The Nine Network has completed its purchase, installation and roll out of Sony ILME-FR7 PTZ cameras into its remote operated studio in Canberra. The new remote broadcast news studio is particularly unique due to its use of the Sony large sensor PTZ cameras, not traditionally used in studio television. Nine Chief Technology Officer Broadcast Operations David Bowers explained, “This new studio is particularly effective for us as, by using the Sony FR7 cameras, we can remotely control all of the … [Read more...] about Nine Network chooses Sony cameras for Remote Operated Studio
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DCD Rights sells 300 hours of premium programming to Australia and New Zealand
Leading UK-based distributor DCD Rights has sold 300 hours of premium programming across both scripted and unscripted genres to Australia and New Zealand broadcasters and streamers. Australian broadcaster Nine Network has picked up the second series of The Travelling Auctioneers. While the Australian Foxtel Group has acquired more than 160 hours of programming including, among others, James Martin’s Spanish Adventure, Emergency: First Time Medics, Penn & Teller: Fool Us Series … [Read more...] about DCD Rights sells 300 hours of premium programming to Australia and New Zealand
Abacus Media Rights pre-sells Stan Original drama series Scrublands to AMC Networks’s Sundance Now
Abacus Media Rights (AMR), an Amcomri Entertainment company, has pre-sold Stan Original drama series Scrublands, from production company Easy Tiger, to popular streamer Sundance Now for the USA and English-speaking Canada. Based on the award-winning, best-selling crime novel by Chris Hammer, Scrublands, which recently wrapped principal photography in Victoria, stars award-winning actors Luke Arnold (Black Sails, Nautilus), Jay Ryan (It Chapter Two, Top of the Lake) and Bella … [Read more...] about Abacus Media Rights pre-sells Stan Original drama series Scrublands to AMC Networks’s Sundance Now
Nine Network chooses Sony equipment for state-of-the-art studio build
Recently the Nine Network undertook what was arguably its most ambitious broadcast engineering project to date – the complete build of a state-of-the-art studio and headquarters at its new home in North Sydney, Australia. At the heart of the installation was a wide variety of Sony equipment. Nine Network Studio/Live Technology and Automation Specialist, Stephen Willmott, explained, “ We required a mixture of fibre-attached system cameras setup as a mix of robotic pedestals, traditional … [Read more...] about Nine Network chooses Sony equipment for state-of-the-art studio build
Beyond Rights finalises deal with PBS Distribution for ‘Halifax: Retribution’
Beyond Rights is delighted to announce that its gripping psychological thriller HALIFAX: Retribution has been acquired in the US by PBS Distribution for transmission on the PBS Masterpiece Channel on Prime Video. Produced by Beyond Lonehand, a Beyond group production company, for Nine Network (Australia), the 8 x 60 procedural drama stars Rebecca Gibney (Wanted, Lowdown Dirty Criminals, Flying Doctors) and Anthony LaPaglia (Lantana, Riviera, Without a Trace). The new series sees Gibney … [Read more...] about Beyond Rights finalises deal with PBS Distribution for ‘Halifax: Retribution’
eOne and POP Family’s new hybrid animated series ‘Alien TV’ prepares to land
The hilarious new family television series, Alien TV, is set to premiere globally on Netflix later this summer and on Australia’s free to air Nine Network in June. Co-produced by Entertainment One and POP Family Entertainment, in collaboration with Netflix for global release. The Nine Network commissioned the series in Australia, produced with financial support of Create NSW. Alien TV will launch with 26, half-hour episodes targeted at kids aged 6-11 years and their families. The series … [Read more...] about eOne and POP Family’s new hybrid animated series ‘Alien TV’ prepares to land
