Broadcast News Archive for August, 2009
07/08/2009 JMR's BluStor PCIe Extender Tackles Apollo 11 Video Restoration Project
A leading technology provider of scalable storage solutions, JMR Electronics, has announced that JMR's BlueStor PCIe Extender system recently assisted in the editing process for a highlight reel of th

07/08/2009 Live Streaming Of BBC World News On iPhone
A leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, Akamai Technologies, has announced that Livestation, a UK-based global provider of online broadcast content, h

07/08/2009 New Channel Partner For Chyron In Taiwan
Chyron has announced the appointment of N-Type Incorporation as its regional Channel Partner in Taiwan. Based in Taipei, N-Type is the leading company in the broadcast industry in the Taiwan market.

07/08/2009 Not To Scale Direct Films For Zurich Connect
Back to back spots for Publicis London and the launch of new online insurance service Zurich Connect has just been delivered by Not To Scale's Chris Ketchell. The films centre on the entertaining dou

07/08/2009 O21 Win Sky's SPL Outside Broadcast Contract
The contract to provide outside broadcast facilities for the Scottish Premier League (SPL) has been awarded to O21 Television by Sky. The deal, which will commenced this August, covers the provision

06/08/2009 Academy Award Winner Michael Fink Directs His First Indian TV Commercial
Michael Fink, Hollywood visual effects veteran, Academy Award winner and President of VFX worldwide at Prime Focus - India's leading visual entertainment services company - has directed his first Indi

06/08/2009 Barco 'Projects Magic' At Locarno Film Festival
A global leader in digital cinema technology, Barco, has announced that it has been selected as the exclusive digital projector supplier for the 62nd Locarno film Festival. Highlights of the festival

06/08/2009 BTX Technologies Announces Distribution Agreement With Exhibio
A global value-added distributor and manufacturer of interface and integration products, BTX Technologies, has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Exhibio, a worldwide digital s

06/08/2009 Dan Muchmore Joins Clear-Com As Regional Sales Manager For UK And Ireland
A Vitec Group brand, Clear-Com Communication Systems, has announced the appointment of Dan Muchmore as its new Regional Sales Manager for the UK and Ireland. Muchmore will aggressively drive promoti

06/08/2009 Double Negative Expands PFTrack Pipeline To Singapore
One of Europe's largest post production houses for film and already a prolific user of The Pixel Farm's popular matchmoving toolset PFTrack, Double Negative (DNeg), has recently purchased an additiona

06/08/2009 MediorNet At The Michael Jackson Memorial
It was a sad occasion for the first major use of LA Live's recently purchased MediorNet installation. The Michael Jackson Memorial was held in the Staples Centre, which is part of the LA Live complex

06/08/2009 RTI's T1-B Now Shipping
A manufacturer of professional-grade, integrator-friendly control solutions, Remote Technologies Incorporated (RTI), is now shipping its T1-B universal controller, a sleek remote that offers intuitive

06/08/2009 Snell Kahuna Multiformat Switcher Circles The Globe For Gearhouse Broadcast Clients
A Snell Kahuna SD/HD multiformat production switcher is playing a starring role in production of HD sports programmes for clients of Gearhouse Broadcast, one of the UK's leading broadcasting services

06/08/2009 The Pixel Farm Launch PFPipe At Siggraph 2009
The Pixel Farm has announced that the first showing of its latest software technology - PFPipe, a workflow enhancement tool. Designed to greatly improve workflow efficiency by integrating PFTrack an

06/08/2009 TSL Introduce Dual-Input Auto Changeover Distribution Unit
It has been announced that TSL has expanded its range of world-class power distribution units and will introduce the MDU2-CO2, a dual-input, dual-output power distribution unit at IBC 2009 on Stand 10

05/08/2009 AKA Breathes New Air Into Shoreditch Facility
Breathe Post Production, recently rebranded to Air Post Production, has just opened their third facility in Shoreditch making them the largest HD facility in east London. AKA was commissioned to desi

05/08/2009 Bryant Broadcast Manufacture New Fibre HDTV Camera Cables
Bryant Broadcast are manufacturing new cost-effective fibre HDTV camera cables designed to compete with lower cost imports. Bryant Broadcast's commercial grade composite SMPTE 311M, single-mode fibre

05/08/2009 European Broadcast Roadshow Launched
Management consultancy Absolute Advantage and Prime have announced that they will be running a major roadshow in November of 2009, aimed at allowing SMEs in the broadcast, manufacturing and services i

05/08/2009 Expanded VQ Series Offers Complete Versatility in A Compact Form
Tannoy's VQ Series has recently benefitted from a welcome expansion to the range, maximising the potential of the product and making it a truly capable and modular high SPL sound reinforcement loudspe

05/08/2009 Kaleidovision Delivers Unique Concept For Gala Coral
Digital content creation and delivery specialists, Kaleidovision have completed one of their most challenging projects to date, with the integration of dedicated Coral betting lounges into ten Gala Ca

05/08/2009 Light Illusion's Steve Shaw Grades South Indian Feature Film Ninaithale Inikkum
In a continuing and growing relationship with India, Steve Shaw, CEO of specialist UK-based digital film consultancy Light Illusion, has acted as Chief Colourist on the Indian feature film Ninaithale

05/08/2009 New Sales For Unstoppable Millennium
The first feature film in the Millennium trilogy, Men Who Hate Women, has sold to five new territories. NFP (Distribution Warner Bros) in Germany, Paradiso in Japan, Polyfilm in Austria, Mirovision

05/08/2009 Ross Video To Introduce Vision Octane Production Switchers At IBC
Ross Video will introduce Vision Octane, a new series of 1 - 8 MLE production switchers with a fully self-contained single 8RU processing chassis at IBC 2009. Vision Octane is designed to accommodate

05/08/2009 RTW Designates New Distributor For Brazil
A company which provides professional audio control and visualisation equipment, RTW, has designated Libor Comercio Importacao as its exclusive distributor for Brazil. As one of Brazil's leading ind

05/08/2009 WABC Deploys 1 Beyond HD OctoFlex Rugged With Grass Valley Aurora
The ABC Network/Walt Disney Company owned-and-operated (O&O) television station in New York, WABC-DT, has signed a contract with system manufacturer 1 Beyond, to deploy nine 1 Beyond HD OctoFlex Rugge