The Markup, dedicated to investigating technology and its effect on society, will be led by two former ProPublica journalists. Craigslist founder Craig Newmark gave $20 million to help fund the operation.
PILOT, an innovation initiative of the National Association of Broadcasters, has announced it will offer up to 10 scholarships of $5,000 each to current college sophomores, juniors, seniors entering graduate […]
Wendy Aylsworth — who spend more than two decades in tech roles as Warner Bros., most recently as SVP technology, and was the first woman president of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers — will receive the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award at the Television Academy’s Engineering Emmy Awards on Oct. 24.
BRAND CONNECTIONS
DMA 77: SPOKANE, WA
KAYU Reduces Workload With ARAMYST
The transition from serial-digital to high-definition encoding opened up new possibilities for regional broadcasters. Now more stations than ever are taking advantage of multiplexing to bring quality content to a wider […]
DMA 7: HOUSTON
KHOU Debuts New Downtown Studio
KHOU has been in a temporary studio since the station lost its building to Hurricane Harvey. But the Tegna station in Houston is making strides towards settling into a permanent new home. On Friday, the station debuted its new Avenida studio in downtown Houston.
Using an emerging wireless technology known as 5G, Verizon’s 5G Home service provides an alternative to cable for connecting laptops, phones, TVs and other devices over Wi-Fi. It launches in four U.S. cities on Monday.
Exclusives
The FCC should seek to minimize disruptions to TV viewers and FM radio listeners as it firms up how it will distribute the $1 billion additionally allocated by Congress to reimburse broadcasters for their channel relocation expenses, NAB said in comments filed with the agency.
The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security is making a $2 million grant to Tennessee’s Public Television Stations to fund a pilot project that will deliver private, secure communication […]
It aims to measure current and emerging trends as technology continues to grow and consumer habits shift in the ways they engage with media.
Qligent, a specialist in cloud-based, enterprise-level content monitoring and analysis, has hired Todd Hinton as sales engineer, effective immediately. Based in Georgia, he will assist the Qligent sales team and their customers on all technical matters, […]
Extending its engagement in VR/AR applications, Sennheiser has partnered with spatial computing specialist Magic Leap and joined the “Works with Magic Leap” certification program. This partnership consolidates Sennheiser’s presence and […]
DMA 17: DENVER
KDVR Denver Tests AlertMe Engagement Tool
AlertMe, an audience engagement tool for online content publishers, announced a successful pilot with Tribune Broadcasting’s KDVR Denver (DMA 17). An AlertMe button at the bottom of stories enables the […]
“Given the stakes, I’m sure we’ll see both collaboration between the phone companies and broadcasters and head-to-head competition,” says Rick Ducey, managing director, BIA Advisory Services. And some broadcasters view 5G’s rollout — and the potential investment of the phone companies in broadcast capabilities of their own — as a potential opportunity for the traditional big-stick broadcasters.
The U.S. media group, which shoots Star Trek: Discovery locally, will launch the CBS Stages Canada complex, with six soundstages, in mid-2019.
IBC 2018
At IBC, Heads Were In The Cloud
The buzz around the IP transition, the cloud and AI was so loud at this year’s IBC that the walls were practically humming with it. Although frequency of that buzz may be too future-pitched to fully resonate with many broadcasters, the conversation about how to manage such a major transition continues to gain clarity.
WWAY, WECT and WSFX in Wilmington, N.C., might be off the air soon due to damage from Hurricane Florence as their generators are running out of fuel to power transmitters.
Riedel Communications today appointed Jan Eveleens director of business development for video networking solutions. Reporting directly to the company’s CEO and founder, Thomas Riedel, Eveleens will help drive Riedel Communications’ […]
Panasonic | www.panasonic.com Pathway To Live production — Under the slogan of Live. Sports. Entertainment. Panasonic demonstrated the latest line up of studio, ENG and remote camera systems alongside an […]
Annova Systems| Stand 3.B36| https://www.annova.tv/ Around a dozen key areas in the new OpenMedia version 4.4 contains items of new and enhanced functionality. Features and functional enhancements have been applied […]
TVU Networks | Stand 2.B28| http://www.tvunetworks.com/ Part of TVU Network’s range of innovative remote production solutions, TVU Producer enables anyone to produce professional, multi-camera video, eliminating the need for expensive […]
Grass Valley | Stand 9.A01| https://www.grassvalley.com/home/ In a move designed to put customers firmly at the center of its innovation and product development, Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, is debuting […]
JVC | www.jvcpro.eu Newly announced at IBC 2018 are two new models in the CONNECTED CAM range – the GY-HC500 and the GY-HC550 – which offer unparalleled IP connectivity in […]
Shotoku | Stand 12.E42| http://www.shotoku.tv/jp/ Shotoku Broadcast Systems has returned to IBC with enhancements and upgrades for its robotic camera control platform, including the SmartPed and SmartRail camera support solutions. […]
Andrew Finlayson, EVP digital and social media strategies at SmithGeiger, will look at how broadcasters can attract younger audiences with technology, opening a conference gathering news, technology and digital executives.
Avid | Stand 7.B55| https://www.avid.com/ Avid brings new products and technology demonstrations across the IBC Show floor to help enterprises, teams and individuals to maximize efficiency and opportunity in media […]
Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, is collaborating with partners Microsoft Azure, Avid, Haivision, Hiscale, Make.TV and […]
