Broadcast News Archive for January, 2013
14/01/2013 Strictly 2013 Waltzes Onto The George Lucas Stage
BBC Studios and Post Production has announced that a number of productions will be recorded at Elstree Studios and its studio facilities at BBC Elstree from March when the company relocates to the Els

14/01/2013 STV Wins Local TV Bid
Local TV licences in Scotland have been awarded to STV. The two services, GTV and ETV, will be delivered in partnership with Glasgow Caledonian University and Edinburgh Napier University. "GTV and

14/01/2013 Technicolor Reveals Involvement In Spies Of Warsaw
Technicolor has revealed its involvement in the BBC's miniseries, Spies of Warsaw. Based on the best-selling thriller by Alan Furst, Spies of Warsaw is set in Poland, Paris, London and Berlin in the

11/01/2013 13,000 View Black And White TV
Figures release by TV Licensing reveal after nearly 46 years of colour transmissions, more than 13,202 black and white TV Licences are still in force across the UK in 2013. Despite the historic switc

11/01/2013 Brazilian Market Expansion For Ross Video
Ross Video is accelerating their growth in Brazil by partnering with CIS Group. Headquartered in Davie, Florida with dedicated offices in Brazil, CIS Group designs, engineers and installs integrated

11/01/2013 Daniel Danker Becomes BBCS&PP Board Member
Daniel Danker, general manager of programmes and on demand at the BBC’s Future Media division, has joined BBC Studios and Post Production (BBCS&PP) as a non-executive board member. He is responsible

11/01/2013 dnp Launches LCD Bezel-Buster
dnp Denmark enters the market for LCD panels by introducing InvisiBezel – an optical LCD panel cover that reduces bezels in multi-screen displays to 1mm. The visible gap between neighbouring LCD pane

11/01/2013 FaceMeTM To Be Featured In YouCam
AMD has chosen to license Cyberlink's FaceMeTM facial recognition technology featured in YouCam. AMD has applied this technology to the AMD Face Login application on its upcoming high-performance A-S

11/01/2013 Front Porch Digital Appoints New CFO
Front Porch Digital, cloud-based content storage management (CSM) solutions provider, has appointed Mark Pougnet as its new chief financial officer. Pougnet will oversee the company's finance and b

11/01/2013 HD Demand Drives JCA Growth
JCA has announced a £450k investment to address the increase in demand for HD services. The investment aims to boost operational efficiency and productivity of HD servicing by streamlining and optimi

11/01/2013 HHB Appoint Professional Audio Salesman
HHB Communications has appointed Sean Evans to its Professional Audio Sales Department. Sean's appointment not only shows HHB's commitment to developing young talent in the industry, it also undersco

10/01/2013 Gallium Upgrade To Be Showcased At BVE 2013
Pixel Power continues to satisfy channels need to place graphics at the centre of their playout requirements with the latest version of Gallium. This is the company’s integrated, sophisticated and s

10/01/2013 Allen & Heath Selects JB Music For Philippines Distribution
Allen & Heath has appointed JB Music as its exclusive distributor in the Philippines. The A&H brand has been rapidly gaining market share in South East Asia, and JB’s great dealer network, excellent

10/01/2013 Broadcast Console Streamlines Talk Shows
The Stamford Media Center, a NBCUniversal subsidiary, has installed a Solid State Logic C100 HDS Digital Broadcast Console in its unique audio/video control room, replacing an analogue console. Used

10/01/2013 BVE Launch For Eyeheight EB-9 Dual-Card geNETics Chassis
Eyeheight has chosen BVE 2013 as the launch venue for a new addition to its geNETics modular product range. Accommodating up to two modules, the EB-9 chassis offers an economical alternative to the

10/01/2013 Exset Makes International Appointments
Exset B.V. has announced two key international appointments. This reflects a highly successful 2012 and continued expansion into 2013, particularly for its Digital Monetisation System (DMS) and its

10/01/2013 Fujitsu Network Releases End-to-End Latency For Video Encoders
Fujitsu Frontech North America has made a new firmware release that dramatically improves end-to-end latency for its IP-9610, IP-900, and IP-920 HD/SD H.264 video encoders/decoders while delivering an

10/01/2013 Full Smart Building Conference Programme Unveiled
Integrated Systems Events has unveiled the agenda for the inaugural Smart Building Conference @ ISE. Promising a day full of industry insight, opinion, practical design advice and business intellige

10/01/2013 Glasses Free 3D Upgrade Announced
3DZignage, the world's first complete glasses-free 3D Digital Signage solution, has announced an upgrade. 3DZignage now includes a high quality service to convert standard stereo 3D video into glass

09/01/2013 Christie Introduces Entero HB Display Cubes
Christie is driving the future of control rooms with the introduction of its new Christie Entero™ HB video wall display cubes. Based on cutting-edge LED technology with over 1000 lumens capability in

09/01/2013 Cine VCLX Portable Power System Honoured With Academy Award
Anton/Bauer's CINE VCLX Portable Power System has been honoured with a Scientific and Engineering Award (Academy Plaque) from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S®). Representat

09/01/2013 DCI Compliance For Doremi IMS1000
Doremi's IMS1000 has passed the Compliance Test Plan (CTP) and achieved the Digital Cinema Initiatives (DCI) standard of excellence. The unique integrated media server is the first commercially avai

09/01/2013 DPA Appoints SeeSound As Portugal Distributor
DPA Microphones has announced the expansion of the remit of its Spanish distributor SeeSound to encompass Portugal. The change, which came into effect on January 1st 2013, will ensure that Portugues

09/01/2013 Lincoln Leads BAFTA Nominations
The nominations for the British Academy Film Awards in 2013 were announced today. The ceremony will take place on Sunday 10 February at London's Royal Opera House. Lincoln receives ten nominations.

09/01/2013 Phoenix TV Selects Netvue IPTV Television Distribution System
Netvue, an IPTV systems integrator, has installed a solution for Phoenix TV to distribute television signals around their new production centre and studios in West London, England, UK. The new IPTV s