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Exciting line-up for 2013 Encounters Film Fest
Wed, 29 May 2013
The 15th Encounters South African International Documentary Festival runs from 6 to 16 June 2013 in Johannesburg and Cape Town....read more
Guilio Cesare rounds off The Met series
Wed, 29 May 2013
Handel's masterpiece, Guilio Cesare, is the grand finale in the highly successful season of The Met: Live in HD from The Metropolitan Opera in New York....read more
ZIFF's new travel sponsor
Wed, 29 May 2013
Following the signing of a massive Zuku event-sponsorship deal last year, ZIFF (Zanzibar International Film Festival) has announced that Ethiopian Airlines has....read more
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TELEVISION Sony

SA co-production on The Book of Negroes
Conquering Lion Pictures, Out Of Africa Entertainment and leading independent studio Entertainment One (eOne) announce the epic mini-series adaptation of The Book of Negroes, based on the Commonwealth...Read more

FILM GFC

Countdown to Spud 2 begins
At last night’s premiere of Spud 2 at Montecasino in Johannesburg, John ‘Spud’ Milton (Troye Sivan) and the rest of the Crazy Eight were in attendance to add more dazzle to the night’s proceedings....Read more

COMMERCIALS (Adcetera) picture-tree

Seven SA judges for Cannes Lions
The seven South African judges for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, which runs in Cannes, France from 16 to 22 June, are Alistair King, Joanne Thomas, John Davenport, Justin Gome...Read more

NEW MEDIA - MOBILE TV

Le Bouquet Africain launched on OTT platform
GlobeCast has announced the addition of 14 French-African channels to MyGlobeTV, the company's broadband-delivered consumer platform for international broadcasters......Read more

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ZIFF workshops
Included in the workshop programme at this year’s ZIFF (Zanzibar International Film Festival), which runs from 29 June to 7 July, are workshops on assistant directing......Read more

RADIO

Mediamark extends market power
Mediamark, a multi-media advertising sales house has recently signed contracts with Smile 90.4FM, Capricorn FM and Power FM to represent them in the advertising sales spectrum......Read more

BUSINESS - POLICY - LEGISLATION

Samsung announces R5 research centre
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. has announced the opening of the R5 research institute within Samsung Digital City in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province in Korea. Oh-Hyun Kwon and JK Shin, co-CEOs of Samsung Elec...Read more

FESTIVALS-AWARDS-EVENTS SAFTAS

Semi-final round of Emmy judging hosted in SA
The Cape Town-based premier film financing, development and production company, Light & Dark Films hosted an International Emmy Awards semi-final round of judging in Johannesburg......Read more

TRAINING & COURSES

Write the TV drama series
Pamela Douglas will present a three-day syllabus that relies on screening clips and full episodes of shows to demonstrate screenwriting techniques on 16, 17 and 18 August 2013 in Johannesburg......Read more

TRACKING TECHNOLOGY

3D TECHNOLOGY

3D virtual sports
At the 2013 NABShow, Vizrt will present the new features and workflow improvements in Viz Libero 5.5, its 3D virtual sports enhancement and analysis system......Read more

ANIMATION & GRAPHICS

Pitch THIS!
TAC (The Animation Conference), part of the OIAF(Ottawa International Film Festival), is pleased to announce the return of its Pitch THIS! programme, presented by 9 Story Entertainment......Read more

FILM, TV & VIDEO PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT pumavideo

On the 'pulse' of studio ops
Xytech, a leader in facility management software for the broadcast and media services industries, has announced that Avalon Studios has chosen the company’s Media Pulse Express solution to support its...Read more

POST-PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT

BBC’s commercial facilities arm revamps
Custom Consoles announces the completion of a relocation and renewal project for BBC Studios and Post Production, the BBC's commercial facilities arm. While the Television Centre site is being redevel...Read more

STORAGE & ASSET MANAGEMENT

Europe's first DIVApublish mpx customer
Danish public television station TV 2 has integrated DIVApublish mpx, Front Porch Digital's software-as-a-service (SaaS) publishing offering, into its video delivery workflow......Read more

AUDIO & ACCESSORIES

Sounding out the Dutch coronation
The recent abdication of Queen Beatrix on 30 April made way for her son, Willem-Alexander, to become King of The Netherlands. This occasion was marked by a grand ceremony......Read more

CAMERAS & ACCESSORIES

A fluid 'heads-up'
In 2012 Australian DOP Adrian Cranage made two films back to back together with actor and director Til Schweiger. On both films Schutzengel and Kokowääh 2 Cranage used......Read more

OUTSIDE BROADCAST TECHNOLOGY

A 'kaleidoscope' of multiviewers
Miranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, has announced the installation of its Kaleido-Modular multiviewers in CSP Mobile Productions' new HD-2 (OB) outside broadcast truck......Read more

LIGHTING EQUIPMENT

Lighting up 'Comic Relief' show
Chromatic Productions' lighting designer Steve Nolan called upon PixelRange to provide sparkling effects lighting for the charity extravaganza, Let’s Dance for Comic Relief Gets Smart......Read more

DISPLAYS & MONITORS

Solaria projectors selected for Asian cinema chain
Wanda Cinema Line, Asia’s largest cinema chain, has added 350 Christie Solaria Series 2K and 4K digital cinema projectors to its expanding screen base in China. Upon successful installation of the pro...Read more

BROADBAND & IT

LG launches cloud service in SA
First launched in the US, South Korea and Russia last year, LG (LG Electronics) has now launched its TV-centric LG Cloud service in South Africa, available on LG Smart World......Read more
Reality? Really?
In an ingenious campaign (devised by CHI&Partners NY) to mobilise viewers to migrate to its channel while simultaneously making a telling statement about reality TV......Read more
Bored with board talk
The big news emanating from yesterday's budget vote speech by South African Minister of Communications Dina Pule, or rather from a press conference held just after her presentation to parliament.....Read more

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