Broadcast News Archive for November, 2013
06/11/2013 Panasonic: Preparing For The 4K Explosion
Panasonic remains one of the world's leading exponents, designers and developers of cutting-edge broadcast and communications equipment. After a year of talk about 4K and the benefits it will bring

06/11/2013 Sky News Adopts Holdan Solution For High Court Filming
With the recent decision to open the British High Court to video broadcast, Sky News has adopted a new wireless, cable-free approach to capture the proceedings in HD without running lengths of cabling

06/11/2013 Windfall Commissioned For Alaska Documentary
UK production company Windfall Films has been commissioned by the Destination America TV network to produce Railroad Alaska; a new, 6 x 60 documentary series that looks at the crews who keep the State

05/11/2013 AC ET Reveals BVE North Portfolio
A.C. Entertainment Technologies, supplier to the film, television and broadcast studio markets, is to showcase a selection of its latest lighting and video solutions alongside in-house Express custom

05/11/2013 Canada Film Board Appoints Animation Studio Executive
The National Film Board of Canada has named Michael Fukushima as the new Executive Producer of the English Program Animation Studio in Montreal. Michael Fukushima has been making films since 1984.

05/11/2013 Film London Appoints Hub Panel
Film London has appointed members to its Film Hub London Advisory Panel to help ensure the capital's film exhibition sector remains open and accessible to the public. A range of exhibitors – ranging

05/11/2013 PlayBox Technology Introduce ProductionAirBox
PlayBox Technology has announced an addition to its portfolio of broadcast and production workflow solutions; the ProductionAirBox. "ProductionAirBox is an extremely fast media manipulation and deliv

05/11/2013 RTS Announces Thomsun As UAE Distributor
Intercom manufacturer RTS has announced Thomsun Trading as the company's new distributor in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar since August 2013. "Amongst others, we provide professional audio soluti

05/11/2013 SIS LIVE Installs MediaCity Hub
Satellite connectivity and broadcast provider SIS LIVE has announced the installation of a new iDirect hub at MediaCityUK, Salford. The hub will operate from SIS LIVE’s Salford teleport to provide IP

05/11/2013 Thuraya And Vocality Announce Partnership
Mobile satellite operator Thuraya and Vocality, network router manufacturer for the defense and first responder sectors, have announced a strategic partnership agreement. Vocality's ELITE Fusion plat

05/11/2013 Wohler Reveals SATIS 2013 Line Up
Wohler has revealed the products it will be showcasing at this year's SATIS expo, 19 - 21 November, Paris. RadiantGrid Intelligent Media Transformation Platform™ The Wohler RadiantGrid Inte

04/11/2013 Broadcasting In The Fast Lane
Today, a local TV channel can produce a live show without a camera crew at all; a single, unaided producer can vision mix, record and stream a live multi-camera web shoot in its entirety. Budgets, tim

04/11/2013 BTV Post Converts Stones' Hyde Park Gig
Post-production facility BTV Post was recently selected to frame rate convert the Rolling Stones' Hyde Park Gig over the summer for a DVD release later on this week. The Stones recorded their concert

04/11/2013 Eyeheight Exhibits LE-3G Legaliser At InterBEE 2013
Eyeheight has announced its LE-3G multi-rate SD-SDI/HD-SDI video gamut legaliser will be introduced to visitors attending InterBEE 2013 at Makuhari Messe on the eastern outskirts of Tokyo. The compan

04/11/2013 HARMAN Aids Mongolian Cinema Project
The Mongolia Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism (MCST) is currently undertaking a project in conjunction with systems integrator Cinema of Sound LLC and Kinoton Korea, Inc. that will provide cinem

04/11/2013 Music Producers Guild Awards - Voting Now Open
The Music Producers Guild has announced that voting for its 2014 Awards is now open. All Full Members of the Guild are entitled to take part, with votes to decide which nominees make the shortlist in

04/11/2013 Owen Jones To Give RTS Lecture
Writer and journalist Owen Jones is to give this year's Royal Television Society (RTS) Huw Wheldon Memorial Lecture. The Lecture, entitled 'Totally Shameless: How TV Portrays the Working Class' will

04/11/2013 Q-Ball Captures Vettel Win
Camera Corps' Q-Ball remotely controlled pan/tilt/zoom equipment recently captured the moment on the winner's podium when Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel's celebrated victory at the Indian Grand Prix

04/11/2013 RØDE Releases NT1 Mic
RØDE Microphones has announced the release of its new NT1 microphone, the first update to the company's flagship studio microphone, the NT1-A. The microphone has been completely redesigned from the g

01/11/2013 Adobe Creative Cloud Now Available
Matrox Video have announced the immediate availability of full support for the latest release of Adobe® Creative Cloud™ software across the entire line of Matrox MXO2™ I/O devices and the Mojito MAX™

01/11/2013 BlackcamSystems Add Action To Fashion Runway Productions
BlackcamSystem's remote-controlled camera tracking systems are gaining popularity for their ability to capture unique vantage points for the new wave of high-profile fashion runway productions. By b

01/11/2013 Cooke Optics To Demonstrate miniS4/i lenses At BVE North
At BVE North 2013 Cooke Optics, the multi-award winning manufacturer of precision lenses for film and television, will demonstrate its miniS4/i lenses that are increasingly being used to bring an orga

01/11/2013 Lynx Studio Technology Launches LT-TB Thunderbolt Card
Lynx Studio Technology introduced the LT-TB Thunderbolt LSlot interface for its Aurora and Hilo converters. The LT-TB is a two-port Thunderbolt expansion card that supports daisy-chaining Aurora and

01/11/2013 Sky Atlantic HD To Broadcast The Grierson Awards 2013
Sky Atlantic HD will broadcast coverage of The Grierson Awards 2013 at 9pm on Friday 8 November, further demonstrating the channel's commitment and ambition to showcase the greatest stories by some of

01/11/2013 XL Events Gets Re-Branded
In 2009 XL Video started XL Events as a specialist division to focus on supplying the corporate and events industry with its technical AV equipment and services. Since that time XL Video and XL Event