Broadcast News Archive for February, 2002
04/02/2002 RTÉ appoint new industry and employment correspondent
Republic of Ireland state broadcaster RTÉ have announced that Ingrid Miley, currently a reporter in the newsroom, has been appointed to the position of industry and employment correspondent. Miley is

01/02/2002 'Gosford Park' leads British wave of BAFTA nominations
Robert Altman's murder-mystery feature film, Gosford Park, co-financed by the Film Council's Premiere Fund, has been nominated for nine BAFTA Awards. The nominations are: The Alexander Korda Award F

01/02/2002 Auction Sale of Lux Centre assets set for February 12
Following the closure of The Lux Centre of Hoxton Square, London in October of last year the assets from this centre for film video and the digital arts are due to be auctioned at 12 noon on February

01/02/2002 Cintel appoint exclusive London agent
Cintel, specialists in film scanning technology, have appointed Sprockets (Telecine) Ltd as an exclusive agent for the London region. Simon Carter, Director of Sales for Cintel, said: “We are extreme

01/02/2002 EIFF announce spring events
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) have announced their programme for the Early Spring programme in March 2002. The film event will be a showcase of seven films, screened over seven su

01/02/2002 Keynote speaker for NAB 2002 named
The keynote speaker for the 'Financial Outlook for Technology and Media Industries' super session at NAB 2002 has been announced. Philip Langsdale, the chief executive officer of BBC Technology, wil

01/02/2002 On Air Systems awarded £1.5m Slovenian contract
London based On-Air Systems have won a £1.5 million contract to supply a complete broadcast transmission system to ASCO in Slovenia. The system will form the basis of a multi-channel broadcast playou

01/02/2002 Softimage offer open source solutions for 3-D production
Softimage, a subsidiary of Avid Technology, have offered an Open Source set of data interchange tools to provide a direct connection for 3-D content between its Softimage|XSI and Softimage|3D software

01/02/2002 Sonic Solutions' DVDit! powers Fujitsu authoring solution
Two leading blue chip companies have pulled their resources in the production a new line of personal computers. Sonic Solutions, a leading manufacturer of DVD creation solutions, and Fujitsu, a lead