Monthly Archives: April 2011
Pinewood to sell to Peel
Written on April 27, 2011 at 11:45, by SVG Staff
Televisual: Pinewood is to be sold to Peel Holdings in a deal that values the company at £96.1m. Following the deal, each Pinewood shareholder will be entitled to receive 200 […] More
Making a business out of the niche
Written on April 27, 2011 at 11:30, by SVG Staff
Italy: Telestudio8 has been producing niche sports broadcast programmes for regional channels since 1994. Italian Correspondent, Roberto Landini, examines a business model that has done very nicely out of relatively […] More
Behind the scenes of the Royal Wedding, 1981
Written on April 27, 2011 at 10:31, by Andy Stout
Party like it’s 1981 with this pdf issue of Eng Inf 6, the engineering quarterly publication for all BBC staff and its detailed, behind-the-scenes look at a Royal Wedding from […] More
ESPN’s 3D coverage of 2011 FA Cup Final confirmed on Sky 3D
Written on April 27, 2011 at 10:26, by SVG Staff
ESPN and Sky have confirmed the rumours and added to their 3D content syndication relationship with the announcement that this year’s ESPN 3D production of the FA Cup Final, between […] More
Switzerland’s RSI expands Chyron HyperX3 inventory
Written on April 27, 2011 at 09:35, by SVG Staff
Switzerland: RSI, Switzerland’s Italian-language public broadcaster, is upgrading and expanding its installation of HyperX on-air graphics systems. RSI introduced Chyron’s HyperX to its operations in 2007 for elections coverage and […] More
PlayStation hack fires warning shot at Connected TV market
Written on April 27, 2011 at 09:31, by Andy Stout
The hack and subsequent suspension of Sony’s PlayStation Network points to a possibly uneasy future as the worlds of IT and TV mesh further together. Sony’s PlayStation Network, which as […] More
SES to invest €34m in Luxembourg facility
Written on April 27, 2011 at 08:40, by Andy Stout
Luxembourg: In a foundation stone laying ceremony on Tueasday, SES celebrated its €34 million investment in a new state-of-the-art satellite control facilities at its Betzdorf campus as well as in […] More
Miranda routes around Telegenic’s latest 3D truck
Written on April 26, 2011 at 12:55, by Andy Stout
UK: More details about the kit list for Telegenic’s third 3D truck, T21, are emerging all the time, with the latest manufacturer to go public, Miranda, announcing that the OB […] More
JPEG 2000 makes worldwide gains
Written on April 26, 2011 at 11:43, by Fabrice Marinoni, French Correspondent
It wasn’t too long ago that the phrase JPEG 2000 would be met with a blank stare or someone saying “not good enough.” But, in the past 18 months, that […] More
More than 123 million connected TVs by 2014
Written on April 26, 2011 at 09:16, by SVG Staff
Rapid TV News: Leading video analyst DisplaySearch is predicting that the connected TV revolution will accelerate, growing by 30% to 2014 leading to a total of 123 million units. More