First Alchemist Ph.C HD Frame Rate Standards Converter
Snell & Wilcox has announced that BBC Post Production, part of BBC Resources Ltd, has taken delivery of the first Alchemist Ph.C – HD, the company's new HDTV frame rate standards converter. One of th

23/03/2007 BSkyB Creates London Networked Media Distribution Centre Based On DayPort
Dayport recently secured an order from BSkyB (Sky) to create a Networked Media Distribution Centre – NMDC - to be based at its headquarters in West London. Using DayPort’s Carbon Content Management s

23/03/2007 Digital Fountain Announce Content Delivery Network
Digital Fountain has announced the development of a new content delivery network (CDN) for streaming video, which significantly improves the way people watch video over the Internet. This new CDN pro

23/03/2007 Fox and NBC Universal Shows To Be Placed Online
In a broadside against the rise of video sharing websites, Fox and NBC Universal are set to launch an Internet video distribution network to provide top television and film online. The site will debu

23/03/2007 Ross Video And Redbyte Design Partnership Expand OpenGear Terminal Equipment
Ross Video and Redbyte Design officially announced their partnership to expand the openGear terminal equipment platform. Redbyte Design offers a range of high quality stand alone converters for the b

23/03/2007 Sonic Solutions Collaborates With QNX Software Systems
Sonic Solutions has announced a collaboration with QNX Software Systems to address the growing market opportunity for automobile entertainment. As part of the relationship, Sonic has updated CinePla

23/03/2007 Stockholm's 'sto.pp' Opts For da Vinci's Resolve And Revival for DI Work (HELD)
Full-service creative facility based in Stockholm sto.pp has selected da Vinci's Resolve RT digital mastering suite for real-time image processing in feature films, short films, documentaries, televis

22/03/2007 Adrian Padmore Appointed Executive Producer Of Townhouse TV
Townhouse TV has expanded its production team with the appointment of Adrian Padmore as Executive Producer. As well as creating and developing innovative and insightful programming, his main remit wil

22/03/2007 Forbidden Technologies Sets Out Future Vision
The CEO of Forbidden Technologies Stephen Streater will this week set out his vision for the future of web-based video creation and delivery at the Video on the Net Conference in San Jose, USA, March