Broadcast News Archive for July, 2013
11/07/2013 Clear-Com® Launches ICON Communications
Clear-Com® has announced the ICON Connectivity Solutions; its range of communications products that link intercom systems over Ethernet/IP networks and/or optical fiber. "With today’s productions bec

11/07/2013 Hitchcock Awarded UNESCO Status
Nine silent films by legendary director Alfred Hitchcock have been added to the UNESCO UK Memory of the World Register. Some of Hitchcock's earliest films have been screened around the world since pr

11/07/2013 Mosart Medialab AS Products at IBC2013
Mosart has announced its product lineup for this year's IBC show. Mosart® Newscast Automation 3.4 With Mosart® Newscast Automation 3.4, users can assign more advanced content sequences to s

11/07/2013 NZ Rock Show Tours With Allen & Heath
New Zealand theatrical rock show Starboy will be touring Eastern and Central Europe this summer with an Allen & Heath compact GLD-80 digital mixer. Starboy is a large theatrical show that blends a li

11/07/2013 Orad Expands With Appointment Of VP
Orad has announced it is expanding its management team in North America, appointing Brian Kelly to the role of Vice President and General Manager. Brian Kelly joins the company with with over 20 year

11/07/2013 Riedel Adopted By London's Neg Earth
Riedel Communications has announced that London's Neg Earth, an independent entertainment lighting company based in the U.K., has incorporated Riedel intercom gear into its rental and service stock.

11/07/2013 Stage Electrics Makes Sunday Times List
Stage Electrics, supplier of technical equipment to the entertainment, leisure and presentation industries, has announced it has been awarded a place on the fourth annual Sunday Times HSBC Internation

11/07/2013 Vision247 Partners With ViewSat
Media technology and content distribution provider Vision247 has partnered with ViewSat to provide web streaming services to its customer-base of television channels. ViewSat is a global satellite pr

10/07/2013 Camberwell Guides: Shooting A Car On Green Screen
Camberwell Studios' Sam Parkinson discusses the challenges of green screening... Shooting a subject on green screen is relatively simple. People, unlike motor vehicles, tend not to have curved

10/07/2013 Case Study: Green Rock And AJA KONA
Simon Green launched Green Rock in 2008. A boutique post production shop based in London, the studio is now thriving and working on high-profile projects including concerts for musical artists like Ju

10/07/2013 CBC Begins Studio Upgrade
CBC/Radio-Canada is currently undertaking an upgrade of its broadcast studios in Montreal. The refurbishment is being carried out with the purchase and installation of four HARMAN Studer Vista 1 digi

10/07/2013 Gefen Announces IBC Range
Gefen has announced its range of signal distribution, extension and integration solutions for this year's IBC show. Video over IP solutions and customisable matrix switchers will also be on display a

10/07/2013 Harris Broadcast Appoints CEO
Harris Broadcast has appointed Charlie Vogt as CEO, effective today. The 25-year information technology and communications leader joins Harris Broadcast following nine years as President and CEO of G

10/07/2013 MRMC Launches 'Revolutionary' Robotics
Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC) has taken "a giant leap forward" with its new robotics solution. Sports photographer Bob Martin became the first photographer to trial a new fast action robotics sy

10/07/2013 Playbox Welcomes New Sales Manager
PlayBox Technology has welcomed a new addition to its UK-based team with the appointment of Jonathan Baker as Project Sales Manager. He joins the company from ATG Broadcast where he was active in pro

10/07/2013 Sébastien Devaud Discusses Petrol Bags
Cameraman Sébastien Devaud has been extolling the virtues of Petrol Bags' carriers and equipment cases. Mr Devaud selects Petrol Bags to transport everything he needs for a day of shooting: DSLR cran

10/07/2013 Sony Action Cam At Isle Of Man TT
Sony's Action Cam was adopted as the official camera of choice for this year's Isle of Man TT race. The route consists of 37.73 miles, with racers reaching average speeds of 131.671 mph around the mo

10/07/2013 Video CVs To Help UK Unemployed
A new video app is being launched to enable young, unemployed people and graduates to film themselves and upload their own visual CV. UK Youth has teamed up with the social video app VideofyMe to cre

09/07/2013 BBC Halts 3D Programming
The BBC is to put its 3D programming on hold indefinitely, following a lack of uptake by the public. Kim Shillinglaw, the BBC's head of 3D, revealed the news in an interview with the Radio Times. Th

09/07/2013 Digital Rapids Ships Stream 3.8
Digital Rapids has announced it is now shipping version 3.8 of the Digital Rapids Stream™ software for the company's StreamZ™ and StreamZHD™ ingest, encoding and streaming solutions. Advances include

09/07/2013 France Télévisions Selects Quantel's Pablo Rio
French national broadcaster France Télévisions has recently purchased a Quantel Pablo Rio colour and finishing system for its graphics design studio; Francetélévisions signature. The studio, based in

09/07/2013 Microsoft To Close MSN TV
Microsoft is to close its subscription-based, MSN internet television service at the end of September. MSN TV, a set-top box system which allowed users to view the internet through their TV screens,

09/07/2013 News 12 Connecticut Selects Matrox DVI Plus
News 12 Connecticut is the exclusive 24-hour local news channel serving southwestern Connecticut. The channel has recently announced the launch of two new projects: the first involves driving social

09/07/2013 Panasonic Wireless Projector For Android
Panasonic has announced the launch of its new wireless projector app for Android. The move follows an increasing focus by the company on integrated wireless capability in its expanding line-up of pro

09/07/2013 Pinewood/Seven Stars Welcome New Head
Pinewood Studios and Seven Stars Media have announced the appointment of Malcolm Wall, who will lead new joint venture company 'Song Lin' in China. The agreement, announced in April 2013, was establi