Broadcast News Archive for October, 2001
05/10/2001 NEW FOUND LAND COMPETITION DETAILS ANNOUNCED
SMG Television and Scottish Screen have announced details of the New Found Land competition 2001. New Found Land, now in its second year was developed to enable emergent film-makers to make the trans

05/10/2001 TERRATEC LAUNCH NEW SOUND SYSTEM
TERRATEC electronic, Germany’s primary producer of soundcards, have announced the launch of an exciting six-channel soundcard, DMX 6fire 24/96. DVD enthusiasts will especially enjoy the DMX 6fire 24/

04/10/2001 4MC COMPLETES POST ON ‘LOST’ FOR CHANNEL 4
4MC have completed post work on the entire series of the ultimate travel challenge TV series ‘Lost’, which was aired on Channel 4 Monday October 1. The show will air three days a week over the next

04/10/2001 CFTF 2002 OPENS FOR COMPETITION ENTRIES
THE Celtic Film and Television Festival (CFTF) competition is open to original productions commissioned, broadcast or publicly screened, to a minimum of 50 people, between November 10, 2000 and Novemb

04/10/2001 JVC DEMONSTRATE STOP MOTION AT IBC 2001
THE CONSORTIUM of Gentlemen (COG), producers of high quality stop-motion animation, have used the JVC KY-F70BU new high resolution stills camera to shoot a 30 second commercial which was shown on the

04/10/2001 OTTERCOM'S STORM GATHERS THE NEWS
OTTERCOM, the UK satellite communications specialist, have reported that their STORM portable satellite data terminal - exhibited at the recent IBC 2001 Broadcast Convention in Amsterdam - is now ship

04/10/2001 PACE AWARDED NEW CONTRACT WITH OMNE
PACE Micro Technology have been awarded a new contract with broadband communications company omne communications. Pace will supply omne with one of the world’s most advanced digital cable, home gatew

04/10/2001 PERRY QUITS CHANNEL 5 TO JOIN WORLD OF WONDER
ADAM Perry, Channel 5's Controller of Special Events, is leaving the broadcaster to become Creative Director at World of Wonder. Perry, who has been at Channel 5 since 1996, will be leaving towards t

04/10/2001 ROOT6 DEMONSTRATE CONTENT DELIVERY EXPERTISE
MAKING its debut at Streaming Media Europe will be ‘hammerhead’; an all-new root6 developed software application, designed to automate the production and distribution of media content. Also demonstra

04/10/2001 SCOTTISH AND GRAMPIAN TO PROVIDE DIGITAL TRAINING
AFTER the success of last year’s inaugural New Found Land Digital Training Day, Scottish TV and Grampian TV have decided to come together once again to provide a unique opportunity to explore the worl

03/10/2001 ACCELOOP MULTIMEDIA BOOSTER LAUNCHED
Acceloop have announced the availability of Acceloop Multimedia Booster - a new software product that enhances and accelerates the delivery of video, webcasts, large music files, games, flash and othe

03/10/2001 DANTZ DEVELOPMENT TO ACQUIRE VIATHAN
DANTZ Development Corporation, leaders in progressive file backup technology and maker of the award-winning Retrospect Backup software, have entered into an agreement to acquire Seattle-based Viathan

03/10/2001 IBC 2001 IS DECLARED A SUCCESS
ACCORDING to the organisers by the close of IBC2001 36,294 people had attended this year's show. Although attendance was affected by the recent events both delegates and exhibitors declared IBC2001 a

03/10/2001 ITV2 SCORE BEST EVER RATINGS
ITV2 has scored record ratings with its new autumn line-up and schedule, achieving its highest weekly share of viewing in multichannel homes since launch in 1998. For the week ending September 30, IT

03/10/2001 MOSH STUDIOS INSTALL FAIRLIGHT MERLIN
MOSH Studios, a leading Sao Paulo music recording and DVD authoring facility, have chosen Fairlight’s Merlin digital multi track recorder as the heart of their new 5.1 mixing suite. Powered by Fairl

03/10/2001 NET INSIGHT EQUIP TELE2 MEDIA HIGHSPEED
NET Insight are providing networking equipment for Tele2 Media HighSpeed, a fibre based alternative to satellite transmission Tele2 Media HighSpeed is a new way of transporting moving pictures over f

03/10/2001 RUSHES APPOINT NEW PROMO PRODUCER
RUSHES have announced that Jonathan Davies has become the new Promo Producer at Rushes Postproduction, effective immediately. Davies joined Rushes at the beginning of 2000 and has been promoted from

03/10/2001 SGRIN ANNOUNCE SCREEN GEMS WINNERS
SGRÎN have announced the final selection of ten short film projects to be produced under the Screen Gems scheme. Those selected are: ‘A Goldfish in a Blender’ by Sarah Jennings; ‘But What Have You Do

02/10/2001 BRYANT BROADCAST PUBLISH CATALOGUE ON CD-ROM
BRYANT Broadcast, the byword for electro-mechanical, systems installation equipment across the computer, broadcasting, film, video and post production sectors, has published its current catalogue for

02/10/2001 FAIRLIGHT OVERHAUL MOST OF THEIR PRODUCT LINE
FAIRLIGHT have overhauled almost their entire product line and introduced the radically new, high performance/low cost of ownership Digital Recording, Editing And Mixing (DREAM) suite of multi-channel

02/10/2001 HTV HOST WORKSHOP TO DEVELOP BROADCASTING SKILLS
HTV's public commitment to making a difference to the community was illustrated when the company hosted a workshop for older people. With advice and guidance from HTV journalists, the aim was to deve

02/10/2001 ITC REPORT REVEALS ELECTION COVERAGE FATIGUE
INTEREST in watching General Election campaign coverage on television reached a low this year, with 70 per cent of viewers reporting that they had little or no interest in the coverage, compared with

02/10/2001 ITV DIGITAL PUTS A COMMUNITY ONLINE
ITV Digital are helping a former South Yorkshire pit village lead the way in getting Britain online. Alongside the Government's 'Wired Up Communities' scheme, the 'Pit2Net' project will provide digit

02/10/2001 SGRIN ARRANGE FOCUS ON INTERACTIVE CONFERENCE
SGRÎN, the Media Agency for Wales, have arranged a one-day conference focusing on new media for web and television. The day’s programme, on October 17 at Cardiff Bay, will provide an excellent oppor

02/10/2001 TK FILMS PROVIDE DVD AUTHORING
TK Films in Bristol are one of the latest companies to provide DVD Authoring solutions. The company have invested in three DVD workstations including the top end Spruce Maestro and Virtuoso products