Broadcast News Archive for June, 2011
09/06/2011 Skillset Target Welsh Creative Media Industries
Skillset Cymru has commissioned two research projects that will help drive forward skills within the creative media industries and create more employment opportunities across West Wales and the Valley

09/06/2011 UK Programming To Go 'Sky High'
Sky will invest £380m this year on in-house production and outside commissions. According to BSkyB's Chief Executive he is to raise spending on original UK programming by more than 50% in the next t

09/06/2011 Wimbledon Serves First BBC 3D Broadcast
The BBC has announced that it will broadcast live 3D coverage to homes across the UK for the first time, when it broadcasts the men's and ladies' finals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships via the BBC

08/06/2011 Emotion Systems Announce Broadcast Asia 2011 Preview
Digital workflow experts Emotion Systems have announced what they will be showing at their stand (4F3-04/3) at Broadcast Asia 2011. The company will be featuring EFF (Emotion File Finish), a cost-eff

08/06/2011 Eyeheight Introduces New Loudness Tools At Broadcast Asia
At Broadcast Asia Eyeheight is highlighting powerful new broadcast-quality production and post-production tools designed to address broadcast loudness issues. "KARMAudioAU" is a plug-in designed for

08/06/2011 IBC And Future Media Concepts To Offer Training Programme At IBC 2011
IBC, a leading electronic media event and Future Media Concepts (FMC), the premier digital media training organisation, has announced that they will be offering Apple, Avid and Adobe post-production w

08/06/2011 Jünger Audio Introduces New High Performance Audio Processing Products At Broadcast Asia 2011
Dynamics processing specialist Jünger Audio will be showing a number of new projects at Broadcast Asia 2011 (Stand: 4U3-01), including the award-winning T*AP Television Audio Processor, which made its

08/06/2011 New Demo Facility At Scrub's Berwick Street HQ
Scrub, the Soho-based branch of pro-audio specialist HHB, has announced a major refit of the demo facilities at its Berwick Street headquarters. The local post-production community can now check out

08/06/2011 S4C Chairman Appointed
The former Chief Executive of the Welsh language channel S4C has been appointed as its new Chairman. Huw Jones will begin the four-year appointment on tomorrow, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has ann

08/06/2011 Sonnet Technologies Announce SDXC UHS-I Pro Reader/Writer ExpressCard/34
Sonnet Technologies has announced the SDXC UHS-I Pro Reader/Writer ExpressCard/34, which enables digital videographers and photographers to transfer the files quickly from SDXC and SDHC memory cards t

08/06/2011 South West Screen & UKTI Host Annecy Talk By World Famous Animator
South West Screen and UK Trade & Investment are co-hosting the UK Animation Reception at the prestigious animation festival, featuring a talk by one of the world's leading animators. Alex Williams, w

07/06/2011 Digital Rapids Transcode Manager Elevates High-Volume Transcoding For Stellar Inflight
Digital Rapids, a leading provider of tools and solutions for bringing television, movie and Web content to wider audiences, has announced that Stellar Inflight, the world's longest running in-flight

07/06/2011 Eggs & Bulbs Adds Soundcraft Si Compact For Hyde Park UEFA Champions League Build Up
German sound engineer Martin Stoll has purchased a Soundcraft Si Compact 24 digital console to add to the growing inventory of his production company, Bavarian-based Eggs & Bulbs GmbH. Already a Vi6

07/06/2011 GlobeCast Successfully Delivers HD French Open Coverage For NBC Sports
Globecast successfully wrapped up its services to NBC Sports' HD coverage of the 2011 French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris. For the duration of the May 22 - June 5 event, Globecast

07/06/2011 NDR Employs Jünger Audio's T*AP Processor During The 2011 Eurovision Song Contest
Jünger Audio's T*AP Television Audio Processor played a key part in helping German public broadcaster NDR deliver stunning audio from the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. More than 100 million people wo

07/06/2011 never.no's James Neufeld Speaks On Changing Interactive TV At BroadcastAsia 2011
James Neufeld, Product Manager for award-winnng interactive technology provider never.no, will explain 'What's Wrong With Interactive TV and Why It's About To Change' on Wednesday, June 22, at Broadca

07/06/2011 SGO Mistika Moves Into New York City's OFFHOLLYWOOD
SGO has announced the sale of the very first Mistika 4K system in the US East Coast at New York-based OFFHOLLYWOOD. Leading innovators in 4K, 3D acquisition and post production services, OFFHOLLYWOOD

07/06/2011 th1ng Directs Film For WWF's Save The Cerrado Campaign
An award-winning mixed media and animation company, th1ng, has produced a hand shadow film for the WWF-UK Save the Cerrado campaign. Directed by KIRK Hendry, the film exclusively uses hand shadows to

07/06/2011 Voting Opens For MGEITF Arqiva Channel Of The Year 2011
The voting for the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival's Arqiva Channel of the Year Awards is now open, so it's time to rewind, reflect and review the best TV of the past year.

06/06/2011 Exterity To Demonstrate Market-leading Building IPTV Solutions At InfoComm 2011
Exterity, the Building IPTV specialist, will be showcasing the latest additions to its range of TV and video over IP products at InfoComm 2011, which is taking place from June 15-17 at the Orange Coun

06/06/2011 IABM Launches New Training Academy
The IABM (International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers) has announced the launch of the IABM Training Academy, an educational organisation to broadcast and media technology. The Training A

06/06/2011 iLive Selected For Adele Tour
British singer Adele has just completed a tour of Europe and is currently on tour in America with an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system managing both FOH and monitor sound. Requested by the so

06/06/2011 London-based Talent Agency Opens Office At MediaCityUK
Talent agency Max Callum is the latest company to open an office at The Greenhouse, MediaCityUK. The agency specialises in providing representation for extras, models, actors, presenters and children

06/06/2011 Ofcom Proposes To Reduce Digital TV Interference
The communications regulator has set out proposals to ensure that digital TV delivered through a roof top aerial can function alongside the next generation of mobile services to be rolled out from 201

06/06/2011 SGO Mistika Is A Gold Sponsor Again Of 3D Masters 2011 At BAFTA
SGO is once again a Gold Sponsor of TVB Europe's 3D Masters, which takes place on June 15 at BAFTA in London's Piccadilly. SGO Mistika, the most powerful stereoscopic 3D toolset in the industry will