Cobalt Iron Inc., a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, announced that CIOReview has named Cobalt Iron to its list of the 10 Most Promising Backup Solution Providers for 2021. […]
Lawo has won two industry awards that recognize significant and promising new products and technologies. First was the 2021 NAB Show Product of the Year Award in the category IT […]
Providing greater access and support for transitioning to highly-productive operational and business models, Grass Valley announces its first three new members of the GV Media Universe (GVMU) Advanced Channel Partner Program. Advanced Systems Group […]
Broadcasters are embracing IP workflows as a “ramp to the cloud” and are still contending with variable costs and concerns over security, latency and interoperability, not to mention the different skills that labor must bring to bear. However, IP workflows can bring benefits like scalability, flexibility and security to broadcasters, such as NBCU Boston (above).
ATEME, a provider of video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, says that its NEA solution now enables linear parity ad insertion. This means that multichannel […]
Intinor, a Swedish developer of products and solutions for high-quality video over Internet, has joined The RIST Forum as an associate member. RIST — Reliable Internet Stream Transport — is […]
Exclusives
C2G today announced that the company’s new Performance Series Ultra High Speed HDMI cables with Ethernet are now available. Offering high bandwidth to 48Gbps, the cables support all HDMI 2.1 features […]
Extending its global leadership in IP-enabled hardware and software solutions, Riedel Communications has expanded its new R&D hub in Vienna and ramped up its capacity to drive technical innovation. The […]
Executives at NBCUniversal Local, Sinclair, ABC Owned Stations and Avid shared stories of their accelerated shift to the cloud and virtualization in a TVNewsCheck virtual conference last week.
The infrastructure supporting live productions is gradually changing from mainly SDI Video to IP networks, as more computer-generated content, new IP cameras and other NDI or IP sources become commonplace. […]
Bitcentral Inc., a provider of media workflows for linear TVs and CTVs, today announced management team changes. Steve Petilli, long-time Bitcentral board member, becomes CEO; Fred Fourcher, Bitcentral’s founder continues […]
Fox Weather’s Sharri Berg To Keynote NewsTECHForum
Sharri Berg, president of the newly launched Fox Weather streaming channel, will keynote TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum in a wide-ranging look at its operations and the rapidly evolving TV weather landscape. Fox Weather meteorologists Amy Freeze and Craig Herrera will join the discussion on Dec. 14, presented in-person at the New York Hilton and virtually. Register here.
Avid 3Q Numbers Top Wall Street Estimates
BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) _ Avid Technology Inc. (AVID) on Tuesday reported third-quarter earnings of $14.8 million. On a per-share basis, the Burlington, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of 32 […]
Grass Valley President and CEO Tim Shoulders is out and so is Marco Lopez, GM, live production, in a shakeup that now sees Louis Hernandez Jr., CEO of parent company Black Dragon and GV executive chairman, at the helm.
Marketron today launched the Marketron Integration Suite, which leverages open APIs, connectors and custom integrations to let Marketron customers consolidate disparate data sources — including linear, O&O, and third-party digital […]
Congress passed its long-awaited $1 trillion infrastructure bill over the weekend, which promises to make a dramatic dent in the digital divide and give a boost to the electric vehicle market in America. Industry groups and tech companies alike were quick to praise its passage as a win for the tech industry. Here’s a quick look at what the bill will do for tech.
Following a Nov. 2 update on COVID protocols by the Dutch government the IBC has announced that its “December event can go ahead in a safe and comfortable way.” Proof of vaccination or negative COVID tests will be required for entry, but once inside masks aren’t mandatory.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an assistant chief engineer, an MMJ/reporter, a broadcast/IT engineer, a creative services producer, a director of technology, a sales support coordinator, a news director, an executive producer and a weekend anchor/reporter.
Mapping The Path For Post-Pandemic Production Changes
Executives from Fox Television Stations, Vice Media and Fox Sports distinguished temporary pandemic-driven production changes from those likelier to settle in for good in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s Television Production in a Changed World virtual conference last week.
Live Sports Production Benefits From Distributed Approach
Distributed production is gaining traction among broadcasters, particularly around live sporting events, enabling creative new approaches and a redefined viewing experience for fans.
In a victory for broadcasters, the FCC has tentatively concluded that NextGen TV broadcasters — ones broadcasting in the ATSC 3.0 standard — should be granted a sub-license of sorts to allow them to contract with another “host” station or stations to carry their simulcast multicast streams, whether that is in ATSC 3.0 or the current 1.0 format.
AT&T and Verizon will delay the launch of 5G on key frequencies amid concern that it might interfere with airplane safety systems, federal officials said Thursday. The companies will “further assess any impact on aviation safety technologies,” the FCC and Federal Aviation Administration said in a joint statement. Both companies confirmed they will delay their rollouts for about a month, to Jan. 5.
From 1 to 3:30 p.m. ET today, you can watch TVNewsCheck’s latest conference featuring TV production and technology executives and managers addressing what a post-pandemic new normal may look like, addressing what remote production best practices have emerged and what will be kept in place for the long haul.
Globecast is taking the opportunity to explore and explain its fresh market approach across key sectors at IBC 2021 (Dec 3-6 in Amsterdam): OTT, remote production and media supply chains, […]
IHSE has purchased IT security specialist kvm-tec. Founded in 2006, kvm-tec develops and distributes flexible, high-security KVM-over-IP solutions (KVMoIP) to extend and switch computer signals. The company enables the high-performance, […]
Densitron, a provider of Human Machine Interaction (HMI) and display technology, says it will showcase solutions including its latest UReady universal control surfaces and the IDS (Intelligent Display System) platform […]
It’s an uncomfortable truth that the broadcast and media industry has a concerning carbon emissions problem, Blackbird says. “One hundred hours of TV production generates 900 tons of CO2 equating […]
TVU Networks Partners with Dubai Media Inc. On Video Footage & Media Services During Expo Dubai 2020
TVU Networks, a provider of cloud and IP-based live video solutions, partnered with Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) to provide exclusive footage from the six-month-long global festival, Expo Dubai 2020, which began Oct. 1. […]
Salsa Sound, a provider of AI-based audio mixing, has launched MIXaiR 2.0, the latest iteration of its AI-based automated platform for live audio mixing, transitioning to a pure software, cloud-ready version. Aimed […]
Biamp Rolls Out New Control Panel Biamp, a supplier of professional audiovisual solutions, today debuted the Apprimo Touch 8i, an 8-inch touch control panel. The new Apprimo touch panel combines the […]
