Broadcast News Archive for August, 2007
31/08/2007 'Digital Lifestyles' Take Centre Stage At IBC
Digital lifestyles will take centre stage Saturday, Sept. 8, at IBC 2007, as the convention’s daily theme shifts to the digital delivery of content to viewers in the home and on the move. During the

31/08/2007 Birds Eye View Film Festival 2008
The Birds Eye View Film Festival 2008 will open on March 6 with 6 days of shorts, features, documentaries and special events, panels and parties. All events will be held at leading London film venues

31/08/2007 Echolab Announce Production Switcher Enhancements And Pricing
Echolab Corporation, a leading provider of professional video production switchers and broadcast tools, have announced an array of new features and new pricing for its Opera series of dual-format prod

31/08/2007 Pixel Farm To Launch Next Version Of PFClean At IBC
The Pixel Farm has announced it will be launching the next version of its resolution independent, automated film review and clean up system PFClean, at IBC 2007. Fast becoming the tool of choice for

31/08/2007 Rushes Complete Post On Nike Films
Rushes have completed the post production on two viral films, sponsored by Nike, that promote the soon to be released documentary film ‘In the Hands of the Gods’. ‘In the Hands of the Gods’ will be r

31/08/2007 Scopus Video Networks To Present Commercially Available Encoders At IBC
Scopus Video Networks, a provider of digital video networking solutions, will present two new commercially available encoders at IBC 2007 stand 1.249 - the UE-9810 H.264 High Definition (HD) and the

31/08/2007 Times BFI London Film Festival Filmmaker Search
The Times BFI London Film Festival, supported by Skillset and Film London, is looking for 25 talented and experienced filmmakers seeking to develop their feature film career, to take part in Think-Sho

31/08/2007 Wood & Douglas Behind Successful Tender For BBC Arabic Television Service
With a planned launch in the autumn of 2007, work is proceeding at a pace to install ultra modern broadcasting facilities at the newsly refurbished Broadcasting House building in the West End of Londo

30/08/2007 Brick House Video To Present Syntax Converters At IBC
Brick House Video, manufacturer of compact and cost-effective equipment for production and post-production, will present full production versions of the Syntax up/cross-converter on Stand 11.110C at I

30/08/2007 FCIT Release ExiVision EXV AV Extender Range
FCIT, specialists in KVM (Keyboard-Video-Mouse) switching technology, has released the new ExiVision EXV AV Extender range. ExiVision EXV enables a user to locate a video monitor (and speakers if nee

30/08/2007 Irish Short Films Part Of The Spread At Electric Picnic
For the second year running, a wide selection of award winning Irish short films will get an outing at the Electric Picnic music festival, which takes place next weekend from August 31 – September 2.

30/08/2007 Navigational Mosaic To Make European Debut At IBC
ICTV has announced that the multi-channel video industry’s first personalised navigational mosaic will make its European debut on the ICTV stand (5.238) at IBC 2007 in Amsterdam. With the explosive i

30/08/2007 Obituary: Tim Royes
The funeral service of Tim Royes who died following an accident in New York on 13 August will be held at 1 pm, Friday 31 At Golders Green Crematorium. Following the Funeral service there will be an a

30/08/2007 Quantel To Demonstrate Stereoscopic 3D Post Production At IBC
Set to be a major highlight at the upcoming IBC show, will be a stereoscopic 3D post production demonstration that integrates two cineo3+ 1080 projectors from projectiondesign with Quantel's Pablo 4K

30/08/2007 Signiant Announces Appointment Of Tony Lapolito As Vice President Of Marketing
Signiant, a leading developer of digital media distribution management solutions for the media and entertainment industry, has announced the appointment of Tony Lapolito as Vice President of Marketing

30/08/2007 TV One Pakistan Selects ENPS To Expand Broadcasting Operation With News One
TV One Pakistan has selected ENPS - Associated Press’ news production system – to expand its broadcasting operation with a new 24-hour news channel called News One. Based in Karachi, TV One is a popu

29/08/2007 Broadcast Networks Completes Project For SBP
UK system integration specialist Broadcast Networks has completed a project for Italian broadcast facilities company SBP to upgrade its 16-camera OB24 Vehicle to full HD production capability. The ve

29/08/2007 DiBcom Confirms Presence At IBC 2007
DiBcom, a market leader of integrated solutions for mobile TV reception has announced its presence at IBC at stand 131, Hall 3. Visitors can discover DiBcom's latest solutions for Mobile TV, includin

29/08/2007 DRA-Media Announces Copy Protection For DVD-Video
DVD-Video Lock is an elegant, unique, leading edge system with high level copy protection for DVD-Video discs at affordable prices. It offers an innovative approach to providing highly effective DVD-

29/08/2007 Movie Studios Support HD-DVD Format
Viacom's Paramount and DreamWorks Animation have announced they will exclusively back the HD-DVD format for the release of HD movies on optical disc. The move came at a time when it appeared the riva

29/08/2007 New 46" LCD Display for Digital Signage
Good viewing angles, high performance, long term reliability and attractive pricing are the key features of LCD monitors which are to be used in any digital signage system - and JVC's new 46" display

29/08/2007 Red Bee Media Selects Xytech's Enterprise Software
Xytech Systems Corporation, a leading provider of media business software and services for workflow management, resource scheduling, and media asset management, has announced that Red Bee Media, Lond

29/08/2007 Root6 Technology At IBC 2007
ContentAgent, the popular universal capture and transcode platform from ROOT6 Technology will be shown with its latest enhancements at IBC. The latest software release V2.2 will be demonstrated, toge

29/08/2007 Zodiak Television To Acquire Bullseye TV
Zodiak Television is to acquire Bullseye TV, the fast-growing, London based international distribution and production company, it has been announced by Patrick Svensk, President and CEO at Zodiak Tele

28/08/2007 'Faust' Goes 3D With University Of Bradford And Silver Hammer Collaboration
The University of Bradford is bringing 3D animation into a production of 'Faust' in collaboration with local production company The Silver Hammer. In this Arts Council England (ACE) funded project, y