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In a deal highlighted at IBC2011, Sky Sports News will be the first broadcaster in Europe to deploy Chyron’s Axis World Graphics cloud-based content...

Quality assurance of DVB satellite transmissions is to be advanced by Eutelsat Communications in time for the 2012 Olympics, via a new initiative revealed...

Bid Shopping, one of the leading providers of on air and online shopping in the UK, has turned to Harris (whose Senior Vice President...

The latest member of the Telecast Fiber Systems’ CopperHead family of camera-mounted fibre optic transceiver systems was launched at IBC2011.

Flagship BBC One TV series Doctor Who and Casualty have both begun shooting using the Arri Alexa digital cinema cameras. The Alexa is also...

The Salford Quays centre is now ready to support a large tranche of programming following the ‘on time and on budget’ completion of phase...

Following a rigorous evaluation of the available options, Swiss Radio and Television (SRG) has decided to implement German broadcast software developer Annova Systems’ OpenMedia...

Following successful tests of OCTOPUS Newsroom’s OCTOPUS6 newsroom computer system and ToolsOnAir’s just:live video production tools, the two companies have announced the formation of...

London's Onsight has bought a fourth Mistika 4K post production system thanks to increasing demand from DI and Stereo 3D projects.

Thomson Broadcast's new Futhura Plus ultra-efficient, high-power transmitter offers substantial energy savings, with a 50% improvement in efficiency over current standard transmitters, thanks to...

GlobeCast has built a new teleport and technical operations centre in Rome, offering content management and distribution services via satellite and fibre.

One of a series of far-reaching keynotes which will set the agenda for the whole IBC Conference sees a grand panel debate on The...

NewTek’s TriCaster 450 series - which was exhibited at IBC2011 - is aimed at making HD production available to a wider number of live...

A new, simple ENG system that combines a scan converter and live video streaming has been launched by Matrox Video Products Group and StreamQuik.

The new Rain Post facility in London's Soho had all the desks for its edit and audio suites made by AKA Design, which has...

The newest addition to Arena Television's Outside Broadcast fleet is OB14. Designed to optimise space and maximise accessibility for venues with limited or restricted...

As first reported in TVBEurope, the London 2012 Olympics are to be covered in 3D, using 3D camcorders from Panasonic, which has just launched...

The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers today announced the five finalists for its Design & Innovation awards, the winners of which will be revealed...

Discovery Communications has completed phase one of upgrading its subtitling transmission systems to Screen Subtitling's Polistream Black.

Blackmagic Design has started shipping the world’s first video product with Thunderbolt technology, the $995 UltraStudio 3D, which will allow Mac laptops to work...

Some events at the 2012 Olympics will be covered in 3D and NHK's Super Hi-Vision, according to Roger Mosey, the BBC's director of London...

Ravensbourne, one of the UK's main colleges for digital production technologies, has invested in SGO's Mistika to enhance its Stereoscopic 3D, 2D and DI...

The Fourth Annual Final Cut Pro User Group Amsterdam SuperMeet will take place during IBC, on 11 September at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, with...

The post-production solution has been selected to enhance the Stereoscopic 3D, 2D and DI curriculum at Ravensbourne, a prominent university sector college with a...

Meduza Systems, maker of the Meduza 3D 4K all-in-one camera, will launch the Delta 4K S3D Meduza lens, built-for-purpose matched pairs of 3D lenses...

Net Insight's Nimbra platform has been chosen for live video production feeds for the IAAF Athletic World Championships starting this weekend in Korea.

The European Broadcasting Union, together with Futuresource Consulting, is starting research into the key business challenges and opportunities facing European broadcasters.

On 1 January 2011 Schweizer Rundfunk und Fernsehen (SRF) became a legal entity. SRF is a result of merging Schweizer Radio DRS and Schweizer...

South African Broadcast Corp. will deploy ENPS - the Associated Press newsroom computer system - nationwide across both TV and radio in an installation...

A new partnership between Cobalt Digital and Linear Acoustic is said to have resulted in the world’s first non-destructive transport stream loudness measurement and...

Test and measurement equipment specialist Phabrix has marked the manufacture of its 2000th Phabrix SxE combined generator, analyser and monitor by producing a unique...

3ality Digital has acquired rig developer Element Technica, giving it an in-house manufacturing and design capability, and the opportunity to expand its R&D infrastructure.

Anton/Bauer will offer around- the-clock on-site support for broadcasters throughout the 2012 Summer Olympic games. Its experts will be in London to provide customer...

The IABM Training Academy, together with the UK's Information and Communication Technologies Knowledge Transfer Network, is offering 50 technical training bursaries in broadcast and...

The recent riots across the UK have resulted in some extraordinary content from channels like the Sky-carried Sangat TV – whose live coverage and...

Wireless video and audio specialist, Broadcast Sports, Inc. (BSI), has expanded to the UK to meet growing international demand for its RF broadcast technology...

The completion of Fujinon (Europe) GmbH’s entrance into Fujifilm Europe GmbH was announced on 27 July. With this merger, it is claimed, Fujifilm has...

Space SSD – billed as the first SSD (solid state drive) networked storage for video editing – will be launched by GB Labs at...

Norway's largest commercial broadcaster, TV2, has upgraded its Quantel Enterprise sQ systems to aid its transition to HD and file-based working, and bought ten...

Autoscript is to supply a large portfolio of prompting equipment for a new six-channel media centre being launched by Turkmenistan’s public television broadcaster.

The Audio Engineering Society is to set up a group in Scotland, with its first meeting scheduled for 15 September at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Autodesk has obtained a five-year exclusive license from Walt Disney Pictures for its XGen Arbitrary Primitive Generator technology for the creation of computer-generated fur,...