Broadcast News Archive for April, 2009
20/04/2009 Gefen Announces Digital Cinema Scaler Pro
Gefen's foray in the Digital Cinema Theatre Market includes an HD Switcher/Scaler with dolby 7.1 audio in a rack mounted solution. Digital cinema theatres can now enjoy a simple way to add pre-show a

20/04/2009 Omneon And Pixel Power Announce Partnership
Omneon and Pixel Power have announced a partnership designed to ensure tighter integration of the companies' products and the development of future solutions that optimise broadcast workflows. The c

20/04/2009 QuStream Launches QuView Control System At NAB 2009
QuStream Corporation will showcase the QuView modular control system at Stand N3421 at NAB 2009. The QuView is the latest system control GUI for controlling the Integrity 600 modular products. The sy

20/04/2009 Steve Levine Appointed Chairman Of The Music Producers Guild
The Music Producers Guild (UK) has announced the appointment of Steve Levine as its new Chairman, with immediate effect. The appointment follows the resignation of Mike Howlett, who has left the post

20/04/2009 XL Video Supplies Paul Weller At The O2
Paul Weller rocked the 02 Arena in London last week with a blistering set encompassing tracks from his new album '22 Dreams', as well as classics from his extensive back catalogue, proving once again

17/04/2009 EditShare Joins Forces With Digital Vision
A technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, EditShare, has announced that the EditShare XStream DI Series has been optimised for the full range of Dig

17/04/2009 ITV Use Cutting Edge For Post Production On Hell's Kitchen
Cutting Edge Post UK has again provided all post and IT facilities for Hell's Kitchen UK. For the series, based at Three Mills Studios, Cutting Edge Post installed, managed and supported an on-locati

17/04/2009 Linear Acoustic Adding Dolby Pulse Encoding To Its Flagship AERO.air Transmission Loudness Manager
At the 2009 NAB show this month, Linear Acoustic is demonstrating one of the first implementations of Dolby Pulse (Dolby's implementation of HE AAC) audio coding system at the ATSC Mobile DTV pavilion

17/04/2009 Modern VideoFilm Goes Stereoscopic With Da Vinci's Resolve R-3D
A leading provider of post-production services to the film and television industries, da Vinci Systems have announced that Modern VideoFilm has upgraded to the Resolve R-3D stereoscopic digital enhanc

17/04/2009 Orad To Showcase Morpho 3D 2.0 At NAB
A provider of real-time broadcasting graphic solutions, Orad, has announced that it will showcase its newest version of Morpho 3D at the 2009 NAB Show. Orad's Morpho 3D provides all the tools needed

17/04/2009 PI-Digital Hosts Open Days
Digital media, lighting and solutions specialists, Projected Image Digital, is to host two informal open days next week - April 22 and 23 - at its west London training and demonstration space. This o

17/04/2009 RSA Films Announces Cunningham's New Work For Gucci Fragrance
The imminent release of Chris Cunningham's new work for Gucci's latest fragrance 'Flora' by Gucci has been announced by RSA Films. The commercial is the product of a close collaboration between Ricca

17/04/2009 Solid State Logic Consoles Featured In Two New HD Remote Trucks At NAB
A leading media technology innovator, Solid State Logic (SSL), has announced that two new HD remote broadcast trucks, one from Mansion Mobile Television with a C100 HD-S Digital Broadcast Console and

16/04/2009 Argosy Demonstrates Latest Fibre Technology At NAB 2009
A leading international supplier of HD broadcast, cables and studio infrastructure products, Argosy, will demonstrate its latest range of products relating to the management of fibre including an SDI

16/04/2009 Aspera Helps JCA.tv Connect Broadcasters And Studios Faster
The longstanding, dedicated service provider to the film and television industry, JCA.tv, is using Aspera's file transfer technology for faster and more secure automated file transmissions via its onl

16/04/2009 Clear-Com Demos V-Series To Eclipse Ethernet Link At NAB 2009
Clear-Com Communication Systems, a Vitec Group brand, will demonstrate for the first time at NAB 2009 (Stand: C6521) a direct link from its IP-Enabled V-Series panels to the Eclipse digital matrix int

16/04/2009 Gubba's Web Is Growing
Two new web TV channels - launched at MIPTV by media entrepreneur John Gubba - have both attracted interest from a host of carriers that will deliver the channels' content across a range of networks i

16/04/2009 New Efficiencies For A&E Television Network's File-Based Workflows
A specialist in the development and delivery of solutions and services via its Mediaflex system, TransMedia Dynamics (TMD), has announced that its enterprise-wide Mediaflex architecture has been imple

16/04/2009 New Freelance Sound Rates Published
New recommended going rates for freelance sound professionals have been published, BECTU has announced The new rates secured the backing of 97% of BECTU members who took part in the consultation exer

16/04/2009 OpenMedia 3.6 Optimizes Story Planning And Cost Tracking
Annova Systems has announced that it will introduce version 3.6 of OpenMedia at the NAB show that will be held from April 20 through 23 in Las Vegas (Stand: SU10224A). This release dramatically impr

16/04/2009 Universal Agrees Northern Ireland Film Industry Deal
There has been a warm welcome for news that a major multi-million dollar feature film will be made in Northern Ireland this summer. NI Executive First Minister Peter Robinson and the Deputy First Min

15/04/2009 Arqiva To Take Full Ownership Of Digital One Commercial DAB Multiplex
Arqiva has announced that it has agreed terms with Global Radio to enable it to acquire Global's 63% share in the commercial DAB multiplex Digital One. The UK national platform carries Classic FM, ta

15/04/2009 Award-Winning Mixer Robert Farr Joins LipSync
A leading Soho post-production facility, LipSync, has announced that it has appointed Robert Farr to join its acclaimed sound department as Re-Recording Mixer, working on a combination of television a

15/04/2009 Compact Appointed As Digital Rights Group's Exclusive Worldwide Partner
Compact has announced that it has signed a deal with Digital Rights Group (DRG) to become the exclusive worldwide partner for representation of its secondary and tertiary rights. Digital Rights Group

15/04/2009 ITV Launches Landmark Brand Campaign For ITV1
ITV1 recently launched its landmark brand campaign with a television, cinema and online advert called "Beach". The campaign introduced a new strategy and strap line, The Brighter Side, which articul