Spanish HD broadcast goes on air

When Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) went on the air recently from its new studio, the Miami-based radio, TV and Internet network did more than unveil a new look, says Market Watch.

It became one of the first Hispanic networks to implement full HD production, the network said.

SBS's Mega TV network is broadcasting out of a newly redesigned, integrated studio. The heart of SBS's new HD production capabilities is the Sony XDCAM(R) HD system.

A group denouncing China's censors made an on-air challenge to the Beijing Olympics on Friday in a pirate radio broadcast in the host city, urging the release of political prisoners on the day the Games open, reports India Times.

Paris-based Reporters Without Borders began broadcasting on local FM radio 104.4 at around 8:15am local time (0015 GMT), a little under 12 hours before the games officially opened, as a lone protester unfurled protest banners on the largest suspension bridge in the southern city of Hong Kong.

The broadcast condemned the Communist Party's grip on news media. "China is a strictly censored country and our goal in making this broadcast is to criticise the Chinese government," a Chinese-language announcer told listeners, many no doubt puzzled to hear broadcast of a popular spoken-word novel interrupted.

On 14 September more than 1 000 delegates will witness a historic interview conducted in Los Angeles with DreamWorks Animation SKG CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, says Market Watch.

Elizabeth Daley, professor and dean of the USC School of Cinematic Arts, will interview him. Thanks to 3Ality Digital, a company based in LA, the interview will be photographed on multi-camera Stereoscopic equipment and packaged for delivery by satellite service company Arqiva to Amsterdam, Holland.

3D movies have been taking the cinema world by storm and multiplying box office revenues in 3D equipped theatres, but live transmissions have been more challenging.