http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/ en-gb Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:42:00 UTC 60 Deals have been signed with DRG, Endemol, RDF and Shed to offer visitors to the highly trafficked MSN portal access to ad-funded archive episodes of series including 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Bad Girls, Banzai, Kingdom, Secret Millionaire and Skins. MSN is bidding to compete with rival platforms such as… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-03-10/MSN-strikes-raft-of-content-deals 2010-03-10 15:42:00 BBC FM&T chief technical architect Dirk-Willem van Gulik and former LazyTown executive producer Raymond Le Gué have been put in charge of DMI, but their new proposal was sent back by the BBC Finance Committee on Friday (26 February). The committee asked for “further details on how DMI will be… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-03-04/BBC-committee-rejects-DMI-plan 2010-03-04 15:40:00 According to figures compiled by Screen Digest the Yorkshire-based manufacturer moves up from number three in the volume sales table but still trails industry leader Motorola. Chief executive officer Neil Gaydon said: “We’ve experienced record growth in 2009, and we’re delighted to be recognised as the world’s number two set-top… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-03-02/Pace-up-to-second-in-settop-box-supplier-chart 2010-03-02 16:32:00 The ESPN Player is a standalone online subscription service that is entirely separate from its UK TV channels. Its key content is NHL ice hockey games from the US and it does not carry Premier League football, despite ESPN having TV rights for 46 games a year. Paid for access… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-03-01/ESPN-overhauls-online-player 2010-03-01 15:36:00 Laura Carstensen, chairman of the inquiry group even added that the merger could “potentially benefit amateur family historians as the merged company will be better equipped to compete directly with Ancestry.co.uk, leading to more innovation and improvements in the market”. Brightsolid runs websites findmypast.com and 911Census.com while Friends Reunited runs… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-02-18/ITVs-Friends-Reunited-sale-cleared 2010-02-18 15:46:00 At a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress today, BBC director of future media and technology Erik Huggers said the BBC is planning to release mobile applications for BBC News and BBC Sport on smartphones such as iPhones, Blackberries and Androids. A BBC News application for iPhone and iPad… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-02-17/BBC-plans-for-iPlayer-on-iPhone 2010-02-17 16:51:00 The Waterloo-based hire company is set to showcase the latest Sony and Panasonic solid state cameras, which will be recording footage live at the show; the team will then demonstrate tapeless workflows by ingesting, editing and playing out the material on the stand. Advice will also be on hand for… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-02-15/Pro-Motion-to-focus-tapeless 2010-02-15 17:09:00 The plug-in will enable the ‘log and transfer’ of video footage from the 5D Mark II, the 7D and the EOS-1D Mark IV all of which offer 1080p HD video recording. According to Canon it will convert footage to Apple’s ProRes 422 codec at approximately twice the speed of Apple’s… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-02-10/Canon-devises-FCP-plugin-for-DSLR-footage 2010-02-10 16:45:00 The company said that it would not be revealing terms of the deal but did acknowledge that all Blue Order customers have been notified about the acquisition and that Avid will continue to develop and support current Blue Order products. A spokesperson said: “This acquisition represents how Avid continues to… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-02-05/Avid-buys-Blue-Order 2010-02-05 16:58:00 Both trucks will have a tapeless HD and 3Gb/s-ready infrastructure, allowing them to interface with the new Sky Sports studios being built at the broadcaster’s HQ in Osterley, West London. The new trucks will be the largest in Visions’ fleet, comprising 700sq ft per truck. Space-saving design techniques will mean… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-01-28/Sky-commissions-3G-OB-trucks 2010-01-28 17:03:00 Chris Mooney joins on 29 March and will oversee the editorial development of topgear.com, the commercial site for the motoring brand. He joins from Bauer Media, where he helped FHM.com win the PPA Website of the Year award three times as well as the Best Consumer Website at the Association… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-01-27/FHMcom-boss-to-run-Top-Gear-site 2010-01-27 16:13:00 Three of the first-floor studios at Home will have an acoustic, cosmetic and hardware overhaul as part of the group’s ongoing upgrade programme. The Pro Tools control surfaces will become Icon D command ESs, and all studios will have independent access to Dolby E and mastering and loudness monitoring tools.… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-01-21/The-Farm-in-1m-Home-upgrade 2010-01-21 16:42:00 The company’s video-sharing website, YouTube, will stream 60 matches from cricket’s most lucrative annual tournament. The tournament starts in March. In a bid to profit from the deal, the video website, which is said to be losing $470 million a year, is on the look out for a global sponsor… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-01-20/YouTube-to-stream-live-cricket 2010-01-20 16:20:00 The eight-week public consultation will examine how well the iPlayer has performed – both over the internet and through cable providers like Virgin Media – and whether it has met its obligations to be platform neutral. It will also look at the parental controls on the seven-day catch up service… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-01-15/BBC-Trust-to-review-iPlayer 2010-01-15 15:36:00 Combined, the two Doctor Who Christmas specials have been watched 1.4m times on the on-demand service. Top Gear’s Bolivia Special which drew 1.1m requests over the Christmas period (21 December to 3 Jan). After those two juggernaut shows, the number of requests per programme quickly dropped off, with the Christmas… http://www.broadcastfreelancer.com/CareerTools/Technology/2010-01-14/iPlayer-hits-114m-in-December 2010-01-14 15:55:00