NAB Show NY: Witbe To Highlight Updated Automated Testing And Monitoring Tech

At the 2022 NAB Show New York (Oct. 19-20, Javits Center), Witbe will showcase its technology for automated testing and proactive monitoring, including the company’s recently updated Remote Eye Controller […]

NAB Show NY: Cobalt Digital Targets Top Industry Trends

Cobalt Digital will be at NAB Show New York (Oct. 19-20, Javits Center, booth 915) with numerous new solutions that target the top trends challenging an industry in transition. The designer […]

Zero Density Hires Sergio Amuchastegui As Regional Sales Manager For Latin America

Real-time graphics technology provider Zero Density has added Sergio Amuchastegui as regional sales manager for Latin America and the Caribbean. He will oversee Zero Density’s continued growth in the region as virtual […]

BRAND CONNECTIONS

NAB Show NY: LiveU To Spotlight Power Of The Cloud And REMI Workflow Enhancements

LiveU is returning to NAB Show New York (Oct. 17-20, Javits Center, booth 1045) with a focus on moving live video to the cloud. LiveU will showcase its end-to-end cloud production […]

NAB Show NY: Triveni Digital

ATSC 3.0 deployments are accelerating in the U.S., driving the need for solutions that optimize the delivery of new revenue-enhancing services. At NAB Show New York (Oct. 17-20, Javits Center, […]

NAB Show NY: Quicklink To Show Remote Guest Solutions

Quicklink, a provider of remote guest contribution, will exhibit at NAB Show New York (Oct. 19-20, Javits Center) at booth 1725 where it will demonstrate its award-winning solutions for introducing […]

Astro Malaysia Goes Live With Synamedia Clarissa

Synamedia, a global video software provider, announced that Malaysia’s leading content and entertainment company, Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad (Astro), has gone live with Synamedia Clarissa “to gain a deeper understanding about how business decisions […]

Gravity Media Promotes Jamie Brewer To Director, Media Services And Facilities

Following the recent announcement of Steve Kruger and Pete Newton, Gravity Media, a global provider of complex live media facilities and production services, continues the talented team expansion by announcing the […]

NAB Show NY: Telestream To Showcase Latest Cloud-Native Solutions

At NAB Show New York (Oct. 17-20, Javits Center), Telestream (booth 1125), a global provider of digital media, both file-based and live, will showcase its portfolio of solutions that empower production and […]

TVN TECH

Sharpening Remote Production, Cloud-Based Workflows For The Long Haul

Technology executives from Sinclair, Gray, WLS Chicago and Dalet shared some of the more enduring remote workflows holding over from the pandemic in a TVNewsCheck webinar last week, noting that improvements in IP connectivity and public cloud technology are pushing innovation even further.

NAB Show New York To Feature 230+ Exhibitors

The 2022 NAB Show New York will showcase hands-on learning and interactive product discovery with more than 230 leading-edge companies, including 32 first-time exhibitors. NAB Show New York takes place Oct. 19-20 […]

White House Unveils AI Bill Of Rights

Stefan Hadl Promoted To Hearst TV SVP, Broadcast Engineering & Technology

Stefan Hadl, Hearst Television’s vice president of engineering since June 2019, has been promoted to senior vice president, broadcast engineering & technology. The announcement was made Tuesday by Jordan Wertlieb, […]

Scripps Expands Channel Piracy Protection

The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has signed on its first U.S. client, E.W. Scripps. IBCAP will start providing anti-piracy protection to Scripps’s suite of channels comprising Bounce, Bounce XL, Court TV, Defy, Grit, Grit Xtra, Ion, Ion Mystery, Ion Plus, Laff, Newsy and True Real. IBCAP monitors channels offered over set-tops to shut down unauthorized use of their clients’ content.

