Broadcast News Archive for June, 2014
20/06/2014 SMPTE And HPA To Merge
SMPTE has announced plans for a new partnership with the Hollywood Post Alliance (HPA). The partnership will begin with SMPTE providing administrative support to HPA, and is expected to culminate in t

19/06/2014 A&H Launches AB168 IO Rack
Following yesterday's release of the Qu-32 digital mixer, Allen & Heath has unveiled its second InfoComm2014 launch; the AB168 portable audio IO rack. Suitable for live or installation applications, A

19/06/2014 DPA Joins The Jersey Boys
DPA Microphones recently became the latest member of the Jersey Boys, the musical set to hit cinemas this Friday 20 June. All audio was captured live without pre-recording and, as instrument miking wa

19/06/2014 Lawo Premieres New Mixing Consoles At BroadcastAsia
Lawo has premiered its new crystal radio mixing consoles at BroadcastAsia in Singapore. The new crystal has a re-designed user surface, available in 4- to 16-fader versions, providing clear operationa

19/06/2014 Light Iron Selects Facilis TerraBlock For 4K Future
New York post house Light Iron has installed a Facilis TerraBlock in the post production facility it developed during its expansion in 2013. The addition of TerraBlock to its workflow is part of a lar

19/06/2014 NAB President Signs 2018 Contract
NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith signed a contract extension that will keep him in the position until December 31, 2018, NAB Joint Board Chairman Charles Warfield has announced. Mr Smith joined N

19/06/2014 Panasonic Reveals Ultra Short Throw Lens At InfoComm
Panasonic has announced "the world's shortest throw interchangeable lens" for three-chip DLPTM projectors at infoComm 2014, in Las Vegas. The ultra short throw lens enables large image projection with

19/06/2014 Pebble Beach Delivers Japanese Marina Automation System To Aruji TV
Automation, content management and integrated channel providers Pebble Beach Systems has announced at BroadcastAsia that it has been awarded the contract to supply a 16-channel Marina automation syste

19/06/2014 Planning Permission For Pinewood Expansion
Planning permission has been granted for a new scheme that will double the size of Pinewood Studios. The Pinewood Studios Development Framework (PSDF) comprises doubling the existing Pinewood Studi

19/06/2014 Sound Devices Releases 970 At InfoComm
Sound Devices has selected InfoComm to showcase the 970, its first-ever dedicated audio-only rack-mounted solution, which features 64 channels of Dante and MADI. Sound Devices 970 records 64 channe

19/06/2014 Superstar Purchases Pablo Rio
Los Angeles based production and post company Super Star Power Productions (SSPP) has purchased a Quantel Pablo Rio 4KO colour and finishing system. SSPP is the brainchild of Will Holman, who began

18/06/2014 A&H Releases Qu-32 Mixer At Infocomm
At this year's Infocomm, Allen & Heath will be unveiling Qu-32, a 32 fader, 38 in / 28 out digital mixer joining the rackmount Qu-16 and compact Qu-24. Qu-32 shares the Qu series key features, such

18/06/2014 ARRI Mitte Selects Mistika For Cathedrals Of Culture
Online Editor Christian Tröger, working at Berlin's ARRI Mitte, has selected Mistika's toolsets to post produce Cathedrals of Culture. Neue Road Movies, owned by Oscar award-winning director Wim Wende

18/06/2014 BIS Selects TSL PAM2
Broadcast Integration Services (BIS) has chosen TSL Products’ PAM2 audio monitoring system for a client’s new Technical Operations Center (TOC). BIS created the new TOC to provide expanded channel pla

18/06/2014 Bulls Eye For Blackmagic
Live production infrastructure from Blackmagic Design has been part of the multi-cam workflow now used during coverage of the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) European Tour. Earlier this year, the

18/06/2014 Dejero Relocates Head Office
Dejero has relocated its global headquarters to a larger facility on the Waterloo Technology Campus. Effective June 16, Dejero is based at 412 Albert St., Suite 100, Waterloo, Ontario. "Our company

18/06/2014 Galavant To Shoot At Bottleyard
The Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol can has revealed it will be home to the major US TV series Galavant, produced by Disney’s ABC Studios, when it shoots in the UK later this summer. Pre-production has

18/06/2014 Miller Attends Australian Cinematographers Society Awards
Miller Camera has attended the 43rd Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) National Awards for Cinematography to host a charitable raffle, from which all proceeds were donated to the Motion Picture

18/06/2014 SCTE Lands At CommunicAsia
SCTE (Society for Broadband Professionals) has announced it is taking part in this year's CommunicAsia show, taking place in Singapore from 17-20 June. Making its debut at the event, the SCTE team

18/06/2014 Sony Announces New XDCAM
Sony has announced news that a new addition to its XDCAM Series is in development and is set to be made available this year. The new model has today been publicly previewed for the first time, with de

18/06/2014 Thai MCOT Selects Playbox
Thai state-owned television broadcaster MCOT has chosen a PlayBox Technology system as the core of a new five-channel HD service. The new system was designed, installed and commissioned at MCOT's Bang

17/06/2014 Creative Post Breaks The Ice With Mistika
Supervising Editor Adrian Saywell at Toronto's Creative Post Inc. has recently revealed the challenges of grading the recent IMAX documentary Wonders of the Arctic 3D, and the reasons behind selecting

17/06/2014 IDX Releases Endura CUE Battery Range
IDX has released Endura CUE, its new Lithium Ion battery range that has been designed to meet PSE regulations for electrical and mechanical safety. There are three models in the new range – Endura

17/06/2014 Lectrosonics Presents: Neymar Jr. Vs Ken Block
Video production group La Fabrica de Carbon has finished a new movie for Castrol and Ken Block that put its Lectrosonics audio recording equipment to the test. 'Footkhana' combines gymkhana driving wi

17/06/2014 OASYS Upgrades Software At BroadcastAsia
At this year's Broadcast Asia, OASYS Automated Playout, which has been newly-acquired by BroadStream Solutions, will be showing enhancements to its Version 6 software, launched at NAB earlier in the y