Broadcast News Archive for July, 2011
26/07/2011 DPA Gives Voice To the God Of Songs
Singer songwriter Jacky Cheung, regarded as the God of Songs in the Chinese community, recently played a run of 20 dates at the Hong Kong Coliseum and a variety of DPA microphones was used for the con

26/07/2011 Editec Installs Europe's Largest Fleet Of I-MOVIX SprintCam Ultra-Slow Motion Systems
UK broadcast production and hire specialist Editec has placed additional orders for multiple I-MOVIX SprintCam ultra-slow motion systems, making Editec's SprintCam fleet the largest in Europe. Editec

26/07/2011 Lighthouse Installs Highest Resolution LED Screen In Hong Kong Shopping Mall
Leading LED screen manufacturer Lighthouse Technologies has supplied one of Hong Kong's largest shopping and commercial complexes, amp, with an ultra-high resolution 4mm LED screen. amp, owned by Sun

26/07/2011 Myar Craig-Brown Appointed Executive Producer ITV Studios Drama
ITV Studios is expanding its drama production unit with the appointment of Myar Craig-Brown as Executive Producer, Drama. Reporting to Kate Bartlett, Creative Director Drama, Craig-Brown will work wi

26/07/2011 Snell Sirius And Kahuna 360 Systems To Support Panorama's HD Production Of 2014 Winter Games
Snell has announced that Russia's ANO Sports Broadcasting (Panorama) production company is building the company's Sirius routers and Kahuna multiformat production switchers into the platform that will

26/07/2011 Vinten Radamec To Launch Next Generation Robotic Heads And Control At IBC 2011
Vinten Radamec, a Vitec Group brand and leading provider of robotic camera support systems, will reveal a major step forward in camera robotics at this year's IBC. The Fusion FHR-35 pan and tilt head

25/07/2011 Argosy Extends Fibre Management Tool Range At IBC
Argosy, a leading international supplier of HD broadcast cables and studio infrastructure products, will introduce the latest additions to its fibre portfolio, the Fibre Optic Cleaning Tool set at IBC

25/07/2011 Banijay International's Sex Academy Recruits New Students In Spain
Banijay International, distribution arm of leading global production consortium Banijay Group, has sold Denmark's ratings-winning format Sex Academy to Spain. Leading Spanish broadcaster Telecinco ha

25/07/2011 CPL Flies Away With New PPU
Central Presentations, West Midlands and Bristol-based AV rental specialist has designed a new expedient sized Fly Away portable video PPU unit to service its smaller shows and events, and for situati

25/07/2011 EVS Integration With Riedel MediorNet And Artist At The Tour De France
At this year's Tour de France the German public broadcasting network ZDF used as a fibre-based MediorNet system from Riedel Communications to connect its DSNG and the main OB truck. A Riedel Artist d

25/07/2011 Image Systems Announces 50 Customers For New Precision Panel
Image Systems, formerly Digital Vision, has announced that it is shipping 50 Precision panels to customers around the world. Precision is the company's next-generation integrated control surface for

25/07/2011 IVC Media Selected As Finalist For AV Awards
Leading systems integrator IVC Media, has announced it has been short-listed for the prestigious AV awards for the category of AV/IT integration project of the year. The entry was for IVC's work to c

25/07/2011 New Zealand's Park Road Post Chooses SGO Mistika
With production now in motion on Peter Jackson's two-film adaption of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, SGO has announced that Oscar award-winning New Zealand-based facility, Park Road Post Production has

25/07/2011 Off The Fence Sells Joan Rivers Series To Major International Networks
Leading global production and distribution company, Off The Fence (OTF) sells reality series Joan and Melissa: Joan Knows Best? to leading international broadcasters. NBC Universal and E! in the UK,

22/07/2011 Aspen Supplies Stagetec Nexus Audio Router To BBC North
Aspen Media, a UK distributor for broadcast audio equipment based in Wingrave near Aylesbury, has supplied a Stagetec Nexus audio router to BBC North at MediaCity UK in Salford. The order was placed

22/07/2011 AVM Hosts Audio Visual Technology Event In Tower Of London
AVM will be hosting an exclusive audio visual technology event on September 27 2011 from 9am until 2pm at the Tower of London. This event will focus on new and innovative technologies that can help i

22/07/2011 Blackmagic Design Releases Support For Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Blackmagic Design has released a new software update for its desktop video products that adds full support for the new Mac OS X 10.7 Lion. This Desktop Video 8.2 software update includes support for

22/07/2011 Decode Relocates As 3D Business Grows
3D specialist rental/sales house Decode has relocated to larger premises. Samuel Martin, Decode Managing Director, commented: "Decode 2D and 3D rental and sales business grew to a point where the cur

22/07/2011 Miranda Technologies Announces IBC Preview
Miranda Technologies will be highlighting its strengthened production studio signal management and monitoring systems at IBC 2011 (8.D41), as well as its integrated IT-based playout solutions, which c

22/07/2011 Oxygen DCT Introduces New Lost Monitor
Oxygen DCT, which is renowned for its expertise in picture monitoring solutions, has launched a new monitor with integrated quad split that dramatically reduces the cost of building galleries, control

22/07/2011 Producers Of Wild Thing Launch Season 2 Of Their Popular TV Series Online
WildThingTV have launched a new PPV Channel that streams brand new content online and are showcasing a new episode of their TV series before it has been broadcast on terrestrial, cable or satellite.

22/07/2011 RTW Appoints Amanda Zhang As Director Of Business Development
RTW, a leading manufacturer and distributor of professional audio metering and control devices, has announced the appointment of Amanda Zhang as the company's new Director of Business Development. In

22/07/2011 Telestream Hires Bjoern Adamski To Lead Flip4Mac Products
Telestream, a leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, has announced that it has hired Bjoern Adamski as Marketing Strategist and Product Manager for its highly successful Flip4

21/07/2011 Apsen Supplies Stagetec Nexus Audio Router To BBC North
Aspen Media, a UK distributor for broadcast audio equipment based in Wingrave near Aylesbury, has supplied a Stagetec Nexus audio router to BBC North at MediaCity UK in Salford. The order was placed

21/07/2011 Brainstorm Multimedia Appoints New Reseller In India
Industry-leading real-time 3D interactive graphics and virtual set provider Brainstorm Multimedia has appointed Aditya Infotech as its new value-added reseller in India. Aditya is a pioneer in introd