Broadcast News Archive for October, 2009
21/10/2009 Soldiers Recall Troubles On History Channel
A new TV series is to focus on the Northern Ireland Troubles - this time from a military perspective. As this year's Poppy Day remembrance approaches, Soldiers' Stories has been made by talking to th

21/10/2009 Sony Extend Digital Benefits To SME Customers
Sony Professional have unveiled two new products to strengthen its digital signage offering. The new Full HD screen, the FWD-S42E1, and the digital signage player BKM-FW55, broaden the audiences tha

21/10/2009 Zodiak Guillotine 'Cuts It' In Poland And US
Zodiak Entertainment's new format The Guillotine has sold to TVP2 Poland and has been optioned in the US by The Gurin Company following its launch to international buyers at MIPCOM 2009. Originally a

20/10/2009 3 Mills Studios Launches New Website
A large film and television studio in London, 3 Mills Studios, has launched a new website - www.3mills.com - designed and built by Beattie McGuinn

20/10/2009 Argosy Adds Winchester Electronics Products
A leading UK-based international supplier of HD broadcast cables and studio infrastructure products, Argosy, has announced that it has added the award-winning Winchester Electronics EL Series Fibre Op

20/10/2009 BAFTA Scotland Announces Award Nominations
The nominations for the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2009, which will take place at Glasgow's Science Centre on November 8, have been announced. The awards were announced on Monday by Helen Anderson, direct

20/10/2009 Blakeway Tells A Tale Of Two Britains For BBC Four
Blakeway Productions, a Ten Alps company, has produced A Tale of Two Britains for BBC Four, a documentary offering an alternative view of life in 1930s Britain. A Tale of Two Britains will challenge

20/10/2009 Gefen Launch New DVI Matrix
Connectivity solutions provider Gefen has announced the release of its new 16x16 DVI Matrix, delivering a one-to-one or one-to-many video distribution. Access is controlled by the front-panel, RS-232

20/10/2009 Latens Makes Top Twenty In Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards
Latens, a leading provider of software-based conditional access (CAS) and middleware technology for the digital Pay TV industry, has announced that it has been awarded a ranking at Number 17 in the De

20/10/2009 October Films Presents Literature Laureate For Nobel Media
October Films has been commissioned by Nobel Media AB, the company responsible for the official Nobel TV programming, to produce a documentary about the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Herta Müller

20/10/2009 Prime Focus Broadcast Posts New Series Of An Island Parish
An Island Parish returns to TV screens for a fourth series documenting the daily life of parishoners on the remote Isles of Scilly, situated 28 miles off the Atlantic coast of Cornwall. The Tiger Asp

20/10/2009 Q-Ball Robotic Heads Break Record For Longest-Ever HD OB
Camera Corps' Q-Ball robotic HD cameras have successfully completed 100 days of continuous service as a key element of OB coverage from the 4th plinth in London's Trafalgar Sqaure. The cameras were c

20/10/2009 TSL Professional Products Appoints Studiotech Belgium
TSL Professional Products has announced the appointment of Studiotech Belgium as its product reseller partner in the region. TSL designs, develops and manufactures a comprehensive range of audio moni

19/10/2009 AKG Wireless Microphones Get University Focus
In an installation that advances the curriculum for one of the nation's best performing arts schools, AKG's wireless microphones were selected for their flexibility and dependability at the University

19/10/2009 Cinemagic Targets Young Filmmakers
Young people, aged 16-25, keen to get an inside track on the film industry can do just that in December, as a regional Cinemagic 'Talent Lab' returns to Belfast as part of the annual Coca-Cola Cinemag

19/10/2009 Deadline Looms For Media Techs
Those interested in the technical aspects of film and video, or in helping to preserve and archive footage to ensure it is accessible to future generations are running out of time to get places on a p

19/10/2009 Erne's Best Broadcasts To German Market
A crew from a German TV channel VOX TV was filming in one of Northern Ireland's most picturesque areas during September. They followed a German family, Martin and Barbara Baumann and their children,

19/10/2009 Eyeheight Introduces Range Of Compact Legalisers
Eyeheight has announced three additions to its wide range of modular broadcast and post-production equipment. The LE-2nM, LE-2nS and LE-2nU are fully-featured single-card legalisers housed in a rackm

19/10/2009 Gekko Technology Launches Award-Winning Karesslite High-Output LED Luminaire
Gekko Technology has announced that its karesslite high-output LED luminaire is now in production. Previewed at recent major film and television industry trade events and winner of an award from the

19/10/2009 Itfc Launches Blu-ray Authoring Services
he leading London-based video services provider, Itfc, has expanded its DVD offering with the launch of its new Blu-ray authoring service. The facility, which provides a full range of DVD services, i

19/10/2009 Metronome Chooses To Tango
The UK distributor for Australian control surface manufacturer Smart AV, eMerging, has installed a Tango touchscreen control surface at the studios of music-for-picture agency Metronome, run by compos

19/10/2009 Soundfield Is The Elementary Choice For Holmes
The end of 2009 is currently the planned release date for the latest filmed addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon, starring Robert Downey Jnr and Jude Law in an almost irreverent take on the story of

19/10/2009 TV One Wins Systems Product Award
TV One has received the Systems Product of the Year AV Award for their 1T-C2-750 Dual DVI Scaler. These annual AV Awards are judged by an independent panel of industry experts and TV One said that th

16/10/2009 Canada's Olympic Broadcast To Use Harris ONE Solution
Canada's Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium has announced that it has selected Harris Corporation to deliver an end-to-end HD broadcast solution for the Consortium's suite of assets during its coverag

16/10/2009 Evolutions Invests And Goes Fully HD
Soho's largest independent post-production facility, Evolutions, has announced a major investment and upgrade of all its sites making it a fully HD capable facility. The £1 million project stems from