Broadcast News Archive for November, 2017
13/11/2017 Is This The End For SDI?
Why should broadcasters move to IP for production applications? After all, SDI has been around for nearly 30 years as an open standard and has served us well. Point to point connections provide a

13/11/2017 John Ive To Receive Lifetime Honorary IABM Membership
John Ive is to be presented with Lifetime Honorary IABM Membership, which will be officially presented at IABM's Annual International Business Conference and Awards on 30 November, 2017. Mr Ive joi

13/11/2017 Plans Approved For New Bentwaters Studios
Screen Suffolk has welcomed the announcement that a planning application for the new Bentwaters Studios in Suffolk has been approved. On its website, Bentwaters Parks said it has plans for a state

13/11/2017 Rosco Enhances RoscoLED Tape Product Range
Rosco Laboratories has announced an expansion of its RoscoLED Tape product range. The additions feature the same qualities as the original RoscoLED products, including color rendering with CRI and

13/11/2017 TV Studio Lighting
Traditionally Film and TV studios used tungsten lights to light their studios. 30 years ago, this was the only option and the norm; the down side was that these lights consumed huge amounts of electri

10/11/2017 Argosy To Host Technology Day
Argosy has unveiled details of its Technology Day 2017 which will be held on Monday, 27 November, at The Glassblower pub in Soho, central London, from 12pm to 6pm. Located in the heart of London's

10/11/2017 Fiilex – Next-Generation LED
American lighting brand Fiilex incorporate their revered Dense Matrix LED technology across the product range, packing dozens of custom-manufactured light emitting diodes beneath a single glass optic.

10/11/2017 Hill Farm Studios & Workshops
With 50,000 sq ft of adaptable workshops space, Hill Farm Studio & Wirkshops is designed to cater for a variety of productions within the film and TV industry. The independ

10/11/2017 Jigsaw24/root6 Go From Strength To Strength
Based in the heart of Soho, Europe's most experienced audio and video solutions and services reseller, Jigsaw24/root6 continue to enhance their technical accreditations across its portfolio of solutio

10/11/2017 Marquis Broadcast's Worx4 X Used On Tour de France
Earlier this year, Marquis Broadcast released the Worx4 X media managing application to help editors, producers and educators, consolidate and manage their media. Recently, the software was used o

10/11/2017 Miller To Demonstrate Latest Products
Miller Tripods has announced that it will present the Compass˟ series (CX) and its Skyline 90 fluid head range at Inter BEE 2017 this month. The new CX fluid heads incorporate Miller's CB PLU

10/11/2017 Northern Ireland Screen Seeking Applications
Northern Ireland Screen has announced that it is now seeking applications for its Trainee Studio Production Co-ordinator Scheme 2017. The scheme will initially run for six months (December 2017 to

10/11/2017 Queen + Adam Lambert VR Concert Wins Award
Queen + Adam Lambert's first live concert virtual reality experience – VR The Champions – has been announced the winner of the IMAGO Award for Extraordinary Technical Achievement. The award was pr

10/11/2017 Wisycom Brings Fiber Solutions To Inter BEE 2017
Wisycom is set to introduce its latest fiber solutions to the Japanese market at Inter BEE 2017 which takes place later this month. Among its product range at the show, and on display for the firs

09/11/2017 A Polished Performance By DT Editing At The Opera
DT Editing has used its new Avid Media Composer system, supplied and supported by Altered Images, to edit two one-hour documentaries for Reef TV and BBC2. The 'Lucy Worsley's Nights At The Opera'

09/11/2017 Are Technology Awards Still Worth The Effort?
It's officially awards season in the US – the last and first couple of months of each year when the most prominent and prestigious film awards are celebrated. Locally, our calendars are also packe

09/11/2017 Blackmagic Cintel Scanner Used On George Michael: Freedom
Blackmagic Design has confirmed that its Cintel Scanner was used to help digitize archived footage held on 16mm and 35mm film for autobiographical documentary 'George Michael: Freedom', which aired on

09/11/2017 Cache Media Delivers Marshall Equipment To Production AV
Cache Media has confirmed it has sold four new Marshall CV225-M Lipstick cameras and a Marshall CV-RCP 100 touchscreen controller to AV rental company, Production AV. The CV225-M Lipstick Camera f

09/11/2017 Cineo Lighting, NBCUniversal To Showcase Lighting Solutions
Cineo Lighting will co-exhibit with NBCUniversal at Live Design International (LDI) 2017 (Booth 2817), later this month when the show takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The companies

09/11/2017 Lee Phillips Joins Square Box Systems
Square Box Systems has announced the appointment of Lee Phillips as Professional Services and Support Consultant. Phillips will report directly to Dave Clack, CEO at Square Box Systems, and will b

09/11/2017 Panasonic Display Screens Selected For Art Exhibition
ArtAV has selected nine display screens by Panasonic as part of an art exhibition by Ragnar Kjartansson, entitled 'God, I Feel So Bad', at the Reykjavik Art Museum in Iceland. As part of the 17 wee

09/11/2017 Sonnet's eGFX Breakaway Box 550 Now Shipping
Sonnet Technologies is now shipping its eGFX Breakaway Box with 550-watt power supply; the latest solution in its all-new series of Thunderbolt 3 to PCI Express (PCIe) eGPU expansion chassis for profe

09/11/2017 Trickbox TV Answers Broadcast SOS
Back in August, Trickbox received an SOS from Nick Parry, a freelance multi-camera director who specialises in live TV and who's also a visiting lecturer at London's University of Westminster, explain

08/11/2017 Alex Kirby Joins Green Hippo
Alex Kirby has joined Green Hippo as Junior Support Technician, the company has announced. He joins Green Hippo after seven years at AV solutions provider All Safe and Sound. His previous responsi

08/11/2017 Are You Planning To Shoot On Green Screen?
When filming in a green screen studio there a few things to consider before your shoot. Keeping these in mind will ensure you get the best possible results, a happy editor and a satisfied client.