PlayBox Neo To Show Advanced Playout & Channel Branding Solutions At FOMEX 2024

PlayBox Neo will demonstrate the latest additions to its range of broadcast playout and channel branding solutions on stand A18 at the Future of Media Exhibition (FOMEX). The 2024 event […]

TVN’S MEDIA JOBS

New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for Sinclair’s corporate engineering team; Hearst’s national consumer unit; Lockwood’s station in Augusta, Ga.; Nexstar’s Houston CW and Hearst’s CBS affil in Louisville.

Why Cook Is Going All In On The Apple Vision Pro

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Growth In Cloud Spending Reflects Early-Stage AI Efforts

How X Is Trying To Win Over Influencers

Linda Yaccarino, the chief executive of the platform formerly known as Twitter, is relying on her TV industry ties to recruit established stars to the site.

Google Plans To Limit Reader Data Sharing For Publishers To Groups Of Five Sites

Meta Reports Profits More Than Tripled, Issues First Dividend

Nielsen Expands Panel Measuring Out-of-Home Television Viewing

Broadcast Solutions Builds Second IP Truck For SuperSport

Broadcast Solutions, one of Europe’s largest media systems integration groups, has built a second all-IP outside broadcast truck for South African broadcaster SuperSport. The new unit, IP2, is a slightly […]

Sony’s Ci Media Cloud Introduces New Small And Medium-Size Business Offering And Enhanced Tools For Creative Workflows

Ci Media Cloud, a cloud-based media management and collaboration solution from Sony that allows users to capture, backup, review, transform, and run streamlined post-production workflows, has updated its offerings to […]

Dante Director, An SaaS Solution For Remote Dante Network Management, Now Available As Pre-Release Beta

Audinate, developer of the professional Dante AV-over-IP solution, announced that Dante Director, an SaaS solution for remote Dante network administration and management, is available as a pre-release beta. Dante Director […]

Ikegami UHK-X700 4K-UHD HDR Cameras Chosen By Spanish Public Service Broadcaster

Ikegami Electronics announces the delivery of 27 UHK-X700 4K-UHD HDR camera systems to a leading Iberian public service television network. The project was completed in three groups. The first two, […]

KERO Bakersfield Upgrades To LED With Brightline

Scripps Media’s KERO Bakersfield, Calif., is the latest of the station group’s properties to add a Brightline high-performance studio lighting system. From Brightline’s all-in-one retrofit kit to turnkey lighting upgrades, over a […]

Syncbak Launches New Local Content Streaming Platform Zeam

The new offering will debut with nearly 300 local stations featuring news, sports and culture both live and on-demand, plus more than five billion advertising unit avails for marketers. The launch will be backed by an eight-figure marketing campaign, headlined by a Super Bowl spot starring John Stamos.

NBCU Sets Dates for Annual One24 & Upfront Events

The fourth annual technology conference heads to 30 Rock’s Studio 8H on March 20, while the upfront will bring iconic IP and notable back to Radio City Music Hall on May 13.

TVU Networks Announces General Availability Of TVU MediaHub

TVU Networks, a global provider of cloud and IP-based live video technologies, today unveiled TVU MediaHub, its latest cloud-driven platform for managing video signals in both IP and SDI environments. […]

QUARTERLY REPORT

Google’s Parent Posts Double-Digit Revenue Growth In A Quarter For First Time In Nearly 2 Years

The results announced Tuesday by Alphabet Inc. marked the third consecutive quarter of escalating revenue growth for the Mountain View, Calif., company, with most of the sales coming through Google’s dominance of search and online advertising. The rebound followed an unprecedented drop in Google’s ad revenue coming out of the pandemic following nearly 20 years of uninterrupted growth.

AI & THE MEDIA

New York Times Is Building A Team To Explore AI In The Newsroom

The publication is hiring engineers and editors for a new team that will experiment with uses for generative AI, but says journalists will still write, edit and report the news.

Charter To Use Sensormatic To Measure Spectrum Store Traffic

Charter Communications said today it will use Sensormatic’s in-store traffic analytics to boost product sales and optimize staffing at its 700 retail locations. Charter ran a pilot program using Sensormatic in 50 of its stores lat year.

XGen Network Files For Two New 5G Broadcasting Experimental Licenses

XGen Network, in partnership with HC2 and EGOT Media, has filed for two new experimental 5G broadcast licenses with the FCC. This move is in collaboration with HC2’s WTXX-LD Springfield, […]

Projective Technology And LucidLink’s Groundbreaking Integration Enables Cloud Post-Production At Scale

Projective Technology, a software company that brings structure to post-production workflows for broadcasters, creative agencies and production facilities worldwide, and LucidLink, pioneers in enabling instant access to data and real-time collaboration […]

Mo-Sys Engineering Democratises Virtual Production With Free Lens File Library

Ahead of ISE 2024, Europe’s largest AV and integration show, Mo-Sys Engineering announces a paradigm shift in virtual production (VP) accessibility: the company is transforming its Lens File Library, the […]

Haivision IP And Bonded Cellular Solutions Power Live Broadcast Coverage Of TCS New York City Marathon

Haivision, a global provider of real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, announced that Haivision video solutions were used to ensure the successful broadcast of November’s 2023 TCS New York City […]

Blackbird Expands To More U.S. TV Stations With BLOX Digital

Blackbird, seller of the cloud native video editing platform of the same name, says it has been deployed to a further two U.S. TV stations for digital news production following […]

FCC Moves To Simplify Sending Multilingual Emergency Alerts

The commission plans a February vote on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to make it easier to send multilingual alerts over TV and radio.

Talking TV: How NBCU Local Is Strategizing On FAST Channels

Angela Grande, director of streaming news channels at NBCUniversal Local, says FAST channels represent a unique and powerful opportunity for local news, but choreographing the relationships between stations, platforms and tech partners is a fast-evolving dance. A full transcript of the conversation is included.

Microsoft Lays Off 1,900 Activision Blizzard & Xbox Employees

Blizzard President Mike Ybarra has also decided to leave, and Blizzard’s survival game has been canceled.

Broadcast Solutions Supports NEP Germany And Dyn Media To Create Remote Production Capabilities

Broadcast Solutions, a European media systems integration groups, in collaboration with broadcast facilities provider NEP Germany, has designed and implemented a remote production environment for the new sports network Dyn Media. NEP […]

Cobalt Iron Receives Patent On Data Locality-Based Brokering Of Cloud Computing

Cobalt Iron, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, has earned another new patent, this time on its technology for data locality-based brokering of cloud computing operations. Patent No. 11843665, […]

NAB Show Now Accepting Entries For Excellence In Sustainability Awards

NAB Show is now accepting entries for the second Excellence in Sustainability Awards. The awards will celebrate outstanding achievements in media technology and production, recognizing contributions that demonstrate significant sustainable impact, […]