ASG Promotes Paul Weiser To Lead Southwest Sales

Advanced Systems Group, a solutions provider for media creatives and content owners, has chosen Paul Weiser, who currently leads the company’s field-based marketing activities, to spearhead sales in the Southwest region. […]

TVN’S MEDIA JOBS

New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an executive producer, anchor, local sales manager, assignment manager, meteorologist, reporter, engineering director, general sales manager, digital content manager and news producer.

NextGen TV Logo Certification Test Suite Released

Eurofins Digital Testing, in partnership with the Consumer Technology Association and National Association of Broadcasters, has releasee the NextGen TV logo certification test suite v 2022-1.0,  the first major release […]

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Low Latency Distribution: What Does It Mean To Video Streamers?

Depending on the value of the video content, latency takes on varying degrees of importance.

RTDNA/NEWHOUSE SCHOOL AT SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SURVEY

Taking Stock Of Local TV News, OTT And NextGen TV In 2022

This is the third year for the RTDNA/Newhouse School at Syracuse University Survey question: What, if anything, are you doing with OTT? It’s the second year that we’ve asked what, if anything, stations are doing with NextGen TV.

WLS Chicago’s WX Graphics The First Piece Of New ABC Group Design Update

WLS, the ABC O&O in Chicago, has quietly switched over to new weather graphics that are the first pieces of a new overall graphics package redesign for the station and a jumping-off point for its sister stations. The new ABC Owned Television Stations package is the product of three years of development with consulting firm SmithGeiger, which conducted extensive research for the redesign effort.

Ncam Makes Virtual Production And In-Camera VFX Tracking Accessible

Today Ncam, creators of real-time camera tracking technology, announce new software licensing tiers “to increase flexibility, decrease costs and open up in-camera visual effects (ICFVX) to projects of all sizes.” With new daily, […]

Calrec Exclusively Partners With Protel In New Zealand

Calrec, a designer and supplier of broadcast audio mixing consoles and equipment, has announced Protel International Technologies as its exclusive technology partner and distributor in New Zealand. Protel is now […]

Broadpeak Launches New Virtual Channel As A Service On broadpeak.io

Broadpeak, a provider of content delivery network (CDN) and video streaming solutions for content providers and pay TV operators worldwide, has debuted a new Virtual Channel-as-a-Service application on its broadpeak.io software […]

Chyron Launches Paint 9.3, AI-Enhanced Release of Its Replay And Telestration Tool For Live Sports

Chyron has introduced Paint 9.3, the first AI-enhanced release of the company’s renowned illustrated analysis and replay tool for live sports. New automatic pitch calibration (soccer) and automatic player tracking […]

Red Bee Media Offers Music Usage Reporting Solution For Broadcasters

Red Bee Media, a global media services provider, has been selected by Utopia Music, a music financial tech firm, to help close the music industry data gap and bring increased transparency and greater […]

NDI Releases Anticipated SDK Plugin For Unreal Engine 5

NDI, a provider of globally standardized video-over-IP technology, said today that its SDK plugin is now compatible with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) and is available for download. Tarif Sayed, […]

Three Sweden Chooses Net Insight For Synchronizing Its 5G network

Mobile operator Three Sweden has selected Net Insight for synchronizing its 5G network. The companies have worked in close cooperation and after extensive field evaluation of Net Insight’s 5G time […]

TVN TECH

Broadcasters Tap Cloud For Content Management

Tech executives from Warner Bros. Discovery, Sinclair, Hearst, Vizrt and Vice Media Group told a TVNewsCheck webinar last week the public cloud’s appeal is growing for content sharing and archiving workflows but cautioned the entire metadata process needs more care and attention to maximize cloud storage’s advantages.

PlayBox Neo HD Playout With eMAM Go Live At TV5HD Thailand

PlayBox Neo and EMAM Inc. announce the completion of a fully integrated playout and media asset management system for Thai TV5 at the network’s studio headquarters in Bangkok. The project […]

Timeline TV Chooses Custom Consoles Module-R Desks For Ealing Broadcast Centre

U.K.-based technical services provider Timeline Television has ordered eight Custom Consoles Module-R desks for integration into the newly completed Production Control Rooms 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 and Sound Control Room 1.2 […]

Ikegami Europe Announces Unicam UHK-X750 4K-UHD HDR Studio Camera

Ikegami Electronics (Europe) announces a major addition to its range of broadcast production cameras. Introduced at the April 2022 NAB Show in Las Vegas and now confirmed for the EAME […]

TNDV Develops Virtual Press Room For Live Remote Media Event Coverage

TNDV, a full-service provider of mobile production and audio facilities, as well as production and secondary services for broadcast television, live entertainment and AV-related productions, continues to develop its Virtual Press […]

Fox To Stream USFL Championship In 4K HDR

Six Stations Launch NextGen TV In Shreveport, La.

Six stations serving the Shreveport, La., television market today began broadcasting with NextGen TV, also known as ATSC 3.0. Switching on the new transmission standard are the Wray family’s KTBS […]

Ken Knowlton, A Father Of Computer Art And Animation, Dies At 91

His work at Bell Labs in the 1960s laid the groundwork for today’s computer-generated imagery on TV and in films.

Avid To Return To IBC Show In September

Avid Technology updated its outlook on exhibiting at large media and entertainment industry trade shows by unveiling plans for the annual IBC trade show this Sept. 9-12 in Amsterdam. Noting the improved […]

Talking TV: Parting Industry Thoughts From BIA’s Mark Fratrik

Dr. Mark Fratrik, BIA Advisory Services’ longtime SVP and chief economist, is retiring at the end of June. He talks with TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp about retrans’ slowdown, OTT’s rise and the need for broadcasters to keep their eyes on competitors coming from all directions. A full transcript of the conversation is included.

FCC: NextGen TV Deployed In 68 Markets Reaching Half Of U.S. Homes

The FCC released the data as it asked for public comments on the NextGen TV transition and the sunsetting of two 3.0 rules.

Futuri Launches POST For TV To Boost Audio Reach Of Newscasts

Futuri, a provider of AI-driven audience engagement and sales intelligence solutions for broadcasters, today announced the launch of a version of its POST podcasting system specifically designed for the needs […]

Blackmagic Design Debuts New Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2

Blackmagic Design today announced the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2, a next-generation model of the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 includes an adjustable touchscreen […]

ENCO enCaption Automated Closed Captioning System Boosts Productivity For Department Of Veterans Affairs

As part of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the VHA Employee Education System (EES) delivers an extensive range of training content, wellness programming, and departmental communications to VA […]

Vizrt Releases Viz Engine 5: The Possibility Engine

Vizrt, a provider of software-defined visual storytelling, real-time graphics, and augmented reality, announced the upcoming release of Viz Engine 5, what it calls “the most powerful live graphics compositor in […]

Kiloview Expands NDI Ecosystem Supporting End-to-End IP Video Transmission & Production

Kiloview is expanding its family of Network Device Interface (NDI)-compliant solutions with the introduction of its new NDI Recorder, which joins the company’s growing ecosystem of IP-based hardware and software video encoding, […]

Imperfections Make Perfect Addition To Maxon Capsules

Maxon has introduced 50+ 4K premium tiled textures to the Maxon Capsules collection, designed to bring photorealism to artists’ renderings by adding minor flaws to the surfaces of 3D objects. […]