Broadcast News Archive for November, 2000
13/11/2000 VOIGT FEELS SAFE WITH NAGRA DIGITAL RECORDERS
FREELANCE Sound Mixer Ian Voigt recently used Nagra-D and SRES-C Portable Digital Recorders, hired from Richmond Film Services, on the set of ‘SW9’, a new British street culture film from the makers o

10/11/2000 ALIAS|WAVEFRONT LAUNCH ‘3DECEMBER’
ALIAS|WAVEFRONT have announced the launch of the ‘3December’ event, to be held at The Starship, at the Dome, London on December 3 from 12 pm until 6p.m. 3December is an annual event, intended to buil

10/11/2000 CAST STREAMLINE PLAYOUT SERVER OPERATIONS
MULTICHANNEL broadcast television company, Cable & Satellite Transmission (CAST) have streamlined part of their operations with automated digital video storage and delivery through the collaboration o

10/11/2000 CHANNEL 4 EXTEND MAJOR SPORTS OB CONTRACT
CHANNEL 4 have extended their contract with production company, Sunset + Vine, for a further three years, having swept the board for outside broadcast (OB) production awards in their first season of T

10/11/2000 FLEXTECH STEALS THE SHOW AT PROMAX
FLEXTECH, the content division of Telewest Communications, received a total of 22 awards across 36 categories at the annual Promax UK awards. The Promax Awards recognise outstanding achievement in pr

10/11/2000 HTV WEST SUPPORT TOP WOMENS RALLY TEAM
HTV West, the ITV broadcasters for the West of England and Wales, are backing top women’s rally team of Natalie Barratt and Pauline Gullick (pictured) in this years Network Q Rally of Great Britain in

10/11/2000 INTERACTIVE TV AND ONLINE LEARNING CONFERENCE
SHEFFIELD-based Oyster Partners have announced that the Interactive Television and Online Learning Conference is to be held at the Café Royal, London on December 5 to 6. The conference, which will fe

10/11/2000 MINISTER PREDICTS 50,000 NEW JOBS INSIDE THREE YEARS
FILM and Broadcasting Minister Janet Anderson has announced that around 50,000 new jobs may be created over the next three year’s due to expansion in the UK’s creative industries. The Minister predic

10/11/2000 RTS SCOTLAND ANNOUNCE AGM IN GLASGOW
THE ROYAL Television Society Scotland have announced their Annual General Meeting, to be held at Scottish Television, Cowcaddens, Glasgow on Friday November 24 at 6.30pm. The event will provide an op

10/11/2000 SILVER SCREEN TREATMENT FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS
BROADCASTING Minister Janet Anderson has joined with senior figures in the film industry to support the hospital cinema charity MediCinema. At ‘Strictly Not Ballroom’, a celebration of the Silver Scr

10/11/2000 UNIONS BEGIN TALKS ON EXPENSES CLAIMS AT BBC
CONSULTATION has started between union and BBC management teams regarding new rules for reclaiming expenses. BECTU, the NUJ and AEEU met with management on November 9 to discuss the new expenses syst

09/11/2000 'ANYCAST' INDUSTRY ROADSHOW TO TOUR UK
THE PRODUCER, in association with Sony, have announced the launch of the ‘AnyCastWorld’ roadshow which is to visit several major cites around the UK and Ireland. The roadshow will look at the topics

09/11/2000 AIREY OVERHAULS C5 PROGRAMMING DEPARTMENT
DAWN Airey has announced changes to the Channel 5 programming department following her elevation to Chief Executive. Airey (pictured) is to keep her role as Director of Programmes as well as her new

09/11/2000 DTI CLEARS MICROSOFT’S STAKE IN TELEWEST
STEPHEN Byers, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has announced that he has decided not to refer the acquisition by Microsoft Corporation of a 23.6 per cent interest in Telewest Communicati

09/11/2000 FORMATION OF BBC TECHNOLOGY REMAINS UNRESOLVED
BECTU have announced the outcome of the recent ballot regarding the formation of the BBC's new subsidiary company BBC Technology. Whilst members have accepted the pay and conditions guarantees offere

09/11/2000 NDS GROUP REPORT STRONG PROFIT GROWTH
MIDDLESEX based NDS Group, a News Corporation company and provider of conditional access systems and interactive applications for digital pay television, have announced their unaudited results for the

09/11/2000 NET-36 AND SONIC FOUNDRY FORM BROADBAND ALLIANCE
PANAMSAT, providers of satellite-based internet broadcast services, have announced an broadband alliance with Sonic Foundry, the developers and marketers of digital media and internet software tools,

09/11/2000 ORAD HI-TEC SYSTEMS LAUNCH ‘CYBERGRAPHICS’
ORAD Hi-Tec Systems have announced the launch of a new 3D on-air graphics system named ‘CyberGraphics’. Hailed as a new concept for broadcast graphics for broadcasters as well as webcasters, CyberGra

09/11/2000 PACE LAUNCHES NEW 'TV ENABLED’ WEBSITE
PACE Micro Technology, one of the leading providers of digital set-top boxes, have launched a new interactive website enabled for internet users on either PC or TV. Creative Director, Sean Clark, of

09/11/2000 REGUS LONDON FILM FESTIVAL TO GO ON TOUR
THE HIGHLIGHTS of the Regus London Film Festival are to be screened throughout several towns and cities in the UK. Immediately after the London closing night gala, a selection of films from the festi

09/11/2000 THE MACHINE ROOM EXTENDS TELECINE CAPABILITIES
FINELINE Media Finance, broadcast finance specialists, have provided the ‘lease line’ for The Machine Room, a wholly owned subsidiary of VTR, to buy the UK’s first Philips Shadow Telecine. Peter Sava

09/11/2000 WORKSHOP AIMS TO CREATE ‘LIVING CHARACTERS’
SCREENWRITERS Workshop, a charity organisation devoted to the promotion of new screenwriters, will be hosting a one-day workshop ‘Creating Living Characters’ on November 11. The workshop aims to disc

08/11/2000 BBC TO INSTALL NEW SSL AVANT CONSOLE
AT THE recent SBES event in Birmingham, Solid State Logic (SSL) announced that the BBC has purchased an Avant digital film and post-production console. The new console, a 24 fader Avant with 96 full

08/11/2000 BBC TRAINING TO CONTINUE AT WOOD NORTON
BECTU's say that following their recent meeting with the Training and Development section of the BBC, the BBC have reaffirmed their commitment to training and to Wood Norton. At the meeting the Train

08/11/2000 CARTOON MOVIE ANNOUNCE DATES FOR 2001
CARTOON MOVIE, a European MEDIA supported forum for animated feature films, have announced their 2001 dates for the third Cartoon Movie Forum. The Forum, from March 15 to 17, 2001, sets out to encour