Broadcast News Archive for February, 2010
26/02/2010 'Wonderland' Hits Odeon Screens
3D spectacular Alice In Wonderland will finally be screened across the UK and Ireland in Odeon cinemas. An agreement was announced the same day that Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway walked the red carp

26/02/2010 BBC Media Relations Appoints New Boss
There's to be a new face at the helm of the BBC's Press and Media office. Reporting to Ed Williams, BBC Director of Communications, Paul Mylrea will take up his new post as BBC Head of Press & Media

26/02/2010 Denon Launches First Serato ITCH Controller
Boasting the same form factor as Denon's famous twin CD controllers for mobile DJs, the new Denon DN-HC5000 (pictured) is the world's first professional controller for Serato ITCH. The DN-HC5000 p

26/02/2010 GTC Takes To The Air
The Guild of Television Cameramen (GTC) have announced they will be holding a workshop on Helicopter Shooting and Safety at the end of March. The event will be hosted by Broadcaster Mike Smith, Foun

26/02/2010 Nexus Get Interactive With The Arts
Production company Nexus is pleased to announce the launch of Nexus Interactive Arts. The division will represent a section of digital directors working in the interactive arena. This launch comes off

26/02/2010 RTÉ's Subtitling Contract With itfc Renewed
A London-based provider of content management services to broadcasters and content owners, has had its subtitling contract with RTÉ - Ireland's national television and radio broadcaster - extended for

26/02/2010 Tiffen's Reveals 'Busy BVE'
A manufacturer and supplier of photographic filters and lens accessories has reported success at this years BVE 2010 show, with a constant flow of interested video professionals visiting their stand.

26/02/2010 TV Journalism Award Winners Revealed
Britain's leading forum for television and related media, the Royal Television Society (RTS), has announced the winners of its 2008/2009 Television Journalism Awards. Taking place at a ceremony held

25/02/2010 50% Expect To Work In 3D Next Year
According to a poll carried out among visitors at the BVE exhibition by test and measurement specialist, Hamlet - 50% of people expect to work in a stereoscopic 3D production in the coming year. A fur

25/02/2010 Barry Blesser To Give Keynote At NAB
A Digital Audio Pioneer, Director of Engineering for 25-Seven Systems and Contributing Columnist for Radio World Engineering Extra magazine, will deliver the opening keynote speech at the NAB Broadcas

25/02/2010 BVE 2010 Signals An Upturn In The Industry
This years BVE exhibition at Earls Court in London raised quite a few eyebrows even before it opened. After a tough year for the industry, BVE 2010 opened with 10% more space than last year, as well a

25/02/2010 Deaffest 2010 Calls For Film Submissions
The UK's only deaf-led film and television festival which celebrates the talents of deaf filmmakers and media artists, returns on Friday 21 - Sunday 23 May 2010 at The Light House Media Centre. Film

25/02/2010 Delicious Sound Boosts Doctor Who
Leading music house Delicious Digital is celebrating on screen success and a strong start to 2010. BBC Television and Red Bee Media chose Delicious Digital to compose the soundtrack for the brand new

25/02/2010 Digital Vision Set To impress At NAB 2010
An innovator in image restoration, enhancement, colour correction and data conforming systems are gearing up for another productive year at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas. Digital Vision work with many movie

25/02/2010 ITV1 Commissions Celebrate '30 Years Of An Audience With…'
One of the world's leading independent TV production companies' entertainment department and Shiver, part of ITV Studios UK, has been commissioned by ITV1 to co-produce a new 5 x 1 hour prime-time ser

25/02/2010 Winner Of Student Post Production Awards Revealed
A reseller of technology for the television production and corporate communications industries, has announced the winner of its inaugural Student Post Production Awards 2010. Dillan Nicholls, a stud

24/02/2010 Azimuth Builds HD Infrastructure With Editshare
A pioneer of a new category of collaborative editing solutions has announced that London-based Azimuth Post Production has implemented the range of EditShare Complete Collaboration products. The pro

24/02/2010 Class On Demand And Eyeon Release Fusion 6 Training
A provider of professional educational products for creative markets has announced that 'Complete Training for eyeon Fusion 6' is now available for pre-order. Eyeon Software's Fusion has been used i

24/02/2010 Handy Stands For Arrowmere Ltd & Smart.Metals
Last year, Arrowmere Limited became the UK distributor for Smart.Metals professional AV Stands and stand mounting solutions. Smart.Metals products, made by Sky-Lite Holland BV, have become establish

24/02/2010 Movie 'Storm In A Teacup' Continues...
The latest 3D blockbuster, Alice In Wonderland will now be screened in all Vue cinemas after the chain managed to enter a crisis-breaking "far reaching agreement" with Disney. The Tim Burton film, st

24/02/2010 Oscars Enter Twilight Zone
Next month's Academy Awards will have a 'scary' line-up. Vampire movie stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner will join Zac Efron and Miley Cyrus as presenters at this year's Academy Awards ceremon

24/02/2010 PMD Magnetics Expands CD/DVD Formats
A UK supplier of recording and data media to blue chip companies and public sector bodies is pleased to announce new additions to its comprehensive range of printable professional disc media. PMD Mag

24/02/2010 RTW Aids Broadcaster At Winter Games
A leading manufacturer and distributor of professional audio metering and control devices has announced that Sonotechnique has supplied eight SurroundMonitor 10809X-PLUS and one SurroundControl 31900

24/02/2010 Unions Seek Fair Reward System At BBC
BECTU, the NUJ and Unite have submitted their joint pay claim to BBC management ahead of the review due on 1st August. The claim, delivered this week, seeks agreement on an RPI plus 2 per cent increa

23/02/2010 'Films Were Made' Offers Rich Archive
There's a new opportunity to access a unique film archive. The East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia contains around 100,000 films of the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire