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22 Jul 2008
Pam Masters to Step Down as CEO of Red Bee Media to take up Vice Chairman Role
Pam Masters, CEO of Red Bee Media, today announced that she will be stepping down from the role of CEO of Red Bee Media on the 31st December 2008. She will take on the newly created role of Vice Chairman of the Board of Red Bee Media in January 2009. Pam has been in the broadcasting industry for over forty years and is recognised as an expert in this field.
08 Jul 2008
Channel 4 and Red Bee Media Sign Outsourcing Agreement
Channel 4 and Red Bee Media have today concluded negotiations for the outsourcing of a range of broadcast and production services currently being carried out in-house by its Channel Operations and 124 Facilities divisions.
27 Jun 2008
Red Bee Media Appoints Director of BBC Account Management
Red Bee Media has appointed Tom Sykes to the role of Director of BBC Account Management overseeing and developing the full suite of services Red Bee Media provides the BBC.
11 Jun 2008
Red Bee Media re-brands ERT
Red Bee Media has created a new identity for the Greek Public Service Broadcaster ERT (written EPT in Greek), the first television network in Greece.
11 Jun 2008
Red Bee Media collaborates with China's biggest broadcaster to create identity for Beijing Olympic Games
Red Bee Media, one of the world's leading experts in promoting and enhancing media content, has been appointed by CCTV (China Central Television) as an official creative and production partner for their coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
11 Jun 2008
UKTV and Red Bee Media's 'Dave' wins Marketing Society Award for Excellence
Less than a week after scooping two gongs at the Broadcast Digital Channel Awards, 'Dave' (formerly UKTV G2) has won the important Brand Revitalisation category in the prestigous Marketing Society Awards for Excellence.
06 Jun 2008
UKTV and Red Bee Media scoop two awards for Dave at Broadcast's Digital Channel Awards
Dave, formerly UKTV G2, won the Launch of the Year and Best Channel Marketing awards following its repositioning as “the home of witty banter”.
27 May 2008
BBC TWO encourages viewers to experience the great outdoors in a groundbreaking new campaign created by Red Bee Media
BBC TWO has created a groundbreaking new campaign; ‘Get into the Outdoors’, which uses audience participation to promote a new selection of programming which includes: Wild China, Ray Mears Goes Walkabout, Tribal Wives, Springwatch and Across the Andes.
14 May 2008
Red Bee Media celebrates two successful years of Digital Hive
Digital Hive, Red Bee Media's digital media management system enables content owners, rights holders and distributors a cost efficient and scalable way to get their content onto new platforms including web, mobile, IPTV and portable devices such as video iPods.
8 May 2008
Red Bee Media creates dedicated On Demand division
Red Bee Media has created a new division called On Demand encompassing metadata, media management, digital publishing and emerging platforms to capitalise on the growing market for delivering content to new platforms.
30 Apr 2008
Piero has winning start to 2008
The market for sports graphics technology is showing no sign of a slow down with Red Bee Media today announcing two separate contracts with broadcasters RTE (Ireland) and C More Entertainment (Sweden) to supply them with Piero 3D graphics technology.
25 Apr 2008
Red Bee Media creates film for Stonewall to raise awareness of homophobia in UK Schools
Red Bee Media has created a fundraising and awareness DVD for Stonewall, one of the UK’s largest organisations working for equality for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals.
23 Apr 2008
Red Bee Media steals the show with BBC Campaigns at Promax Europe 2008
Red Bee Media swept the board for the second year running at last week's Promax Europe awards, and was again the most awarded company in Europe. The company won fourteen awards across categories including animations, promos, idents and on air branding.
8 Apr 2008
Red Bee Media creates ‘New Generation London’ film for London Legacy 2020
Red Bee Media creates a film for ‘London Legacy 2020’ who organise big businesses to help local communities, government and charities capture a positive legacy from the regeneration of East London.
10 Mar 2008
Red Bee Media Adds Translation Skills through Acquisition of Titelbild
Red Bee Media has acquired Titelbild Subtitling and Translation GmbH, one of the leading European multilingual subtitling and translation service providers. The acquisition means that, for the first time, Red Bee Media is able to offer high quality translation services into any language as well as expanding Red Bee Media into the German market.
10 Mar 2008
Titelbild schliesst sich der Red Bee Media Group an
Renommierter Dienstleister für Untertitelungen und Übersetzungen gewinnt stärkeren Zugang zu internationalen Märkten
07 Mar 2008
STOP PRESS: Dave wins Media Guardian Award for Innovation
Dave, formerly UKTV G2, won launch of the year following its repositioning as "the home of witty banter".
20 Feb 2008
Canal+ Drafts in Piero
Red Bee Media has supplied its Piero 3D graphics technology with its new 'moveable player' feature to CANAL+. Having Piero enables CANAL+ to enhance its coverage of football and rugby.
22 Jan 2008
Red Bee Media Rebrands BBC Three Channel to unveil new identity and multiplatform presence
Red Bee Media has created a new brand identity for BBC Three, positioning the channel as a multiplatform entertainment hub for the young.
18 Jan 2008
Red Bee Media France Celebrates Four Wins in its First Year
Since opening its doors in January last year, Red Bee Media France has won subtitling contracts with four French broadcasters; M6, LCP, Public Sénat and the Canal+ Group. Red Bee Media opened an office in France following the French Government setting the target of 100% of TV programmes being subtitled by 2010.
10 Jan 2008
Red Bee Media Appoints New Commercial Director
Red Bee Media has appointed Adam Poulter to the role of Executive Commercial Director. Adam joins the Executive Management Team, reporting to Pam Masters, CEO, Red Bee Media.
13 Dec 2007
Endemol UK Syndicates Content to New Platforms through Digital Hive
Red Bee Media has won the contract to repurpose Endemol UK's content for new platforms through Digital Hive. Content will be ingested once into Digital Hive and then can be easily repurposed for any platform whether it be mobile, web, or tomorrow's latest gadget.
06 Dec 2007
Red Bee Media creates new trails for UKTV Christmas campaign
Red Bee Media has created two new trails using a Christmas Wonderland theme for UKTV, illustrating the breadth of programming across the network's nine channels.
13 Nov 2007
Channel 4 proposing to outsource channel operations to Red Bee Media
Channel 4 has today unveiled proposals to contract out to Red Bee Media a range of broadcast and production services currently being carried out in-house by its Channel Operations and 124 Facilities divisions.
06 Nov 2007
Red Bee Media launches in South East Asia UK media company to set up shop in Singapore
As part of its international expansion plans, Red Bee Media today announces the opening of its office in Singapore. The news follows the company's announcement of ambitious growth plans and the opening of offices in France, China and Australia earlier this year.
06 Nov 2007
Red Bee Media Launches In South East Asia
As part of its international expansion plans, Red Bee Media today announces the opening of its office in Singapore. The news follows the company's announcement of ambitious growth plans and the opening of offices in France, China and Australia earlier this year.
06 Nov 2007
Golden Night at Promax UK Awards
Last night's Promax UK awards showed off Red Bee Media breadth of skills by presenting it with 16 awards in categories including print, online, clip based and brand films. This all follows picking up 12 awards at Promax USA, 11 at Promax Europe and a Silver at Promax Africa earlier this year.
02 Nov 2007
Red Bee Media creates Heroes films for BBC TWO
Red Bee Media has created an iconic new series of talent films for BBC TWO using the characters from Heroes.
22 Oct 2007
'Do Something Different' for this year's BBC Children in Need
Red Bee Media has designed and created the campaign leading up to this year's BBC Children in Need broadcast on the 16th November. The message to 'do something different' and raise money is demonstrated in a series of spoof sketches from popular BBC programmes including Match of the Day, Holby City, Eastenders and Dragon's Den.
17 Oct 2007
Red Bee Media Creates Idents for Dave
UKTV has commissioned Red Bee Media to create idents and branding for its new channel Dave, the home of witty banter, which launches on October 15th.
