Broadcast News Archive for January, 2014
21/01/2014 Viaccess-Orca Address Industry Challenges At CSTB
At this year's CSTB show in Moscow, Viaccess-Orca is to address the challenges facing the industry, including anti-piracy security, TV Everywhere (TVE), hybrid television solutions, and the role Viacc

21/01/2014 Volicon Releases Observer Upgrade At CABSAT 2014
At CABSAT 2014, version 7.1 of Volicon's Observer TS® MPEG transport stream logging and monitoring system will be featured. The Observer® line boasts support for ASI, QAM, 8-VSB, DVB-T/T2, and DVB-T

21/01/2014 Wohler Prepares For CABSAT 2014
Wohler is to display a range of its new products at this year's CABSAT show, 11 - 14 March in Dubai. MPEG DVB-ASI And IPTV Monitors Wohler MPEG monitors decode and provide monitoring of pro

20/01/2014 Applications Open For Ravensbourne's Incubation Programme
London-based industry-focused college Ravensbourne’s DMIC (Digital Media Innovation Consultancy) is now accepting applications from media, technology and design businesses in the capital to join its 2

20/01/2014 BFI Future Film Festival Returns
The BFI Future Film Festival returns for its seventh year from 21-23 February, with a line-up of workshops, masterclasses, networking opportunities, screenings and Q&As at BFI Southbank. The weekend

20/01/2014 Camera Corps' Q-Ball At BVE
Camera Corps is to demonstrate a remotely controlled camera system based on the Q-Ball compact pan/tilt/zoom head at this year's BVE show. Exhibiting on stand H05, Camera Corps will be represented at

20/01/2014 DPA On Tour With Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Taglia, live sound engineer for the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, has been speaking to DPA Mics about his own personal collection, which he regularly takes on tour. "I've been using DPA microp

20/01/2014 LSB To Display Virtual Studio Manager At BVE 2014
Manufacturer of control and monitoring systems for radio and television production, L-S-B Broadcast Technologies will appear at this year's BVE show to display its core product, the IP-based VSM (Virt

20/01/2014 Miranda To Showcase iTX Platform At BVE
Miranda Technologies is to appear at BVE 2014, Stand J05 to discuss its integrated playout platform iTX. "iTX offers unrivalled channel deployment speed, scalability and format flexibility by streaml

20/01/2014 Mumbai Studios feature HARMAN JBL 6.1
Indian YRF (Yash Raj Films) Studios' 116-seat film mixing theater is the largest of its kind in Mumbai. It features a HARMAN JBL 6.1 surround sound loudspeaker system powered by Crown amplifiers, Dol

20/01/2014 PLASA Focus: Leeds 2014 Launches
PLASA Focus: Leeds 2014 has launched today, offering free registration for the event, to be held on 29 – 30 April 2014 at the Royal Armouries, Clarence Dock in Leeds. Long-standing exhibitors returni

20/01/2014 Playbox Introduce ProductionAirBox At BVE 2014
PlayBox is to introduce ProductionAirBox on stand N 05 at BVE 2014 in London's ExCel exhibition centre, February 25-27. "ProductionAirBox is an extremely fast media manipulation and delivery system w

20/01/2014 Trilogy Updates Messenger At CABSAT 2014
Trilogy Communications is to showcase enhancements to its Messenger intercom system at CABSAT 2014. Trilogy Director of Business Development Mark Ellis said: "Messenger addresses a specific need by r

17/01/2014 ASPEC Merges With PLASA
From this month, members of the Association of Studio and Production Equipment Companies (ASPEC) will be operating under the umbrella of PLASA, the international trade association that addresses the n

17/01/2014 Bexel Selects Lawo For Summer Sports
Broadcast services provider Bexel will apply Lawo's audio- and video-over-IP networking technology for this year's sports events in Russia and Brazil. The move follows last year's collaboration in wh

17/01/2014 C2S Systems Construct OB Truck For Video Europe
C2S Systems, broadcast integration arm of WTS Group, is currently building a 16-camera double expander OB broadcast vehicle and support tender for rental company Video Europe. Video Europe has undert

17/01/2014 Creative Skillset Praised For LGBT Commitment
Creative Skillset has risen 20 places in Stonewall's top 100 list of LGBT-friendly employers. Stonewall is a leading advocate and resource for the UK's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) c

17/01/2014 DPA Reveals MMP-F Modular Active Boom
DPA Microphones has revealed its d:dicate Series MMP-F Modular Active Boom at the 2014 NAMM Show (Booth 7119). Intended for use with the d:dicate MMC4011 Cardioid and MMC4018 Supercardioid mics, the

17/01/2014 HHB Upgrades Absolute Radio With Pro Tools
Scrub, HHB Communications' Soho-based subsidiary, has provided London’s Absolute Radio with the latest Pro Tools software and hardware. Absolute Radio’s producers chose to upgrade all four of its stu

17/01/2014 Oscars Highlight British Talent
British film's success in 2013 has been exemplified in the list for this year's Academy Awards nominations, as announced yesterday. 12 Years a Slave, directed by British filmmaker Steve McQueen, has

17/01/2014 Sonnet Announces Echo Shipping
Sonnet Technologies has announced that its Echo™ Express III-D (desktop), Echo Express III-R (rackmount), and Echo Express SE II (desktop) Thunderbolt™-to-PCI Express® (PCIe®) card expansion chassis a

17/01/2014 Sony Releases UWP-D Wireless Mic Series
Sony has released its new Hybrid Digital Processing UWP-D wireless microphone series. The UWP-D mics are available in three packages: •UWP-D11: Belt-pack Transmitter, Portable Receiver •UWP-D12: Ha

17/01/2014 Supa Dups Adds Prism Sound's Titan To Roster
Producer and DJ Supa Dups has added a Prism Sound Titan USB multitrack audio interface to his equipment roster. The move compliments the Prism Sound Lyra 2 audio interface that is already part of his

16/01/2014 Aspen Media Embrace DPP Standards At BVE 2014
At this year's BVE show in London, Aspen Media (stand K34) will be embracing the Digital Production Partnership's (DPP) new broadcast delivery standards with products from Jünger Audio and RTW. Both

16/01/2014 ATG Partners With Vidcheck
ATG Broadcast has signed a channel partnership agreement with Vidcheck, provider of software for automated quality control and correction of video and audio in file-based media. "This continues our s