Broadcast News Archive for January, 2011
26/01/2011 Grass Valley's EDIUS 6 Demonstrated At Intel Press Conference
Intel provided a technological preview of the Grass Valley EDIUS 6 nonlinear editing (NLE) software, at the Intel Forum 2011 held in Japan on January 18, 2011. At the Tokyo press conference, Intel hi

26/01/2011 PEC Video - Now Stocking Cinevate
PEC Video has announced that they are now the UK stockists for Cinevate. Their core product includes high quality linear tracking systems, optical viewfinders, matte boxes, follow focus systems and

26/01/2011 Polecam Announces GoalCam/StadiumCam System
Polecam, a leading innovator of compact mobile systems for digital film and television content creation, has announced a major new addition to its product range. Incorporating GoalCam and StadiumCam,

26/01/2011 Portugal's TVI Upgrades With ATEME
Televisão Independente (TVI) of Portugal is upgrading its Satellite News Gathering (SNG) vehicles with ATEME's H.264/MPEG-4 capable contribution encoding system to establish a future proof platform fo

26/01/2011 Ross Video Appoints New Business Development Manager For XPression
Ross Video has announced the appointment of Jim Siega as Business Development Manager for XPression, Ross' real time 2D/3D HD character generator. Mr Siega joins the EAIME sales team after working fo

26/01/2011 Signiant And On Demand Group Team on Digital Media For On-Demand Television
Signiant, a leading developer of content supply chain management solutions, has announced that it has partnered with On Demand Group (ODG), a wholly owned subsidiary of SeaChange International and a l

26/01/2011 The King's Speech Leads Oscar Race
British movie The King's Speech is leading the way in this year's Oscar race, with 12 nominations including nods for Best Film and Best Actor for Colin Firth. The film has received the highest number

26/01/2011 Zoran Integrates SENSIO Into SoCs Solutions
SENSIO Technologies has announced that Zoran, a leading provider of solutions for the digital entertainment and digital imaging markets, will integrate SENSIO Hi-Fi 3D decoding technology into new Zor

25/01/2011 BBC's Online Budget To Be Cut By 25%
In an bid to reduce spending on online output, the BBC is to cut around 200 websites. The move, cutting the budget by £34m over the next two years, will see the loss of up to 360 jobs. Sites such a

25/01/2011 BECTU Announces Learning And Networking Event
BECTU's Western Freelance branch will host a learning and networking event on February 4. Open to both members and non-members, the event will kick off at 12 noon at the Arnos Manor Hotel in Bristol

25/01/2011 BridgeTech Academy Trainers' Course Focuses On MPEG Streams In Multicast
Bridge Technologies continues its 2011 programme of training courses with another Train the Trainers course at its Oslo headquarters, between February 15 - 16. These courses complement the BridgeTech

25/01/2011 Chroma Film & TV Invests In SGO's Mistika For Stereoscopic 3D Projects
In order to provide its clients with an advanced and highly efficient 2D and stereoscopic 3D work-flow, Hamburg-based Chroma Film & TV, one of Germany's stereoscopic 3D pioneers, has invested in a Mis

25/01/2011 Lighthouse Shows Latest New LED Screen Products At ISE 2011
ISE 2011 sees leading LED screen manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies exhibiting its latest panels for the installation and rental markets, which continue to push back the boundaries of LED display te

25/01/2011 NEP Visions To Provide OB Services To IGBS For Asian Winter Games 2011
International Games Broadcast Services (IGBS), the host broadcaster of the 7th Asian Winter Games, has appointed NEP Visions to supply a broad range of outside broadcast equipment and technical crew f

25/01/2011 SGO Appoints New Director Of Global Sales & Operations
SGO has announced the promotion of Geoff Mills to Director of SGO Global Sales & Operations to develop new relationships and manage sales of Mistika worldwide. In the short space of time since Geoff'

25/01/2011 Vaddio Chosen as The Videoconferencing Peripheral Equipment Company Of 2010
Vaddio has been selected as Videoconferencing Peripheral Equipment Company of the Year 2010 by Richard Line, Editor of Telepresence and Videoconferencing Insight Newsletter. Telepresence and Videocon

24/01/2011 AirCast Red Button TV Information System Launched
AirCast is a new information system that enables hoteliers to distribute information to their guests via one or more interactive TV channels dedicated to hotel-specific information. AirCast works on

24/01/2011 Altered Images Provides Central Role In AETN UK's Migration To A Completely Tapeless Media Workflow
Leading Avid Elite reseller Altered Images have worked with AETN UK, the London-based broadcaster behind HISTORY, Military History, Crime & Investigation Network and Bio, to help move them from a tape

24/01/2011 Autoscript To Appear On The Big Screen In Morning Glory
Leading teleprompting company Autoscript will make its movie debut in front of the camera, rather than in its usual place behind the scenes, when Morning Glory is released in cinemas across the UK and

24/01/2011 Blackmagic Design Announces New Update For UltraScope Waveform Monitors
Blackmagic Design has announced a new software update for its Blackmagic UltraScope and Pocket UltraScope waveform monitoring products. This new update includes new video gamut and audio error loggi

24/01/2011 Clear-Com Names Orbital Sound As Newest Distributor
Clear-Com, a leading provider of critical voice communication systems, has announced the appointment of Orbital Sound as its UK distributor in the Live Event/Live Performance market, with effect from

24/01/2011 Danmon Systems Group Reports 'Positive And Successful 2010'
Danmon Systems Group (DSG), a leading broadcast system integrators, has reported a sustained improvement in confidence throughout the telecommunications and multimedia industry during 2010. Broadcast

24/01/2011 PACE Adds Three More Sids For 3D
With demand for 3D production continuing to rise, 3D innovation company PACE in Burbank recently added three more Quantel Sid Stereo3D workstations to its arsenal. This purchase brings the Stereo3D p

24/01/2011 Skillset Cymru Announces Investment In Training For Welsh Creative Media Industries
Skillset Cymru has devised an ambitious programme of funding for training schemes designed to benefit the Welsh Creative Media Industries in 2011. In partnership with broadcaster S4C and the trade as

21/01/2011 Audio Issues Make Waves At BVE 2011
As a crucial element of broadcast production, whether for radio, television, film or multimedia, audio matters are once again high on the agenda at Broadcast Video Expo 2011, between February 15 - 17,