16 Oct 2007
Red Bee Media Repurposes the BBC Electric Proms
Red Bee Media today announces that it will repurpose performances by artists including the Kaiser Chiefs, Mark Ronson, Paul McCartney and the Editors at the BBC Electric Proms for the BBC's website.
19 Sept 2007
Red Bee Media Wins at 2007s Shark Awards
Red Bee Media has swept this month's annual Shark Awards held in Ireland, winning seven times.
8 Sept 2007
Orange Brings Digital TV Service to Life
Orange today unveiled the on-screen identity for its forthcoming digital TV service.
6 September 2007
Red Bee Media to Provide Access Services for Five Life and Five US
Red Bee Media has been awarded the contract to provide audio description and visual signing services for Five Life and Five US.
6 September 2007
Red Bee Media Opens China Office
Red Bee Media today announces the opening of an office in Beijing, China. This follows Red Bee Media opening offices in France and Australia this year and continues the company’s ambitious growth plans.
30 August 2007
Double IBC Award Winner Used for ITV Rugby World Cup
Since Piero’s debut at IBC last year where it won two awards, the sports graphics system has been developed even further and is now to be used in ITV’s coverage of the Rugby World Cup.
24 August 2007
Red Bee Media Repurposes Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Red Bee Media will repurpose sets played by bands including Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Razorlight and The Gossip at the Reading and Leeds Festivals this weekend for the BBC to make available through the BBC Reading and Leeds website.
21 August 2007
Brand New CBBC This Autumn – New look, new content, new talent
The BBC today unveiled a brand new look for CBBC, the channel for 6–12 year olds, with a fantastic range of brilliant new programmes, a distinctive new logo and brand new animated idents.
9 August 2007
Red Bee Media Makes Music in a Glass for Guinness
Red Bee Media’s Steve Cope, director of the well–received BBC Radio 2 ‘Elvis’ commercial, is behind the latest iconic advert for Guinness Ireland that has just launched in the country.
6 August 2007
Red Bee Media Launches Swiss On-Demand Film Service
SRG SSR idée Suisse, Switzerland’s national public broadcaster, will this week launch its on demand film service at the Locarno Film Festival. The broadcaster’s subsidiary, SWISS TXT, led the project with Red Bee Media.
16 July 2007
Red Bee Media at IBC 2007
Red Bee Media will be using IBC 2007 to showcase its full range of services including playout, subtitling, branding, promotions, media planning and the broadband TV services it has been developing over the past year, including BBC iPlayer.
13 July 2007
Broadcasting Dataservices Adopts Red Bee Media Brand
Broadcasting Dataservices has been part of Red Bee Media since June 2005 and from this month will be known as Red Bee Media Broadcasting Dataservices. The company is a specialist broadcasting listings bureau providing TV and radio listings on behalf of both broadcasters and publishers.
10 July 2007
Risqué Red Bee Media Viral Breeds Success for New BBC 3 Comedy
Results from Red Bee Media’s interactive viral to promote new BBC 3 comedy, Gavin & Stacey, prove that the campaign was successful in driving new audiences to the programme. The email viral, Dish Your Dirt, began stirring interest before the programme’s launch in May and after two weeks www.dishyourdirt.com had received more than 75,000 hits.
29 June 2007
Red Bee Media Scoops 12 Awards at Promax / BDA USA
Red Bee Media has continued its Global Promax awards success by winning 12 awards at the Promax / BDA USA. The company took the top two honours in Channel Branding, with the ITV and BBC idents securing gold and silver.
27 June 2007
BBC iPlayer to launch on 27 July
The BBC’s on–demand TV service, BBC iPlayer, is to launch on 27 July, it was announced today by Ashley Highfield, Director of Future Media & Technology.
18 June 2007
Red Bee Media Strengthens Creative Team with Katrina Howell Appointment
Red Bee Media has appointed Katrina Howell as Interactive Creative Director. Katrina joins Red Bee Media from RMG Connect, part of JWT, where she was Interactive Creative Director.
