Broadcast News Archive for August, 2014
26/08/2014 News Channel Opts For Trilogy's Matrix Intercom System
'N1' a new news channel that will cover the Balkan countries of Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina has selected Trilogy's Gemini distributed matrix intercom system. Sold by Amisys, a broadcast

26/08/2014 TV9 Surabaya Chooses Playbox Technology
TV9 Surabaya, one of Indonesia's regional broadcasters, has chosen a broadcast system from PlayBox Technology as the core of a major technical upgrade. The channel transmits programmes from its st

22/08/2014 ATG Danmon Appoint New Head Of Systems Integration
Jonathan Hughes, formerly of Gearhouse Broadcast, has been announced at the new Head of Systems Integration by ATG Danmon. Having studied at Ravensbourne College of Technology and Design, achieving

22/08/2014 Custom Consoles Chosen For Malaysian Production Facility
Digistar, a Malaysia-based broadcast systems integrator, has chosen Custom Consoles furniture for a new construction project of a large television and film production facility in Iskandar, Malaysia.

22/08/2014 Darkroom Asia Mistika Investment Pays Off
ARY Films has awarded a major contract to post house Darkroom Asia as a strategic partner in providing post production and VFX-related services. The contract win has been credited as a direct result

22/08/2014 Final Call For Next Generation Of Super Producers
A TV producer, who works for independent Welsh broadcast production company Rondo media, has urged other senior producers to sign up to a pioneering training programme, which helped him develop a bran

22/08/2014 Gearhouse Upgrades Entire EVS Fleet
In the largest upgrade of its kind Gearhouse Broadcast is upgrading its entire fleet of 115 EVS machines across its worldwide locations, making them one of the single largest users of the latest in EV

22/08/2014 SMPTE Confers 'Fellow' Status On Eight Members Of Motion-Imaging Industry
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), has announced that it has granted Fellow membership status to eight industry leaders. This honour is conferred on individuals who ha

21/08/2014 Arqiva Deploys Thomson's ViBE EM4000 Encoder
Thomson Video Networks has announced Arqiva, a communications infrastructure and media services provider in the UK, has deployed the ViBE EM4000 premium HD/SD encoder with the next-generation Flextrea

21/08/2014 Broadcast Pix To Showcase At IBC2014
Broadcast Pix is to showcase its new standalone fX3D real-time 3D graphics and ReVue HD slow motion replay systems at IBC2014 (Stand 7.B21). The company will also demonstrate its ClearKey next gene

21/08/2014 GatesAir To Demo China's Digital Transition At BIRTV
GatesAir is to greet visitors to this year's BIRTV show with a demo of how over-the-air broadcasters serving viewers in China can transition to digital multichannel services while optimising existing

21/08/2014 M3 Deploys Sonnet Technologies
Music Mix Mobile, provider of mobile audio facilities for live entertainment events and broadcasts, has deployed Sonnet Technologies' Echo™ Express III-R and xMac™ mini Server Thunderbolt™-to-PCIe® 2.

21/08/2014 Norwia Simplifies Production At IBC2014
Norwia AS, supplier of optical distribution products, will showcase its range of solutions aimed at simplifying the production process at IBC2014 (Hall 9, Stand C19). Norwia provides solutions base

21/08/2014 Panasonic Receives Four EISA Awards
Panasonic has been awarded four accolades in the European Imaging Sound Association’s (EISA) 2014 awards, demonstrating the Digital Imaging and Audio Visual innovation in its 2014 European consumer el

21/08/2014 Satmission Launches Satellite At IBC
Satmission AB has said it will be celebrating ten years in business and showcasing the Satmission Streamline SMP 155DA Antenna, a new drive-away broadcast satellite antenna system at IBC2014 (12-16 Se

21/08/2014 SMPTE Announces Technical Conference Keynote Speakers
SMPTE has announced the three keynote speakers for its 2014 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (SMPTE 2014), October 21-23 at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California. Chris Fetner,

21/08/2014 TC Electronic Launches New Integration For System 6000 Plug-In
TC Electronic has launched a new integration solution for its System 6000 Integrator plug-in. The plug-in allows users to save and reload the complete settings of their System 6000 as part of virtuall

21/08/2014 TVUPack 4.1 Released
TVU Networks has launched version 4.1 of its TVUPack mobile IP video transmitters. The update introduces a number of performance enhancements to increase flexibility for monitoring and controlling tra

20/08/2014 BroadStream To Unveil CURRENT At IBC2014
BroadStream Solutions is to unveil CURRENT, its workflow accelerator for live news production, at IBC2014. The solution is designed to integrate into all aspects of television news production workf

20/08/2014 CIS To Represent Wohler's File-Based Line
Wohler Technologies has contracted CIS Group to represent its line of file-based products, including Cinnafilm Tachyon Wormhole, an automated file-based retiming solution based on Wohler's RadiantGrid

20/08/2014 Miller To Demo At BIRTV
Miller Camera Support is to demo its Cineline 70 Fluid Head and Air Tripod System range, which includes the Air Alloy System and Air Carbon Fibre System, at Beijing International Radio, TV & Film Exhi

20/08/2014 Pronology Brings Cloud Working To IBC2014
Pronology is to present its range of digital asset management tools at IBC2014, Hall 10, Stand A26. Pronology enables cloud working via an internal intranet or a secure Pronology-hosted network. By

20/08/2014 Purpose-Built News And OB Fiber Systems Save Time And Money
Much has been written about portable fiber systems, and over the past few years, more challenging OB signal demands have made these systems an almost essential part of most broadcasts. However, simply

20/08/2014 RTS Releases Draft For London Conference
The Royal Television Society has released the draft programme for its London Conference on 9 September. "With the eyes of the world on Scotland's impending independence referendum, BBC charter rene

20/08/2014 SGO Mistika BIRTV Showcase Ahead Of IBC2014
Mistika and Mamba FX are to be showcased at SGO's Booth 8B09 at BIRTV (Beijing International Radio, TV and Film Equipment Exhibition), held at the CIEC in Beijing from 27 - 30 August. Mistika is a