Broadcast News Archive for April, 2010
16/04/2010 CBS News Unlock Value Of Media Archives With Avid Interplay
A digital audio and video technology expert has announced that CBS News has selected the new Interplay Media Asset Manager module to streamline content-related workflows and improve visibility into it

16/04/2010 Cherrybomb Hits Cinemas Across UK
A regionally-produced movie had a 'second' premiere in Belfast last night - with national cinema distribution starting next week, writes Brian McCalden. Cherrybomb, a gritty and (for parents anyway),

16/04/2010 Compix QuickShot Triggers Instant On-Screen Graphics
A developer of professional-quality character generators (CGs), has announced the release of the QuickShot, a 1-RU remote button panel that allows users to put graphics on-screen instantly with the pr

16/04/2010 Comres And ITV News Deliver First Results Of Leader Debate
In a UK polling first last night a market research company, on behalf of ITV News, masterminded a remarkable technological breakthrough in the field of political research. Within 15 minutes of the fir

16/04/2010 Ministry Of Sound Chooses Soundcraft Si2 Digital Console
Ministry of Sound London’s Technical Manager Alex Barrand moved a step nearer his sonic nirvana with the commissioning of a Soundcraft Si2 digital sound desk for the famous main dance room, The Box.

16/04/2010 Red Bee Resume Talks As Strike backed
Members at Red Bee Media have voted in large numbers to take strike action over their disputes with the company - so strong are the mandates that agreement has been reached to resume talks on Monday 1

16/04/2010 Sennheiser Is The Write Stuff For Editors
With In This Light And On This Evening being their second successive album to enter the UK charts at No.1, indie band Editors are riding the crest of a wave with their distinctive brand of 80s-tinged

16/04/2010 Singular Software's PluralEyes Adds Support For Adobe
A developer of automation applications for post-production, have announced that its flagship product PluralEyes for Final Cut Pro and Sony Vegas Pro has expanded its support for non-linear editing app

15/04/2010 Boost For BBC ALBA Football Fans
Scottish Premier League (SPL) clubs have announced an agreement to extend their broadcasting deal with MG ALBA meaning that fans across the UK will now be able to watch delayed full match coverage on

15/04/2010 Christie MicroTiles Debut On Colbert Report
Millions of fans of The Colbert Report - the US's award-winning series on Comedy Central – received a visual treat on the 4th January season premiere, when Stephen Colbert introduced the redesign of h

15/04/2010 Cinesite Ensures Rover Returns To The Prisoner
A leading visual effects company has completed a series of creative and challenging visual effects on the HBO remake of the 1960s cult TV show, The Prisoner, which debuts this Saturday, 17 April, at 9

15/04/2010 Kavaleer Make Official Selection At Prestigious Italian Festival
An Irish animation company has been officially recognised in two categories at the prestigious Cartoons on the Bay Festival to be held this week in Rapallo, Italy. Kavaleer Productions' animated seri

15/04/2010 Marbella Signs RTÉ To Co-Produce History Documentary
An independent production company has announced that Irish broadcaster RTÉ has signed a deal to become co-producers for new history documentary, 'Brendan Bracken - Churchill's Secret Son..?' The prod

15/04/2010 Orbital's 'Sound Fundamentals' Training Successful
A renowned sound and communication systems specialist for the theatre, event and broadcast markets, have completed the 9th Sound Fundamentals Training Course for theatre sound technicians, to a full h

15/04/2010 PSI Has The Talent
A Belfast based lighting specialist supplied all lighting equipment - including new Vari*Lite 2500 Spots - for the second year running to Ireland's high profile All Ireland Talent Show. Produced by T

15/04/2010 Radio 3 To Broadcast Specialist Classical Chart For First Time
This week BBC Radio 3 will broadcast highlights from the Official Specialist Classical Chart results. It will be the first time in the station's history that it has broadcast a weekly chart. The Top

15/04/2010 RTW And TC Electronic Announce Partnership At NAB
A manufacturer and distributor of professional audio metering and control devices, based in Cologne, Germany and TC Electronic, a global force in digital signal processing for studios, guitar effects

15/04/2010 Sony Professional Showcases Its Strength In Solutions
Sony Professional is demonstrating its ability to deliver powerful solutions to customers by showcasing an array of innovative tools for ingest, production, post production, archive and storage applic

14/04/2010 3D Technology A Major Driver At NAB Hamlet Survey Reveals
Almost three quarters of visitors to NAB 2010 want to find out more about stereoscopic 3D production, according to a survey by leading test and measurement manufacturer Hamlet. The survey, which quizz

14/04/2010 BBC Blocks Casualty Employment Rights
BBC Executives responsible for Casualty are planning to dismiss staff in order to prevent them accruing employment rights. An emergency meeting of the Casualty crew was called at the Props Store War

14/04/2010 Blackmagic Design To Support Adobe Creative Suite 5
An innovator in video editing products have announced support for Adobe’s newly announced Adobe Creative Suite 5 (CS5), for its range of capture cards for the Windows and Mac platforms. Adobe Creativ

14/04/2010 Brainstorm Announces Support For NVIDIA Digital Video Pipeline
An industry-leading real-time 3D interactive graphics company is helping NVIDIA demonstrate a real-time 3D broadcast workflow leveraging the NVIDIA Quadro Digital Video Pipeline at this years NAB show

14/04/2010 Dubbs & Eyeframe Undertaking Restoration Project For The World At War
After a long tender process and extensive testing, it has been announced that two leading Digital Media and Post Production companies have won the exclusive contract to manage the restoration and Blu-

14/04/2010 Irish Missionary Movie Wins US Award
An RTÉ television documentary on a pioneering missionary project has achieved a major US award. Telling the story of two Irish women and an American medical missionary priest who have spent the last

14/04/2010 Pixel Power And Weather Central Break New Ground
A leader in the development and production of SD and HD broadcast graphics systems and Weather Central have announced an innovative new solution for broadcasters that fully automates the delivery of