Broadcast News Archive for April, 2008
16/04/2008 Prism Sound Begins Shipping Orpheus
Prism Sound, a manufacturer of premium-quality interfaces and converters for the recording and broadcast markets, have begun shipping their new multi-channel Orpheus Firewire computer interface to dea

16/04/2008 Ross Video Appoints New Regional Sales Manager
Ross Video has announced the appointment of John Denenfeld as Regional Sales Manager for the Northwest USA and Western Canada. Mr Denenfeld will be based in Surrey, British Columbia, and will report

16/04/2008 RTR Sport Bets On EVS For Transition To HD
RTR Sport, a company of the VGTRK (All Russia State TV and Radio company) holding, and Qualitron Oy, the integrator who will be in charge of supervising the project, have opted for EVS servers and sol

16/04/2008 Sigma Systems Surpasses 100 Million Managed Quad-Play IP Services Globally
Sigma Systems has announced that its IP service fulfilment solution has surpassed managing over 100 million bundled IP services for communications service providers globally. The company's award-winn

16/04/2008 Signiant Announces Integration Of New Digital Media Solution With Final Cut Pro
Signiant Inc., a leading developer of digital media distribution management solutions for the telco, media and entertainment industries, has introduced the Signiant Media Solution, a turnkey software

16/04/2008 TV One Adds HD-SDI Capabilities To C2-2000 Series
TV One has announced the addition of HD-SDI to five of the 10 units in the C2-2000 series. The C2-2355A features HD-SDI Up, Down and Cross Conversion. The C2-2205A and C2-2255A offer Up and Cross Co

16/04/2008 TVOne-task Introduces ULTRA-Compact RGBHV Distribution Amplifier
The TVOne-task 1T-DA-462 RGBHV Distribution Amplifier provides two VGA type outputs plus Stereo Audio for use in any situation requiring multiple outputs from a single PC or other RGB video source. T

15/04/2008 2002 Studios Announce Project With Thought Juice Films
2002 Studios have announced that they have been chosen by Linzy Attenborough from Thought Juice Films to work on the sound mixing and final editing for the upcoming production of 'Cruentus'. The movi

15/04/2008 AIR Studios Invest In AMS DFC Console
Studio 3 at the renowned AIR Studios has become home to a brand new 48 fader AMS DFC Gemini (Digital Film Console), supporting 500 simultaneous paths of fully loaded processing. It also offers highly

15/04/2008 Boris FX/Media 100 Add Abaltat Audio Solutions
Boris FX and Media 100 (a subsidiary of Boris FX) has announced a distribution agreement with Abaltat, an Ireland-based audio company developing professional sound-editing tools for video editors. Th

15/04/2008 Codex Digital Announces Data Support For ARRI D-21 Camera
Codex Digital, a specialist in high-resolution media recording and workflow, has announced the extension of its HD 2K 4K systems, that record from leading data-mode cameras, with support for ARRI's br

15/04/2008 HHB Announces New Upgraded Media For DTRS Multitrack Users
Alongside its pioneering work in developing professional recording media for new disc and card formats, HHB is ensuring that the many users of existing tape-based multi-track formats have continued ac

15/04/2008 Media Excel Joins Adobe Flash Media Solutions Partner Programme
Media Excel, a leading provider of advanced real-time video solutions, has announced that its HERA 3200 series of video transcoding hardware solutions will deliver live standard definition support for

15/04/2008 Nuke 5 Arrives
Leading visual effects software developer The Foundry has announced the next major release of its powerful compositing application, Nuke. Nuke 5 features a brand news user interface, the addition of

15/04/2008 Ross Expands openGear Product Offerings At NAB
Ross Video continues to expand openGear product offerings, complimenting existing distribution and conversion lines at NAB 2008. New for 2008 is the addition of a 2RU 20-slot rack frame designed for

15/04/2008 Rushes Complete Quirky Commercial For Ceres Beer
Rushes 3D Department, under the lead of 3D supervisor Mark Williams, have just created a quirky 30 second commercial for Italy's leading imported beer brand Ceres. Using the brilliant designs of illu

15/04/2008 Sony Celebrates Milestone Sales Of Its HD Line-Up At NAB
Under the theme of "HDNA", visitors to Sony's stand at NAB (No. SU906) will experience the full range of Sony's HD broadcast and production technologies, including: Sony's new HDV camcorders with hybr

14/04/2008 BBC New Media Boss Appointed CEO Of Kangaroo
Ashley Highfield, the BBC's Director of Future Media and Technology, is to leave his post to become CEO of Kangaroo. Mr Highfield has been appointed as CEO of Kangaroo - the working title for the new

14/04/2008 ITN On Adds A Beat With Music News Service On YouTube
Following the success of ITN's showbiz channel on YouTube, ITN's multimedia division, ITN On, is launching two exciting new channels on the platform called ITN Music News and ITN News. In line with I

14/04/2008 KidsCo Launches VOD Service In South Korea
KidsCo, the joint venture channel owned by leading media companies NBC Universal, DIC Entertainment (DIC) and Corus Entertainment Inc. (Corus), is offering a video-on-demand (VOD) service in South Kor

14/04/2008 Pyser-SGI Announces Launch Of New Fujinon Lenses
A brand new family of Fujinon cost effective 2/3 inch format ENG lenses for high definition video cameras is being made available through UK/Ireland distributor Pyser-SGI Limited, the company has anno

14/04/2008 Ross Video Launch Vision Quattro at NAB
Ross Video has announced that they will launch Vision Quattro at NAB 2008. Vision Quattro is a family of production switchers and is the next step in the evolution of the award-winning Vision series,

14/04/2008 S.two Delivers End-To-End 4K Workflow
S.two Corporation have announced the introduction of i.DOCK4 (4K data and HD RGB offline production ingest dock) and A.DOCK4 (4K data and HD RGB archive dock) to compliment the DFR 4K (4K Digital Fiel

14/04/2008 Sony Launches HDXchange 'Extreme' Architecture At NAB 2008
Building on the workflow capabilities of its network production solution, HDXchange, Sony has unveiled its next generation, HDXchange 'Extreme' architecture at NAB 2008. Using a Networked Attached Se

14/04/2008 Telestream Hires Steve Ellis As VP Of Worldwide Sales
Telestream, a leading global provider of digital media workflow solutions, have announced that it has brought Steve Ellis on board as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Ellis brings more than 25 year