Production & Post

Just hours before the controversial RoHS (Restrictions on Certain Hazardous Substances) Directive passed into UK law on 1 July, the Professional Lighting and Sound...

Toronto-based CHUM Television, one of Canada's leading broadcasters, has placed a significant order for Harris SD/HD conversion, processing, control and monitoring equipment to support...

Harmonic Inc. has announced that Nozema Services N.V., the largest nationwide terrestrial broadcaster in The Netherlands, is deploying a complete Harmonic system for its...

In what might be our final World Cup story, Associated Press Television News is using ScheduALL's end-to-end operations management software during the tournament to...

Apple Computer has announced a drastic price cut in its Shake compositing application, turning the 2D effects market on its head in one fell...

Known throughout the industry for some time, but only officially confirmed last week, is the news that Grass Valley's Infinity camcorder is to join...

LipSync Post has become the first company in London to install the new iQ Pablo - Quantel's next generation colour correction system. Not only...

A year-long trial with a Harris Atlas Digital DTV660L DVB-T transmitter proves the technical and commercial viability for DVB-H in Australia.

With the World Cup now firmly in the knockout stages, the number of football related stories has understandably started to dry up. Just creeping...

To ensure the best possible high definition viewing experience for its subscribers, BSkyB - operator of the UK's largest digital television platform - has...

France's EXPWAY has scored a world's first by providing an Electronic Services Guide (ESG) for La3 - 3 Italia's mobile TV service.

Starwinder, BBC Technology Group's project to move to tapeless HD production by 2010, is to trial the Grass Valley Infinity camcorder and related products...

Irish public broadcaster RTE is up and running with a SysMedia IP-based teletext page editing system that allows bookmakers across the country to provide...

London post house Caseys has become the first company in the UK to invest in FOR-A's Hanabi HVS-1000HS digital video switcher. The purchase will...

Reseau France Outre-mer (RFO), owned by the France Televisions group, has purchased a range of Avid systems to create a digital production workflow for...

Autodesk's Discreet Flame VFX system was used by The Mill to create Football Dream, a commercial for the UK-based bank Nationwide Building Society, promoting...

Sonic Solutions' Roxio Blu-ray Disc (BD) software has been selected by Fujitsu to power its Deskpower TX95S/D; expected to be the first desktop computer...

Football fans feeling nervous at the thought of penalties deciding a match in the World Cup, especially those of an English persuasion, can confront...

World Cup football host broadcaster HBS has called up two late additions to its squad of HD acquisition kit, writes Adrian Pennington. Super high...

The final two episodes of this first season of FOX's crime drama Bones were the first primetime television shows to be delivered to FOX...

UK broadcasters BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five have joined forces to launch the UK's first HD trial broadcasts to terrestrial aerials. A 450-strong...

TSL has announced that it has been selected by Romanian TV channel ProTV to provide systems integration for its new HD service, ProTV HD,...

SeaChange International has announced that OnDemand TV, Inc. is launching the world's first IPTV on-demand service to offer HD programming encoded in the H.264...

Omneon has revealed that Russia Today, the new English speaking new channel, launched its 24-hour broadcasts with the aid of Omneon's Spectrum Media Server...

With VC-1 now a confirmed SMPTE standard, Microsoft has been able to put a heavier focus on its support for both DVB-H and HD...

With 4k mastering becoming gradually more common in Hollywood, Sony's SXRD 4k projector is helping lead the way in 4k projection of films like...

Quantel has released the second edition of its Guide to DI, a companion volume to the highly-regarded industry reference, the Digital Fact Book.

Another day, another World Cup HD story, this one being that content management and delivery company GlobeCast will be delivering HDTV World Cup coverage...

Gearhouse Broadcast, has announced an investment of over £2 million in EVS' HD-SD XT server platforms as well as additional ancillary solutions and interfaces.

Utah Scientific has announced that German television production company TV Skyline has installed a UTAH-400 router in its newest HD mobile unit, the Ü5HD,...

Pace Micro Technology last week announced the launch of its high definition free-to-air satellite set-top box - giving viewers in the UK the ability...

Mobile Streams has unveiled a worldwide deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) to 'mobilise' the blockbuster motion picture The Da Vinci Code starring Tom...

Harris Corporation has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aastra Digital Video, a business unit of Aastra Technologies which develops and markets video networking,...

BBC Wales is installing a networked digital news system, including desktop editing and production servers, based on Grass Valley systems; the system, which will...

As revealed at the recent HD Masters conference in London, the UK's four terrestrial broadcasters start trial broadcasts of HD over digital terrestrial transmission...

BSkyB's new HD service got off to a quiet start last week, because set top boxes weren't delivered to it on schedule: it is...

A German court has rendered a verdict in a patent suit filed by Arnold & Richter Cine Technik (ARRI), against Film TechnikLicht, the importer...

BBC Wales is installing a networked digital news system, including desktop editing and production servers, based on Grass Valley systems; the system, which will...

National Greek broadcaster Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) has chosen DaletPlus Media Library to digitalise and streamline its media archive system. This DaletPlus system is...

UK Post announced this week the launch of The Conch Sound Awards, reflecting the contribution made by UK facilities, sound editors and dubbing mixers...

The International Association of Broadcasting Manufacturers (IABM) has released the first edition of its new Industry Index that tracks the financial performance of the...

To the surprise of many, audio leapt dramatically from the wings at London's HD Masters conference with a consensus that 5.1 surround sound should...