Broadcast News Archive for May, 2013
08/05/2013 DPA Opens Hong Kong Office
DPA Microphones has announced it will be opening a new regional office in Hong Kong. Headed by Ken Kimura, DPA’s general manager for the APAC region, the new office will act as a hub for sales, marke

08/05/2013 EVS Trials 4K Replays For Champions League
EVS, supplier of live video production systems, trialled its XT3-LSM system for live 4K replays during the recent Champions League semi-final between Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona. The testing follo

08/05/2013 Outside Broadcasting, On Location
Nowadays, transferring digital files around the world at the push of a button is part and parcel of movie-making. Kriss Brown, Mobile Satellite Broadband Engineer at Total VSAT, talks online and o

08/05/2013 ReflecMedia: Changing The Art Of Chroma Key
Traditionally, the use of green screens has been a firmly studio-based endeavour, seemingly beyond the realms of on-location, outside broadcasting. But, as technology develops, so too do the possibili

08/05/2013 Satellite Uplinks And The KA Revolution
Tariam is Europe's premier supplier of Satellite Broadband Communications. Selwyn Petterson, Sales Director Professional Services, gives RFV a unique and exclusive look into outside broadcasting, f

08/05/2013 Shure Equips Westminster Dance Event
Shure's ULX-D radio mic system recently made waves at the first ever dance music event to be held in the Palace of Westminster, at the heart of the UK government. DJ Norman Cook (better known as Fat

08/05/2013 The Return Of BroadcastAsia
The BroadcastAsia International Conference returns this June with 120 speakers from 31 countries/regions, amounting to the show's largest ever speaker line-up. More than a hundred case studies will b

08/05/2013 USC Selects Imagen2 For Asset Management
Cambridge Imaging Systems, digital archive management providers, has announced that the University of Southern California Digital Repository (USCDR) has selected Imagen2 to provide fully-hosted media

08/05/2013 Webcasting Via Satellite - Realising The Ultimate WAN
Webcasting, also known as Live Internet Broadcasting, is the fastest growing trend in the entertainment and video industry. It is the process of pushing live video with audio across the internet in

07/05/2013 BBC Attenborough Restoration Receives FOCAL Award
BBC Studios and Post Production’s Digital Media Services team has been honoured with the 2013 FOCAL International Award for ‘Best Archive Restoration / Preservation Project’ for work on two David Atte

07/05/2013 Big Interview: ATG Broadcast
ATG Broadcast this year celebrates its 20th anniversary as a successful broadcast systems integrator. The company offers a wide range of services including workflow design, project planning, equipm

07/05/2013 Blackmagic Design: The Lamborghini of Trade Shows
Simon Hall, Senior Trainer at Soho Editors Training, has always looked forward to NAB as a highlight of the industry calendar. But this year, as he explains, he left wondering whether or not the ag

07/05/2013 Brant Fagan On Anton/Bauer...
Cinematographer and Steadicam® Camera Operator Brant Fagan has spent the past 20 years using batteries, chargers and Gold Mounts® from Anton/Bauer®. He recently explained his decision to stay with th

07/05/2013 DPA Targets Installation With New Solutions
DPA Microphones has turned its attention to installation with the launch of two new microphones aimed at AV installers and conference organisers. DPA is offering podium microphones that incorporate t

07/05/2013 Dreamtek And The Broadcastpod TV Studio Solution
The Broadcastpod is a stand-alone fully integrated studio solution that is custom fitted with broadcast-quality lighting, HD camera, built-in teleprompter and simple to use workflow software.

07/05/2013 Hollywood, Geared Up...
Cine Gear Expo 2013, Los Angeles, is set for May 30 – June 1, 2013 at The Paramount Studios in the heart of Hollywood, California, USA. The Cine Gear Film Series and Competition starts the jam

07/05/2013 Hybrid Signs Middle East Deal
Hybrid, provider of real-time graphics and robotic camera systems, has announced a dealership agreement with Media Group International (MGI), a systems integrator in the Middle East. Under the agreem

07/05/2013 iN DEMAND Turns To AJA Workflows
As a distributor of transactional movies, sports and events to video providers across North America, iN DEMAND delivers programming from more than 150 program suppliers to major cable operators and te

07/05/2013 Mexican Film Stars Travel To Schull Film Fest
Mexican film professionals, actress Diana Bracho and Iván Trujillo Bolio, General Director, Festival International de Cine, Guadalajara, are to contribute to this year’s ‘World Cinema’ Programme at th

03/05/2013 Black Box Network To Stage A UK Showcase
Black Box Network Services is staging a UK showcase designed to help broadcasters, content providers and telcos expand their knowledge and understanding of IT technology's increasingly important role

03/05/2013 Bradford-WWI Film School Launches New Website
The new Bradford-WWI Film School now has its own website, www.bradfordfilmschool.co.uk. The film school opens its doors to students

03/05/2013 FilmFixer Becomes The Largest Film Office In The UK
FilmFixer has been awarded the contract to run the film offices of London boroughs Islington and Lambeth as well as retaining its role as Camden's film office. This makes FilmFixer the largest film

03/05/2013 SGL To Showcase Its Web-Based Interface
At Broadcast Asia 2013 SGL will show its web-based interface for its flagship SGL FlashNet archive system for the first time in Asia. Users of FlashNet now have a number of additional features that

03/05/2013 Shutterstock Supplies Footage For On The Spot
Shutterstock will again supply Bellum Entertainment with key footage for their ongoing series On the Spot, an entertaining and educational half-hour program geared towards families and teens. "By usi

03/05/2013 SSL C100 HDS Digital Broadcast Console Makes Classical Music Sing
A Solid State Logic (SSL) C100 HDS Digital Broadcast Console has been chosen to make classical music sing for the new Musik und Theater (MuTh) Concert Hall, the permanent home for the Vienna Boys' Cho