Broadcast News Archive for September, 2012
25/09/2012 Leader Instruments Introduce New Addition To Its Range Of Test Equipment
A new addition to the Leader Instruments range of test equipment, the LV5307 is an SDI and HDMI video monitor with a wide range of features for professional video content-creation and post-production.

25/09/2012 New T2 Range Has Faster Signal Processing
Grass Valley have announced that, a newly designed and significantly improved T2 family of intelligent digital disk recorders (iDDRs) that are ideally suited for live event production, post production

25/09/2012 Orbital Sound Launches New Training Course To Help Theatre Sound Operators
Orbital Sound has announced a brand new training course, designed to help aspiring theatre sound operators take their show mixing skills to the next level. The two-day course is being staged at Orbi

25/09/2012 Production Companies Get Opportunity To Be Mentored By Distribution Executives
Production companies with a feature film focus have the unique opportunity to be mentored by established distribution executives, thanks to the latest iteration of the Film Agency for Wales' 'Film Jun

25/09/2012 Soularity Sound Upgrade To 5.1 Surround Sound Production Capability
Providing cutting-edge post-production audio services for the thriving independent film industry in Austin, Texas, Korey Pereira, Owner and Lead Engineer of Soularity Sound, recently upgraded to 5.1 s

24/09/2012 CyberLink Corp Launches PhotoDirector 4
CyberLink Corp. have launched PhotoDirector 4, the latest version of its intuitive photography software that incorporates complete features that photographers need to effectively manage, adjust, edit

24/09/2012 Front Porch Digital Donates SAMMAsolo Tape Migration System
Front Porch Digital have announced that it has donated a SAMMAsolo single-stream multiformat tape migration system to Association FL@H, the association in charge of preserving Madagascar's audiovisual

24/09/2012 HARMAN's Soundcraft Launch Audio Calculation Toolkit App
HARMAN's Soundcraft has launched an audio calculation toolkit app for the Apple iPhone®. The app is an invaluable tool for audio engineers, offering converters for Volts-dBu-dBV and delay times in m

24/09/2012 Shure Axient System Used In Bruce Springsteen Tour
In his first global tour since the tragic loss of sax man Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen went big. With 18 musicians on stage, the Wrecking Ball tour has traveled from America to Europe and bac

24/09/2012 Soho Square Studios Sound Engineer Named Most Promising Newcomer
Soho Square Studios have announced that its 24-year-old sound engineer Adam Smyth has been named Most Promising Newcomer at the Conch Awards, the UK’s annual celebration of film, television and commer

24/09/2012 SXS Events Selects Allen & Heath iLive Digital Mixing System
SXS Events has selected an Allen & Heath iLive digital mixing system from its hire stock to manage audio requirements on the 'Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model' TV show. Aired in the UK on Sky Li

24/09/2012 VTR North Named As Aframe's Latest Upload Partner
Cloud video production platform Aframe revealed their latest Upload Partner is to be VTR North, based in Manchester and Leeds, further widening the software firm's reach. With a network of Upload Par

21/09/2012 Audio Success Celebrated At The Conch Awards 2012
A glittering ceremony took place Wednesday night at the Mayfair Hotel in London to celebrate the 2012 Conch Awards, which recognises outstanding achievement in UK-based audio post-production for film,

21/09/2012 Clear-Com Expands Optocore/BroaMan Partnership
Clear-Com, critical voice communication systems provider, has expanded its partnership with Optocore/BroaMan and will now distribute the new BroaMan DiViNe V3R-FX-ICOM-SDI. BroaMan DiViNe V3R-FX-ICO

21/09/2012 Creative England Invests In Entrepreneurial Ambition
A new programme supporting startup businesses has been launched during the MADE Festival. Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) Chairman James Newman unveiled ‘dotforge accelerator

21/09/2012 Hackenbacker Covering Audio Production For Major New BBC One and HBO Cinemax Series
Following completion of audio post production for all 10 series of the drama Spooks, Soho-based post production facility Hackenbacker has returned to the world of espionage – this time tackling the au

21/09/2012 NHK Relies On Thomson Video Networks ViBE VS7000 Multi-Screen Video Platform
Thomson Video Networks have announced that NHK, Japan's national public broadcasting organization, relied on Thomson Video Networks' ViBE™ VS7000 multi-screen video platform for its online coverage of

21/09/2012 Sennheiser Launches Online Tutorial For Filmmakers
“If you’re asking me ‘What is the most underestimated power of filmmaking?’ that would be sound,” says filmmaker Geert Verdickt. To remedy this situation, the multi-award-winning video journalist ha

21/09/2012 Vision247 Shortlisted For Appsters Best TV App 2012
Broadcast specialist Vision247, has been shortlisted for an Appsters 2012 award within the ‘Best TV App 2012’ category. Vision247’s Vision TV Network (VTN) App for the Roku Streaming Player has been

20/09/2012 4HM Make More MADI Magic At IBC
4HM has launched 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 they di

20/09/2012 AKG's Latest HSC And HSD Headsets Unveiled
HARMAN’s AKG has unveiled the latest additions to its professional broadcast headsets – the condenser microphone models HSC 171 and HSC 271 and dynamic microphone models HSD 171 and HSD 271. Ideal fo

20/09/2012 Chief Executive Of SIS Steps Down
David Holdgate is to step down as Chief Executive of Satellite Information Services Ltd after 14 years. Holdgate will be replaced by Gary Smith, who joined SIS earlier this year as Chief Operating O

20/09/2012 Esperanza Spalding Chooses DPA's d:facto Vocal Microphone For Live Vocals
Bassist and vocalist artist Esperanza Spalding is currently touring with her new project Radio Music Society with a set-up of DPA microphones. These include the new DPA d:facto Vocal Microphone that

20/09/2012 HelixNet Partyline Intercom System Now Shipping
Clear-Com, critical voice communication systems provider, has announced that its new HelixNet Partyline Intercom System is now shipping throughout Europe. The industry’s first networked partyline in

20/09/2012 KIT Digital Join In The Launch Of Horizon TV Online Service
KIT digital took part in the launch of the Horizon TV Online service. Working in tight collaboration with Liberty Global, Inc., and their partners, KIT digital designed and developed the delivery pl