Broadcast News Archive for May, 2017
31/05/2017 Big Pic Media To Exhibit At Media Production Show
Big Pic Media has announced it is to exhibit a wide range of tools for ingest, QC, transcode, encode and delivery on stand 510 at the Media Production Show in London's Olympia exhibition centre, June

31/05/2017 Britain's Got Talent Final Rescheduled
ITV has made rescheduled its Britain's Got Talent Final so it won't clash with Ariana Grande's benefit concert in Manchester on Sunday. The Britain's Got Talent Final will now take place live on S

31/05/2017 Canon Europe Launches EOS C200
Canon Europe has launched the EOS C200, the latest addition to the Cinema EOS range. Offering exceptional creativity and flexibility, the new 4K compact digital cinema camera is perfect for a broa

31/05/2017 Masstech Merges With SGL
Masstech has announced it has merged with and Software Generation Ltd. (SGL). The firm will now be known as Masstech Innovations Inc. FPE Capital, the leading UK-based growth equity investor, be

31/05/2017 SIS LIVE Further Extends Anylive® Connectivity Network
SIS LIVE has further extended its Anylive® connectivity network to 25 horse racecourses throughout Ireland for television and data services to bookmakers and broadcasters in Ireland and the UK. Al

31/05/2017 Sky To Launch New Talk Shield
Sky has announced it is launching a new Talk Shield, a call screening service to crackdown on unwanted and nuisance phone calls by stopping cold callers in their tracks. One in five households rece

30/05/2017 Canford Uses 3D Printing Technology
Canford has successfully utilised in-house 3D printing technology to improve productivity within the company's fibre termination department. Canford specialises in the manufacture and distribution

30/05/2017 dB Broadcast Appoints Two New Recruits
dB Broadcast has appointed two new recruits to join its permanent team. Mitchell Mead and George Edgerley have joined the company, initially as trainee wiremen, and following a planned training pro

30/05/2017 DHX Media Announces Deal With Youku
DHX Media is expanding its global reach through a deal with Youku, one of China's most popular streaming platforms, to launch its new Teletubbies series in the country. Youku will deliver seasons o

30/05/2017 Presteigne Makes Two New Appointments
Presteigne Broadcast Hire has appointed Jamie Brewer as Head of Sales and Jon Philips as Key Account Manager. Brewer comes to Presteigne with more than 15 years' experience in a variety of sales ma

30/05/2017 Samsung Annouces Partnerships With UFC®, X-Games And Live Nation
Samsung Electronics has announced VR Live Pass on Gear VR, a lineup of global, live entertainment partnerships with the UFC®, X Games and Live Nation. Samsung will stream select live events so fan

30/05/2017 Two Firms Find New Home At Bottle Yard Studios
Bristol Costume Services and MRU Services are the two latest additions to the creative hub at The Bottle Yard Studios. Their arrival on site brings the total number of companies based at Bristol’s

26/05/2017 2017 HPA Tech Retreat UK Programme Announced
The initial programme for the second year of the HPA Tech Retreat UK has been announced and it is to feature industry leaders, technology trends and compelling projects. The event is a gathering f

26/05/2017 Aaton Digital Adds Record & Play Facility To Cantar
Aaton Digital has announced a free Record & Play facility upgrade to the owners of its Cantar X and Cantar Mini location sound recorders. The new Cantar Mini was the recipient of NewBay's Best of

26/05/2017 Bleach Studios Opens Its Doors
Bleach Studios is a newly-opened, cutting-edge audio facility based in leafy North London. Offering a bespoke-built, fully-soundproofed and acoustically-treated floating room and vocal booth, alon

26/05/2017 DPA Microphones Deliver Top Quality Sound For FOH Engineer
Over the past 30 years, FOH Engineer Jose Amable Frómeta has worked with some of Latin America's most popular recording artists. With a résumé that includes Juan Luis Guerra, Marc Anthony, Juanes and

26/05/2017 Marquis Broadcast Expands Business Development Team
Marquis Broadcast has announced the expansion of its team with the appointments of Neil Blake and Ben Lloyd as Business Development managers. Neil will be working with the major resellers in the A

26/05/2017 OMG Cubix Platform To Debut At MPS London
Following a successful launch at the US National Association of Broadcasters exhibition in April, new Biometrics, Timelines and Editorial Post Production modules for OMG's Cubix media asset management

26/05/2017 RTS Announces East Centre's Television Award Winners
The Royal Television Society (RTS) East Centre has announced the winners for the RTS East Centre Awards 2017 with a ceremony hosted by BBC Look East presenter, Stewart White and ITV Anglia presenter,

25/05/2017 Dr Jon Wardle Appointed Director Of National Film And Television School
The National Film and Television School has announced that Dr Jon Wardle is to become the new Director of the School, effective from 01 August 2017. Wardle will succeed Nik Powell who has been Dir

25/05/2017 Genesix VideoServer V7.5 - Simpler Than Ever Before
Stryme's flagship product scores a hit at half time! The new features put in the GENESIX VideoServer V7.5 simplify and speed up broadcasting. IP gives you the edge Choosing IP over SDI come

25/05/2017 HHB Supplies Equipment For New Studios At Abbey Road
London studio complex Abbey Road Studios has built a complete Dolby Atmos Premier Studio-certified sound post-production facility with equipment supplied by HHB Communications. The new Mix Stage f

25/05/2017 IBC2017 Announces Details Of Keynote Sessions
IBC has announced details of keynote sessions for its forthcoming conference, which runs from 14-18 September at the RAI in Amsterdam, starting a day ahead of the exhibition. Under this year's the

25/05/2017 Italy's NVP Builds 4K OB Truck With SAM
NVP, the Italian broadcast production company, has chosen SAM to build a new state of the art 4K OB truck that positions NVP at the forefront of 4K OB production in Europe. SAM worked with long ter

25/05/2017 Senior Promotions Strengthen Genelec Marketing And R&D Teams
Genelec has announced two senior promotions within its marketing and R&D departments, as former International Project Manager Howard Jones becomes Marketing Director, and Jussi Väisänen, formerly Lead