NextGen TV Debuts On Three Syracuse Stations

WSYR, WTVH and WSTM are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.

Comcast To Show Chicago White Sox In 4K

AT&T’s Brenda Laboy Joins Comcast In Top Engineering Post

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How automation of rate cards can help TV sellers achieve a 10% revenue lift

Linear TV organizations tend to set their advertising rates manually, too infrequently and without the historical data that would enable them to optimize revenue. Too often, this adds up to under-valued inventory and a tremendous missed opportunity. Rate card automation saves time and effort and introduces yield management tools that permit company executives to see areas of potential growth and opportunity.

 

Dejero Strengthens European Network

Dejero has signed a number of new European partners as part of its strategy to provide its connectivity solutions through rental companies to support the increased demand to deliver mission-critical […]

Cinevideo Doubles Up With Calrec For UHD Unit

Cinevideo has once again turned to Calrec with the launch of its new, market-leading 12G UHD HDR truck. The company has installed a 40-fader Artemis and router core alongside a compact and […]

Grass Valley Cameras Central To Sky Italia’s Future-Ready Studio

Sky Italia has put Grass Valley cameras at the heart of its studio operation. The deployment is part of a wider studio camera upgrade, allowing the broadcaster to meet rising demand for […]

Finland’s Digita Chooses Nevion To Build Nationwide IP Media Network

Digita, a Finnish technology company specializing in communication networks, has picked Nevion, a Sony Group company and provider of virtualized media production solutions, to help create a new workflow-transforming IP […]

ATEME To Power Encoding For Nuuday’s Live And File Platforms

Nuuday, a Danish company providing TV and VoD services as part of the TDC Group, has adopted ATEME’s Titan range of video delivery solutions to enhance the experience it offers […]

Myers And France 24 Set Distribution Partnership

Myers, a provider of broadcast management solutions, has set a new distribution partnership with France 24 that will make the International news channel’s programming information and associated metadata available through […]

WSB Aired First 10 Minutes Of Previous Sunday’s ‘World News Tonight’ Instead Of Live Edition

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TVN webinar to explore how broadcasters can diversify digital revenue streams

Station groups can capitalize on shifts in the mobile advertising landscape by building in a subscription revenue stream, according to executives from The Weather Company, who will appear on a TVNewsCheck webinar on April 27 at 3 p.m. ET. The event will examine how the Max Mobile white label app that many broadcasters offer their followers can use artificial intelligence to invite, at just the right time based on user behavior, an upgrade to premium. Join us by registering here.

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Openings In News And Engineering

New jobs post to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a news director, a news digital content manager, and a systems engineer.

LiveU Invests In Canadian Market With New Hire

LiveU has hired industry veteran, Mark Moore to grow the broadcast, sports and channel business and expand LiveU’s customer base as country manager for Canada. Under Moore’s leadership, LiveU expects […]

Intigral And NPAW Team On Upgraded OTT S In MENA

NPAW (Nice People At Work), a video intelligence company providing a video analytics solution, has renewed its partnership with Intigral, a media and entertainment provider in the Middle East and […]

Brainstorm Part of 5GMediaHUB Project

Brainstorm, a manufacturer of real-time 3D graphics and virtual studio solutions, is participating in the 5GMediaHUB project, which aims to accelerate the testing and validation of media applications with 5G technology. […]

Extreme Reach Recognized With TAG Certified Against Fraud Seal

Extreme Reach (ER), the asset management solution for TV and video ads, has been awarded the TAG Certified Against Fraud Seal by the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG). The certification recognizes […]

Bitcentral Enhances Central Control And Create

Bitcentral Inc., a provider of media workflows in the U.S. and Latin America, has introduced new versions of Central Control, its comprehensive and fully integrated master control and automation software, […]

Telos Alliance Launches Telos Infinity VIP Virtual Intercom Platform

Telos Alliance, a global provider of broadcast audio, has launched Telos Infinity VIP Virtual Intercom Platform.  It says the new platform “delivers sophisticated comms virtually, making cloud-based media production workflows […]

NextGen TV Debuts On Five Buffalo Stations

WKBW, WGRZ, WUTV, WIVB and WNYO are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.

WAPT Knocked Off Air By Lightning For Two Hours

Fox Puts Ad Sales Management System In Cloud With Operative

Fox Corp. said it is using technology company Operative Media’s cloud-based system to manage its ad sales portfolio. Operative’s AOS system gives Fox visibility across its portfolio of linear, digital and advanced audiences in a converged platform. The move will accelerate Fox’s advanced advertising capabilities including near-real-time ad creative substitution, automated rate cards and optimization.

FCC Opens 3.45 GHz Band For 5G Flexibility

The FCC has voted unanimously on how to open up a swath of high-value midband spectrum in the 3.45 GHz band — currently used by DOD for key radar applications — for commercial wireless broadband (5G) and, separately, approved proposed application and bidding processes for the auction (auction 110) of that 100 MHz. It is seeking comment on those auction processes.

Riedel’s Bolero Provides Wireless Comms In France

Riedel Communications’ Bolero wireless intercom is providing flexible, reliable and high-quality crew communications at the Opéra de Lille, a neoclassical opera house in Lille, France. Built between 1907 and 1913 […]

Amino Accelerates Android TV Momentum In North America

Amino, a global media and entertainment technology solutions provider, is making advanced TV a reality through enabling operators to deliver integrated live TV, VoD and OTT platforms. AW Broadband, Conway, […]

PlayBox Neo Announces Support For Octopus Newsroom

PlayBox Neo today introduced an expansion to the software connectivity of its ProductionAirBox Neo-20 broadcast playout server, with support now provided for the Octopus Newsroom computer system. “The Octopus NRCS offers a strong feature […]

Telestream Intros High-End Lightspeed G8 Media Server

Telestream, a provider of workflow automation, media processing, quality monitoring and test and measurement solutions for the production and distribution of video, has debuted what it calls “a quantum progression […]

Bitcentral Enhances Its Central Control And Create Solutions

Bitcentral Inc., a provider of media workflows in the U.S. and Latin America, has released updated versions of Central Control, its comprehensive and fully integrated master control and automation software, […]

Hego Names A Head of Performance Analysis For Latin America

Hego, a ChyronHego brand specializing in live production services, has expanded its operations with the appointment of Diego Martínez del Campo as head of performance analysis for Latin America. Leveraging […]

LiveU And Blackbird Team For End-To-End Live And VOD Production

LiveU, a provider of live video streaming and remote production solutions, has teamed up with Blackbird plc), the developer and seller of the cloud-native video editing and publishing platform, Blackbird, to […]