Broadcast News Archive for November, 2008
12/11/2008 Geevs Offers Multichannel HD Uncompressed Support
Following on from the announcement at IBC 2008 of the new Version 4.5 Software for the Geevs Server range, Gee Broadcast has announced enhanced performance for HD operation. Geevs MR and MR+ models c

12/11/2008 Gefen Launch New A/V Scaler Pro With Amplified Audio
Integrating computer, legacy and digital devices is easy with Gefen's new Audio/Video Scaler Pro with Amplifier. This rack-mountable scaler works with today's popular interfaces, performs seamless so

12/11/2008 John Whittingdale Joins Board Of Audio Network
Music producer and supplier Audio Network has announced that John Whittingdale OBE MP is to join the board as non-executive director. Managing Director Andrew Sunnucks, said: "This is a tremendous o

12/11/2008 Pipeline HD - Network Based HD Video Capture And Playout
Telestreams' Pipeline (available in single and quad input versions) is their network based shared video capture and playout device. It has been very well received as it saves time with deck control o

12/11/2008 Raj Television Network Selects Omneon Spectrum Servers
Omneon, a leading provider of scalable media server and active storage systems, has announced that the Raj Television Network, South India's leading Tamil broadcaster for news and entertainment, has d

12/11/2008 Rosco Everywhere!
In just a couple of months (September and October) Rosco exhibited in four trade shows in Europe - PLASA (London), IBC (Amsterdam), CINEC (Munich) and SIEL/SATIS (Paris), one in the US - LDI (Las Vega

12/11/2008 Ross Video Appoints Scott Bowditch As National Sales Manager For Canada
Ross Video has announced the new appointment of Scott Bowditch as National Sales Manager for Canada. Scott enters his new position after working for Ross as Regional Sales Manager - Central Canada, f

12/11/2008 Spike TV And FremantleMedia Extend Partnership To Finance And Distribute Four Series Internationally
Spike TV and FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) have announced an extended partnership whereby FME will help finance and market four of Spike's original series worldwide. The multi-million dollar inves

12/11/2008 Toon Boom Delivers Animate To The Digital Animation Generation
Emmy Award-winning animation software solutions provider Toon Boom Animation has announced the release of Toon Boom Animate, a new creative animation software packed with ground-breaking features and

11/11/2008 Aimimage Forms ICE
Aimimage Camera Company in Camden has recently acquired the assets of Ice Film. A newly formed hire company to be known simply as ICE will continue to operate from their Kings Cross location. 'ICE',

11/11/2008 Deaffest Returns To Light House For Anniversary Year
Deaffest, the UK's only deaf-led film and television festival which celebrates the talents of deaf filmmakers and media artists, returns on Friday November 28 until Sunday, November 30 at Light House

11/11/2008 Fairlight Appoints SoundWorks
Fairlight has announced the appointment of Danish company SoundWorks as its distributor for the whole of Scandinavia. With extensive experience in the broadcast, pro audio and MI markets, Soundworks

11/11/2008 HHB Appoints APEX In France
Professional audio equipment supplier HHB Communications has appointed APEX France as exclusive distributor of HHB professional audio products in France, with immediate effect. The move comes at a ti

11/11/2008 Lightworks Introduces New Options For Education
Lightworks is offering new educational pricing for schools and colleges to go with the release of their new editing Software Version 1.3 for Softworks. Lightworks Version 1.3 includes many new featur

11/11/2008 Pro Audio Stash Distributes Rackz Enclosures
Pro Audio Stash are now distributing Rackz range of 19 inch racking enclosures. Pro Audio Stash were keen to increase their distribution of 19" rack mount products and accessories and Rackz was the l

11/11/2008 QuStream To Display Cheetah And Integrity Innovations At The 2008 InterBEE Show
QuStream Corporation will showcase its Cheetah range of routing equipment and Integrity 600 range of broadcast-quality signal processing, conversion and distribution modules through their local dealer

11/11/2008 Rosco Presents Roscolux 361 Blue Royalty Cheque To The Hemsley Lighting Programmes
October saw Rosco, along with The Hemsley Lighting Programs, and its media partner Lighting&Sound America, present the royalty payment from the colour Roscolux 361 Hemsley Blue. The cheque amount for

11/11/2008 Ross Video Appoints Steve Romain as Key Accounts - Program Manager And Business Development Manager - Sports
Ross Video have announced the appointment of Steve Romain as Key Accounts - Program Manager and Business Development Manager - Sports. Steve will work directly with US and Canadian networks, program

11/11/2008 XL Video Gets Spherical On Coldplay
XL Video is supplying a substantial projection system, cameras, PPU, Catalyst and Hippotizer digital media servers and crew for the current Coldplay "Viva La Vida" world tour. Working closely with Ed

10/11/2008 Broadcast Video Expo 2009 Announced
Broadcast Video Expo, formally Broadcast LIVE & VideoForum, is set to welcome the UK's largest gathering of production, post, new media and IP delivery professionals the industry has seen in years. T

10/11/2008 Call For Entries For The International Digital Emmy Awards At MIPTV 2009
Tradeshows organiser Reed MIDEM and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, has announced the call for entries for the International Digital Emmy Awards, which will take place at MIPT

10/11/2008 Diaspora TV On Hold As RTÉ Cuts Spending
The new RTÉ channel for Irish citizens living in the UK is to be shelved following an announcement of a €50 million budget cut by the television company. RTÉ is to make the cuts, which will amount to

10/11/2008 Editshare's Winning Performance At Olympics Leads To Full-Time Installation At SVT
Editshare, a technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage, announced that SVT, the Swedish public television network, has purchased an EditShare 3RU with 8 TBs of

10/11/2008 Enhance Technology Joins VMware Technology Alliance Partner Program
Enhance Technology, a provider of enterprise and SMB storage solutions, has joined VMware's Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. Together, Enhance Technology and VMware bring a combined knowled

10/11/2008 Joyce Meyer Ministries Builds HD Mac-based Workflow With EMC And Studio Network Solutions
Studio Network Solutions (SNS), a premiere provider of post production storage systems and products, has announced that Joyce Meyer Ministries, St. Louis, Missouri, will deploy SNS storage solutions a