Production & Post

Snell & Wilcox has entered a partnership with Omneon Video Networks in a move to bring HD playout solutions to market. The two companies...

Harris Corp's Landmark II system, a solution for the management and execution of complex air time campaigns, will provide Irish-language public broadcaster TG4 with...

Host Broadcasting Services' (HBS) production of June's FIFA World Cup promises a number of innovations, the most prominent of which is origination for all...

BBC English Regions has implemented an automated television playout solution from ON-AIR Systems' K Series for its new Local TV services which are currently...

Frankfurt post house ACHT has invested in a second Quantel eQ effects and grading system. ACHT has also upgraded its existing eQ with the...

Metro Broadcast and Sony Broadcast & Professional are staging a 90 minute session at Sony Pictures Europe, 25 Golden Square, London next Tuesday 31...

All the signs from the current Oxford DVB-H mobile TV trial are positive, some impressively so -- 83% of the 375 trialists were entirely...

sit-up, the UK's fastest-growing TV retailer, has brought online a new Omneon Spectrum media server system to provide a scalable production and playout infrastructure...

ON-AIR Systems kicked off the New Year by announcing that it is focusing on its solutions and software development business.

Quantel partner Pixel Nation has released HttQ -- a newly developed workflow plug-in for Quantel's generationQ products that enables cross-platform access to media held...

Three Snell & Wilcox Memphis encoders have gone live at Plazamedia to enable ingest and mastering for Premiere Philips HD SPORT.

Telestream has unveiled an agreement wherby Microsoft will now distribute Windows Media Components for QuickTime.

Euphonix has announced the appointment of Chris Hollebone as Director of European Operations.

On January 16 Gravity Media Group (GMG) announced that it has completed a transaction with ITV to purchase OB facilities company 021 Television, writes...

Vizrt has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Ardendo, a developer of software that provides media asset management solutions for broadcasters, writes Fergal...

Following a technical evaluation and a formal European Tender, BBC English Regions has appointed Link Research as its supplier for wireless camera systems and...

HSE24 DIGITAL, the new broadcast service from Germany's first Teleshopping Channel HSE24, is to use a dual-channel solution from IdeasUnlimited.tv for automated compliance recording,...

The International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which rolls into Las Vegas every January bills itself as the world's largest technology tradeshow, and looking at...

Recent movement in Hollywood suggests that 3D feature films may be shifting from novelty to a more serious business model, writes Carolyn Giardina.

Swiss smart-card specialists Kudelski firmly deniesits Nagra pay-TV conditional access system has been hacked, writes Chris Forrester.

At the Band Pro Media Forum held last month in Burbank, Sony US President John Scarcella announced that the company's HDW-F900 CineAlta HDCAM will...

Hard on the heels of Thomson's proposed acquisition of Canopus, the company also announced in December its intention to acquire Thales Broadcast & Multimedia...

The first live high definition transmission from a wireless camera took place late December at the West Asian Games in Doha, Qatar, writes Fergal...

Former OpTex employees Phil Barker, Simon Beer, Edward Catton-Orr and Steve Graham have formed a new company supplying broadcast and professional production equipment, writes...

US-based Focus Enhancements has debuted its new range of portable direct-to-edit (DTE) HD disk recorders for Panasonic's recently unveiled AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD P2 handheld...

Effect Technology has unveiled Rezzer R1, an entry-level up/down serial digital format converter for standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) television content. Packaged...

Avid has commenced shipments of its NAB-announced iNews Instinct, the new editing system designed to enable newsroom staff and producers to create ready-to-air broadcast...

US subscription television provider ImaginAsian TV (iaTV) has completed an upgrade of its playout facilities in New York with the installation of two On-Air...

Front Porch Digital (FPD) has secured a deal with Al Jazeera International to streamline the broadcaster's digital video archives in preparation for the launch...

Korean public broadcaster MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) has contracted Snell & Wilcox to provide IQ Modular products that will facilitate an expansion of the...

China Central Television (CCTV), one of the world's largest broadcasters and a pioneer in the development of high definition television services in China, has...

Satellite service provider SES Global SA has confirmed plans to takeover rival New Skies Satellites Holdings under the auspices of a merger plan, writes...

French software company MOG Solutions has announced announce that free trial versions of MXFPlayer and theScribe are being distributed with the Sony XDCAM throughout...

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has acquired new automation and switching technology from Pro-Bel for its recently launched adult-oriented digital channel, More4. The broadcaster is...

Recent times have seen an eruption of activity as post production houses prepare to meet the Digital Cinema Initiatives requirements, writes Carolyn Giardina. And...

Thomson announced last week that it has signed an agreement to acquire 33 1/3% of the issued and outstanding shares of desktop video editing...

Omneon Video Networks will open a sales and support centre in Moscow next month to service its growing Eastern European client base. The office,...

Germany's first free-to-air high definition television broadcaster, ProSiebenSat.1 Group, has installed a Snell & Wilcox Ukon system that will enable it to upconvert its...

Bulgaria's Balkan News Corporation (bTV), the on-air systems integrator for News Corporation's recently launched Fox International Channels - Bulgaria service, is to implement a...

The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM), the trade association that represents vendors in the broadcast and electronic media industry, has revealed details of...

Industry veterans Neil Harris and Ron Eagle have teamed up under the banner of Media Channel to offer distaster recovery, continuous computer back-up, and...