Broadcast News Archive for March, 2011
14/03/2011 Panasonic And Midwich Address System Solutions
Panasonic System Networks Europe and Midwich, one of the UK's leading IT and AV distributors have announced a partnership to promote the Panasonic range of next generation business and security system

14/03/2011 Royalty Free Music At Discount Rates
'Free' music is being made available by one of the UK's top producers of no-royalty music. AKM Music has announced the release of six new CDs and a limited time offer. Broadcast and film producers c

14/03/2011 Vortex Sells 500th Industry-standard Comrex ACCESS-IP
Vortex has recently supplied its 500th Comrex ACCESS-IP Audio Codec - the industry-standard for Live Outside Broadcast, News and Sport - with more than 50 being supplied so far this year alone. The A

14/03/2011 WestCom Media Group Chooses C10 HD
WestCom Media Group, which produces live daily content for the Northern Westfalia region of Germany, recently installed a 24+8-fader Solid State Logic C10 HD Compact Broadcast Console in its new studi

11/03/2011 Audemat To Launch New RDS Encoder At NAB 2011
Audemat have announced the launch of their new RDS Encoder, the FMB50 at this year's NAB show in Las Vegas. Using the same hardware platform as Audemat's highly-acclaimed FMB50 RDS encoder, the new F

11/03/2011 Glassworks Optimises Digital Infrastructure By Signing Up To Sohonet Media Network
Sohonet, an expert in connectivity and data management for the media and entertainment industry, has announced that award-winning post production house Glassworks has joined its world-renowned Sohonet

11/03/2011 Grass Valley Adds Protea Electronics To Reseller Network
Grass Valley has announced that Protea Electronics, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Protea Technology Group, a leading supplier/systems integrator to the broadcast, multimedia, telco and digital auto

11/03/2011 Hat Trick International Takes Plum Pictures' Factual Entertainment Series Global
Hat Trick International (HTI) has sold two factual entertainment series presented by James May (Top Gear) and produced by Plum Pictures, to a raft of broadcasters around the world, Sarah Tong, Directo

11/03/2011 Industry Experts Share Knowledge At Vitec Group's NAB 2011 Live Event Area
The Vitec Group will hold a dedicated live event area at NAB 2011 to share its knowledge and expertise on the latest products, technology and techniques in the broadcast and film industry. Representa

11/03/2011 ITV Studios Global Entertainment Release Major Primetime Drama For MIP-TV 2011
ITV Studios Global Entertainment will launch a host of contemporary new primetime dramas at MIP-TV 2011, showcasing a portfolio of original content from ITV Studios and leading third-party producers w

11/03/2011 Junger Audio Introduces Audio Processing Products At NAB 2011
Dynamics processing specialist Junger Audio will be showing a number of new products at this year's NAB Convention in Las Vegas (Stand: C6742), including an updated version of its best-selling B46 LEV

11/03/2011 KidsCo Expands Offering In Spain
KidsCo, the international children's channel, has announced the addition of video on demand (VoD) to its existing package on Imagenio, one of Spain's largest TV operators. The contract renewal ensure

11/03/2011 New Appointment For Smartclip
Smartclip, Europe's leading digital video ad network, has appointed Yahoo's Shirlene Chandrapal as Vice President of Connected TV, with immediate effect. Shirlene Chandrapal joins smartclip from Yaho

11/03/2011 Packet Ship Launches Latest Software Component Set For Video-on-Demand Catch-up TV
Packet Ship, a leading provider of software technologies for video-based services and solutions, will use the IP&TV World Forum exhibition in London to launch the latest release of the company's platf

10/03/2011 Becoming Human Moves From Online To BBC Three
Being Human's exclusive online extension drama Becoming Human will transmit on BBC Three, simultaneously revealing the final part of the mystery to online fans and BBC Three viewers. A unique 50-minu

10/03/2011 BVE & The Production Show 2011 Bring Tech Buzz And Business Success
As the doors close on BVE and The Production Show 2011, the shows' organisers have expressed delight at the record visitor numbers and high quality of exhibitor offerings and seminar content that drov

10/03/2011 Christie Release New Controller And Projector
Christie has released two high-performing solutions, developed to meet the ROI-driven demands of the commercial video wall systems marketplace. The TVC-500 video wall controller introduces a broad sp

10/03/2011 Gekko Technology introduces kedo, The Colour Tunable Hard Source
Gekko Technology, a market leader in LED lighting for film, television and photographic applications, has chosen NAB 2011 as the production launch for kedo, the focusable version of its colour tunable

10/03/2011 Hackenbacker Handles Post Production For Submarine
Comedy star Richard Ayoade makes his film debut on March 18 with the opening of Submarine - and award-winning Soho-based facility Hackenbacker was responsible for tackling the entire post-production o

10/03/2011 New Appointment For NewTek Europe
Storm (NewTek Europe), distributor of NewTek products in Europe, Africa and the Middle-East, has announced that Joshua S. Th. Schneeloch has joined the NewTek Europe team as Sales Representative for G

10/03/2011 New Panasonic AG-AF101 In First Broadcast Production
A recent broadcast production commissioned by Al Jazeera is the first to adopt the new Panasonic AG-AF101 Four Thirds camera. The production was filmed on location in the Democratic Republic of Congo

10/03/2011 PLASA Announces Agreement To Support Educational Stream At ENTECH 2011
ENTECH 2011 show organisers have confirmed an agreement with PLASA, a leading international membership body for those who supply technologies and services to the event, entertainment and installation

10/03/2011 Signiant To Offer Webcast On Secure And Effective B2B Digital Content Exchange
Signiant, a leading developer of content supply chain management solutions, has announced that it will offer a webcast entitled Protecting Media Assets in the Digital Age: Best Practices for Secure an

10/03/2011 Technicolor Receives Binding Offer From FCDE To Purchase Thomson Video Networks
Technicolor has announced that it has received a binding offer to acquire the Thomson Video Networks business from the Fonds de Consolidation et de Development des Enterprises (FCDE). The FCDE financ

09/03/2011 Asplin Appointed To Skillset's Facilities Skills Council
Crew hire and media recruitment specialist The Crewing Company has announced that its Founder and Joint Managing Director Stephanie Asplin has been appointed to the role of Deputy Chair of Skillset's