Broadcast News Archive for October, 2000
10/10/2000 CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO BANNED IN IRELAND
THE Film Censor’s Office in Ireland has banned the video release of ‘Of Freaks and Men’, a haunting melodrama of hidden passions and sadomasochistic urges. ‘Of Freaks and Men’ has received an 18 cert

10/10/2000 CORK FILM FESTIVAL PRIZE FUND FOR SHORTS
ORGANIZERS of the Murphy’s Cork Film Festival have announced details of a new prize fund for this year’s short film competition. The festival which opens at the refurbished Opera House on October 15

10/10/2000 DANTZ PARTNER CMS PERIPHERALS
DANTZ Development Corporation, leading developer of cross-platform back-up software, have announced a strategic distribution agreement with CMS Peripherals (CMS), leading storage solutions provider in

10/10/2000 EVS CHOOSE EXABYTE TAPE TECHNOLOGY
EVS Broadcast Equipment, market leader in slow motion controllers used in the broadcasting of live events, have announced their selection of Exabyte’s Mammoth-2™ (M2™) tape technology as part of their

10/10/2000 GELLER NAMED SENIOR VP FOR SONY PDE
RON Geller has been appointed the Senior Vice President for Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment (SPDE), with the responsibility to expand SPDE’s online and interactive entertainment assets for Europea

10/10/2000 ITC STREAMLINES SPONSORSHIP CODE
THE new Sponsorship Code published by the ITC on October 9 provides a streamlined and more user-friendly regulatory approach to the regulation of television sponsorship. Martin Hart, the ITC’s Head o

10/10/2000 LACIE HITS THE ROAD IN UK & IRELAND
SPECIALISTS in high-end mass storage, digital video and colour management peripherals LaCie have announced they will be embarking on a major roadshow. In October and November they will demonstrate the

10/10/2000 NEW DIGITAL AUDIO AMPS FROM CRYSTAL VISION
UK COMPANY Crystal Vision have announced an increase in their audio interface range with the launch of three dual digital audio distribution amplifiers. The DADA208, DADA208N and DADA208D all offer t

10/10/2000 PACE EXTEND DIGITAL TELEVISION SUPPORT
Pace Micro Technology have appointed Laurie Crofts as their General Manager of Customer Support in order to extend their role in digital television deployments with international broadcast and network

09/10/2000 BBC EDUCATION MEMBERS BALLOT
AN INDUSTRIAL ballot action will be run among BBC Education members after reorganisation talks broke down, following the union’s rejection of management plans to split up BBC Education and move its st

09/10/2000 BBC GOVERNORS TO LOSE REGULATORY POWERS
WITH THE impending reformation to the Communications White Paper it is expected that the BBC governors will lose their regulatory powers after their decision to move the news against the advice of Cul

09/10/2000 CARLTON'S FIRST INTERACTIVE TV SERVICE FOR ITV
‘BABY BABY’, a ten part series aimed at new parents and parents-to-be is set to make history when it becomes the first interactive service to air on ITV. The daytime series features a high level of i

09/10/2000 CLEANER 5 NOW AVAILABLE
MEDIA 100, providers of software, systems and services for streaming media on the internet, have announced the immediate availability of their streaming media design solution, Cleaner 5. Cleaner 5 is

09/10/2000 PHILIPS AND TRINTECH ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP
PHILIPS Digital Networks, providers of digital systems solutions for Service and Network providers, and the Trintech Group, providers of electronic payment infrastructure solutions for real world, int

09/10/2000 PRODUCTION HOUSES RECEIVE FILM COUNCIL BOOST
THE FILM Council are to reinvest a share of their own revenues from films back into independent production companies. The Film Council, which went ‘live’ recently have set up this initiative with the

09/10/2000 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS ORDER QUANTEL IQ
UNIVERSAL Studios have ordered a Quantel iQ to produce HD programming. The system will be installed in Universal’s post production facility early next year. Michael Daruty, Universal Studios Operati

09/10/2000 YELDHAM HEADS FILMFOUR LA PRODUCTION OFFICE
CHIEF Executive of FilmFour, Paul Webster has announced FilmFour’s emerging production office in Los Angeles will be headed by former Sundance Senior Film Programmer Rebecca Yeldham. As Senior Vice P

06/10/2000 DIGITAL ISLAND AND EXCALIBUR PARTNERSHIP
EXCALIBUR Technologies, providers of content management solutions, have announced a partnership to provide customers with intelligent, high-quality streaming media services. Under the agreement Digit

06/10/2000 EMMY AWARDS FOR MATROX AND MEDIA 100
MATROX Video Products Group, providers of digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, and Media 100, providers of software, systems and services, have each received an Emmy award at the

06/10/2000 FULLER HEADHUNTED BY TELEWEST CABLE
BOB FULLER Chief Operating Officer of Orange UK has been headhunted by Telewest Communications to take over as Chief Executive of the company's Cable Division. Fuller will be responsible for all of T

06/10/2000 GRANADA ENTERPRISES WIN UTV SALES BID
UTV have appointed Granada Enterprises as their advertising sales agent for the next five years. Managing Director of UTV John McCann said: “Granada emerged as the strongest contender for this contra

06/10/2000 IBIS WINS CONTRACT TO SUPPLY BID-UP.TV
IBIS, the UK’s leading independent broadcast automation and control systems company, have recently won the contract to supply their PreCue planning and scheduling system, and Landscape 10 transmission

06/10/2000 NTL TO FUSE TV NETWORK PLATFORMS
NTL have announced plans to forge a common technology platform across the NTL and CWC ConsumerCo Cable TV networks in the UK. The integration process will ensure that NTL’s customers receive Internet

06/10/2000 ORAD RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD
Orad Hi-Tec Systems have received an Emmy Award by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for their virtual advertising and sports broadcasting enhancement tools. The Emmy recognises Orad for ‘Im

06/10/2000 PINNACLE SYSTEMS RECEIVE EMMY
PINNACLE Systems, providers of digital video tools, have announced that they have been awarded an Emmy for technical achievement. The award was given for Pinnacle Systems developments in full motion