Broadcast News Archive for April, 2018
20/04/2018 d&b Announces Series Of DS100 Integration Partners
d&b audiotechnik has announced a series of integration partners for Soundscape's DS100 Signal Engine, including digital mixing consoles from DiGiCo, Avid and Lawo. The announcement was made at liv

20/04/2018 flowtech Tripod Receives Prestigious IABM BaM Award
Sachtler® and Vinten's new flowtech™ camera tripod technology has received a prestigious IAMB Broadcast and Media (BaM™) award. The award was presented at the 2018 NAB Show, where the all-new IAMB

20/04/2018 Freefolk Delivers VFX For New Netflix Show 'The Alienist'
Soho-based Freefolk has delivered a substantial amount of VFX work on 'The Alienist' for Paramount TV/TNT, now streaming on Netflix. The Alienist is based on a novel by Caleb Carr and starring Dan

20/04/2018 HDR Summit Heading To MediaCityUK
Jigsaw24 and dock10 are bringing a HDR summit to MediaCityUK on Thursday May 10. The best HDR monitors for every stage of post-production will be on display all in one place. The Sony BVM-X300

20/04/2018 Miller Tripods Announces Lozeau As New Canada Dealer
Miller Camera Support LLC has named Lozeau as its new dealer in Canada, using the company's Montreal roots to expand in the country. Lozeau's reputation has allowed it to work with renowned photog

20/04/2018 Prism Sound Appoints Two Key Sales Team Members
Prism Sound has appointed Eric Klein and Scott D Ray as the newest additions to its growing sales team. Mr Klein and Mr Ray will promote Prism Sound's extensive range of high quality recording pro

20/04/2018 Robycam Cable Camera System Used For Football Match Broadcast
The Robycam cable camera system has been used by German public broadcaster ZDF to produce an international football match between Germany and Brazil. ZDF took advantage of the system and augmented

20/04/2018 Technicolor London Hires New Colourist
Technicolor London has appointed Brian Krijgsman as a new a colourist for its DI team. Mr Krijgsman joins the company from Amsterdam commercial-focused post house The Ambassadors, where he worked

19/04/2018 Bittree ProStudio Wins Two NAB 'Best Of Show' Awards
Bittree's ProStudio PS96DB25 audio patchbay series has been awarded two 'Best of Show' accolades at the 2018 NAB Show. The awards, from Newbay Media, were presented by its publications 'Pro Sound

19/04/2018 Calrec Appoints GSL Professional As Middle East Distributor
Calrec has appointed GSL Professional as its new Middle East distributor in an effort to expand its solutions across the region. GSL will now distribute extensively across the region, including th

19/04/2018 Clear-Com Showcases New FreeSpeak II IP Transceiver
Clear-Com has showcased its new FreeSpeak II IP Transceiver, one of two product debuts at NAB based on its new IP Platform solution. FreeSpeak II was shown as a Technology Demonstration at NAB 201

19/04/2018 Ikegami To Show New Camera Additions At The Media Production Show
Ikegami Electronics (Europe) is to showcase two new additions to its camera range at the the Media Production Show in London, June 12-13. The Ikegami HDK-73 and UHK-430 cameras will be exhibiting

19/04/2018 Lawo Unveils Third Generation Of The mc²56 At NAB
Lawo has introduced the third generation of the mc²56, which incorporates features from its flagship mc²96 console. The console was revealed at NAB, and despite its similar features to the mc²96 c

19/04/2018 New Family Of RGB LED Lights Offers More Than 360 Colours
NanGuang has introduced its new family of RGB LED lights that now have the ability to mix output from the on-board red, green and blue LEDs to create more than 360 colours. Photographers are able

19/04/2018 Swiss Broadcaster SRG SSR Chooses Award-Winning Sony Production Platform
Sony's network production platform Media Backbone Hive has been chosen by Swiss Broadcaster SRG SSR to upgrade its news and sports production operation. Media Backbone Hive will now deliver enhanc

19/04/2018 Why Are You Struggling To Handle And Protect The Data You Create?
In 1956 the IBM 350 had 3.75MBs of storage, needed a fork lift truck to move, and was flown around the country in its own plane. It's lot easier to move data today, but for content creators the issues

19/04/2018 WORK PRO AUDIO Adds Products To LS Range Of Lighting Consoles
WORK PRO AUDIO has added two new products to its LightShark (LS) range of lighting consoles, the LS-Wing console expander unit and the four-strong range of LS-Nodes. LS-Wing is designed to complem

18/04/2018 AIMS Sees Rise In Membership
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has seen an increase in membership now totaling 96 members, according to a company announcement made today, April 18. The company merged with the Media N

18/04/2018 Atlona Appoints Sahara AV As UK Manufacturer's Representative
Atlona has appointed Sahara AV as its new UK manufacturer's representative. Sahara AV will now work closely with systems integrators, consultants and end users to demonstrate, deliver and support

18/04/2018 B-Tech Strengthens Sales Team With New Key Account Manager
B-Tech AV Mounts has expanded its sales team with the new appointment of Ralph Zaraiah as the key account manager. B-Tech AV Mounts is a UK-based company that works as a worldwide manufacturer of

18/04/2018 eclipse Staging Services Acquires Hippotizer Boreal+ For Touring Media
A Hippotizer Boreal+ Media Server has been chosen by eclipse Staging Services as the new addition to its gear stable. eclipse Staging Services, a member of Dubai-based eclipse Group, is a multi-di

18/04/2018 How To Transform Your Production Using An Underwater Sequence
Having shot as an underwater stills specialist for over 20 years shooting ads, wildlife and editorial I thought it was time to move over to stills' more grown-up cousin underwater filming about three

18/04/2018 Lawo Presents World's First Infinitely Expandable Multiviewer
Lawo has introduced its new IP multiviewer vm_dmv64-4, the world's first infinitely expandable true IP multiviewer. It was unveiled at the 2018 NAB Show, and adds to Lawo's existing vm_mv16-4 and

18/04/2018 LED Creative Brings Colour To Sky One Show 'Revolution'
LED Creative's Sigma and BYTE Control system has been used to deliver electric colour and movement for Sky One's extreme sports show 'Revolution'. Revolution is housed on the UK's largest ever bro

18/04/2018 Popular Spanish Newspaper Bolsters Production With Vantage And μVRC
Popular Spanish newspaper El Pais has deployed Vinten's Vantage robotic camera and μVRC controller to support its live-video production operation. Vantage and μVRC provide a space-saving