Broadcast News Archive for March, 2007
08/03/2007 New C2-160 PCI/ISA From TV One
TV One’s new C2-160 PCI/ISA card provides high-quality scan conversion from Computer or HDTV signals to standard video formats in a compact package. It comes with all the great features that are com

08/03/2007 OmniBus Systems Launches ITX 1.2 At NAB
OmniBus Systems, the award-winning provider of comprehensive automation and content management solutions to the broadcast industry, has announced the launch of OmniBus iTX 1.2 at NAB2007. iTX 1.2 ad

07/03/2007 Bubble TV Acquires Xytech Systems' Software
Xytech Systems Corporation has announced that Bubble TV, a full-service postproduction company based in London, England, has acquired Xytech Systems' software to manage its workflow and postproduction

07/03/2007 Doremi Cinema Mastering Cinema Leads The Way In Post Production
Doremi Cinema’s DMS-2000 is the number one installed Digital Cinema Mastering Station with 25 units in operation at major post production facilities worldwide. The DMS-2000’s advanced feature set and

07/03/2007 FOR-A To Introduce FA-9100 HD/SD At NAB
FOR-A will introduce the FA-9100 HD/SD, its newest FA Series model of super signal processor, at NAB 2007 in Las Vegas, from April 14-19, 2007 (Booth No. C4234). The FA-9100 is a more advanced versio

07/03/2007 FremantleMedia Enterprises Announces Key Deals For Controversial Documentary
FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has announced two key TV and DVD deals for the controversial political documentary '638 Ways to Kill Castro'. Produced by Daisy Goodwin’s Silver River Productions, th

07/03/2007 HHB Communications Appoints Innoton
HHB Communications has appointed Innoton as exclusive distributor of its professional audio products and recording media in Germany. The full range of HHB products will be on show at the Frankfurt M

07/03/2007 ITV Must Improve, Says Grade
ITV has posted a drop in its full-year profits, but new chief Michael Grade maintains that the strategy of the popular commercial broadcaster is on track. Commenting on the results Michael Grade, Exe

07/03/2007 Playbox Technology To Debut TrafficBox At NAB
PlayBox Technology is to debut TrafficBox, its full-blown traffic management system, at NAB2007, which will be available for immediate delivery. This major expansion to the PlayBox range complements

07/03/2007 Poignant Biography 'Provoked' Released In April
With an impressive international star cast including Aishwarya Rai, Miranda Richardson, Naveen Andrews, Rebecca Pidgeon, Nandita Das and Robbie Coltrane performing pivotal roles in what is anticipated

06/03/2007 BUG Acquires Doremi Cinema's DMS-2000 Mastering Station
Post-production and graphic design studio BUG is the first facility in Scandinavia to acquire Doremi Cinema's DMS-2000 mastering station to create digital cinema movie and advertising files. With Nor

06/03/2007 Filmmakers Register Interest In Digital Departures
Liverpool is rapidly being seen as Europe’s shining light for micro-budget filmmaking, with over 500 would-be filmmakers registering their interest in making movies in the city. North West Vision, to

06/03/2007 ITV Appoints Deloitte To Review Premium Rate Services
ITV has announced that it has appointed Deloitte as independent auditors to conduct a complete review of all premium rate interactive services in ITV programmes. This will cover all premium rate lan

06/03/2007 Launch Of Mentoring Scheme Catalystproject
Catalystproject, a unique opportunity for screenwriters, producers and film directors with passion and vision to produce a low budget feature film is launched this week. The initiative will provide a

06/03/2007 New Appointment At Golden Square
Bryony Harrison has joined Golden Square to head up the recently formed digital wing of the Company, ‘Disqo’. Harrison will work closely with Ewan MacLeod, Commercial Director of Disqo and Executive

06/03/2007 Red Bee Media Launches Down Under
Red Bee Media has announced the launch of Red Bee Media Australia. This will include, subject to finalisation of contracts, opening a state-of-the-art Broadcast Centre in Australia in 2008, which wi

06/03/2007 Sky One Commissions Twofour 'Hot Air' Documentary
Twofour has been commissioned by Andrew O'Connell, Factual Commissioning Editor, Sky One to make 'Syed Ahmed - Hot Air', a new one hour observational documentary focusing on the highflying, smooth tal

06/03/2007 Vizrt To Introduce Viz|Video Wall ER At NAB
At NAB 2007, Vizrt will introduce Viz|Video Wall ER (Extreme Resolution), a software solution that automatically distributes scenes from any Vizrt graphic software application to a shared cluster of V

05/03/2007 Autoscript Introduce 'ClockPlus' At NAB
Autoscript will introduce 'ClockPlus' at NAB 2007 - the latest in a wide range of teleprompting innovations designed by the acknowledged experts in the field of prompting technology. ClockPlus is an

05/03/2007 BBC And IBM To Bring State Of The Art Technology To Children's Programming
The BBC and IBM have forged a strategic alliance, following the signing of an agreement for a framework outlining several joint projects between the two companies. One of the first projects will focu

05/03/2007 Dayang's High-Definition Workstation To Launch At NAB
Dayang's new D3-Edit HD9 high-definition workstation is to be launched at NAB2007 in April. The complete audio/video editor, multi-layer effects system, title generator and graphics animator in a sin

05/03/2007 Miranda To Launch iControl Remote Station Monitoring At NAB
Miranda Technologies will launch the iControl Remote Station Monitoring (RSM) package at NAB, which enables a Network Operations Center to monitor multiple regional stations using rich visual and acou

05/03/2007 Mobile Television Group Installs Chyron Systems
Chyron Corporation has announced that the Mobile Television Group based in Denver has installed three HyperX HD/SD switchable graphics systems and a CodiStrator state-of-the-art digital telestration t

05/03/2007 Rushes Expands Staff And Kit
3D and Film&TV at Rushes is continuing to build on its success by further expansion of both core staff and kit. Paul Gregory has joined as Lead Systems architect after 15 years in software developmen

05/03/2007 UK Film Council Fund Thriller About Notorious African Skyscraper
Thriller 'Ponte Tower', a planned co-production project between the UK and South Africa, is in the first stage of development with Lottery funding from the UK Film Council’s Development Fund. Loosely