7 - Crafting Creatures
Updated: 2012-12-31 18:48:31
From die cuts to quilling, be inspired by paper with a modern twist.- From die cuts to quilling, be inspired by paper with a modern twist.
Upsolut to co-market British Triathlon media rights
Updated: 2012-12-31 13:38:43British Triathlon has released details of a new commercial relationship with Upsolut Sport UK, with whom it has worked as its major event delivery partner since 2009 and the staging of the ITU World Triathlon Series event in London’s Hyde Park. The new deal takes place as triathlon continues to experience ‘significant participation growth’ in [...]FOX Sports to acquire SportsTime Ohio
Updated: 2012-12-31 13:29:18Although traditionally becalmed in terms of significant new deals, the holiday season has brought forth details of an agreement that will see FOX Sports Media Group acquire Sports Time Ohio, the Cleveland-based regional sports network that has been offering local telecasts of Cleveland Indians games for the past seven seasons. In addition, FOX Sports Media [...]ITV4 to screen 20 Africa Cup of Nations matches
Updated: 2012-12-28 11:30:42ITV4 has revealed that it is to show an unprecedented 20 live matches free-to-air from the Africa Cup of Nations 2013, which starts on 19 January in South Africa. Presenter Matt Smith will be joined by former Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba, former Nigeria striker Kanu and South African player Quinton Fortune for live coverage. In [...]SVG Europe reveals Football Production Summit agenda
Updated: 2012-12-28 10:00:28The world’s most popular sport steps into the technology spotlight on 6 March in Paris for the second annual Football Production Summit. Organised by SVG Europe, the day’s agenda includes not only invaluable networking opportunities but also a chance to learn about the latest trends and technologies thanks to panel discussions that feature leading production [...]Oxygen DCT launches new multi-viewer range
Updated: 2012-12-28 09:09:21Shown for the first time at the recent BVE North exhibition, the MRS range incorporates triple rate 3Gbps/HD/SD-SDI and analogue performance. With its modular architecture and unmatched display configuration flexibility, the MRS range is suitable for any broadcast application that requires mission critical monitoring. The MRS range incorporates three frame sizes: a pocket-sized multi-viewer with [...]Lawo V_pro8 with release 1.0 in serial production
Updated: 2012-12-27 15:00:48Showcased at NAB and IBC, Lawo’s first video device, V_pro8, has been brought to release 1.0 level, leaving its prototype phase behind. The V_pro8 was developed to deliver powerful video processing in a compact form-factor. Features of the processor include high quality cross-format conversion, colour correction, and embedding/de-embedding. Modern high density audio connections such as [...]UK Sport aims for the sky after London 2012
Updated: 2012-12-27 10:15:12The UK’s high performance sports agency has unveiled a goal for the UK to be the first host nation to be more successful at both the next summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in terms of medals won, while creating a stronger, more sustainable high performance system to support future generations of athletes. To help achieve [...]Rotoworld surpasses 1 billion page views in 2012
Updated: 2012-12-27 09:00:54The Internet’s highest-trafficked fantasy sports information site, Rotoworld, exceeded one billion page views for the year on December 22, according to Omniture, representing the most views for a single year in the site’s 14-year history. With five days remaining in 2012, Rotoworld.com’s page view total is now 1.007 billion, a 25% increase over last year [...]Polecam details structural changes
Updated: 2012-12-26 20:24:18To enable the portable camera crane company to expand its operations both in Europe and around the globe, a shareholding has been taken by Graeme Chapman, former MD of Olympus UK and president of consumer business within Europe. “Polecam is a unique company with fantastic products,” says Chapman. “Steffan Hewitt, the current owner, has ambitious [...]BSkyB announces new director
Updated: 2012-12-26 19:47:13Andy Sukawaty, the executive chairman of Inmarsat plc, has agreed to join the Board of BSkyB as an independent non-executive director from 1 June 2013. Current Board member Lord Wilson of Dinton will step down once Sukawaty’s appointment takes effect. In addition to his role with Inmarsat, Sukawaty is also the non-executive chairman of Ziggo, [...]Last week in WebKit: background position offset, widows, orphans and Web Inspector icons
Updated: 2012-12-17 19:55:02This update discusses the 1,522 WebKit changes that landed in the past two weeks, up to revision 137871. The Toolbar Icons in Web Inspector won’t be shown by default anymore. The gear icon immediately goes to the Settings dialog again. Newly added items to the Network Panel will now be applied to filtering and cookies can [...]Last week in WebKit: Canvas font fallback and :read-only for date and time
Updated: 2012-12-06 00:24:38This update talks about the 690 WebKit patches that landed last week, up to revision 136364. A canvas’ 2D context’s globalCompositeOperation property now also accepts the various blending modes. The unpause() method on a MediaController object is now supported. Removing non-existent cues from a text track will raise an exception, and a media element’s textTracks property [...]