Broadcast News Archive for June, 2001
13/06/2001 IFB AND RTÉ SELECT FIVE PROJECTS FOR FUNDING
THE IRISH Film Board (IFB) and RTÉ in association with the Arts Council have selected five projects for funding under the Frameworks animation scheme. Looking for animators with imagination, visual f

13/06/2001 LOWIT APPOINTED HEAD OF MARKETING AT S&M
COMMERCIALS post-production house Smoke & Mirrors (S&M) have revealed that Amanda Lowit, recent head of television and a board director at Grey Worldwide in London, has joined the company in the newly

13/06/2001 PACT OUTLINE A-Z FOR ANIMATION SCRIPTWRITERS
PACT are co-ordinating an A - Z outline guide for producers on how to get the best from animation scriptwriters. The event, to take place between 2 and 5pm on July 24, 2001, will be chaired by Kate C

13/06/2001 SIDE EFFECTS TO HOLD PRESENTATION IN LONDON
SIDE EFFECTS Software are presenting Toronto-based C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, and their work on ‘X-Men’ using Houdini, the award-winning 3D animation software. The presentation will be held at the Mo

12/06/2001 BSC APPOINT BOLT AS NEW DIRECTOR
THE BROADCASTING Standards Commission (BSC) have appointed Paul Bolt as their new Director. Bolt will replace Stephen Whittle who will be joining the BBC as Controller of Editorial Policy. Bolt who

12/06/2001 CAMBRIDGE ANIMATION SYSTEMS INTRODUCE ANIMO 4
CAMBRIDGE Animation Systems have introduced Animo 4.0 with Macromedia Flash output, new features and improved performance. Cambridge’s implementation of Flash output allows users to take advantage of

12/06/2001 GALWAY FILM FLEADH TO PRESENT ‘H3’ AS CLOSING FILM
THE GALWAY Film Fleadh are to present Les Blair’s ‘H3’, formally known as ‘66 Days’, as their closing film. Written by former hunger-striker Laurence McKeown, ‘H3’ is set during the hunger strikes at

12/06/2001 PINEWOOD SECURE BBC ONE SITCOM
PINEWOOD Studios’ new television studio complex has secured the production of the latest series of BBC One sitcom ‘My Family’. The producers DLT Entertainment UK are shooting a new series, with an in

12/06/2001 SHERIDAN GROUP IN LEGAL BATTLE OVER IMAX CINEMA
BELFAST-based Sheridan Group have said that the planned IMAX Cinema in the Odyssey arena is unlikely to open, and have commenced legal action against the IMAX Corporation. A spokesperson from The She

12/06/2001 SKY NEWS ACTIVE RECEIVED OVER 335,000 ELECTION VOTES
SKY NEWS’ unique interactive service, Sky News Active, received over 335,000 votes over the course of the election campaign. The figures demonstrate the popularity and ease-of-use of the voting servi

12/06/2001 SSL RECEIVE ORDER FROM CHINESE TELEVISION
SOLID State Logic (SSL) have received an order from China Central Television (CCTV) for a further three SSL digital consoles. The first digital installation was completed in 1999, when a 48-fader, 96

11/06/2001 CANON'S NEW IF-XS SERIES ENHANCES RANGE
WITH conventional Canon ENG/EFP lenses like the J9aX5.2B established as firm favourites with cameramen the world over, most of them would think very carefully before changing to anything else. So why

11/06/2001 CKS TO DISTRIBUTE PANASONIC SCREENS
AMBITIOUS plans at Panasonic Broadcast have led to the appointment C K Stephens and Company (CKS) as authorised distributor for their award winning plasma displays. Charlie Fenton, Corporate Sales Ma

11/06/2001 FAST SILVER ADDED AT ELECTRIC SKY
BRIGHTON based, Electric Sky, specialists in world-wide television and video programme distribution and co-production, have recently added a FAST silver system to their existing edit suites. Electric

11/06/2001 LUX APPOINTED HEAD OF ENTERTAINMENT FOR C4
CHANNEL 4 have appointed Danielle Lux as their new Head of Entertainment and Controller of E4, replacing Kevin Lygo who is leaving to become Director of Programmes for Channel 5. Lux, currently Contr

11/06/2001 NEW SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA AND TWO WAY TV AGREEMENT
SCIENTIFIC-Atlanta and Two Way TV have announced a new agreement to integrate Two Way TV's interactive infrared protocol technology into Scientific-Atlanta's Explorer 4000DVB home gateway set-top desi

11/06/2001 PATHE AND SKY PICTURES SIGN AGREEMENT
PATHÉ and Sky Pictures have signed a production and distribution agreement to strengthen their place in the British film industry. The deal will include up to eight films over the next two years, sel

11/06/2001 SKY INTRODUCE PERSONAL PLANNER
DIGITAL satellite television viewers need never miss their favourite programmes thanks to the introduction of the new Sky digital Personal Planner. The new innovation, which was a free download to al

11/06/2001 TYRELL APPOINTED AS SPRUCE RESELLER
SPRUCE Technologies have announced the appointment of Tyrell as their second reseller within the UK and Ireland. Tyrell will supply and support Spruce Technologies’ portfolio of DVD authoring soluti

08/06/2001 ‘SURVIVOR’ TO BE RE-SCHEDULED
ITV have confirmed that ‘Survivor’ will be scheduled in a new, one episode per week pattern from next week, commencing June 11. ‘Survivor’ will be shown in its usual slot of 9pm, followed on June 12

08/06/2001 BBC ANIMATION LAUNCH NEW SERIES
BBC MEDIAARC, BBC Resources’ newly established design, interactive and animation division, have won a multi-million pound, 39 programme commission to produce animated characters for CBBC’s new adventu

08/06/2001 FRAMESTORE POST NINTENDO COMMERCIALS
FRAMESTORE have posted three new commercials to launch Nintendo’s latest Game Boy handset, Game Boy Advance. All three commercials were written and produced by agency Leo Burnetts of Chicago, and dir

08/06/2001 GEARBOX TO OPEN IN SOHO
LONDON-BASED equipment sales, hire and support organisation GearBox Sound & Vision have expanded their operation by opening new offices within the De Lane Lea studio complex in the heart of Soho. T

08/06/2001 PHILIPS AND BARCONET COMMIT TO OPEN PLATFORM
PHILIPS Digital Networks and BarcoNet have announced that the integration of Philips' CryptoWorks conditional access (CA) system has successfully been tested on BarcoNet's KRYPTON DVB Simulcrypt-compl

08/06/2001 ROOT6 EXTENDS SERVICES
RESELLER root6 have extended the scope of their client services with the announcement that the company have been appointed to sell high-quality CG and 35mm generated footage from the world’s premier p