Broadcast News Archive for July, 2012
31/07/2012 HHB Supplies NEP Visions With Audio Monitors For London 2012 Olympics
HHB Communications has supplied OB provider NEP Visions with 26 Wohler AMP1-16-M audio monitoring units (AMU) for high-profile sporting events, including the London 2012 Olympics, the Wimbledon Tennis

31/07/2012 4HM Announce More MADI Products At IBC
4HM will launch their latest development, a MADI monitor at IBC. The new product will be to the highest broadcast spec with redundant power supply as standard. Alongside the new monitor 4HM will be al

31/07/2012 Cigarette Burns Cinema and Zipangu Fest Present A Creature Feature Double Bill In 35mm And Full Extra Widescreen TohoScope!
Cigarette Burns Cinema and Zipangu Fest present a Creature Feature Double Bill in 35mm and full extra widescreen TohoScope! Cigarette Burns Cinema is very excited to be teaming up with the UK's favou

31/07/2012 HD OB Truck “Starbird” Takes Off With Intercom Systems From RTS
In Ukraine, the first high-definition outside broadcast vehicle to have been designed and equipped entirely by Ukrainian engineers has just commenced service. The truck, which is named ‘Starbird’, i

31/07/2012 IBC 60 Second Interview With Roger Mosey
Roger Mosey Director of London 2012, BBC Session Details: Keynote: The London 2012 Debriefing: Analysing the Summer Olympic Games Date: 8 September 2012 Time: 09:30 - 11:00 Q. What Olympic e

31/07/2012 OCTOPUS Newsroom IBC Preview
OCTOPUS Newsroom, a leading developer and supplier of newsroom computer systems for the broadcast TV industry, is showing its latest developments at IBC2012. These include the both full set of the new

31/07/2012 TV4 Gears Up For The 2012 Summer Of Sport With ATG Broadcast
ATG Broadcast announces the completion of a second high-definition sports channel for the Stockholm headquarters of Swedish broadcaster TV4. The contract was placed by Ericsson Broadcasting Services a

31/07/2012 UTV Appoints Chairman
The Board of UTV Media plc is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Huntingford as Chairman with immediate effect. Helen Kirkpatrick steps down as Interim Chairman remaining as a Non-Executiv

31/07/2012 Vimond To Power RiksTV's OTT Service Content
Vimond Media Solutions announced today that RiksTV, the largest digital terrestrial television (DTT) operator in Norway, will deploy the Vimond Media Platform and associated Vimond Professional Servic

31/07/2012 Viper Arrives At White Light
Viper, the new high-performance moving light from Martin Professional, has arrived at entertainment lighting specialist White Light, and is available for hire. Designed around a brand new 1000-watt

30/07/2012 ADLIB supplies Sound & Visual Solutions For Pop Extravaganza
Liverpool UK based technical solutions provider ADLIB supplied sound, lighting, scenic video and crew for Radio City Live, a regular Summer pop event at Liverpool’s Echo Arena, hosted by Liverpool’s b

30/07/2012 BBC AlBA Returns To Belladrum Festival For 2012
Watch live and exclusive coverage of the sold out Tartan Heart Festival on BBC ALBA along with your hosts, Fiona MacKenzie, Niall Iain MacDonald and Sarah Cruickshank Travis and The Wombats will join

30/07/2012 BCD Audio Launches New ALT-1D Mic Amp At IBC2012
Mike Law of BCD Audio has announced a new version, ALT-1D, of his established and popular ALT-1 stand-alone microphone amplifier. The original ALT-1 microphone amplifier was designed in 1993 in respo

30/07/2012 Cameraman Dave Stanford Presented With Honorary Membership of the GTC
When they learnt of SkyF1 cameraman Dave Stanford's selfless action in helping to rescue one of the Williams Formula One mechanics from the pit garage fire after the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix, the GTC C

30/07/2012 Channel 4 Throws The Ultimate House Party
In an unprecedented live television event, Channel 4 is to hand over creative control to six world-class DJs, including Grandmaster Flash and Annie Mac. And on the same night, Idris Elba returns to co

30/07/2012 DPA Microphones Deliver A Spectacular Summer Concert At Leeds Castle
DPA Microphones played an important part in delivering a fantastic evening of classical music to over 10,000 people who attended a summer concert organised by Heritage Events at Leeds Castle in the UK

30/07/2012 Hackenbacker Receives Another Emmy Nomination For Downton Abbey
After receiving two nominations at last year’s US Primetime Emmy Awards, London-based facility Hackenbacker has once again proved the value of high quality audio post production by receiving another n

30/07/2012 IBC 60 Seconds With Miles Young
Miles Young is CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide, one of the world’s leading advertising agencies. He joined the company in 1983, and has seen the company expand significantly in terms of size and mark

30/07/2012 Jands Vista v2 For Andrea Bocelli Tour
Italian based lighting designer, Aldo Visentin is using his own Jands Vista S1 lighting console running the next generation Vista v2 software, plus two Vista M1 Wings, to control lighting for Italy’s

30/07/2012 Sing Dating Series Set To Begin
Forget blind-dating and speed-dating, there's a new trend around; sing dating. An innovative new relationship series on Sky TV combines the force of internet dating with the power of song. Hot on t

30/07/2012 WISI Extends Its Compact HEADEND OH System By The Twin A/V Encoder OH 66
WISI Communications GmbH & Co. KG (WISI) has extended its successful WISI Compact HEADEND OH by the Twin A/V Encoder OH 66. The new module widens the field of application and flexibility of this ext

27/07/2012 Bluebell Opticom New Compact Camera Interface
IBC 2012 will see the launch of a new compact camera interface allowing HD-SDI to be used directly into a standard IP network environment. The Net Caddie is a new compact camera interface using the r

27/07/2012 Camera Corps' New DS-1 Digital Stills Head
Camera Corps (part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company) announces a versatile introduction to its range of specialist cameras and remote control systems. Scheduled for introduction at IBC2012, th

27/07/2012 Hamlet Bring Precision Test And Measurement To Portable Monitors At IBC 2012
Hamlet, the market leader in affordable and practical test and measurement instruments, is pleased to announce the latest development in quality portable field monitoring for IBC2012. Designed for tho

27/07/2012 Olympic Opening Hours, PMW 500 Kit Deal and the Pro Motion Move
To try to alleviate some of the difficulties with deliveries over the Olympic period, Pro Motion Hire is extending its opening hours from 7am to 7pm, starting on the 30th July through to the 17th Augu