http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/rss/technology_rss.xml en-uk Post-production and grading work completed on a series that attempts to show people how to eat sensibly by ditching junk food and learning to cook using healthier alternatives. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/creativereview/2008/09/creative_review__jamies_ministry_of_food.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/creativereview/2008/09/creative_review__jamies_ministry_of_food.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Nicola Brittain 28 September 2008 20:09 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/Jamie_Food_ident_resized_70_tcm19-1879294.jpg A promotional film based on the journey of a free newspaper which is folded into the shape of a boat and floats along the Thames. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/creativereview/2008/09/creative_review__london_film_runup_to_the_2012_olympics.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/creativereview/2008/09/creative_review__london_film_runup_to_the_2012_olympics.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Nicola Brittain 28 September 2008 20:06 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/London%20film_Fireworks_resized_70_tcm19-1879290.jpg Titles based around the show’s philosophy, which advocates using seasonal produce to create recipes. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/creativereview/2008/09/creative_review__what_to_eat_now.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/creativereview/2008/09/creative_review__what_to_eat_now.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Nicola Brittain 28 September 2008 20:03 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/What_eat_now6_resized_70_tcm19-1879286.jpg Sales of Freesat boxes have reached 100,000 within five months of the launch of the BBC-ITV digital satellite joint venture. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/freesat_tops_100000_sales.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/freesat_tops_100000_sales.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Robin Parker 29 September 2008 09:54 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/freesat_logo_resized_70_tcm19-1733454.jpg Envy has ditched plans to open a new offline facility in Great Portland Street next month and will instead launch a larger one on Foley Street in January. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/envy_delays_offline_plans_for_expansion.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/envy_delays_offline_plans_for_expansion.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Nicola Brittain 25 September 2008 14:55 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/envy_nitrisDX_resized_70_tcm19-1477733.jpg Ofcom has appointed former NTL broadcast managing director Alan Watson as the official adjudicator for broadcast transmission services in the UK. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/watson_becomes_transmission_adjudicator.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/watson_becomes_transmission_adjudicator.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B 24 September 2008 14:20 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/aerial_sea_resized_70_tcm19-833917.jpg A new sub-£200 piece of software that generates a first edit of a documentary by itself is set to divide the editing community. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/first_cuts_software_puts_editing_on_auto_pilot.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/first_cuts_software_puts_editing_on_auto_pilot.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Will Strauss 24 September 2008 14:30 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/autopilot_resized_70_tcm19-1871341.jpg The new owners of Pepper Post have added two directors to the company’s board and appointed two new members of staff. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/new_senior_positions_at_pepper_post.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/new_senior_positions_at_pepper_post.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Nicola Brittain 25 September 2008 14:59 Thomson will hope to put a dent in EVS’s dominance of the outside broadcast slow-motion market when it releases a new instant replay controller and media server later this year. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/thomson_launches_slomo_system.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/thomson_launches_slomo_system.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Will Strauss 24 September 2008 14:25 Framestore CFC has appointed corporate finance advisors Hawkpoint Partners to help it secure external investment. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/framestore_cfc_enlists_finance_advisors.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/framestore_cfc_enlists_finance_advisors.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Nicola Brittain 25 September 2008 15:03 Truck building is an area of outside broadcast technology that is booming, especially as demand for HD services increases. As Nicola Brittain discovers, the complexities involved are leading to greater use of systems integrators. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/indepth/2008/09/production_outside_broadcast.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/indepth/2008/09/production_outside_broadcast.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Nicola Brittain 25 September 2008 07:10 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/truck_building_resized_70_tcm19-1873043.jpg OBs looking for a particular design rather than a truck stuffed with “best of breed” technology often look to Megahertz - a company with a reputation for meeting customers’ specific requirements. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/indepth/2008/09/megahertzs_ob3_for_sis_outside_broadcast.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/indepth/2008/09/megahertzs_ob3_for_sis_outside_broadcast.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Nicola Brittain 25 September 2008 07:04 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/on_air_resized_70_tcm19-1873070.jpg Gearhouse Broadcast, in common with Sony Professional Services and Thomson, are positioned to provide big, multi-purpose trucks. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/indepth/2008/09/gearhouse_hd_timeline.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/technology/indepth/2008/09/gearhouse_hd_timeline.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Nicola Brittain 25 September 2008 06:58 A new piece of software that works with FCP has the potential to save an editor time - and act as inspiration - by doing the first rough cut by itself. But does this ‘artificial intelligence’ take away the craft of the editor, wonders Will Strauss. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/opinion_and_blogs/2008/09/should_we_let_the_software_do_the_first_edit.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/opinion_and_blogs/2008/09/should_we_let_the_software_do_the_first_edit.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Will Strauss 24 September 2008 08:00 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/autopilot_resized_70_tcm19-1871341.jpg Clear Cut Pictures has taken delivery of a new Alchemist Ph.C-HD motion compensated standards converter from Snell and Wilcox. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/clear_cut_picks_up_alchemist_hd.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/clear_cut_picks_up_alchemist_hd.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Will Strauss 23 September 2008 16:47 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/alchemist_HD_nurses_resized_70_tcm19-1868344.jpg ITN will use Root6’s re-purposing platform ContentAgent to help with the transcoding and digitising of its archive. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/root6_sells_contentagent_to_itn.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/root6_sells_contentagent_to_itn.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Will Strauss 23 September 2008 19:52 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/ITN_james-brown_resized_70_tcm19-1868331.jpg How a Codex-based tapeless workflow helped the production team on a Cbeebies show to make rapid visual effects decisions while on-set. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/case_study_grandpa_in_my_pocket.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/case_study_grandpa_in_my_pocket.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Will Strauss 23 September 2008 19:42 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/codex_cbeebies2_resized_70_tcm19-1868340.jpg New monitors and displays launched and demonstrated at IBC from Sony, JVC, Barco, Philips, Ikegami and Vutrix. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/ibc_roundup_monitors_and_displays.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/ibc_roundup_monitors_and_displays.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Will Strauss 23 September 2008 19:00 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/3Dturtle_resized_70_tcm19-1566804.jpg Euphonix has secured the first UK sale for its S5 Fusion digital mixing audio system. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/2nd_sense_picks_up_euphonix_console.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/2nd_sense_picks_up_euphonix_console.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Will Strauss 23 September 2008 19:48 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/euphonix_2ndSense_resized_70_tcm19-1868335.jpg SIS Live, the broadcast division formed by the merger of BBC Outside Broadcasts and SIS Link, has completed its most advanced HD vehicle to date as part of a modernisation of its fleet. http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/sis_live_continues_fleet_modernisation.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/news/2008/09/sis_live_continues_fleet_modernisation.html;jsessionid=E511007063504256FADC7F8121BA101B Will Strauss 23 September 2008 19:45 http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk:80/images/SIS_OB3_resized_70_tcm19-1868320.jpg