Wi-Fi Alliance Vet Kevin Robinson Tapped As CEO

Robinson, who has been with the Alliance for 15 years, will take the reins of the 900-plus member organization Oct. 20. The alliance comprises Wi-Fi technology- and distribution-related entities including Charter Communications, Comcast, CableLabs, Google, Verizon Communications, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and a number of others.

SMPTE Elects Renard Jenkins First Black Board President

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has elected new board officers, including the first Black SMPTE board president, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Jenkins. All of the new officers will begin serving in January 2023.

NAB Show NY: MediaKind To Highlight Live Streaming Portfolio

MediaKind will return to NAB Show New York (Oct. 17-20, Javits Center, booth 1620) to highlight how its portfolio of tecnology, solutions and services can power media companies “to stream […]

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director general of the largest broadcasting organization in Canada, United States and Mexico, a corporate opening for a director of news management recruitment and station openings in engineering, IT, meteorology, digital and news.

Meet David Grindle, SMPTE’s New Executive Director

The association’s new leader discusses the group’s priorities, its upcoming Media Technology Summit and more.

 

NAB Show NY: Vislink To Show Suite Of IP Connectivity/Remote Production Solutions

Vislink, a global technology provider of capture, delivery and management of high quality, live video and associated data in the media & entertainment, law enforcement and defense markets, will be […]

Ateliere Shows Media Companies How To Decrease Their Cloud Storage Footprint

Ateliere Creative Technologies, a developer of media supply chain solutions, has made available a free cloud storage savings calculator that allows content creators to visualize the potential cloud storage reduction […]

NAB Show NY: Brainstorm To Showcase Suite 5.1 And Edison PRO

Brainstorm, a provider of real-time 3D graphics and virtual studio solutions, will exhibit at NAB New York 2022 (Oct. 17-20, Javits Center, booth 706), showcasing Suite 5.1 and unveiling Suite 5.2, the latest versions of its flagship products InfinitySet, Aston and eStudio following Suite 5 […]

FCC Said Poised To Ban Huawei, ZTE Equipment

The FCC is preparing to ban new Huawei and ZTE device sales in the U.S., the first time the regulator has banned equipment on the basis of national security, according to various reports. The issue is the conclusion that those companies have too-close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

 

DigiCAP, iWedia Collaborate To Create ATSC 3.0-Hybrid HDMI Dongle

DigiCAP, the solution provider of ATSC 3.0 headend and the manufacturer of ATSC home gateway devices, and iWedia, part of Zappware Entertainment Group International (ZEGI) and the provider of world-class software […]

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AI Lightens The Newsgathering Load

Broadcasters continue to turn to artificial intelligence for help with a widening array of tasks heavy on manual process from surfacing trending topics and content to generating transcriptions, tagging with metadata, offering facial and object recognition and offering help with clips, rights management and moderation.

NAB Show NY: Maxon To Showcase Toolset And Support Artists

Once again, the 3D and Motion Design Show will take place live and in person at NAB Show New York (Oct. 19-20, Javits Center), and will be streamed directly from […]

Bitcentral Integrates Octopus 11 To Boost Newsroom Productivity

Bitcentral, a provider of media workflows for broadcast and digital video, is furthering its long-term partnership with Octopus Newsroom by making its leading newsroom production system (NRCS), Octopus 11, available to Bitcentral customers. […]

NAB Show NY: FOR-A’s New Software Platform ‘SOAR-A’ Includes SMPTE ST 2110 Capability

With a combination of new and expanded partnerships and an emphasis on software-defined advances, FOR-A has created a live production ecosystem that it says works with all flavors of IP, […]

NAB Show NY: TVU Networks Demonstrates Results from Customer Feedback With Design Upgrades To Cloud Native And Customizable Ecosystem

TVU Networks, a provider of cloud and IP-based live video production technology, will shine its spotlight on 5G remote production, cloud-based playout and new device integration at the 2022 NAB Show New […]

AIMS And AES Partner To Present Media Over IP Pavilion At AES New York

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) and the Audio Engineering Society (AES) are partnering to present the Media over IP Pavilion at the upcoming AES New York 2022 show, […]

BTESA, Enensys Team Expands Delivery Of TV Channels For RTVC

Broad Telecom SA (BTESA), a turn-key systems integrator and transmitter manufacturer, announced “a new milestone on efficient delivery of TV channels with the first DVB-SIS deployment in America.” It deployed a […]

This Month In Broadcast History: October

NAB Show NY: FOR-A Offers Complete SMPTE ST 2110-Based Solution

As part of the company’s commitment to the needs of broadcasters, FOR-A will showcase a full line up that support the SMPTE ST 2110 standard at the upcoming 2022 NAB Show New […]

Red Bee Media Streamlines Simultaneous Radio-TV Broadcast Production With QuantumCast Partnership

Red Bee Media, a global media services provider, has partnered with QuantumCast, a cloud-based orchestration of QuantumCast audio backend services, to expand its audio streaming capability offering for customers. This updated […]

NAB Show NY/AES: Nugen AUDIO To Feature Array Of Immersive Audio Plug-Ins

Nugen Audio will highlight its latest plug-in updates to attendees at AES/NAB New York 2022 (AES Booth 152 APP), including the new Halo Vision software and updates to SigMod. Released last month, […]

Riedel Communications Provides Decentralized Signal Routing For German Broadcaster MDR

Riedel Communications said that German public broadcaster Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR) has deployed the company’s MediorNet MicroN UHD media distribution and processing solution. Replacing a fixed routing system, 26 Riedel MicroN […]

Samsung Gets Other Set Makers To Use Tizen Operating System

‘NewsNation Live’ Debuts With New Motif Inspired By Brackets, ‘L’

Sony Pictures Entertainment Unveils Its First LED Virtual Production Stage

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) has established its first LED virtual production stage located at Sony Innovation Studios (SIS), a division of SPE, on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver […]

Slingbox, A Pioneering Streaming Device, Will Become Permanently Unusable In November

Any Slingboxes still out there are about to get bricked. Dish Network this week emailed reminders to users of Sling Media’s Slingbox — the once-controversial devices that “place-shift” pay TV services by streaming live TV over the internet — that the servers that power Slingboxes will be permanently taken offline on Nov. 9.

TVN’S MEDIA JOBS

New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a news anchor, a news director and a senior broadcast operations hub engineer.

Fonn Group Invests In Visualization Experts Everviz

Fonn Group has invested in leading data visualization company Everviz. Based in Bergen, Norway, Everviz offers cloud-native charts visualization tools as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The Everviz solution lets users create and publish charts, maps, […]

Ai-Media Signs 5-Year Contract Renewal With Seven Network

Ai-Media Technologies Ltd., a global provider of technology-driven captioning, transcription and translation services, says it has renewed its exclusive agreement with major Australian broadcaster Seven Network an additional five years. […]

Philo Launches First Native TV App On Samsung Smart TVs