Broadcom Inc. is in talks to acquire VMware Inc., the cloud-computing company backed by billionaire Michael Dell, setting up a blockbuster tech deal that would vault the chipmaker into a highly specialized area of software. VMware currently has a market valuation of about $40 billion.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
Twelve new jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings in news, engineering, creative services and accounting.
Twitter will begin placing warning notices in front of some misleading content regarding the conflict in Ukraine and limit the spread of claims debunked by humanitarian groups or other credible sources, the social media company said on Thursday. The step-up against misinformation around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation,” is part of a new policy that outlines how Twitter will approach misinformation during crises.
Wells Fargo’s Eric Luebchow and Steven Cahall predict cable broadband market share could be halved in five years.
The World Broadcasting Unions has updated its list of Cybersecurity Recommendations for Media Vendors’ Systems, Software and Services, a document designed to help technology vendors enhance the security of their solutions. Media company IT and security managers also use the list, first released in 2018, as a framework for what to ask of their vendors when investing or maintaining their networks. Download a copy of the recommendations here.
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Ikegami will promote the latest additions to its range of broadcast production camera systems and monitors at Hamburg Open 2022. The show will be held June 1-2 in Hall B6 of the […]
Litepanels, a global provider of professional broadcast and cinematic lighting solutions and a Vitec Group brand, has further expanded its award-winning Gemini RGBWW LED panel range. Litepanels says its Gemini […]
IBC 2022 is now open for registration as the show prepares to return to an in-person environment that promotes face-to-face collaboration, learning, networking and business development across the media, entertainment […]
StreamGuys, a provider of live and on-demand streaming, podcasting delivery and software-as-a-service (SaaS) toolsets for enterprise-level broadcast media organizations, has hired Megan Killion as vice president of sales and marketing […]
The San Diego Gulls, American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey League’s Anaheim Ducks, have expanded away game coverage across San Diego’s KSWB (Fox) and KFMB (CW) and streaming […]
Technology infrastructure company Signal Infrastructure Group (SIG) has been retained by Northern California Public Broadcasting’s KQED San Francisco to perform a turn-key project replacing its existing ch. 30 high-power transmitter […]
BitPath, the Sinclair-Nexstar joint venture pursuing non-traditional revenue prospects from ATSC 3.0 spectrum, is experimenting with a new system that would improve location data accuracy, while also developing an IoT solution enabling energy utilities to better communicate with customers in times of peak need.
As Comcast prepares to leverage its Flex system in a streaming platform joint venture with Charter, the cable giant is “extremely focused” on growing the base of U.S. operators who it licenses to, Comcast Cable CEO Dave Watson said Wednesday.
Dielectric has appointed 27-year broadcast industry veteran Dave Benco as the company’s Western sales manager, effective immediately. Reporting to Vice President of Sales Jay Martin, Benco will manage new and […]
In a strategic move that Telestream says will further extend its reach in the cloud-media processing sector, the Genstar Capital company is buying Encoding.com, an Emmy-winning cloud media processing platform used […]
Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WYFF Greenville, S.C., have debuted a new set from Devlin Design Group. The studio features the latest technology and integrates textures and imagery relating to an iconic […]
A Gen Z Take On NFTs Shows News Storytelling’s Future
Christian Ocana, a 22-year-old UNC journalism student, won this year’s Hearst Multimedia Innovative Storytelling Competition for a multifaceted explainer on NFTs that shows the way to a Gen Z-tailored news future.
Executives from Warner Bros. Discovery, Vice Media, Sinclair Broadcast Group and Hearst Television will look at efforts underway to migrate storage to the cloud in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch webinar at 1 p.m. on June 23. Register here.
He joins from KING Seattle to oversee technical operations at Nexstar’s Bay Area MyNetworkTV affiliate.
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a director of engineering, a digital sales manager and a national sales assistant in Virginia Beach and Sarasota, Fla.
The NAB Leadership Foundation (NABLF) is now accepting applications for the 2023 Technology Apprenticeship Program (TAP) through June 15. The program is designed to train, inform and recruit a diverse workforce that meets the technology and […]
Verbit, a provider of voice AI transcription and captioning solutions, has acquired U.S. Captioning to further its media vertical expansion efforts. U.S. Captioning is a U.S.-based provider of closed captioning services […]
TNDV, a division of Live Media Group Holdings, has just wrapped TV production services for new episodes of Bluegrass Underground: The Caverns Sessions, which will return to PBS this year for […]
Panasonic Holdings Corp. said its board of directors has resolved to commence preparations for a potential stock exchange listing of the supply chain management business operated by Panasonic Connect Co. […]
Telestream, a global provider of file-based media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies, introduces Wirecast Gear 3. Supporting up to 4K60 streaming workflows, Wirecast Gear 3 is the latest generation […]
Sony has received certification from Crestron and Cisco for its BRAVIA 4K Professional Displays. Crestron is the market leader in automated and integrated control systems that create a flawless workflow […]
Dejero is partnering with Taoglas, a provider of antenna and RF technologies, to help its customers select best-in-class, high-performance antennas for its cellular bonding devices when used in mobile and […]
Interra Systems, a provider of content quality control (QC), monitoring, and analysis solutions to the digital media industry, today announced that the company has joined the Amazon Web Services Partner […]
