Broadcast News Archive for July, 2011
21/07/2011 Cinesite Casts Final Spell On Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 2
Cinesite, one of the world's leading film visual effects house, has contributed complex visual effects for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. Cinesite have worked on every Potter film in th

21/07/2011 Hackenbacker Nominated Twice In Primetime Emmy Awards
Hot on the heels of its success at the British Academy Television Craft awards, audio post production facility Hackenbacker has once again proved that quality counts by notching up two nominations for

21/07/2011 Hat Trick Continues To Woo International Broadcasters With Dinner Date
Dating show Dinner Date is to premiere on Seven Network in Australia from July 26, following a deal closed by Hat Trick International. This news comes as the format enjoys huge success on ITV1 in th

21/07/2011 Oxygen DCT Grows Its Management Team With Two Key Appointments
As part of its on-going expansion plans, broadcast products solutions provider Oxygen DCT has appointed Phil Wilton to the position of Director of Technical Solutions, with immediate effect. Phil Wil

21/07/2011 Utah Scientific Announces IBC Preview
At IBC 2011, Utah Scientific will be showcasing new embedded-audio signal processing for its popular UTAH-400 series digital routing switchers. The capability comes courtesy of a new line of I/O boa

21/07/2011 Vector 3 Announces IBC Preview
Graphics and playout automation specialists Vector 3 will be demonstrating the broadcast multichannel solution Vector Multiplay and the all-in-one Vectorbox chassis at the IBC 2011 exhibition held in

20/07/2011 AP Launch Digital Product For IAAF World Athletics Championships
The Associated Press (AP) will offer customers multimedia coverage of the 13th IAAF World championships in Daegu, South Korea, launching a new digital sports product that will provide text stories lin

20/07/2011 Full Motion Productions Chooses AJA Ki Pro And DS1 For New Orleans Jazz Festival
Products from AJA Video Systems featured prominently in the video infrastructure of the 2011 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, held in April and May. Louisiana-based Full Motion Productions handl

20/07/2011 New Framework For Local Television
A new framework which will allow local television services to be created across the UK has been published by Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The Government is committed to acting to address the techni

20/07/2011 NI Focuses On Film, TV And Animation
A Stormont Minister is encouraging local firms to 'get creative' as new innovation fund is launched. The first round of awards will focus on digital content projects and will include businesses invol

20/07/2011 Rafa Sardina Enjoys Recording Success With Harman JBL LSR Studio Monitors
Recording industry veteran Rafa Sardina recorded and mixed tracks for Lady Gaga's recent album, Born This Way, using Harman JBL LSR28P studio monitors. Sardina is an eleven-time Grammy-winning produ

20/07/2011 Video-8 Leverages Dalet To Offer Media Asset Management Services In The Cloud
Video-8 Media, an Australian company specialising in production and distribution services for the broadcast market, has launched a Cloud-based Media Asset Management (MAM) service utilising Dalet Ente

20/07/2011 Voice Technologies Appoints Canford For UK
Canford has been announced as the exclusive UK distributors for Voice Technologies based in Switzerland. VT manufactures high-end miniature microphones and headsets. The performance and design of th

20/07/2011 XDC To Sign VPF Agreements For 35 New Screens In Spain
Leading Belgian digital cinema company XDC recently signed three new VPF agreements in Spain. In the framework of these agreements, another 35 screens in Catalonia, the Community of Valenciam Andaluc

19/07/2011 Deluxe To Subcontract 35mm/16mm Original Colour Negative Processing Services In UK
Deluxe Laboratories, a subsidiary of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, has announced that it will begin subcontracting its 35mm/16mm original colour negative processing work in the UK to Technicolo

19/07/2011 Dual Fader Apollo Makes European Debut
Calrec Audio will make its European debut of its dual fader Apollo audio console, which offers the same immense processing power with double the amount of faders in the same footprint, at IBC 2011. I

19/07/2011 Greyhound Racing 'Simi-Webcast' Launches
Limerick Greyhound Stadium & Shelbourne Park Greyhound Stadium will jointly host their first ever global simultaneous webcast transmission from two Irish Greyhound Racing venues this Saturday. The ra

19/07/2011 Harris Delivers On Media Convergence Leadership Promise At IBC 2011
At IBC 2011, Harris' capability to integrate various technologies under one platform to create a diversity of digital age broadcast workflows will be showcased on its stand (7.G20). From HD to 3D and

19/07/2011 HBO Screen Production Boosts Apprenticeships
The first trade apprentices to work on the USA-owned Game of Thrones TV set in the east Belfast Painthall Film studios in the Titanic Quarter have been praised. The Stormont Employment and Learning M

19/07/2011 Pilat Media's IBMS Selected By Chello DMC For Cable Network Expansion
Pilat Media Global, a leading supplier of business management software to the media industry, has announced that Chellomedia's Chello Digital Media Centre (DMC) will significantly expand its installat

19/07/2011 Vaddio Announces Enhancements To HD-20 Cameras
Vaddio has announced enhanced features to the HD-20 PTZ camera that include additional resolutions, improved communication speed and an additional colour space option for increased compatibility with

19/07/2011 Vector And Vision Blue Take Centre Stage At IBC 2011
Vinten, a Vitec Group and global leader in camera supports, is using IBC to showcase its extensive range of world-class supports for all types of camera and all media professionals. The Vision blue,

18/07/2011 Arkivum Guarantees 100% Data Integrity With New Storage Solution
Arkivum will introduce its fully transparent data archiving service to the broadcast and entertainment market at IBC 2011. Arkivum's unique approach to data safety and security will give customers co

18/07/2011 Axon Introduces New Synapse Audio Shufflers
Axon, a manufacturer of signal processing equipment, has added three SynLite audio shuffler modules within its its Synapse modular AV signal processing system. The three new audio shuffling modules (

18/07/2011 Fountain Studios Completes Full HD Upgrade With Fineline Media Finance
Fineline Media Finance has assisted The Foundation Studios with the final stage of its HD facilities upgrade, with the purchase of a second Sony MVS studio mixer. The Fountain Studios, home to The X