SPONSORED BY THE WEATHER COMPANY

Meeting the challenge of weather alerting’s expanding demands

A rise in the number of extreme weather events has increased demand for weather alerting by local TV meteorologists, who must communicate with their audiences over the air, online, on mobile, social and OTT. TVNewsCheck and The Weather Company will talk about how technology is meeting the demand for faster, easier and more compelling weather alerting during an Oct. 27 webinar. Register here.

Post-Hurricane Ian Cable, Wireline Florida Outages Tick Up

Forida cable operators in the wake of Hurricane Ian continue to work to restore service (phone, TV and/or internet access), but most of a half-million subs (474,706) in the state remain without it as of Oct. 3, which is actually up slightly from the 441,799 without service in Florida Oct. 1. By contrast, only one TV station remained out of service as of Monday, compared to four TV stations out of service Oct. 1.

ABI: Set-Top Box Market Contraction Demands Hybrid STBs, Streaming Services

WTTW Chicago Overhauls News Program, Production Technology

WINK Fort Myers Back On The Air

TVN’S MEDIA JOBS

New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include management and staff openings in operations and engineering, IT, digital, news, sales and maintenance support for stations owned by CBS and Nexstar in desirable locations.

Nick Holonyak Jr., Pioneer Of LED Lighting, Is Dead At 93

He invented a visible red-light diode. His 41 patents also included lasers that enabled DVD and CD players.

Digital Domain Taps Technology Veteran Hanno Basse As Its First Chief Technology Officer

Visual effects studio Digital Domain has appointed digital technologies pioneer Hanno Basse as the company’s chief technology officer. He will oversee the studio’s continued growth as it scales up its global operations, […]

NAB Show New York: Black Box To Offer KVM-Over-IP Solutions For Broadcast, Gaming, Entertainment

At NAB Show New York (Oct. 17-20, Javits Center) in booth 1921, Black Box will showcase new additions to the company’s award-winning Emerald KVM-over-IP platform that offers anywhere, anytime remote […]

BOXX Workstation Features New AMD Ryzen 7000 Series Processors

BOXX Technologies, a provider of high-performance computer workstations, rendering systems and servers, announced that its APEXX A3 workstation will now feature AMD Ryzen 7000 Series Processors. The company says the […]

AWARN, Local Partners Convene Regional Roundtables To Reboot Broadcaster-Public Safety Partnership

With its local partners, the AWARN Alliance is convening a series of roundtable discussions between local TV stations and local emergency managers — the people who issue emergency alerts. The […]

Hurricane Ian Knocks Out Cable/Broadband To Half Million

Hurricane Ian has taken a heavy toll on Florida communications, according to the first reporting out of the Federal Communications Commission’s voluntary Disaster Information Reporting System (DIRS) following Ian’s major landfall. Cable and wireline service had been knocked out to over a half-million subscribers (526,966) in the path of the storm, which includes phone, TV and internet service. That was up from 26,716 subs out of service the day before.

NEC Launches Open RAN Cloud-Native Virtualized Software Suite

NEC Corp. has introduced its open virtualized RAN software suite to the international market. NEC’s vCU/vDU software suite leverages the company’s long history of technological leadership and commitment to improving […]

NAB Show NY: Ateliere Meets Broadcasters, Studios And Content Creators

Ateliere Creative Technologies, a provider of media supply chain solutions, will be exhibiting its award-winning Ateliere Connect and Discover cloud-native solutions at the 2022 NAB Show New York at booth […]

FOR-A Americas Adds Will Livingston As Sales Engineer Focused On Southcentral U.S.

Will Livingston has joined broadcast and production products manufacture FOR-A as sales engineer, serving the Southcentral region of the United States. Livingston is responsible for sales in the Southcentral region […]

NAB Show NY: PlayBox Neo To Launch Media Gateway Software-Based Router and Decoder

The 2022 NAB Show New York (Oct. 17-20, Javits Center) sees the U.S. launch of Media Gateway, the latest addition to the PlayBox Neo broadcast management system which today powers more […]