11 June 2007
Red Bee Media Serves Up Wimbledon Classic
BBC viewers will see the tennis rally of a lifetime in the new BBC Sport ‘Wimbledon’ promo, featuring legends from the competition, past and present, courtesy of Red Bee Media.
8 June 2007
Red Bee Media chosen by France’s parliamentary channel LCP-Assemblée nationale
France’s public broadcaster LCP–Assemblée nationale is very keen to put France’s new 'disability’ law, voted on back in February 2005, into practice. This law aims to make all programmes on public and independent channels accessible to the deaf and hard–of–hearing by 2010.
31 May 2007
Red Bee Media Appoints New Chief Technology Officer
Red Bee Media has appointed Bob Johnson as its Chief Technology Officer. Bob will lead the team responsible for all aspects of technology design, development and delivery in the UK and internationally.
15 May 2007
Red Bee Media Business Development Restructure
Red Bee Media has restructured its business development team following John Phipps’ appointment in February this year to the role of Director of Sales.
3 May 2007
Scottish Election Results Illustrated by Red Bee Media
As the excitement surrounding the Scottish Election culminates today with BBC’s seven hour broadcast, Red Bee Media’s results graphics system will make sure viewers see the results within seconds of them being announced.
10 April 2007
Red Bee Media Unlocks the Tactics of Football's Top Teams
US broadcasters now have a new tool to help them bring the excitement and drama of American football to the fans. Red Bee Media’s new module for their award-winning Piero 3D graphics technology is optimised for American football and works in all HD formats.
19 March 2007
Red Bee Media Signs First French Subtitling Contract with M6
Red Bee Media today signed the first contract for its newly opened French office with French national broadcaster M6. From mid-March, Red Bee Media, from its offices in Paris, will be subtitling a number of M6’s programmes.
12 March 2007
Sale of Piero to Turkish Broadcaster
Digiturk, the only digital satellite television provider in Turkey, has bought Red Bee Media’s unique sports technology, Piero, to enhance its coverage of the Fortis Turkish Cup and Turkcell Premier Super League.
5 March 2007
Quick Video Downloads Made Possible Through New Partnership
Video content will soon be downloaded more efficiently and corruption–free through Red Bee Media’s white–label search and navigation tool, Sherpa. Red Bee Media today signed an agreement with CacheLogic.
1 March 2007
Red Bee Media creates Britain’s Best Campaign
UKTV History’s first multi–platform commission, Britain’s Best featuring Alan Titchmarsh, is set to launch with a multi–platform campaign created by Red Bee Media.
15 February 2007
Loving Living’s new look
Living today announces its new channel brand identity. The home of stand out hit shows like Grey’s Anatomy, America’s Next Top Model, Britain’s Next Top Model and Most Haunted, Living is already recognised as having one of the most successful and strongest brands in multichannel and this new look marks the next stage in the channel’s growth.
13 February 2007
BBC Two’s new ‘Window on the World’
BBC TWO has refreshed its on–screen identity with 14 new idents based on seven new themes, along with a new logo and colour palette which will work across linear and broadband.
22 January 2007
Red Bee Media Creates 70’s Campaign for Life on Mars
Red Bee Media’s unique new campaign for LIFE ON MARS breaks on the 27th January with a 1970s theme that will include vintage posters, TV and radio, on–line viral including mobile and desktop downloads, and a spoof 1973 police training manual penned by the one and only DCI Gene Hunt.
18 January 2007
Red Bee Media Opens French Office
Red Bee Media will tomorrow announce the opening of its French office at the UNISDA conference in Paris.
8 January 2007
Red Bee Media Appoints Director of Sales
Red Bee Media has appointed John Phipps to the new role of Director of Sales. John will lead a team encompassing client services and business development of playout, access services and new media both in the UK and globally.
8 January 2007
Red Bee Media Appoints Director of Playout and Media Services
Red Bee Media has appointed Debbie Phillips to the new role of Director of Playout and Media Services. The move follows increased demand for the company’s Digital Hive service, which is a one–stop–shop for rights holders and platform owners to get content onto new platforms