Broadcast News Archive for July, 2001
23/07/2001 BECTU AND SKILLSET LAUNCH SKILLSFORMEDIA WEBSITE
BECTU AND Skillset's skillsformedia training and careers website has gone live. The skillsformedia website is the latest joint initiative by BECTU and industry training organisation Skillset. Design

23/07/2001 BRITSHORTS TEAM UP WITH NIKE
BRITSHORTS have teamed up with Nike for their First Annual Young Director Award 2001. Budding filmmakers are being asked to consider the vital theme of Sport, which has inspired film directors for de

23/07/2001 FILMFOUR LAUNCH SEVEN FILMS AT THE EIFF
FILMFOUR DISTRIBUTORS will launch seven films at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), which takes place on August 12 and 13. The films include world premieres of ‘Lucky Break’, ‘

23/07/2001 ITC INVITE COMMENTS ON CONSULTATION DOCUMENT
THE ITC are inviting comments in their consultation document issued on a number of proposals, aimed at ensuring that location specific Restricted Service Licences (RSLs) continue to deliver local and

23/07/2001 ITV TO FORM NEW ONLINE DIVISION
ITV ARE to form a new division, ITV Interactive, as the unified home for all online and interactive activities and the portal operations of ITV Active. ITV Interactive will incorporate Carlton’s and

23/07/2001 PHILIPS PROVIDE BBC WITH INTERACTIVE SERVICE
PHILIPS DIGITAL Networks have provided digital compression and transmission equipment that enables the BBC to broadcast their revolutionary new interactive television service for The Open golf champio

20/07/2001 ARISTA CHOOSE CARDIFF VENUE FOR TRAINING COURSE
ARISTA, best known for their intensive European film and drama development workshops, have announced a two-day course of specialist lectures, exercises and studies on the subject of adapting an existi

20/07/2001 BIGGER AND BRIGHTER PROJECTION FROM MARCOM
THE SANYO PLC XF20 which brings high brightness projectors within the reach of a wider audience, is now available from MarCom Systems, one of Europe’s largest visual communications companies. Designe

20/07/2001 FILM COUNCIL ANNOUNCE FIRST RAFT OF INVESTMENTS
THE FILM Council's Development Fund have announced a first raft of investments in single projects totalling £265,100 and will be announcing more investments in the near future. The council fund admin

20/07/2001 FRESH PROPOSALS TO RESOLVE MAJOR BBC RESOURCES DISPUTE
HOPE FOR the resolution of a major dispute between BECTU members and BBC Resources has arisen after fresh negotiations between the union and management. Industrial action has continued since March 20

20/07/2001 MEDIA ANTENNA WALES TO HOLD TWO SEMINARS IN JULY
MEDIA ANTENNA Wales, based at Sgrin and Wales Trade International will be holding two seminars on the new MEDIA Plus programme and the MIPCOM trade market. The seminar in North Wales is to be held on

20/07/2001 OPTICAL IMAGE INVEST IN MAJOR RE-EQUIPMENT
PRODUCTION facility Optical Image have undergone a major capability expansion with the addition of a range of cutting-edge digital media equipment supplied, installed and supported by McMillan's Digit

20/07/2001 SKY+ PROVIDES DIGITAL ALTERNATIVE TO VIDEOTAPE
BRITISH SKY Broadcasting (BSkyB) have unveiled Sky+, their new fully integrated Personal Television Recorder and Service (iPTR), and announced that the product would go on sale to the general public f

20/07/2001 THE MILL UPGRADE NETWORK SERVICE TO 100 MEGABIT
THE MILL, one of the leading UK post production groups, and WAM!NET, providers of global information technology and digital media solutions, have announced that The Mill have upgraded their WAM!NET Di

19/07/2001 BARAKA POST PRODUCTION WIN PROMAX 2001 SILVER AWARD
PIXELUTION'S top client, Baraka Post Production in Soho, have won the Promax 2001 Silver Award for the best promotional animation featured in the Bloomberg Interactive commercial which was written, pr

19/07/2001 CNBC COMMIT TO SX FOR LIVE BROADCASTS
FINANCE CHANNEL CNBC Europe, operating in the City of London are introducing digital format into their live broadcast capturing operation. Broadcast specialists McMillan have been instrumental in pro

19/07/2001 FILM COUNCIL FUND NEW DIGITAL THRILLER
THE FILM Council have announced that shooting has been completed on Bille Eltringham's new digital thriller ‘This Is Not A Love Song’. Written by Simon Beaufoy and filmed intensively over 12 days, th

19/07/2001 HILLSIDE INVEST IN JVC CAMERA’S FOR FACILITY REFURBISHMENT
HILLSIDE, owned by British television production company CTVC, have invested in JVC cameras as part of their programme of overall refurbishment. The facility, which has been in existence for over 40

19/07/2001 ITV UNIONS STRENGTHEN ALLIANCE
UNIONS representing ITV members are to form a new group to meet the challenges of the future. The new ITV grouping brings together the NUJ, AEEU and BECTU and will be a cross-company organisation bui

19/07/2001 MEDREL TO MOVE NORTH
TV AND Media company, Medrel, are to open a new branch of their facility. Locations currently under consideration include the Caernarfon area and the A55 Corridor. The Chapter Arts based company whic

19/07/2001 MURDOCH AND MALONE TO ATTEND CAMBRIDGE CONVENTION
RUPERT Murdoch and John Malone will head a list of global media players participating in this year’s Cambridge Convention 2001, to be held at King’s College in Cambridge from September 13 to the 15.

19/07/2001 WELSH FILM FESTIVAL TAKES DM DAVIES AWARD SUBMISSIONS
ENTRIES are now being accepted for the 2001 DM Davies award, one of Europe’s largest short film prizes at the 13th International Film Festival of Wales which this year is to be held between November 2

18/07/2001 £50 MILLION IN DIGITISATION AWARDS ANNOUNCED
THE NEW Opportunities Fund have announced £50 million in Digitisation Awards to 158 UK national and local organisations. The Screenonline consortium, made up of the British Film Institute (bfi), Brit

18/07/2001 BBC RULES OUT SALE OF WORLDWIDE
THE BBC have ruled out the sale of BBC Worldwide in a review of the commercial subsidiary’s activities but supports the development of ambitious growth plans for the existing operation. While ruling

18/07/2001 DATE ANNOUNCED FOR IRELAND’S FILM FESTIVAL
DOCLANDS, Ireland's annual documentary film festival and market is to take place over four days from September 27 to the 30 in Temple Bar, Dublin. Once again, the event will showcase both Irish and i