Broadcast News Archive for November, 2006
09/11/2006 Sundance Digital To Supply Titan Automation System For KETC-TV
Sundance Digital, has announced that the company has been selected by KETC-TV to provide a multi-channel Titan automation system for the St. Louis, Missouri-based public broadcaster. Sundance Digital

09/11/2006 Teaching Through Celluloid At Foyle Film Festival
The 19th Seagate Foyle Film Festival will bring education into the classroom and cinemas for local Derry City school pupils to learn from and enjoy. Primary, secondary and further education pupils w

09/11/2006 Televideo Launches HD1 At British Superbike Championships
Televideo officially launched HD1 at the British Superbike Championships on September 17, 2006. The new High Definition outside broadcast unit had been under development for almost a year, but the ha

08/11/2006 British Films Receive Funding From National Lottery
'Better Things', the first feature film from British director Duane Hopkins, currently in production, is one of several new projects to have received National Lottery funding from the UK Film Council’

08/11/2006 British Gymnastics Association And Sportsgate Choose TelvOST To Launch Broadband TV Channel
Narrowstep, a TV on the Internet company, have announced that the British Gymnastics Association and Sportsgate have chosen its proprietary technology system, telvOST, to launch their broadband TV cha

08/11/2006 Completion Fund Open For Applications in 2006/2007
The UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund (NCF) is now inviting individual filmmakers and production companies to apply to the 2006/07 Completion Fund. The fund is part of the New Cinemas Fund's programm

08/11/2006 Digidesign Wins TEC Awards For Pro Tools 7, ICON D-Command And Mbox 2
Digidesign was the recipient of three TEC Awards at this year’s annual Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards ceremony held during the AES (Audio Engineering Society) conference in San Francis

08/11/2006 Helmet Camera Specialists Launch MPEG 2 Recorder.
The solid state recorder, claimed to be one of the smallest, lightest and most-robust on the market, records onto a compact flash card in MPEG 2 format, which is easily transferred to a PC for editing

08/11/2006 Hollywood Film-Makers Support Ambitious Student Project In Wales
Film director Ken Russell has joined a host of top Hollywood film-makers in giving his support to an ambitious project by a student at the International Film School Wales (IFSW) to make a feature film

08/11/2006 Recruitment Specialists Team24 Extend Service
Recruitment specialists Team24 has recently extended its services to include healthcare and security resourcing for major events across the UK. The division will be known as Team24 Location Services

08/11/2006 Search On For Star Innovators In The South West
More than a thousand creative industries and practitioners throughout Devon and Cornwall are being invited to enter a new and prestigious competition to find the star innovators in the South West. Th

07/11/2006 Duna Televízió Purchases Graphics Equipment From Chyron
Chyron Corporation has announced that major Hungarian broadcaster Duna Televízió (Duna TV), one of the country’s state-owned television networks, has purchased two MicroX and two LX graphics systems t

07/11/2006 Kubrick To Be Celebrated At 19th Seagate Foyle Film Festival
A host of industry professionals are set to descend on Derry for the 19th Seagate Foyle Film Festival, November 10-19, 2006, including such film luminaries as Christiane Kubrick, Jan Harlan and Rod St

07/11/2006 Microvideo Transparently Manage VBI Data
Vertical Blanking is an essential part of managing broadcast signals. The Vertical Blanking Interval (VBI) is that unseen part of the signal that allows broadcasters to send information (time code for

07/11/2006 NvTV Goes Global Due To Popular Demand
In response to many requests NvTv, Belfast's free-to-air local television service, is now available on-line. Launching the not-for-profit channel on the Internet means that everyone with a broadband

07/11/2006 ON-AIR Systems Goes Down Under With Sale Of Equipment To Ovation
On the back of a number of recent sales into broadcasters around the world, UK channel playout software provider ON-AIR Systems has made its first foray into Australia with the sale of a fully digital

07/11/2006 Opening For Business And Marketing Manager To Develop Digital Media Initiative
Dundalk Institute of Technology in association with University of Ulster and Louth Newry and Mourne Film Commission are currently looking to appoint a Business and Marketing Manager to manage its trai

07/11/2006 Sherlock Drama Unfolds In Dublin As 'Baker Street Irregulars' Is filmed
Dublin doubles as London in a new two-part Sherlock Holmes TV drama 'Baker Street Irregulars' currently filming on location in Dublin. Shooting for six weeks in various locations around the city, th

07/11/2006 TDK Announces Introduction Of Pro Grade HDV Media In Europe
TDK, a world leader in digital recording solutions, has announced the introduction of its Pro Grade HDV media in Europe. Designed to address professional media requirements in a growing market for H

06/11/2006 ART Orders Third Vehicle From Megahertz Broadcast Systems
Within months of placing its first order for two SNG vehicles, the Arab Radio and Television Corporation (ART) has returned to UK systems integration specialist Megahertz Broadcast Systems with an ord

06/11/2006 BBC Resources Orders Wraparound Vista 8 Digital Audio Console From Studer
Studer has received an order from BBC Resources for a second wraparound Vista 8 digital audio console, to be installed in Studio Four/TC4 at Television Centre in west London. The desk will be confi

06/11/2006 E\T\C UK Create Magic At 'Merlin's Magic Quest'
Large format projections specialists E\T\C UK created a 150 metre wide high-impact image across 350 metres of water onto Caernarfon Castle for a massive son et lumière event, 'Merlin’s Magic Quest', a

06/11/2006 Evolutions Completes Post Production On 'Trouble In Paradise: The Pitcairn Story'
Evolutions, claiming to be the largest independently owned post production facility in Soho, has announced that it has completed all the final post production on Channel 4’s high-profile documentary,

06/11/2006 Film Agency For Wales To Be Officially Launched At Cardiff Film Festival
The Film Agency for Wales, established to proactively facilitate the work of those who are in, or aspire to be in, the film industry in Wales, will be officially launched at Cineworld, Cardiff at 6pm

06/11/2006 Trantec Announce Launch Of S6000E Series Microphone Range
Leading RF specialist Trantec have announced the launch of its S6000E Series range of radio microphones. Representing a step change and advancement on the original internationally award-winning S600