Broadcast News Archive for May, 2009
21/05/2009 Heather Kenyon To Help Animate Sales At Starz Animation
Heather Kenyon has been appointed to the new position of Vice President of Project Development and Sales for Starz Animation, a division of Starz Media. She brings a wealth of experience across the a

21/05/2009 Norwegian Broadcaster NRK Selects UTAH-400 Router To Support Coverage Of Sporting Events
Utah Scientific has announced that NRK, the Norwegian national television broadcaster, has selected a UTAH-400 HD routing switcher and four associated control panels to serve as the core of a standalo

21/05/2009 NTP Technology Appoints Nils Hahmann As Sales & Support Manager
NTP Technology has appointed Nils Hahmann as Sales & Support Manager to handle worldwide distribution and dealer administration of the company's Digital Audio Denmark (DAD) converter product line. Ba

21/05/2009 Raw TV Expands Into US With New York Office
Award-winning indie Raw TV has announced its expansion into the US with the opening of a New York office. This strategic move for Raw TV will drive the company's push into the US market as well as fu

21/05/2009 Sonarae's GUI Application Available With EDIUS 5.1
Sonarae's GUI application will be included as a free bonus item to all purchasers of EDIUS 5.1, the latest version of the Grass Valley EDIUS multi-format/multi-resolution nonlinear editing software pa

21/05/2009 Tannoy Launch New Website
Pioneering loudspeaker manufacturer Tannoy has recently launched a brand new website, designed to reinforce and enhance the company's presence in each of the three main markets it operates in: Commerc

20/05/2009 Akamai In Spotlight As Technology Partner Of Cannes
A leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, Akamai Technologies, has announced that it ensured the availability and performance of the destination site fo

20/05/2009 Donal Macintyre Documentaries Producer Joins Tern Belfast
Top UK independent Tern Television has announced the expansion of its Northern Ireland operation by appointing the award-winning producer David Malone to its Belfast office. Malone's role is to expan

20/05/2009 EPTV Uses Grass Valley Technology For Two New HD Station Upgrades
Brazil's Empresa Paulista de Televisao (EPTV) continues its more than ten year history in investing in Grass Valley technology, this time for its conversion to digital and high-definition operations,

20/05/2009 Invest In Knowledge At IBC 2009
To make IBC the complete experience, the organisers are adding even more value this year. The exhibition remains comprehensive, with all the key players - large and small - represented. With the halls

20/05/2009 Microvideo's Series 300 Ushers In Paradigm Shift In Signal Processing
A leading supplier of signal processing and data insertion technologies for the broadcast, IPTV, cable and satellite industries, Microvideo, has announced the launch of its brand new Series 300 audio/

20/05/2009 Minister Champions New Broadcast Research Centre
Paul Murphy, the UK Minister for Digital Inclusion and Secretary of State for Wales, has said that a pioneering new broadcast research centre set up by the University of Wales, Newport, will help chan

20/05/2009 Pixelfantastic Releases New Plug-Ins For Quantel
The London-based HD film and video production and post production company that specialises in working with high profile music artists such as Kylie Minogue, Westlife, Take That, Mika and many other fa

20/05/2009 Robe DigitalSpots Are Idolised In Germany
Lighting designer Manuel Da Costa from mo2 Design took the opportunity to use Robe DigitalSpot 7000 and 3000DTs for the final of the latest series of Deutschland Sucht den Superstar (the German versio

20/05/2009 Skyworks Launches Largest HD Aerial Archive
The UK-based independent producer and high definition aerial filming specialist, Skyworks, has announced the launch of the largest HD aerial archive in the world, boasting over 800 hours of Skyworks'

20/05/2009 Zodiak Entertainment Appoints Jorg Roth As COO Of Central Entertainment Division
The global content business of DeAgostini Group, Zodiak Entertainment, has appointed Jorg Roth as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Entertainment. Roth will run the central entertainment division of t

19/05/2009 BBC Director Of London 2012 To Attend IBC2009
A British broadcasting executive who has served as Head of BBC Television News and now BBC's Director of London 2012, Roger Mosey will be delivering a keynote presentation at the IBC Conference: 'Evol

19/05/2009 Cabot Communications Completes SmarDTV CI+ Interoperability Testing
The specialist digital TV software supplier, Cabot Communications, has announced that it has successfully completed interoperability testing between its CI+ software solution and the SmarDTV CI+ refer

19/05/2009 Enjoy England's View From Above Posted At PFL
A new commercial for VisitEngland featuring spectacular aerial snaps of some of England's top attractions has been post produced at Prime Focus London. The COI, who made the commercial with CST Adve

19/05/2009 Hooley's Good Vibrations To Hit Big Screen
The man behind the emergence of Northern Ireland's own punk music revolution, Terri Hooley, (pictured) is to hit the big screen, reports Brenda McNeill. The new movie Good Vibrations is curren

19/05/2009 Level 3 CDN Launches New High-Speed Content Upload Service
Level 3 Communications has announced that it will offer its Content Delivery Network (CDN) customers a new High-Speed Content Upload service that enables rapid uploading of multimedia content to the L

19/05/2009 Major Commercial TV Station Streamlines Graphics Approach
The largest commercial television station in Norway, TV2, has chosen Pixel Power systems to automate its promo, branding and continuity graphics. The automated workflow system avoids the need for off

19/05/2009 Millennium Conquering International Markets
Following the great success of Millennium in the Scandinavian market (2.4 million admissions), the film adapted from the first book ('Men Who Hate Women') of Stieg Larsson's best-selling trilogy has j

19/05/2009 Signiant Content Distribution Management Software Integrates With EMC Atmos
At this year's EMC World in Orlando, Florida, Signiant is demonstrating how its Enterprise Content Movement solution manages the movement of unstructured content within cloud storage. Integration wit

19/05/2009 Tannoy Announces First Sports Stadium Installation For VQ Series
With the launch of VQ Series, Tannoy has provided audio professionals with a potent new tool when it comes to larger and more demanding applications such as sports stadia. Where line array might prev