Broadcast News Archive for June, 2009
11/06/2009 Rushes Soho Shorts Re-Create An Iconic Film Moment To Promote Festival
Conceived by Paul White and directed by Trevor De Silva, Rushes have produced their own version of the J. Arthur Rank title sequence to introduce this year's short film festival. Festival Director Jo

11/06/2009 Soundcraft Vi6 On Tour Down Under At New Zealand's Hottest Summer Concerts
College Hill Productions, a leading sound rental company based in Auckland, New Zealand, has recently selected a Soundcraft Vi6 digital console for its versatility and robust design, making it an idea

11/06/2009 Tannoy Qflex Offers Modern Solution For Post Modern Church
A church in the village of Vicques in Switzerland has recently benefited from the installation of Tannoy's new Qflex beam-steering array loudspeaker system, solving a decades old problem with acoustic

10/06/2009 Blackmagic Design's Videohub Beats At The Heart Of Lightmill
Spread across four floors, London post production house Lightmill started life as a graphics and effects company in 2000, gradually moving to a mixture of broadcast programmes and high-end commercials

10/06/2009 Broadcast Networks Helps Norway's OB Team
Systems integration specialist Broadcast Networks has completed the refurbishment of three vehicles for OB Team, the outside broadcast arm of Norway's TV2. The work, which was carried out to bring th

10/06/2009 Digital Postproduction And Pablo Respond To The HD Challenge
At the beginning of the year, Paris post house Digital Postproduction, a subsidiary of Groupe Transatlantic invested in a Pablo colour correction and finishing system to complete their HD offer for pr

10/06/2009 Fountain Studios First In Line For Apollo
Calrec Audio has announced the first sale of its new Apollo console to London-based The Fountain Studios. The 72 fader console will be delivered in July and installed as the final part of a complete

10/06/2009 Granada America Renamed ITV Studios
Granada America, the U.S. based production entity of ITV Studios, part of ITV plc in the U.K., has been re-named ITV Studios, Inc. The announcement was made by Lee Bartlett, Managing Director of ITV

10/06/2009 Harris Corporation Wins Five Broadcast Technology Awards At NAB
Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, was honoured with five prestigious industry awards for its latest television and radio broadcast transmission so

10/06/2009 ITN On Gets Fixed On 4Music
ITN On has been commissioned by the Bauer Media and Channel 4 joint venture Box Television to produce a new bespoke celebrity lifestyle television programme called The Fix for 4Music, the UK's number

10/06/2009 Passion Signs With Compact For Long-Term Affair
Leading rights management company, Compact, has announced that it has signed a worldwide exclusive representation agreement with Passion Distribution for their roster of productions that they represen

09/06/2009 Absolute Music Adds Prism Sound Recording Products
Prism Sound, manufacturer of premium-quality interfaces and converters for the recording and broadcast markets, has appointed leading independent music retailer Absolute Music as a main dealer for all

09/06/2009 GefenTV Digital Audio Decoder
The new GefenTV Digital Audio Decoder with Dolby allows any movie or television program broadcasting in 5.1 Dolby digital audio to be decoded and output in analog two-channel (left-right) format. Thi

09/06/2009 Magenta TV Completes HD Post-Production Chain With Snell Alchemist Ph.C-HD
Magenta TV, a leading full-service post-production facility in Germany's Rhine-Main region, now offers its clients the state-of-the-art in HD conversion technology with a Snell Alchemist Ph.C - HD mot

09/06/2009 Mastering Engineer Chris Potter Joins Electric Mastering
Renowned mastering engineer Chris Potter has joined the staff of London-based Electric Mastering, a facility with a strong reputation for tackling producer-led projects that demand the highest sonic q

09/06/2009 MPs Call For Scrutiny Of BBC Radio Stars' Pay Deals
A select committee of MPs has said that National Audit Office should be able to scrutinise the individual salaries of BBC radio staff, including top earners such as Chris Moyles, Jonathan Ross and Ter

09/06/2009 National Geographic Channels International Co-Produces Helicopter Wars With Windfall Films
National Geographic Channels International has announced the co-production of the four-part series Helicopter Wars with UK-based Windfall Films. The series, which will premiere on National Geographi

09/06/2009 October Films And Imperial War Museum Offer Paid Internship Competition
The Imperial War Museum has announced that October Films, the independent documentary film and television company, will be sponsoring the Museum's annual film festival. Joining forces with existing s

09/06/2009 Zattoo Announces European Partnership With Smartclip
European interactive video network smartclip, has announced a new publisher deal with online TV player, Zattoo. smartclip will be responsible for advertising placements across Zattoo's portfolio of o

08/06/2009 49th Monte-Carlo Television Festival Opens With The Price Of Peace
The 49th Monte-Carlo Television Festival was officially declared open by its Honorary President, H.S.H. Prince Albert II, last night. A star-studded opening ceremony was followed by the internationa

08/06/2009 Creative Sound Adds Europe's Largest Audio Console To New Film Studio In Paris
Solid State Logic (SSL) has announced the installation of its c300 HD audio production console at Creative Sound (Paris) in its new "Le Grand Pavois" facility. The 56-fader C300 HD Master Studio Sys

08/06/2009 EditShare And Automatic Duck Team Up
EditShare, a leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, has announced that it has partnered with Automatic Duck to solve a critical workflow productivity issue fo

08/06/2009 Gekko Technology Buys Kelvin TILE Business From Element Labs
Gekko Technology, an industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of LED luminaires created specifically for the requirements of the image capture and entertainment sectors, has announce

08/06/2009 HRA Launches New Workflow Software For Animated TV Series Production
Hibbert Ralph Animation (HRA) has unveiled Redboard, a software-based system that enhances existing CG workflows by adding and integrating the skills of the traditional storyboard artist. Redboard im

08/06/2009 New Lip-Sync Probe Strengthens Miranda's Electronic Monitoring Solutions
Miranda Technologies has launched a new lip-sync probe module, called the Densité HLP-1801, which performs automated detection of video and audio synchronisation errors. Marco Lopez, Senior Vice-Pres