Broadcast News Archive for June, 2001
21/06/2001 DISCUSSIONS ON RESOURCES’ LONG-TERM PAY OFFER
BECTU's BBC Divisional Committee, which has the final say on all pay negotiations affecting BBC members, has voted to carry on discussing an offer for a two-stage 20-month pay deal with BBC Resources.

21/06/2001 JULY DEADLINE FOR CENSUS FORMS
SKILLSET have emphasised that while the forms for this year’s industry census were to be completed using information from June 20, the submission deadline by which completed forms must be received by

21/06/2001 PANAMSAT'S NET-36 ADDS TO THEIR MEDIA CONTROLS
NET-36, a PanAmSat company and provider of satellite-based Internet broadcast services, and Mindport Sentriq, a leader in global media protection services, have announced that NET-36 have selected Min

21/06/2001 SNELL & WILCOX IN TALKS WITH POST IMPRESSIONS
SNELL & Wilcox have confirmed that they are in discussion with Post Impressions with a view to acquiring the Newbury-based company. The negotiations are fully supported by the shareholders of Post I

21/06/2001 SUMMER SHORTS FROM KINOFILM
KINOFILM have announced the launch of ‘Summer Shorts 2001’ a selection of short films from the forthcoming Kinofilm sixth Manchester International Short Film Festival, scheduled for 20 - 28 October 20

21/06/2001 VIDEO INTELLIGENCE BOLSTERS VIDEO PORTAL SERVICE
VIDEO Intelligence, a wholly owned subsidiary of DTVN Holdings, and a premiere provider of enterprise IP video applications and services, have announced the selection of Convera and Context Media as p

20/06/2001 BBC ANNOUNCE INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SERVICE
Digital subscribers with ntl will soon be able to enjoy the BBC’s innovative interactive television services for the first time. The deal represents a considerable milestone in the carriage of BBC di

20/06/2001 IBC ANNOUNCE NEW INTERACTIVE TV SECTION
‘CRIME Scene Investigation’ (CSI) and ‘Who Want’s To Be A Millionaire’ are among the high profile nominees for IBC’s first Interactive TV Awards in Amsterdam. The Festival attracted a record 304 entr

20/06/2001 INTERACTIVE TAYSIDE HIGHLIGHT NEW OPPORTUNITIES
INTERACTIVE Tayside are inviting the public to a forthcoming information and networking event that will highlight new opportunities for anybody who is interested or involved in Digital Media and the C

20/06/2001 JOBSON TO FILM IN SCOTLAND
IN THE latest round of Scottish Screen Lottery Awards for film production five projects have been awarded cash. John Archer, Chief Executive of Scottish Screen, said: “At their latest meeting our lot

20/06/2001 LAST CALL FOR INDUSTRY CENSUS FORMS
SKILLSET have announced the last call for industry census forms, as the deadline is June 20. This year’s census can be completed on-line at www.skillsetcensus.org, and BECTU have urged all employers i

20/06/2001 SOHO IMAGES COLLABORATE ‘MAD DOG’
SOHO IMAGES, London’s leading laboratory facility and Digital Film Lab, have collaborated on the UK feature film ‘Mad Dogs’ starring Jonathan Pryce, Saeed Jaffrey and Paul Barber. Shot on 16mm for bl

20/06/2001 SONIC SOLUTIONS AND AVID TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATE
SONIC Solutions have announced that Avid Technology have integrated and are shipping Sonic AuthorScript technology in their Avid Symphony 3.1, Avid Media Composer 10.1, Avid Xpress 4.1 and Avid Xpress

19/06/2001 BBC GOVERNORS ISSUE QUARTERLY FAIR TRADING BULLETIN
THE BBC Governors, in their first quarterly Fair Trading Bulletin issued on June 15, have noted that no known complaints have been submitted to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and only one enquiry wa

19/06/2001 BFI ANNOUNCE INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONFERENCE
THE British Film Institute (bfi) have announced that a discussion and debate on the relationship between the media, broadcast policy and cultural diversity, will be taking place at the Inaugural Inter

19/06/2001 DIGI-BOX.CO.UK SIGNS NEW DISTRIBUTION DEAL
DIGI-BOX.CO.UK have recently been appointed as distributors in the UK and Ireland for both Interra Digital Video Technologies and Prism Media Products. Digi-Box.co.uk part of the Glanwith Group of Co

19/06/2001 FAST PROVIDE OVERVIEW OF UK TV PROGRAMMING
FAST Multimedia have introduced a detailed and easy-to-use overview of UK TV programming at www.tvtv.co.uk Launched on June 18 the new interactive Program Guide (iPG) from FAST TV Server enables view

19/06/2001 FILM COUNCIL ANNOUNCE TRAINING GRANT AWARDS
THE FILM Council's Training Fund have announced the first of their grant awards aimed at those already working in the industry who want to develop or improve their skills by attending training courses

19/06/2001 INTERACTIVE TV REACHES NEW HIGH
BSKYB claim interactive TV has reached a new high as the total number of ‘Big Brother’ viewers voting through their remote topped over 700,000. Viewers of Sky digital use the arrow, number and colour

19/06/2001 ITC PUBLISH ‘BOXED IN’ REPORT
THE use of stereotypes is widely accepted as a quick way to establish characters in the brief span of a TV advertisement; many stereotypes are seen as perfectly acceptable, although viewers do find so

19/06/2001 PICARDY CREATE CLYDE TOUCH SCREEN KIOSK
PICARDY Media Group have created an interactive touch screen kiosk for the new Glasgow Science Centre which allows young and old alike to take the plunge and embark on a virtual tour of the mysterious

18/06/2001 BBC OPEN WITH 2.5 PER CENT PAY OFFER
ANNUAL pay talks at the BBC have been adjourned after unions called for a better offer. Management tabled an offer of a 2.5 per cent pay increase at a meeting on June 14, but were told that union neg

18/06/2001 C4 TRY TO STIR UP ASHES AUDIENCE
CHANNEL 4 are launching a £500,000 marketing campaign linking music with sport to promote their coverage of ‘The Ashes’ series, in a bid to attract new, younger audiences to cricket. The strategy was

18/06/2001 CALL FOR QUEEN'S AWARDS FOR ENTERPRISE 2002
THE 2002 round of the UK's own annual 'Oscars for Enterprise' has been officially launched. The scheme recognises and rewards exceptional achievements and advances in all areas of business. Film, pho

18/06/2001 CHANNEL 4 ANNOUNCE NEW APPOINTMENTS
CHANNEL 4 have announced that Polly Cochrane has been appointed to the new position of Managing Director of Marketing and Commercial Development. Cochrane will take responsibility for consumer produc