Broadcast News Archive for June, 2013
25/06/2013 Tividoo Deploys LiveU's Mobile App
LiveU has announced that the innovative German production company Tividoo has deployed LiveU's LU-Smart mobile application for regional public broadcaster SWR's online coverage of the recent Mainz mar

24/06/2013 Camera Corps Selected For Wimbledon
Robotic cameras and control systems from Camera Corps have been chosen as key elements in coverage of the 2013 Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships. Q-Ball remotely controlled pan/tilt/zoom/focus cam

24/06/2013 Cinegy Expands In The Asia Pacific Region With Post Lounge
Cinegy has announced its expansion in the Asia Pacific region with New Zealand-based partner Post Lounge. Post Lounge is a post production and broadcast integration company now offering technology so

24/06/2013 NRK Extends Deployment Of Mosart Automation
Mosart Medialab have announced that NRK, Norway's largest broadcaster, is extending its deployment of Mosart® automation from three central systems to include 12 of its regional news studios and an ad

24/06/2013 Odeon And UCI Cinemas Group To Install Dolby Atmos Technology
Dolby Laboratories, has announced that Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group, plans to install Dolby® Atmos™ technology in 27 cinema screens across Europe. Odeon and UCI Cinemas Group, the owner of Cinesa cine

24/06/2013 Park Road Post Production Nominated For IBC2013 Innovation Awards
SGO have announced that Park Road Post Production has been nominated for the prestigious IBC2013 Innovation Awards for their pioneering work on 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey', a production of New

24/06/2013 Sony To Record Part Of Championship In 4K
Sony has announced that it will be shooting and recording part of this year's Wimbledon Championships in 4K, as part of its long-term partnership with the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC). This

21/06/2013 Forbidden Technologies To Raise £9m For Expansion
Forbidden Technologies, owner and developer of the Cloud video platform FORscene, has announced news that the company will raise up to £9m for a proposed expansion. The company has also announced a c

21/06/2013 Miranda Outfits IMG Studios
Miranda Technologies have announced the sale of its NVISION routers and multiple Kaleido-X multiviewers to IMG Studios, London as part of a major relocation of its sports production business to a new,

21/06/2013 Panasonic Present Preview Of Visual Systems Solutions
With INFOCOMM 2013 now completed, Panasonic presented a host of announcements and special previews of its impressive range of innovative visual system solutions. First of the announcements was the

21/06/2013 Sony Launches HXR-IFR5 Interface
Sony has announced the launch of its HXR-IFR5 interface unit, enabling 2K RAW and 4K RAW recording for the NEX-FS700 camcorder. The HXR-IFR5 interface unit connects the NEX-FS700 to Sony's new AXS-R5

21/06/2013 TCC Selects Broadpeak For The Deployment Of Its OTT Service
Broadpeak have announced that Uruguayan cable operator TCC has selected Broadpeak for the deployment of its new OTT service. Utilizing Broadpeak's BkM100 Mediator unified CDN manager, BkS300 multifo

21/06/2013 The Voice Expands FORscene Cloud Use
BBC One's talent show The Voice UK has expanded its use of the Cloud video platform FORscene. Post house Envy, which edits the series for producer Wall to Wall, is now utilising additional features a

20/06/2013 AP Strengthens Live UGC Capability With Stake In Bambuser
The Associated Press today announced the purchase of a minority stake in Bambuser, the pioneering live video service that allows users to broadcast, watch and share live video through mobile phones an

20/06/2013 For-A Mixer Perfect Fit At Minicams
A FOR-A HVS-390HS 2M/E vision mixer has been installed as a part of the new Mini-Rig portable production unit from Minicams. The rig has already been at work shooting Twofour’s new fly-on-the-wall ‘Ha

20/06/2013 Litepanels Get Creative
When Florida-based director/cinematographer, John Deeb isn’t shooting spots for high-profile clients such as Hard Rock Hotels or Disney, he likes to "expand the limits of his creativity" with music vi

20/06/2013 Scrub Avid S5 Console And Pro Tools Upgrades For Molinare
Scrub, a division of HHB Communications specialising in serving the post production industry, has supplied Molinare’s Film and TV Post Production facilities with a 32-Fader Avid S5 Fusion Control Surf

20/06/2013 Thuraya Secures Long-Term Multi-Million Dollar Financing
Thuraya Telecommunications Company, a leading mobile satellite services operator is pleased to announce it has secured a term financing facility through Dubai Islamic Bank (DIB). Thuraya will use the

20/06/2013 Trew Audio Turns To DPA Microphones For HuffPost Live
When AOL Productions' HuffPost Live, an online video streaming network affiliated with the Huffington Post news outlet, sought to outfit its Beverly Hills studio with a permanent set of audio equipmen

19/06/2013 BVE North To Return To Manchester In November
BVE North, organised by i2i Events Group, is returning to Manchester Central on 12-13 November 2013, with big plans to bring more broadcast technology and kit manufacturers to the exhibition than befo

19/06/2013 FOCAL Annual Footage Training Week Announced
FOCAL International’s Footage Training Week, beginning Monday 08 July, will offer learning and networking opportunities for media professionals of all kinds. The weeklong course provides an introducti

19/06/2013 US Production Company Thinkfactory Media Aquired By ITV
ITV plc announced today that it is acquiring a controlling stake in Thinkfactory Media, a leading US producer of reality, entertainment and drama, including the Emmy award-winning Hatfields & McCoys s

19/06/2013 Vitec Group Firms Attend The Degree Show
Vitec Group companies Vinten, Autoscript, Camera Corps and the Camera Store partnered with Ravensbourne college to demonstrate the latest advances in teleprompting, remote camera control and grip tech

19/06/2013 Wise Buddah Wins Six New York Festivals Radio Awards
Leading Radio Indie and Jingles producer Wise Buddah has won three Gold, one Silver and two Bronze awards at the 2013 New York Festivals International Radio Programs and Promos Awards. A 2012 jingle

19/06/2013 ZDF Take Autoscript E.P.I.C. For Mainz Facility
Autoscript, part of Vitec Videocom, a Vitec Group company, today announced that Germany's national public television broadcaster, ZDF, has purchased four E.P.I.C. (Enhanced Prompting Information Centr