Broadcast News Archive for October, 2001
26/10/2001 INSCRIBER CHOOSE ONLINE GB FOR UK DISTRIBUTION
Online GB, the UK's leading centre for Digital Media Excellence, have announced that they have been appointed UK distributor for Inscriber. Inscriber are the developers of the open system-based char

26/10/2001 RED POSTS TWO POP VIDEOS
LEADING Soho-based visual communications facility Red have provided subtle effects for the latest promos from Jamiroquai (You Give Me Something) and The Charlatans (A Man Needs To Be Told). Produced

26/10/2001 REPORTER RECEIVES £42,500 SETTLEMENT FROM UTV
A FORMER television reporter has received £42,500 by Ulster Television in settlement of cases in which she alleged sex discrimination, victimisation, unfair dismissal and breaches of the Equal Pay Act

26/10/2001 SCOTTISH SCREEN LAUNCH STUDENT COMPETITION
SCOTTISH Screen have announced the launch of the Scottish Students on Screen 2002 Competition. The agency are looking for films and videos made by students in Scotland for a showcase of new work. The

26/10/2001 SKARAMOOSH DESIGN GRAPHICS FOR BBC
SKARAMOOSH have designed the titles and graphics for Blood of the Vikings – the NEWBBC series, presented by Julian Richards, looking for evidence for what the Vikings did in their time in Britain. Th

26/10/2001 SKILLSET LAUNCHES HEALTH & SAFETY CAMPAIGN
THE TELEVISION and film industries are investing £100,000 in a new Health & Safety training campaign. The money, from Skillset`s Freelance Training Fund and Skills Investment Fund, will be used to f

26/10/2001 THOMSON TRINIX ROUTING SWITCHER INSTALLED AT TRIBUNE
THE BROADCAST Solutions' Media Networking and Control business of Thomson multimedia have announced that the Tribune Entertainment Company have installed the first Thomson Trinix routing switcher in

25/10/2001 ADOBE SUPPORTS MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP
Adobe Systems have joined Microsoft in New York City to support the launch of Windows XP and announced the first Adobe product to carry the Designed for Windows XP logo. The current version of Photos

25/10/2001 BIGGAM TO BE REAPPOINTED ITC CHAIR
SIR Robin Biggam is to be re-appointed as Chair of the Independent Television Commission (ITC) when his current term ends on December 31, 2001. Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell said: “With the proposed

25/10/2001 CINEMAGIC CALL FOR JURORS
CINEMAGIC, the World Screen Festival for Young People, which takes place in Belfast and Downpatrick from November 29 to December 9, is currently looking for six enthusiastic young film fans to make up

25/10/2001 KATE WINSLET PROMO HELMED BY THE MILL
MILL Lab's Paul Donnellon is the director behind Kate Winslet's promo for debut single 'What If'. The single is being released on November 26 to coincide with the release of the animated feature film

25/10/2001 MACHINE SHOP RECEIVE TWO CRAFT AWARD NOMINATIONS
MACHINE Shop Special Effects have been nominated for two of the three finalist positions in this year's Craft Awards. This double recognition of a company's skills has never happened before. Nominat

25/10/2001 SUCCESSFUL RTÉ SERIES FOLLOWED BY BOOK LAUNCH
ON the back of a sucessful television series, RTE have launched two new history books, “100 years: Ireland in the 20th Century" and “100 Bliain: Éire san 20ú hÁois”. The books are based on the popula

25/10/2001 TOP DISTRIBUTORS AWARD PRESENTED AT IBC 2001
AT THE recent IBC in Amsterdam, Sonifex presented their awards for their best UK and export distributors for the year 2000/2001. The awards of champagne and an engraved plaque went to Canford Audio,

25/10/2001 VBRICK SYSTEMS LAUNCHES SDS
VBRICK Systems, leaders in low-cost DVD-quality video appliances, have announced today the availability of their Streaming Distribution System (SDS), a complete, customisable turnkey system that strea

24/10/2001 ‘GAS ATTACK’ SCOOPS AWARD AT CHERBOURG
FOLLOWING its success at the Edinburgh Film Festival, Hart Ryan's ‘Gas Attack’ has scooped the award for Best Actress at the recent Cherbourg Film Festival, which celebrates the best in British and Ir

24/10/2001 ANIMAL WORLD OFFER SPECIAL DISCOUNT
HIGH Wycombe based company Animal World are running a special deal exclusive to 4rfv, offering all clients who place a booking with Animal World, as a result of reading this article, a 10 per cent dis

24/10/2001 BBC GOVERNORS REAFFIRM INDEPENDENCE
THE BBC Governors have stressed the importance of upholding the independence of BBC coverage and decision-making in the face of actual or perceived political pressure. This was announced in the acco

24/10/2001 DOCUMENTARIES BOOST ELECTRIC SKY SALES
PROVING a best-seller for international distributor Electric Sky is ‘Empires Of Stone: Acropolis’ and ‘Empires Of Stone: Colosseum’. The latest broadcasters to acquire Empires Of Stone, produced by O

24/10/2001 IBC 2002 TO REFOCUS ON CREATIVE PRODUCTION
IBC organisers are refocusing their commitment to the production and creative community by building on the successful Producers Briefings and Conference Sessions. IBC President John Wilson said: "Aft

24/10/2001 ONLINE CASTING OFFICE LAUNCHES
AUDITION Tape have announced the launch of the only full-service online casting office, TheCastList.Com. This is the first casting Website to provide all of the most-used services for finding and ma

24/10/2001 PEARL AND SWAN APPOINTED dB BROADCAST DIRECTORS
GRAHAM Pearl and Tom Swan have been appointed directors of dB Broadcast, the Cambridgeshire-based systems integrator. Pearl now becomes Operations Director and Swan becomes Sales and Marketing Direc

24/10/2001 TREVES REAPPOINTED CHANNEL 4 CHAIRMAN
VANNI Treves has been re-appointed as Chairman of Channel 4, the Independent Television Commission (ITC) have announced. His term of appointment is extended to the end of 2003 and, as required by le

23/10/2001 COUNTDOWN TO DIGITAL MEDIA WORLD 2001
WITH less than a month to go before Digital Media World kicks off at Olympia, exhibitors are now starting to announce their plans for the show. Softimage will be using the exhibition to showcase SOF

23/10/2001 DISCOVERY CHANNEL JOINS ITV DIGITAL
DISCOVERY Channel, one of the premier brands in multichannel TV, is to join the ITV line up of primary channels from 18 November, 2001. Discovery is the world's foremost provider of factual programmi