Broadcast News Archive for September, 2007
07/09/2007 HBO Asia Installs SGL Flashnet As Core Component Of Multi Application Archive

Software Generation Ltd (SGL) has announced that HBO Asia has selected SGL FlashNet as a key part of a cutting-edge Multi Application archive system. 
SGL FlashNet is being used by HBO Asia, a

07/09/2007 Premium TV Installs Tapeless Production System From Gee Broadcast And Lightworks
When Premium TV won the contract to provide in match ‘near live’ and delayed highlights of the The English Premier League football for the next three seasons for use by over 50 global Internet and mob

07/09/2007 Tektronix And Pro-Bel Announce Integrated Digital Video Quality And Broadcast Management System
Tektronix and Pro-Bel have announced the availability of an integrated video quality and broadcast management system comprised of Tektronix Cerify and Pro-Bel's new Morpheus Quality Control (QC) Manag

07/09/2007 TSL Announces Industry’s First Dual Scale 1080p Dolby Audio Monitoring Unit
TSL has introduced the world’s first 1080P compatible audio monitoring unit. The AMU1-CHD Dolby is capable of de-embedding and decoding Dolby E bit streams from HD/SD video formats up to and includin

06/09/2007 BBC Rugby Promo Substitutes The Bride
BBC viewers in Wales can expect in the first of an innovative new series of TV promotions for coverage of the Rugby World Cup. In the promos a bride walking down the aisle with her father, suddenly f

06/09/2007 Broadcasts Of Mobile Multimedia On View Throughout IBC 2007
IBC exhibitors and delegates will be able to view IBC TV News, IBC Info Channel and other content using the latest handsets, mobile terminals and monitors, wherever they are within the RAI Centre in A

06/09/2007 Dedicated Help To Work In TV And Film At StartinTV.com
Programme-makers need talented newcomers, and getting seen on StartinTV.com may hold the answer... While not a direct employer, StartinTV.com is dedicated to helping get a career in TV started and to

06/09/2007 IPV Announces Integration With Thomson’s Grass Valley ContentShare2 Solution
IPV's close integration with Thomson’s Grass Valley ContentShare2 workflow and media management system is providing users with an unprecedented level of desktop browse functionality. For rapid turnar

06/09/2007 Link Research To Feature DTM Race Car Fitted With WIGE Wireless Cameras
Link Research is shipping a racing car to IBC 2007 and will display it, fully rigged with LinkXP wireless cameras for the German touring car masters series, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM). T

06/09/2007 OpenTV Appoints Bennett To Chief Executive Posts
OpenTV, a leading provider of enabling technologies for advanced television and cross-platform interactive services, has appointed Ben Bennett to the new post of Chief Operating Officer, and Acting Ch

06/09/2007 Special 'Room Service' From Framestore CFC On '1408'
1408 is the third film that cinematographer Benoît Delhomme has lensed and brought to Framestore CFC, with the company previously supplying the DI on 'The Proposition' and 'Breaking and Entering'. Re

06/09/2007 UK Screen Announces Board Of Directors For 2007/2008
UK Screen, the trade body that represents UK service companies to the film and television screen industries, has announced its Board of Directors for 2007/2008. The Board is made up of senior executi

05/09/2007 C4's Transmission with T-Mobile Goes On Tour
Produced by At It Productions for Channel 4, the flagship music show - Transmission with T-Mobile - goes on tour once again this September with presenters Steve Jones and Lauren Laverne. Kicking off

05/09/2007 ITV Sport Renew O21 Television's Outside Broadcast Contract
ITV Sport recently confirmed the renewal of its contract with outside broadcast facilities provider 021 Television. The contract, which commenced in August, covers the provision of outside broadcast

05/09/2007 Joffe's 'You And I' Wraps Principal Photography In Moscow
Principal photography was recently completed on the edgy coming-of-age drama 'You And I'. Previously titled 'Finding t.A.T.u', the contemporary plot was derived from the novel 't.A.T.u come back’ pen

05/09/2007 Link Shows Rapid Response News Bike With On-Board Wireless Camera
At IBC 2007, Link Research is showing a Newsgathering Motorcycle system, in a concept designed to provide news teams with the fastest possible response to breaking stories. Used in conjunction with L

05/09/2007 New Recruits at Fineline Media Finance
Fineline Media Finance has recently made two new staff appointments expanding the sales team to meet growing demand for its services. Joining Fineline is Duncan Payne, a name known to many in the ind

05/09/2007 Osmosys Broadens Cross-Platform Offering With Complete Push VOD System
Osmosys will present its Push Video On Demand application for any broadcast platform at IBC stand IP233. This solution offers service providers more value from their network, generates incremental re

05/09/2007 Polecam HD Used In New Top Movie Release
Polecam HD has been used to great effect in the major new movie 'Arctic Tale', recently released in the US. The movie comes from Paramount Classics and National Geographic Films, the people responsib

05/09/2007 Sonne Moves Into Long-Form Post Upgrading To Autodesk Lustre HD
Copenhagen-based post-production facility Sonne (formerly known as Sonne Film) has invested in Autodesk systems and rebranded as the company moves into long-form post-production. Sonne has bought an

04/09/2007 Hot Bed Of Creative Collaborations On Show At IBC
Trail blazers in Northern Ireland's emerging creative digital hub are to be showcased at Europe's largest industry show, IBC. Crea8ivity.com will exhibit a specially commissioned showreel of locally

04/09/2007 Italy's First HD Authoring Facility Chooses Sonic Scenarist Workgroup
Sonic Solutions recently announced that leading Italian authoring house Arte Video has chosen Sonic's Scenarist Workgroup to enable its production of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) titles. Building on

04/09/2007 Knifedge Animates TV Film Of 'Stuart, A Lie Backwards'
Creative network Knifedge has produced a series of animated vignettes to feature in a new TV film adaptation of 'Stuart, A Life Backwards', the critically-acclaimed biography by Alexander Masters. Th

04/09/2007 Network Electronics Announce Partnership with Skyline Communications
Ahead of IBC, Network Electronics, a market leader in optical distribution and Skyline Communications, a provider of the leading multi-vendor network management solution DataMiner, have announced the

04/09/2007 SIDSA Announces DVB-SH Intellectual Property (IP) block And Receiver Design Reference
International DVB technology provider, SIDSA, is embracing DVB-SH standard to provide Mobile TV technology with universal coverage across all frequency bands. SIDSA's new DVB-SH IP will cover this em