Broadcast News Archive for May, 2008
02/05/2008 Hotel Diaries Opened
A new feature-length film by award-winning artist, filmmaker and University of East London (UEL) lecturer Professor John Smith received its London premiere at the Birkbeck Cinema in Euston recently.

02/05/2008 Irish Film Board Announce New Appointments
Bord Scannán na hÉireann/ the Irish Film Board (IFB) has announced a number of new positions. Patrick O'Neill will take the position of Industry Affairs Executive and Laura Notley has been appointed

02/05/2008 Oxygen DCT Introduce GPI-BOX6
Oxygen DCT have introduced their new Multi functional controller, the GPI-BOX6. It is extremely compact and is housed in a rugged aluminium case which makes it ideal for use in portable applications o

01/05/2008 FlyingTV Soars Above The Competition
An aerial TV facility is celebrating this month, and not just because of its fourth anniversary. FlyingTV has also just won the contract to provide aerials to Five's latest commission Superstars, mad

01/05/2008 Irish TV Licensing Revised
It's all change for broadcasting in the Irish Republic as the country's Communications Minister Eamon Ryan has announced a range of changes to the current arrangements for television licensing. Minis

01/05/2008 Monkey Business For Icon Films
A Bristol-based factual indie company, Icon Films, has been commissioned by National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), Smithsonian Networks and Granada International to produce an animal docu-

01/05/2008 New Soft Filters Designed For HD
A range of soft filters has been developed to complement the most modern HD digital cameras. Schneider Optics' new HD Classic Soft filters were created in response to requests for a high-quality soft

01/05/2008 SD Integrated Ceiling Document Camera Launched
A leading designer and OEM distributor of specialty PTZ cameras and high-end camera control systems used in the broadcasting, audio/visual and video-conferencing industries has recently announced the

01/05/2008 SVT Adds Fifth Vista 8 Concole
The Swedish state broadcaster Sveriges Television AB (SVT) has taken delivery of its fifth Studer Vista 8 digital audio mixing console. It has been installed in SVT's flagship live-audience Studio 1

01/05/2008 Weetos Comes To Life In New Campaign
Directing duo Ed Patterson and Will Studd ('Sumo Science') from Aardman Animation will be taking TV viewers on a 'Mission Impossible' style action adventure soon in the latest Weetos commercial for pr

01/05/2008 What A Lovely War!
BBC Films, the UK Film Council and Aramid Entertainment have announced that principal photography has begun on a new 'razor sharp' political comedy, In The Loop - a comic approach to war and the polit