Broadcast News Archive for April, 2024
23/04/2024 Hannah Donat Appointed Director Of Artistic Planning, BBC Proms
Hannah Donat has been announced as Director of Artistic Planning, BBC Proms. Hannah has been Artistic Producer of the Proms for the last seven years. Prior to this, she was Concerts Director of Bri

23/04/2024 ITV Dominates Mass Live Viewing
ITV dominated mass live viewing this past weekend across Entertainment, Sport and Drama, including the 17th series launch of Britain’s Got Talent on both Saturday and Sunday evenings watched by 12 mil

23/04/2024 PlayBox Neo Reports Successful 2024 NAB Show
PlayBox Neo reports a successful and well attended 2024 NAB Show, held in mid April at the Las Vegas Convention Centre. Now in its 101st year, the event attracted nearly 1,300 exhibitors and a cla

23/04/2024 Pliant Technologies Wins Prestigious Award
Pliant Technologies' CRP-C12 Compact Radio Pack is an Audio Production, Processing and Networking category winner in the 2024 NAB Show Product of the Year Awards. This official awards program reco

23/04/2024 Quantum Announces DXi T-Series All-Flash Backup Appliances
Quantum® Corporation has announced DXi T-Series all-flash backup appliances to accelerate key data protection processes that help customers more effectively prepare, protect and recover critical IT op

23/04/2024 Rafael Krux Adds Prism Sound Dream ADA-128 Modular Conversion System
Composer Rafael Krux has added a Prism Sound Dream ADA-128 modular conversion system to his production studio where he creates music for commercials, trailers, video games, TV shows and dozens of othe

23/04/2024 Ross Video Appoints VP Of Sales EMEA
Ross Video has appointed Mark Cooke as the new Vice President of Sales, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), indicating a significant step in the company’s ongoing expansion in the region. Mar

23/04/2024 SipRadius To Showcase Implementation Of AV1 And JPEG-XS Over Transport Streams
SipRadius is to showcase its world-leading implementation of AV1 and JPEG-XS over transport streams at CABSAT. This transformative approach, being showcased at stands S1-G26a with UK Distributor H

22/04/2024 BBC ALBA Reveals Cast For New TV Crime Thriller
BBC ALBA has revealed the cast for a new TV crime thriller, An t-Eilean (The Island), with acclaimed Scottish actor Sorcha Groundsell taking the lead role. Gaelic-speaking Sorcha Groundsell (His D

22/04/2024 Channel 5 To Unearth 'The Mysteries Of The Pyramids'
Channel 5 is to unearth The Mysteries of the Pyramids with comedian and presenter Dara Ó Briain at the helm in a new, series produced by Wildflame Productions. Silverlining Rights is the exclusive wor

22/04/2024 Clear-Com Enhances Communication Capabilities At Snapdragon Stadium
Clear-Com® has played a pivotal role in enhancing communication capabilities at the state-of-the-art Snapdragon Stadium, which opened in 2022 and is owned by San Diego State University and managed by

22/04/2024 MAVTV To Air Live Coverage Of GAA Classic Cars Auction
MAVTV has announced the return of its live coverage of the prestigious GAA Classic Cars Auction on April 26-27 from Greensboro, North Carolina. The broadcast follows a big spike in viewership duri

22/04/2024 PMC Provides Dolby Atmos Audio System
PMC has provided the ultimate large-scale Dolby Atmos audio system for the legendary musician Steven Wilson at the High End, Munich. He will share his extensive knowledge and experience of using i

22/04/2024 PTZOptics Hive Wins Prestigious Award
PTZOptics has announced that PTZOptics Hive, its pioneering remote production system, has clinched the coveted 'NAB Show Product of the Year Award' in the Remote Production category. The accolade

22/04/2024 Riedel Launches Bolero Connect
Riedel has recently announced a revolutionary new feature that offers users a direct connection between the award-winning Bolero wireless intercom system and the digital partyline punQtum. Bolero

22/04/2024 Roberts Communications Network Chooses Appear X Platform
Roberts Communications Network (Roberts), has chosen the Appear X Platform to modernise its contribution infrastructure for HEVC video encoding and high-order satellite modulation, from 100+ global re

22/04/2024 Ross Video Acquires Bannister Lake Software
Ross Videohas announced an agreement to acquire Bannister Lake Software (BL Soft). BL Soft products add to Ross' XPression Graphics Solution Set, consolidating and automating workflows for various

22/04/2024 TMT Insights Teams Up With Bitpress
TMT Insights and Bitpress have formed a partnership to offer content owners and distributors a managed service solution. This innovative, cloud-based solution accelerates cloud migrations by strea

19/04/2024 1% Club Becomes Biggest Game Show On UK Television
The 1% Club has become the biggest game show on UK television over 2023 and to date with its current series averaging 5.8 million viewers in consolidated figures. The show's ratings success also ma

19/04/2024 Backlight Appoints New CEO
Backlight has appointed Kathleen Barrett as its Chief Executive Officer. After more than a decade of leading video businesses, Ms. Barrett most recently served as CEO of IAC subsidiary Mosaic Grou

19/04/2024 Clear-Com Empowers The Kennedy Center
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is continuing to raise the bar for excellence in live entertainment with the newest integration of Clear-Com® communication solutions into its presti

19/04/2024 Lightbridge Develops New Cine Reflect Lighting System Kit
Lightbridge has created a new Cine Reflect Lighting System kit, dedicated to enabling artistic lighting with consideration of today's productivity practicalities. Selected with input from top DoPs

19/04/2024 MNC Software Merges With SuiteLife Systems
MNC Software and SuiteLife Systems, two innovators and industry-leading real-time broadcast monitoring and control solutions providers, have merged, forming a formidable and strategic alliance. The

19/04/2024 OpenDrives Scoops NAB Show Product Of The Year Award
OpenDrives has been selected as a winner in the 2024 NAB Show Product of the Year Award. The newly unveiled Atlas software defined storage platform and business model was recognised in the Connect

19/04/2024 Riedel Collaborates With ATK Versacom
Riedel Communications has showcased its expertise at two recent prestigious global broadcast events in the entertainment industry: a major U.S. music awards show in Los Angeles and a major U.S. champi