Broadcast News Archive for December, 2013
09/12/2013 Pinewood Opens 'Q Stage'
Pinewood Studios has opened a new facility for both film and television production. The 'Q Stage' has been formally opened by actor Ben Whishaw, adding the new 30,000 sq ft stage and 15,000 sq ft of

09/12/2013 Pro Audio Stash Launches Octopus
Pro Audio Stash (PAS) has launched the first in a new range of power distribution units. Octopus is an entry level racking product featuring 8 x IEC distribution outlets, surge protection and EMI (

09/12/2013 Sennheiser Supplies MTV EMAs 2013
Sennheiser supplied its Digital 9000 Series microphone system for this year's MTV European Music Awards (EMAs). Taking place at Amsterdam's Ziggo Dome on 10 November, the EMAs included performances b

09/12/2013 Tricaster Journeys To Antarctic
A NewTek TriCaster 860 multi-camera production system is being placed at the heart of a studio and control room streaming live footage from the Antarctic. 19-year-old Parker Liautaud is aiming to set

06/12/2013 British Film Commission Welcomes Chancellor's Statement
The British Film Commission has praised the enhancements to the UK's Film Tax Relief announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer the Autumn Statement. George Osborne announced a lowering of the mini

06/12/2013 BTV Post Selects SGO Mistika
London's BTV Post turned to SGO's Mistika to provide post production for the five-episode television series How Cities Work, commissioned by Discovery. Working with Electric Sky Productions, BTV Post

06/12/2013 PION Launches Debut Product
PION, the inventor of a new product category for Live Camera EnhancementTM (LCE™), has launched its first product. PION LiveSceneTM is a real-time, GPU-based image processing system that aims to enha

06/12/2013 Snell Appoints AVIT-Systems For Denmark
Snell today announced that AVIT-Systems A/S is serving as the company's new dealer in Denmark. "We're proud to work with partners that are well-respected and well-established within the industry, and

06/12/2013 TriCaster 40 Selected For Caribbean News Network
WTS Broadcast has supplied a NewTek TriCaster 40 to a new start-up channel called the Caribbean News Network (CANN TV). CANN TV is established by Kennie Williamson, who has been developing the brand

06/12/2013 Trilogy Appoints Chief Operating Officer
Trilogy has appointed Keith Norton as Chief Operating Officer. Mr Norton was most recently CEO of Paradigm Secure Communications Ltd, a subsidiary of EADS Astrium. He brings to the company over 30 y

06/12/2013 TvONE Launches MX-8488 HDMI 8x8 Matrix Router
TvONE has announced the new MX-8488 HDMI 8x8 Matrix Router with HDBaseT Outputs. "We are pleased to introduce the MX-8488 for professional installers", said Andy Fliss, Director of Marketing, tvONE.

06/12/2013 UK TV Industry 'Booming'
"The UK is wooing international broadcasters with its wealth of creative talent and production capability and the majority have now based their European headquarters in the country." This is a statem

05/12/2013 ABC Affiliate Searches Library With Nexidia
Nexidia has announced that Cox Media Group's Atlanta ABC affiliate, WSB-TV, has deployed Nexidia Dialogue Search to find locate content within its audio and video library. WSB-TV's library contains m

05/12/2013 AJA Ki Pro Reaches New Heights
Founded in 2007 by Emmy Award-winning cinematographer Skip Margetts, Helimedia supplies aerial filming support across Southern Africa live-event broadcast, film, television and advertising. Helimedia

05/12/2013 BBFC Selects mymovies For Children's Channel
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has selected mymovies to provide film trailers, posters and artwork for its new website for children, CBBFC. The recently launched CBBFC website provi

05/12/2013 HHB Appoints Technical Sales Support Engineer
HHB Communications has appointed Mike Rigby to the role of Technical Sales Support Engineer. Mr Rigby was previously the Technical Manager at Technical Earth, where he managed the sales, installation

05/12/2013 Leader Prepares For One World Open House
Leader Instruments is to showcase its range of test and measurement products at Band Pro's One World Open House 2013 at Band Pro's Burbank headquarters in California. One World Open House displays th

05/12/2013 SIS LIVE Selects Clear Com For New Headquarters
SIS LIVE has installed a fully-integrated communications platform with Clear-Com® intercom systems in its new headquarters in MediaCityUK, facility in Milton Keynes and two new hybrid broadcast vans.

05/12/2013 Sound Devices Help Record Champ Of The Camp
Sound Recordist David Thirion recently selected Sound Devices' 788T Digital Audio Recorder and its CL-8 Controller while on a mission to capture a popular annual singing competition in Dubai's labour

05/12/2013 Wohler Appoints Michael Wright As Senior Sales, RadiantGrid
Wohler Technologies has appointed Michael Wright to the role of senior sales executive, North America, for the company's RadiantGrid business line. Mr Wright will be responsible for raising the profi

04/12/2013 Event Management Expands Kinesys Line
Milanese company Event Management has expanded its investment in Kinesys automation equipment to service the latest series of the popular TV show, Io Canto. The fourth edition of Io Canto was recorde

04/12/2013 Freddie Wong Chooses Sachtler
Filmmaker, musician, VFX technician and competitive gamer Freddie Wong has created game-changing productions on three wildly popular YouTube Channels freddiew, freddiew2 and Node. When he took his hi

04/12/2013 Innovation House Selects Lexicon FW810S
The Innovation House in St John's Creek, Georgia by Insidesign® is a designer show house that showcases the top vendors of residential home building systems and finishes. Atlanta-based designer build

04/12/2013 Joe Hallman Joins PESA As Marketing Manager For PESA Xstream
PESA, US-based custom design and manufacturing company for professional audio and video signal distribution, has announced Joe Hallman as marketing manager for the PESA Xstream product line. Mr Hallm

04/12/2013 Matrox At Integrated Systems Europe 2014
Matrox has announced its line up for next year's Integrated Systems Europe conference, running from 4 - 6 February in Amsterdam. Matrox Video and Matrox Graphics Inc. will be sharing stand 11-M66 at