Broadcast News Archive for November, 2010
25/11/2010 Advert-Free On Demand Video Arrives
Commercial-free video is on the way thanks to the launch of a subscription service that will allow users to watch video on-demand content without adverts. The website SeeSaw will launched the service

25/11/2010 Endemol Signs 'Global' Deal With Ross
New programme ideas from the high-profile UK presenter/producer, Jonathan Ross are to potentially achieve worldwide exposure after he signed a deal with the production and distribution giant Endemol.

25/11/2010 Film Theatre Joins 'Big Arts Give'
A regional 'arts' film theatre, the iconic Queen's Film Theatre (QFT) has been chosen to take part in The Big Arts Give, a high profile online individual campaign which takes place from Monday 6th to

25/11/2010 Penta Gold Ref Monitors Arrive
Oxygen DCT has announced the introduction of its Penta Gold Series of 10-bit LCD reference picture monitors. Whilst not the most renowned brand, Oxygen DCT's Penta series monitors are acknowledged b

25/11/2010 SquareZero Rocks For Charity
IVCA gold award-winning production company SquareZero has lent its holographic expertise to a very good cause - The Dallaglio Foundation's annual 8Rocks charity party. The UK indie worked with Musion

25/11/2010 TRK Purchases Enterprise sQ And Mission MAM
One of the Ukraine's leading privately held national TV channels, TRK Ukraina has purchased an Enterprise sQ server-based production system and Quantel's Mission integrated media asset management. T

24/11/2010 Editshare Gets New Director Of US Sales
A leading firm in collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, EditShare has announced the appointment of Jim Peacher as Director of North American Broadcast Sales. Mr Peacher, a business

24/11/2010 Irish Eurimage Masterclass For IFI
An EU body that supports training initiatives for audiovisual industry professionals, as well as the development of projects such as feature films, television drama, documentaries, animation and new m

24/11/2010 O'Donoghue Appointed ITV Studios MD
The co-founder and former Joint Managing Director of Hat Trick Productions, Denise O'Donoghue, is joining ITV as Managing Director of ITV Studios UK. Ms O'Donoghue will lead ITV Studios' UK commercia

24/11/2010 Skillset Backs Freelancers' Day
The role of the creative media industries has been recognised as part of a special day of celebration. Skillset has hailed the work of all of the 128,000 freelancers that are working in the sector as

24/11/2010 Top Industry Figures For IABM
The organisation that represents an authoritative voice for the broadcast and media technology supply industry worldwide, the International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM) is hosting

24/11/2010 Updated Lake Controller Delivers Greater Flexibility
Sweden-based Lake has just announced the release of an update to the company's proprietary Lake Controller software. This latest version (v5.6) includes several critical developments to both the Lak

24/11/2010 US-Based ProCo Sound Sold
RHC Holding Corp, in conjunction with their financial partners, Midwest Mezzanine Funds and Bush O'Donnell, have announced that they have signed a definitive sale agreement as of November 19, 2010 for

24/11/2010 Videotime Installs C100/C10 Broadcast Consoles
The production arm of the Mediaset Group that operates three commercial television networks in Italy, Videotime, recently upgraded Studio 11 with Solid State Logic C100 and C10 Digital Broadcast Conso

23/11/2010 Alchemea Now Offers Final Cut Studio Training
From the New Year, London-based Alchemea College will be offering Certified Apple Final Cut Studio training. All training will take place in the college's brand new state-of-the-art Apple Technology

23/11/2010 BBC One 'Discovers' 20,000 Years Of History
The BBC and Discovery Channel US have announced a major new landmark series in which Andrew Marr embarks on the greatest story ever told - the epic story of human history. Andrew's narrative history

23/11/2010 Chinese Theatre Upgrades To iLive
China's iconic Shenzhen Grand Theatre has just completed a major AV refurbishment to upgrade their systems from analogue to digital, installing Allen & Heath's iLive digital mixing system at FOH. Bui

23/11/2010 GTC Explores Sony's 3D Dimension
TV cameramen are to enter to enter a new dimension next month with a Guild of Television Cameramen-backed event focusing on 3DTV. The GTC workshop, '3DTV - The Emerging Picture' takes place on Friday

23/11/2010 Interactivity Suite Drives Digital Reach Interactive Media
A leading Irish broadcast business, the Digital Reach Group (DRG) is among the first customers worldwide to deploy never.no's cloud-based Interactivity Suite (IS) through an innovative and affordable

23/11/2010 Ofcom Backs Big Benefits Of Small Broadcasters
Around 11 million people are now able to tune into community radio stations across the UK. This figure is up 17% year-on-year and an increase of more than a third (36%) since 2008, according to a ne

23/11/2010 Robert Rowe Is Snell's Chief Technical Officer
An innovator in digital media technology, Snell has announced the appointment of Robert Rowe as Chief Technical Officer. Mr Rowe, a 15-year veteran of the global telecommunications and satellite ind

23/11/2010 Wendy's Broadcast Open Day Highlights Lectrosonics
A Manchester-based broadcast equipment specialist, Wendy's Broadcast, is to hold a special open day next month for the new range of Lectrosonics products. At the event - on the 8th December - Jim Ba

22/11/2010 Avid Launches ISIS 5000
Avid has announced the latest version of the Avid ISIS 5000 shared storage solution, which delivers expanded scalability, connectivity and the availability to enable greater production efficiency and

22/11/2010 Camera Corps In The Jungle For I'm A Celebrity…
Seventy-five Camera Corps HD cameras plus a large inventory of remote control systems, motorised mounts and jungle-proof covers are now active in the Australian jungle, covering the 10th series of I'm

22/11/2010 Cognacq-Jay Image Chooses VEDA
SGT, a leading European software vendor in the broadcast and media industry, has announced that Cognacq-Jay Image, a company of the TDF group, has migrated its media management and playout platform to