Broadcast News Archive for May, 2013
13/05/2013 projectdesign® To Showcase At InfoComm 13
At InfoComm 13 in Orlando, Florida, Norway’s projectiondesign® is to showcase new products and promote a new merger with visualisation expert Barco. 'Collaborative working' will be projectiondesign’s

13/05/2013 SGO Announces Tokyo Mistika Partner
SGO has announced the news that Tokyo-based Kyoshin Communications is now an official Mistika reseller partner in Japan. The group will promote Mistika's Post, DI and Stereo 3D post production system

13/05/2013 TMD Workflow Solutions At BCA 2013
TMD, provider of asset management systems for digital and physical assets, has announced it will present new enhancements to its Mediaflex platform at BroadcastAsia2012 Demonstrations will include th

13/05/2013 Wire Broadcast Supplies Lynx Technik For Farm Group
Technical installation company Wire Broadcast has installed Series 5000 and yellobrik interface and glueware solutions from LYNX Technik AG for The Farm Group’s fifth central London facility, known as

10/05/2013 Bavaria Film Purchases Assimilate's SCRATCH
Bavaria Film GmbH and D-Facto Motion have purchased a company-wide site license for ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH® finishing software and SCRATCH Lab®, its production dailies and VFX tool. The goal of the SCR

10/05/2013 Bradford Film Lecturer To Address National Conferences
Bradford Film School has announced one of its top lecturers Franzi Florack is to address three national research conferences, sharing her ideas on the role of film in helping schoolchildren succeed in

10/05/2013 Canada Polytechnic Invests In SGO Mistika
NAIT, the second largest Polytechic in Canada, which specialises in engineering, media and applied research, has invested in SGO's Mistika. NAIT DMIT (Digital Media and IT) is the only transmedia scho

10/05/2013 CPL Supplies Projection, Lighting For ARC Festival
The new ARC Festival at Eastville Park, Bristol, UK, chose Central Presentations Ltd (CPL) to supply projection and lighting equipment, design and programming services. The one-day event celebrates e

10/05/2013 Gearhouse Broadcast & Hitachi Hit The Road
"Ever since we announced our partnership with Hitachi interest in these superb HDTV cameras has been exceptionally high. Now, through our national roadshow, we will provide camera users across the UK

10/05/2013 HHB Upgrades Deluxe Digital Avid Pro Tools
HHB Communications Ltd. recently provided Deluxe Digital Cinema EMEA with TC Electronic TouchMonitors as an upgrade to their Avid Pro Tools system. Located in the heart of Soho in London, Deluxe Dig

10/05/2013 ITV Player Partners With Samsung
British TV network ITV has announced a new fixed term partnership with Samsung to offer the ITV Player app on Android devices. The ITV Player app provides customers with access to the last thirty day

10/05/2013 JMTV Completes $3m HD Conversion
Jones Mobile Television (JMTV) is a full-service location video production company located in Arkansas, USA, which serves a wide range of national sports, corporate, and entertainment clients. Recent

10/05/2013 New Features For ARRI ALEXA FRO
ARRI recently employed its Fiber Remote Option (FRO) for ALEXA on a new concert film for Coldplay and a televised recording session with Robbie Williams. New features include a new Fiber Remote box d

10/05/2013 Snell Appoints MESA Regional Head
Snell has appointed Amit Daftary as regional head for the company's operations in the Middle East and South Asia (MESA) region. Daftary will assume full responsibility for the company's regional team

09/05/2013 Camera Store Skqattro In National Theatre Screening
A recent National Theatre Live broadcast of Alan Bennett's new play, People, took advantage of a Skqattro tracking pedestal from The Camera Store. The screening, which reached cinema audiences around

09/05/2013 Danny Dawson Joins Alias Hire Board
Alias Hire has appointed UK hire manager Danny Dawson as general manager and handed him a place on the DiA broadcast equipment-hire firm’s board. Danny will take on responsibility for the day-to-da

09/05/2013 FOR-A Announces FT-ONE For Cine Gear
As international companies prepare for this year's Cine Gear Expo at Paramount in Hollywood, FOR-A Corporation of America has announced plans to showcase its FT-ONE full 4K super slow motion camera.

09/05/2013 Going Wild: Live Streaming The Animal Kingdom
The concept of outside broadcasting and live streaming usually conjures up images of real-time, rolling 24-hour news. But, as two recent live online platforms developed by Numiko for UK broadcasters C

09/05/2013 Hanger a' Images Instals Riedel Intercom
Montreal-based Le Hangar à Images has installed Riedel intercoms in a new mobile production unit. Able to handle up to sixteen cameras, the compact unit offers the Canadian market a flexible producti

09/05/2013 NAB 2013: Pure Hi Res Poker (Pt 1)
With the NAB Show in Las Vegas wrapped up for another year, George Jarret reports back from the front line on the big stories of 2013, and reveals what the industry really thinks of 4K... NAB

09/05/2013 NAB 2013: Pure Hi Res Poker (Pt 2)
Avid to take more aggressive approach Announcing the concept of ‘Avid Everywhere’ and stating that the company would be, “More aggressive in our approach to adopting new technologies,” new pre

09/05/2013 NAB 2013: Pure Hi Res Poker (Pt 3)
Blackmagic’s pocket-sized surprise Blackmagic announced technology collaboration with Autodesk, support for Adobe Premier Pro and After Effects, a 4K camera, a pocket-sized cinema camera with

09/05/2013 Playbox Delivers DVB Playout For Eurochannel
PlayBox Technology has supplied and installed a DVB playout system for Eurochannel television, adding to the existing two systems that have been in operation for up to three years. The new installati

09/05/2013 Sony Equips John Lennon Tour Bus
Yesterday, Sony announced a new partnership with the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus, in a move which will see young people at schools, colleges, community centres and libraries given the opportunity

08/05/2013 Cobham To Launch HD MPEG4 IP Encoder At BroadcastAsia
RF specialist company Cobham has announced it will introduce a lightweight HD MPEG4 IP Encoder specifically engineered for broadcast applications at BroadcastAsia 2013. Able to operate in standard, l