Amazon And Best Buy Refresh Lineup Of Toshiba-Branded, Fire TV-Powered Smart TVs

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How To Solve IP’s Security Challenge

Media companies don’t need to compromise on security when leveraging IP technology, nor should security compromise speed, latency or efficiency.

Skating Cameraman Is First For Live TV Broadcast

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Tech Vet Andy Hansen Joins BitFire Networks

BitFire Networks, an end-to-end live video transmission and production solution built by broadcasters for broadcast solutions, has hired Andy Hansen as executive vice president of business development. In this role, […]

May 5 Is Tower Technician Appreciation Day

Signiant Taps Dan Marshall To Oversee Global Sales

‘Today’ Gets New Graphics With Dynamic Angular Elements

TVN’S MEDIA JOBS

Openings In Engineering Management

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a lead broadcast engineer in Chicago and a chief engineer in Savannah, Ga.

VoiceInteraction Rolls Out New Monitoring Solutions

Speech processing technologies firm VoiceInteraction has introduced two new offerings. Media Monitoring System – Broadcast Edition A long-term 24/7 HD capture and recording solution, specifically engineered for live content visualization […]

$200 NextGen TV Tuner Now Available On Amazon

Vizrt Delivers Software-First Studio To Germany’s Welt With Highly Automated, Switcherless SMPTE 2110 Production

Welt television in Berlin has equipped its new news studio and production installation with software-based production tools from Vizrt, a global provider of software-defined visual storytelling (#SDVS) solutions for media […]

StandardVision Adds Precision Camera Tracking To Studio

Mo-Sys Engineering, a global provider of precision camera tracking solutions for virtual studios and augmented reality, is installing a StarTracker system in the Los Angeles studio of StandardVision. This extensive […]

Trip Wootten Joins Riedel As U.S. Southeast Regional Sales Manager

Riedel Communications has appointed Trip Wootten regional sales manager for the U.S. Southeast. Reporting to Rich Zabel, vice president of sales, the Americas, Wootten will lead direct and channel sales […]

Cobalt Iron Compass Enterprise SaaS Backup Platform Now Provides SAML Integration

Cobalt Iron, a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, says its Compass enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) backup platform now offers full support for Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), an XML-based, open-standard data […]

Brainstorm Concludes TelePorter, Google DNI Funded Project For Immersive Journalism

Brainstorm, a manufacturer of real-time 3D graphics and virtual studio solutions, has completed the TelePorter project, funded by the Google Digital News Initiative. Thanks to Brainstorm’s augmented reality technology, TelePorter […]

Acrodyne’s Mobile System Simplifies Transmitter Installation

Many high-power broadcast stations have few options for staying on the air while replacing a transmitter. Acrodyne Services, a provider of transmitter installation and service, has developed the Mobile Acrodyne Transmitter (MAT) solution, a self-contained UHF transmitter housed […]

Medialogy Broadcast Deploys Live Delay System For TV Network

Medialogy Broadcast has completed a live delay system for the London studios of one of the world’s largest evangelical television networks, with more than 14 million viewers around the globe. […]

Vizrt Supports AWS For Media & Entertainment Initiative

Vizrt today announced its support for the AWS for Media & Entertainment initiative from Amazon Web Services (AWS), complimenting Vizrt’s Flexible Access Solution Suites to give customers ever greater control and adaptability. […]

Imagine Communications Unveils Enhancements To SNP, Magellan SDNO

In support of evolving customer requirements, Imagine Communications has added a range of new functionality to its globally deployed Selenio Network Processor (SNP) platform and Magellan SDNO  Control System. These new software feature releases […]

TVN TECH

TVN Tech | Multiviewers Manage A Growing Juggling Act

Broadcasters are calling on multiviewers to work in traditional, hybrid and IP environments, monitoring many different formats and high numbers of input and output signals. Vendors say they’re keeping up, while advancing in virtualization, compression and resolution. Above, TAG’s probing, monitoring and multiviewing platform for real-time video.

Synamedia Gravity Lets Operators Launch Advanced Video And Broadband Services

Synamedia, a global independent video software provider, has unveiled Synamedia Gravity, a managed service designed to make it easier for operators and service providers to offer their small to medium business (SMB) […]

CTA Returning To Las Vegas For CES 2022

The electronics show will convene the tech industry both in-person and digitally on Jan. 5-8, 2022, with 1.000 companies on tap to exhibit.

QUARTERLY REPORT

Sony Profit Zooms To Record On Video Games, ‘Demon Slayer’

Tokyo-based Sony’s quarterly sales rose 27% from 1.7 trillion yen to 2.2 trillion yen ($20 billion). Sony had reported a January-March profit of 12.6 billion yen last year.

Xytech Systems Names Stefan Nied VP Of Strategic Accounts And Managing Director Of ScheduALL

Xytech, a provider of facility management software for the broadcast and media industries, has appointed Stefan Nied vice president and managing director of ScheduALL. This appointment follows the closing of […]

Blackbird Wins 18 More Stations With TownNews

Blackbird plc, the developer and seller of the cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird, says that Blackbird is being used by 18 more U.S. TV stations for digital news production following TownNews’ […]

Accedo Launches Out-Of-The-Box Sports Video Solution

Accedo has introduced a new out-of-the-box sports video solution, Accedo Play – Sports. It lets sport organizations launch, manage and monetize a service that delivers both a world-class video-centric experience, […]

Former Grass Valley Exec David Cohen Joins TVU Networks

TVU Networks, a provider of cloud and IP-based live video solutions, today appointed David Cohen, former vice president of marketing communications at Grass Valley, as the company’s new global vice […]

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Building Talent Relationships Is Crucial For Control Rooms

With automation and robotics making interaction far less frequent between control rooms and talents, fortifying those relationships is more important than ever. Here are some ways to do so.

Ncam Reality 2021 Ships Amid Rising Demands For Virtual Production

Ncam has announced the immediate availability of Ncam Reality 2021, its most advanced real-time tracking technology for film, broadcast and live events. With Ncam Reality’s fast path to virtual graphics, users can […]

Vevo Launches on VIDAA-Powered Smart TVs Worldwide

Music video network Vevo has partnered with VIDAA, a smart TV operating system (OS), to launch the Vevo app on VIDAA-powered smart TVs, including models by Hisense and Toshiba, helping […]