Broadcast News Archive for November, 2002
05/11/2002 Maxtor and Adaptec agree interoperability alliance
Maxtor Corporation and Adaptec have announced an alliance to ensure the interoperability of Maxtor's high-performance, Atlas10K III Ultra320 SCSI hard drives and Adaptec's Ultra320 SCSI RAID controlle

05/11/2002 Pace appoint Central Europe Area Manager
Pace Micro Technology have made a new appointment to "expand and develop their presence in the Central European Market". Heinrich E. Haase has been selected as Area Manager, Central Europe. Reportin

05/11/2002 Pinnacle Systems appoint MVS UK Liquid reseller
Pinnacle Systems have appointed Micronet Video Systems (MVS) as reseller for their Liquid range in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. A specialist in non-linear editing systems, MVS have been highly

04/11/2002 Hammerhead TV expand kit and staff levels
Hammerhead TV are building on the renewed demand from production companies for quality Digital video formats by expanding their kit stocks. With all their regional branches operating at maximum capac

04/11/2002 Imago begin Reversa screen distribution
Imago Micro, the UK based video communications distributor, have begun distributing the Reversa screen. Reversa is a translucent, back-projected screen that displays images as sharply in full dayligh

04/11/2002 Inscriber release TitleMotion upgrade
Inscriber have announced the release of Inscriber TitleMotion Pro for Avid products, a brand new option for Inscriber's leading graphics and titling plug-in, TitleMotion. TitleMotion Pro gives editor

04/11/2002 ITN retain licence for ITV news provision
The ITC have renewed ITN's nominated news provider (NNP) status for a further ten year period, beginning from the end of this year. The application for NNP status was made in May and the ITC consider

04/11/2002 MTV Broadcast Services appoint VT Operations Manager
MTV Broadcast Services have appointed Dan Martin as VT Operations Manager. Taking over from Jonathan Helps who leaves later this month, Martin joins MTV Broadcast Services from 4MC UK, where he spent

04/11/2002 PNY and Imagine Graphics partner to push into financial markets
PNY Technologies and Imagine Graphics have signed a distribution partnership agreement which will see the PNY Quadro4 NVS graphics cards, based on nVIDIA technology, being targeted and sold to the fin

04/11/2002 TSI to create new channel idents for S4C
TSI Design, the graphics division of broadcast services company TSI, are creating a new look for Welsh TV broadcaster S4C. The four new channel idents, ranging from five to twenty seconds in length,

04/11/2002 Vehicle headrest mount for camcorders released
Hague Camera Supports have increased their range of vehicle mounts for camcorders by introducing a new headrest mount. The headrest mount enables the camcorder to be mounted onto a car's headrest. It

01/11/2002 APT sign Korean licensing agreement
One year after announcing a multi-million pound licensing deal with South Korean firm Open Solution, Belfast-based Audio Processing Technology (APT), have signed an additional exclusive licensing agre

01/11/2002 BBC Technology and Quantel collaborate on newsroom solutions
BBC Technology and Quantel have announced plans to collaborate on the development of integrated, end-to-end digital newsroom production solutions for the global broadcast market. Combining the broadc

01/11/2002 PeterPix to screen 'Gobsmacked!' at MIFED
PeterPix Productions' comedy road movie, 'Gobsmacked!', is to be screened at MIFED in Milan on Sunday November 3 at 15.30 in Gasparotto 2, 2nd Floor, pavilion 10. The project has been a bit of a long

01/11/2002 Scottish triumph at the British Independent Film Awards
Two films funded by Scottish Screen have each won double awards at the British Independent Film Awards in London. Ken Loach's rite of passage movie 'Sweet Sixteen' not only took the top prize as Best

01/11/2002 SE-800 digital video mixer is available from Holdan
Holdan, the well-known distributor of video editing and post production equipment, have announced that they are now shipping the new SE-800, an affordable, broadcast quality, digital video mixer from

01/11/2002 Vote of confidence for NI news services
A study of television and other news sources in the UK has found that only 4% of Northern Ireland viewers are dissatisfied with the provision of local news services. The research carried out by the I

01/11/2002 Welsh film project wins Lottery backing
Plans to film a highly acclaimed Welsh novel, Desmond Barry’s 'A Bloody Good Friday', have moved forward significantly with the news that Cardiff film and television production house, Green Bay Media,