Production & Post

Introduced at NAB, Autoscript makes the bold claim that +Voice-Plus+ is the market's first voice-activated teleprompting system and will completely eliminate the need for...

Imagica chose NAB to roll out new systems that bookend the DI pipeline neatly, including the Imager HSR film recorder and the Imager HSX...

Recognising that most post houses will be running mixed SD/HD video environments in the coming years, Sony is launching HDXchange, a cross-platform hardware/software suite...

Sonic Solutions has released the world's first professional HD authoring and encoding systems, Scenarist4 and CineVision, a sure sign that the rollout of Blu-ray...

With TV to mobile being one of the touchstones of NAB2006, Harris Corp sensibly covered all the bases by introducing transmitters for both FLO...

Several companies offering key utility tools and applications software for newsgathering and production workflows announced their support of the Grass Valley Infinity Series at...

After a pre-show build up on message boards and blogs that firmly put the hype back into hyperbole, the RED Digital Cinema Camera Company...

Already used by over 10,000 journalists and newsroom staff for newsroom computing worldwide, Dalet has added to the functionality of its Dalet OpenMedia with...

At NAB, Panasonic announced what it called 'significant' sales growth for its DVCPRO P2 solid-state memory recording system over the past year, with worldwide...

JVC has expanded its ProHD family line of products with the introduction of the 60p capable GY-HD200U.

The drive towards HD news programming gained fresh impetuous in Vegas with the release of Quantel's Newsbox HD system.

Software Generation, Ltd. (SGL) and Masstech Group, Inc. have unveiled joint plans to pursue a SMPTE standard for the interchange of material between archive...

Once a firm SGI stalwart, news that Autodesk has ported its Discreet Inferno vfx system over to Linux confirms the PC's hegemony in the...

Pro-Bel arrived at Vegas with a re-engineered version of its Masterpiece HD master control unit that it says "provides a feature-rich, one-box solution perfectly...

Miranda Technologies Inc has gone shopping for the first time since its IPO last December and come back with high-end graphics automation software and...

Trailed as the world's first automated verification system for file-based digital video content, Tektronix says its new Cerify unit ensures broadcasters know content is...

With a portentous ceremony involving Also sprach Zarathustra and an obelisk, Omneon launched its MediaGrid active storage system in Vegas, billing it as the...

The newly launched Avid Interplay fuses integrated asset management, workflow automation and security control into a single, open system, and Avid is already claiming...

Satellite and facilities group Arqiva has invested over £5 million in its OB unit Scanners, writes Adrian Pennington, with the bulk of the investment...

Portable recording specialist HHB is launching the FlashMic DRM85 at NAB, billing it as the world's first professional digital recording microphone.

Vizrt has signed a four-year framework agreement with the BBC for live rendered complex 3D graphics systems. The deal provides an easy purchasing facility...

Arsenal Football Club has appointed Sony as its technology supplier to equip its new Emirates Stadium in Islington, London and help make it the...

Harris, also celebrating the first sales and shipments of its new Platinum router, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Optimal Solutions Inc (OSi),...

Ireland's public service broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann (RTÉ), has invested in six Discreet Flint visual effects systems running on Linux-based workstations for its graphics...

Siemens Business Services has been awarded the contract for the design, build and implementation of the broadcast technology and infrastructure necessitated as part of...

The first of the NAB takeovers and acquisitions has surfaced, with the news that Avid has swooped in to snap up Dallas-based automation and...

Oxford-based Solid State Logic, justly known for both its analogue and digital consoles, has announced a major expansion into the realm of broadcast video...

With an expanding worldwide installed base for its C-Series digital consoles, Solid State Logic has announced that ITN has become the first media organisation...

The Swiss-based Kudelski Group has announced an agreement to purchase all the assets of the SCM Microsystems-owned DTVS ( Digital Television Solutions) for US$11m,...

At last week's MIPTV, a new service was announced by Red Bee Media and Netgem that aims to integrate the latest TV technologies and...

Another day, another survey, only this one from Boston-based Strategy Analytics sounds a rare note of caution amid the current goldrush towards exploiting broadcast...

Last week saw the launch of Unit Post in Soho, an all-Apple HD dry-hire facility with what it boasts are 'unique' bolt-on services.

New internet and mobile video services will pose an increasing challenge to the traditional film and TV industry as 'download-to-own' (DTO) increases in popularity,...

ITV announced last week it is to team up with the BBC, Channel 4 and five for the proposed technical trial of HD in...

As the next gen camera wars heat up, Grass Valley has been highlighting the projects, from Michael Mann's remake of 'Miami Vice' onwards, currently...

Broadcasters face a "big challenge" to remain relevant in the internet age, according to Ashley Highfield, BBC director of new media and technology, writes...

The largest acquisition in Soho for some time was announced last week, with Evolutions purchasing Nats Post Production for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.

With HD making inroads into production environments worldwide, Ross Video's disclosure that Citytv Toronto will broadcast its news programming in HD from September 2006...

Following unprecented demand on frequencies across Europe due to the rapid uptake of wireless cameras, growing HD acquisition, and the re-allocation of frequencies to...

A new study conducted jointly by Red Bee Media (formerly BBC Broadcast) and audience research agency iBurbia has highlighted the need for more innovative...

Harris Corporation has received a significant order for its Videotek test and measurement equipment from leading Italian media group, Mediaset in the run-up to...

As well as the action on the track and in the various stadia in Melbourne, the recent Commonwealth Games was also notable for a...