Broadcast News Archive for September, 2016
14/09/2016 Finepoint Broadcast Becomes Canon Pro Partner
Finepoint Broadcast has become the latest Canon Pro Partner and joined a professional network of dealers that spans across 23 European countries. As a Pro Partner, Finepoint will be able to provide

14/09/2016 IBC Celebrates Another Successful Year
IBC2016 has closed its doors on another successful event; from a record attendance of visitors, to exclusive keynote sessions and breaking news. Over the six days of the conference and exhibition,

14/09/2016 LSI Projects Adds To Team
LSI Projects has appointed Richard Bunting as its UK Business Development Manager. Bunting returns to the company following a brief career break. He previously head the role of Operations Manager

14/09/2016 Rushes Delivers LV='s New Commercial
Rushes has completed a new commercial for LV= Make It Better. For the project, Rushes used extensive VFX and CG elements which shows a family in their damaged car being carried by hot air balloons

14/09/2016 Turn And Face The (Financial) Strain
Recent changes to financial regulations could have a major impact on broadcast equipment dealers. Medialease's Paul Robson has some friendly advice. As a man who regularly wears bright pink trouse

13/09/2016 Angénieux Unveils New Optimo Lens
Making its European debut at IBC, Angénieux presented its new Optimo 44-440 A2S – the latest addition to its Optimo anamorphic 2x Squeeze series. The company also introduced the Type EZ Series; a new

13/09/2016 ANNOVA Systems & plantri Deliver Social News Content
ANNOVA Systems and is subsidiary, plantri, have worked together to deliver Social News content via NewsBoard to the Newsroom. The new OpenMedia Social Media solutions mean that social networks – such

13/09/2016 DAW Back-Up Solution Debuts From JoeCo
The reliability of digital audio workstation based set-ups has been secured with the launch of BlueBox Workstation Interface Recorders – a new range from UK-based manufacturer JoeCo. Officially la

13/09/2016 Fibre Optic Brief
Fibre optic links have now been in use for many wears in the commercial/military field. Primarily in the military field for security as it does not radiate and the commercial field for its greater lin

13/09/2016 Focus Music Launches New Label
Focus Music has announced the launch of its latest label, Discovery Music. Originally launched in 2005, Discovery Music, has joined forces with Focus Music to deliver music in programming diversit

13/09/2016 Philip Flaemig Conquers Mount Everest With Sachtler
Over 200 people have died in their attempt to climb Mount Everest, with the trek itself riddled with avalanches, rockslides, and blizzards. But despite that risk, people every year from all over the w

13/09/2016 Pinewood MBS Lighting Adds To Portfolio
Pinewood MBS Lighting has revealed it has added a number of Digital Sputnik features to its product range. The company has received 60 DS6 fixtures and more than 240 single heads, including a number o

13/09/2016 Rotolight Secures Best Of Show Award
Rotolight has been awarded TVBEurope's Best of Show Award at IBC2016 for its Anova Pro. The Anova Pro has been designed for cinematographers, videographers and photographers, and features: •

13/09/2016 SDI Media Appoints New CEO
SDI Media has announced Mark Howorth as its new CEO. Howorth will report directly to the company's Board of Directors, and will also have a seat on the Board. Commenting on his appointment, he sai

12/09/2016 Axon Joins AIMS Initiative
Axon Digital Design has joined the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS). In a statement, Jan Eveleens, CEO at Axon, said: "Having taken our time to carefully consider this initiative, Axon belie

12/09/2016 Bluefish444 Announces KRONOS Range
Bluefish444 has introduced the new KRONOS range of video and audio I/O cards. The line-up increases the feature set of the company's Epoch video cards, which support up to 4K 60 frame per second workf

12/09/2016 Gearhouse Broadcast Completes London Stock Exchange Project
Gearhouse Broadcast has completed an HD upgrade of the studio complex at the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The project included the design, supply, installation, test and commissioning of the broad

12/09/2016 HHB Group & Genelec Launch Genelec Experience Centre
HHB Group and Genelec have unveiled the Genelec Experience Centre. The 34.5 sq m facility, located in the Fitzrovia area of London, will allow visitors to select source material of virtually any forma

12/09/2016 John O'Hurley Announced As Host For SMPTE Centennial Gala
SMPTE has confirmed that the award-winning actor, John O'Hurley, is to host the Society's Centennial Gala on Friday 28 October in Hollywood. O'Hurley is best known for playing J Peterman on Seinfeld.

12/09/2016 Omnitek Unveils New Ultra XR
Omnitek have unveiled the new Ultra XR. The unit provides a solution for 4K/UHD content creation, post-production and program quality control. Its supports all forms of SDI video input, from SD to

12/09/2016 Pebble Beach Systems Adds To Team
Pebble Beach Systems has announced the appointment of Tamas Vass as its European Sales Director. He joins the company from Vitec Videocom where he most recently held the role of Broadcast Market Manag

12/09/2016 RED Digital Cinema Offers Full Range At IBC2016
Throughout IBC2016, RED Digital Cinema is displaying its entire range of DSMC2 cameras. The line-up includes the RED RAVEN 4.5K, SCARLET-W 5K, WEAPON 6K and WEAPON 8K VV, as well as a limited edition

12/09/2016 Riedel Announces Two Acquisitions
Riedel Communications has added to its portfolio with two new acquisitions. Increasing its engineering capabilities as well as strengthening its portfolio of communications solutions and Dante cap

09/09/2016 AJA Launches Desktop Software v12.5 for KONA, Io And T-TAP
AJA Video Systems has launched Desktop Software v12.5 for KONA, T-TAP™ and the Io family of video and audio input/output devices. The v12.5 software update extends users' workflow capabilities with

09/09/2016 Bluebell Launches BN390 Stand-Alone Interface
Bluebell Opticom has launched the BN390 stand-alone interface supporting 4K/UHDTV in broadcast studios and outside broadcast (OB) applications. The BN390 provides infrastructure transport not only