Broadcast News Archive for October, 2011
21/10/2011 Sky Take A Chance On 'The Love Machine'
First impressions are everything in Sky Living HD's brand new dating show The Love Machine. Presented by the UK's no.1 DJ Chris Moyles and Stacey Solomon the show will focus on a giant dating machine

21/10/2011 Technicolor Enriches MediaAccess Communications Offering For SMEs
At the IP Convergence taking place in Paris at the moment, Technicolor are showcasing a cost-effective, integrated solution which meets smaller and growing businesses’ need for unified enterprise-grad

20/10/2011 Alsumaria TV Gets The iQ Treatment
The Lebanese arm of Alsumaria TV has purchased a Quantel iQ 2K multi-resolution finishing system for its creative department. The iQ will be the lynchpin of Alsumaria TV's intensive promotions product

20/10/2011 BBC Alba Announces Latest Viewing Figures
BBC ALBA, the Gaelic television channel, has today announced its most recent viewing figures. The figures have been compiled over a four month period since the channel was made available on Freeview

20/10/2011 Broadpeak To Present At CDN World Summit
A provider of content delivery networks (CDN) and video-on-demand (VoD) servers for cable, IPTV, and hybrid TV operators worldwide, have announced that the company's president will be a featured speak

20/10/2011 Harlequin Cascade Goes All Out With Riverdance
Since its inception, as an interval act during the Eurovision Song Contest staged in Dublin, Riverdance has gone on to conquer the world. And where Riverdance goes, the Harlequin Cascade dance floor f

20/10/2011 Interactive Gaelic Learners' Website Launched
A new interactive website has been launched this week providing a one-stop-shop for anyone interested in learning Gaelic. LearnGaelic.net

20/10/2011 Kim's E! Wedding Is Rating's Magic Wand
With a combined 10.5 million viewers tuning into both Sunday and Monday's telecast of Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event, this now ranks as E!'s most-watched event ever. The two part weddin

20/10/2011 OConnor Proves 'Out Of The Ordinary'
Embracing the motto "Out of the ordinary", German Director and Photographer Marko Vucic has recently produced a diverse range of promotional films for companies from the technical photography, broadca

20/10/2011 Piranha Bar Invests In Secure Future With New Storage Infrastructure
A leading provider of digital media solutions, Tyrell CCT, has provided Dublin facility, Piranha Bar with a complete new storage infrastructure. The new infrastructure consists of Object Matrix’s hig

20/10/2011 Riley's 'First Orbit' Goes Multilingual
British University Academic Professor Chris Riley has embarked on the second phase of his viral experiential documentary film project First Orbit, with a new campaign to crowd source translations of t

19/10/2011 BECTU Slams BBC Boss's Belfast Remarks
The broadcast union BECTU's General Secretary Gerry Morrissey has taken issue with remarks said to have been made to BBC Belfast staff by the corportation's Director General Mark Thompson. Speaking a

19/10/2011 Digital Radio Boost For Motorists
At this week’s first ever conference about in-vehicle digital radio, senior executives heard Communications Minister Ed Vaizey welcome the progress made on increasing the availability of digital radio

19/10/2011 Ford 'Stars' Mark 100 Years At Elstree
Five of Ford's most memorable vehicles to feature on film and television have been brought together at Elstree Studios, London to celebrate 100 years of Ford of Britain. The Ford Anglia 105E from Har

19/10/2011 Hollywood Movie-Makers For Belfast
US movie moguls are coming to Ulster next month with a group of technology leaders based in California's 'Silicon Valley' leading a delegation from the entertainment and technology sectors to visit Be

19/10/2011 IP EXPO Lifts UK Entrepreneurial Spirit
On the first day of the UK's largest enterprise IT event, IP EXPO, event organiser Imago Techmedia, announced its support for Technology 4 StartUp Britain Week. IP EXPO 2011 will provide the backdrop

19/10/2011 Irish Broadcaster Adds RTÉ Radio Player
The RTÉ Player, launched in 2009, has established itself as Ireland's premier on-demand service for programmes originally aired on RTÉ Television - with a similar radio service now being made availabl

19/10/2011 Paradise FX Launches Helios 3D Stereo Rig
A world provider of 3D stereo camera systems and production services, has now launched Helios - a wireless, self-contained, 3D stereo rig. Designed by Paradise VFX, the operational features support f

19/10/2011 Primera Launch 50-Disc Version of 
World’s Fastest Disc Publishers
A leading manufacturer of CD/DVD and Blu-ray Disc Publishers has now launched its DP-4051 Disc Publisher. Primera’s new model delivers the same industry-leading performance as it's award-winning DP-4

19/10/2011 Rogers Joins SeeSense
SeeSense has now appointed a new Technical Director. Paul Rogers joins the company after providing engineering and systems integration solutions, using Broadcast and specialist imaging cameras and a

18/10/2011 AIR Entertainment Launch Post Equity Service
The content creation company, comprising the AIR and Strongroom brands, has announced the launch of a new post equity service that builds on its current post-production and music scoring offerings for

18/10/2011 Alias Takes Next Step With Alexa
One of the UK’s premier broadcast technology hire companies has just added the Arri Alexa to its expanding camera fleet. Founded in 1999 Alias Hire has steadily grown its hire portfolio to provide so

18/10/2011 Cinesite Launches Inspire Internship
A leading film visual effects houses, has opened pre-registration for its successful annual internship programme, Inspire. New to this year's Cinesite initiative is a separate technical effects stra

18/10/2011 Exterity To Demonstrate Market-Leading Range At xSolutions
The business communication technology event xSolutions, will be taking place this week at Excel London, from 19 - 20th October. The event provides a platform for organisations to introduce technologi

18/10/2011 Focal International Call For Awards Nominations
The international Federation of Commercial Audio-visual Libraries, FOCAL, is calling for entries for its ninth annual FOCAL International Awards, in association with AP Archive. The Awards celebrate