Broadcast News Archive for May, 2009
29/05/2009 A-Vision Produces Ad Campaign For P&O Ferries
A London-based production company specialising in commercials and corporate films, A-Vision, has announced the completion of P&O Ferries' first TV commercial in ten years. The commercial, which will

29/05/2009 Brighton TV Forms A 3D Stereoscopic Partnership With SGO Mistika
SGO, a leading European developer of high-end solutions for the post production and broadcast industries and Brighton TV, a leading UK facilities house, are pleased to announce they have formed a part

29/05/2009 Class On Demand To Support Creation Of The Kiowa County Media Centre
A provider of professional educational products for creative markets, Class on Demand, has just announced the donation of their video-based training programs to the Kiowa County Media Centre Project,

29/05/2009 DK-Technologies Helps Independent Media Distribution Comply With BCAP Guidelines
Independent Media Distribution (IMD) has installed a DK-Technologies MSD600M++ with an sdi de-embedder card, which is being used as part of a suite of tools to help monitor and control the loudness va

29/05/2009 Eyeon Fusion Used Extensively On Dragonball: Evolution
An award-winning compositing application from eyeon Software, Fusion, has played a key role in creating the visual effects of Twentieth Century Fox's Dragonball: Evolution, directed by James Wong. Wi

29/05/2009 Gearhouse Broadcast Jungle Action for US
ITV Studios has awarded Gearhouse Broadcast the contract for the US series of the ever popular reality show I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! which will be set in the heart of the Costa Rican Jungle

29/05/2009 Miranda Highlights Multiple New 3Gbps/HD/SD Products At Broadcast Asia
Miranda Technologies will be highlighting multiple new 3Gbps/HD/SD products at Broadcast Asia, including the award-winning Kaleido-X16 multi-viewer, the NVISION Enterprise Class routers, and the NV510

29/05/2009 Tango Is The Missing Piece For Jigsaw
eMerging, the UK distributors for Merging Technologies' Pyramix audio workstation and the Smart AV Tango control surface, has signed a supplier agreement with Jigsaw Systems, the Nottingham-based hi-t

29/05/2009 Telent Provides DSO Implemetation Services For Arqiva At Remote Scottish Transmission Sites
Telent has announced that Alan Campbell (ACG), a telent company, has been selected by Arqiva to install new antennas and associated equipment at three Scottish transmission sites - Eitshal (Isle of Le

29/05/2009 The Vitec Group Goes Local
The Broadcast Systems Division of The Vitec Group has announced a new initiative: the Vitec Group "Go Local" programme. The programme will comprise an extension to its established partnership progra

28/05/2009 Camera Corps Partners In World's First Live 3D Music Webcast
British television production company Nineteen Fifteen, chose Camera Corps and 3D technology specialist Inition as partners in the world's first live 3D gig for piano rock band Keane. Eight HD camera

28/05/2009 EditShare Takes New Features And Complete Collaboration To European Shows
EditShare has announced plans for participation at several European trade shows to demonstrate the latest enhancements to their Complete Collaboration product line, which offers media acquisition, sha

28/05/2009 Evolutions Waltzes Through HD Post For Twenty Twenty's Ballroom High
Soho's largest independent post production facility, Evolutions, has announced that it recently completed full post production on Ballroom High for Twenty Twenty Television, part of the Shed Media Gro

28/05/2009 Finish Post Old Speckled Hen Idents
Finish has completed VFX work on a series of humorous and quirky idents for the British beer Old Speckled Hen directed by Mark Nunneley through RSA. Created by Nick Bird and Lee Smith at MCBD, the id

28/05/2009 FremantleMedia Announce Key Titles For DISCOP 2009
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has announced their line-up for DISCOP 2009, which features successful returning series and franchises as well as new programmes across drama, entertainment and factua

28/05/2009 Gearhouse SA Supplies Africa Day 2009
Gearhouse South Africa supplied stage and set design plus all technical production - staging, lighting, audio, video, power - to the 2009 Africa Day concert staged in Mary Fitzgerald Square, Newtown,

28/05/2009 Miranda Highlights New Products From NAB
Miranda Technologies has launched a multi-city road show across North America, which will bring its latest product launches from NAB to key clients. Spiro Plagakis, Senior Vice-President of Sales and

28/05/2009 Rosco Acquire GobosFactory
Rosco have announced that they have acquired Paris-based Gobo manufacturers GobosFactory. With this latest acquisition they will consolidate their position in the French market and improve services

28/05/2009 Two Places Left On Red DIT Course
There are two places left on VMI's latest RED DIT course, which will take place on June 3. This one day workshop will take seven camera assistants and operators from no prior RED knowledge to being a

28/05/2009 Visions Comes To the Crease To Cover The Twenty20 World Cup In HD
NEP Visions (Visions) will field a first class team to provide ESPN Star with the worldwide HD feed for the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup next month. Visions will cover 16 matches as well as the opening

27/05/2009 Bursary For Film-Maker's Chinese Mission
A University of Ulster student has beaten off competition from young UK film-makers to win a bursary to help him make his dissertation documentary in China. Ryan Xiayang Wu, 25, was one of just four

27/05/2009 Buyout of WellTrade Services Completed
WellTrade Services Limited (WTS Broadcast) has announced that Ofir and Naim Mor, who previously owned 50% of the business, have bought the remaining 50% of the business from Taya Communications. Full

27/05/2009 Farm Group Completes Post Production On Benidorm
The Farm Group has just completed full post production on a one-off summer special for the popular ITV comedy drama, Benidorm. Produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ITV1, the comic stand-alone was

27/05/2009 Front Porch Digital Opens New European Office
Front Porch Digital has announced that it has opened a new, larger office in Annecy, France, with a central location only 20 minutes from the Geneva International Airport. The space is needed to accom

27/05/2009 GS1 UK Collaborates With IWANTACD.com
IWANTACD.com, a streamlined CD audio mastering, design and manufacturing service targeting the 'Long Tail' producers in the music and creative industry sector, has collaborated with GS1 UK to enable i