Signiant’s SDCX Fabric Powers Multi-Cloud Future

Signiant Inc. announced new capabilities and adoption metrics for the cloud-native SaaS platform that is driving the company’s growth. The company said: “As a pioneer in Software Defined Content Exchange (SDCX) concepts, […]

STATION ADVISORY

FCC Waives Some Quarterly Repack Reports

Thursday afternoon the FCC waived certain quarterly Transition Progress Report requirements for stations in phases 3, 5 and 8 of the post-auction repack process.

Grass Valley Offers New Creative Power For Cameras At NAB

Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, will unveil Grass Valley Creative Grading (GVCG) bringing what it calls “unparalleled creative control to camera shaders.” GVCG is just one of many camera offerings Grass […]

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Cameras, Lenses Come Into Focus At NAB

While both HDR and 4K technologies have gotten much attention at past NAB Shows, this year’s gathering will see camera offerings that can handle dual SDR and HDR workflows, streaming capability, a smart studio and control solutions. At the same time, lenses continue to evolve to offer higher levels of zoom.

Sinclair Picks R&S For Repack Transmitters

Sinclair Broadcast Group is buying more than 100 100 Rohde & Schwarz high-power TV transmitters as it moves to meet repack deadlines across the country.

DMA 4: PHILADELPHIA

NBC Sports Philadelphia Debuts New Studio With Flexible, LED-Driven Design

Sony Turnaround Chief Hirai To Retire

Sony Corp. on Thursday said chairman Kazuo Hirai, who helped engineer the electronics giant’s recent revival, will retire in June, bowing out as the Japanese company is on track for another record profit this year.

Cox Readies Cloud DVR Rollout

Following integrations of OTT video services such as Netflix and support for voice-based search and navigation, Cox Communications is gearing up to launch another feature of the multiscreen video platform it has deployed through its X1 syndication deal with Comcast — a cloud DVR.

Signiant Introduces Patent-Pending Intelligent Transport

At NAB 2019, Signiant, a provider of intelligent file transfer technology, will introduce new patent-pending intelligent transport architecture. The architecture replaces standard TCP with a proprietary UDP-based acceleration protocol or will automatically deploy […]

RIST Forum Established With 21 Members

Twenty-one companies have founded the nonprofit RIST Forum to promote the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST), a new interoperable and royalty free standard for low-latency video transport over unmanaged networks […]

Brainstorm Selected For Google Digital News Initiative

Brainstorm, a manufacturer of real-time 3D graphics, augmented reality and virtual studio solutions, was among the winning projects of Google’s Digital News Initiative (DNI). DNI is an effort to help […]

The Switch Launching Digital Media Pool Port Offering At NAB

The Switch, a global provider of managed, private cloud services that enhance live video productions anywhere in the world, will launch its newest digital media delivery service offering, The Switch […]

Archiware Previews P5 v6, Hosts LumaForge At NAB

At April’s NAB Show, Archiware delivers a preview of the upcoming version of the Archiware P5 data management software suite. Version 6, to be released mid-2019, is based on state-of-the-art […]

Vislink Lands $1.5M HCAM 4K UHD Systems Order

Vislink received an order valued at approximately $1.5 million for multiple HCAM 4K UHD wireless camera systems for deployment in Asia. Vislink’s 50-year heritage is rooted in designing and deploying wireless video […]

SVT Scales Up Remote Productions With EVS

Swedish national public broadcaster SVT has utilized EVS live production technology to successfully deliver two complex and ambitious remote productions for high-profile winter sports events: The Åre 2019 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and the Östersund […]

Social News Desk, ChyronHego Team To Shout

Innovative newsrooms around the globe are incorporating social media into the daily newsroom workflow. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram have become regular sources for breaking news and community-generated content. And now, […]

Delta Fiber Netherlands Picks Metrological To Power TV Apps, OTT

Delta Fiber Netherlands, an internet, TV and telephony provider in The Netherlands operating under the brands Delta and Caiway, has chosen Metrological to provide a new, integrated TV app experience for its TV subscribers. […]

Eurofins Launches Arreios For 3.0 Test Suite

Eurofins Digital Testing, a global provider of end-to-end quality assurance (QA) and testing services, will be showcasing a new conformance test suite at next month’s NAB Show. Arreios for ATSC […]

Steve Wind-Mozley Named Vizrt CMO

Vizrt, a global provider of visual storytelling tools for media content creators, has hired Steve Wind-Mozley as its chief marketing officer, effective in early May. Michael Hallén, Vizrt CEO, said: “We’re […]

NAB IP Showcase To Highlight Advances

The IP Showcase returns to the 2019 NAB Show for the third year, once again providing: Educational opportunities for learning about implementation of standards-based IP infrastructures for real-time professional media […]

Arvato Launching VPMS MediaEditor, Browser-Based NLE, At NAB

Arvato Systems will launch VPMS MediaEditor, a new browser-based nonlinear editing (NLE) solution, at booth SU10106 at NAB 2019. First seen as a technology preview at IBC 2018, MediaEditor is […]

DMA 138: SALISBURY, MD

WBOC Sees The Light, Building Solar Farm

The installation will deliver 908 killowatts, enough to supply all the power needs at Draper Holdings’ Salisbury, Md., CBS-Fox affiliate.

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News Channel Nebraska Streamlines Production

After expanding its portfolio of radio and low-power TV stations, News Channel Nebraska needed to untangle its overcomplicated news and sports production workflow. The company conducted exhaustive research into newsroom computer systems, and selected Octopus for its flexibility and cross-platform capabilities.

Comark Sets Live ATSC 3.0 Demo At NAB

Hitachi Kokusai Electric Comark (Comark), announced a live end-to-end ATSC 3.0 demo at NAB 2019. This demonstration will be on display at the Hitachi Kokusai Electric Group’s booth (C4409). Comark […]

V-Nova, Xilinx Launch Perseus Dense Transcoder-Accelerator

V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions, and Xilinx, which specializes in adaptive and intelligent computing, today announced the availability of Perseus XSA, an easily-deployable plug-and-play encoding accelerator for existing live or […]

Lawo: Evertz Legal Claims Are Unfounded

In response to Evertz’s recent press release about its patent infringement suit against Lawo, Lawo strongly denies any infringement of patents as alleged by Evertz and believes that the allegedly […]

TVN'S NEW FACILITIES INSIDER

KHOU Houston Is Back, Better Than Ever

The Tegna-owned CBS affiliate began broadcasting from 43,000 square feet of space on Feb. 17. The two-and-a-half floors include a large, flexible studio space, two control rooms, edit suites and a multiplatform live desk where journalists produce for both KHOU’s on-air newscasts and its various digital platforms.

Red Bee Media Opens New Media Management Facilities In London

Red Bee Media has unveiled a new, state-of-the-art media management facility at Broadcast Centre, White City, London. Powered by Nucleus, a next-generation hybrid unified cloud platform, the facilities are fully […]

Foundry Acquired By Roper Technologies

What Trends Are Driving Broadcast In 2019?

NewscastStudio convened a panel comprising a large cross-section of broadcasting industry vendors touching all parts of production and engineering to examine the trends heading into next month’s NAB Show.