TVN’S MEDIA JOBS

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.

NAB Leadership Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Technology Apprenticeship Program

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 Buys U.S. Captioning

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 […]

BRAND CONNECTIONS

TNDV Helps ‘Bluegrass Underground’ Return To PBS

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 Announces Preparations for Stock Exchange Listing of its Supply Chain Management Business

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 Debuts New Wirecast Gear 1080P And 4K Streaming Hardware Solutions

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 Electronics Gains Certifications From Crestron And Cisco For Its BRAVIA 4K Professional Displays

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 Sets Technology Partnership With Antenna Specialist Taoglas

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 Joins AWS Partner Network

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 […]

Blackbird Hires Sumit Rai As Chief Product Officer

Blackbird plc, the technology licensor, developer and seller of the cloud native video editing platform, Blackbird, today named Sumit Rai as chief product officer. he will join the company in […]

TVN TECH

Broadcasters Weigh New Playout Options

TV stations and groups are increasingly turning to the cloud for playout solutions, and vendors are meeting them there with SaaS options. Above: Imagine’s Aviator control interface. The cloud-based system is designed to support both linear and OTT playout.

LiveU Buys Cloud-Based Video Production Provider easylive.io

LiveU, a provider of live video streaming and remote production solutions, today announced the acquisition of easylive.io as part of its strategy “to expand its cloud video platform, enabling customers to grow […]

Sinclair Names Scott Ehrlich Its First Chief Innovation Officer

He’s tasked with creating the company’s first dedicated cross-functional research and development group to coordinate and accelerate efforts across content, technology, audience development and distribution.

Fox O&O KTTV Los Angeles Updates Its Set

Arnold C. Rifkin, Pioneering WJZ Baltimore Engineer, Dies

Telstra Promotes Noah Drake To President For The Americas

Telstra has named Noah Drake President for the Americas, responsible for leading the company’s future direction within the region. The company said Drake will oversee all sales and business operations, playing […]

Andrew Whiteside, Dielectic President, Dies

The television engineering veteran who joined Sinclair Broadcast Group in 1999, was killed in a climbing accident. He was 67.

QUARTERLY REPORT

Sony’s Profit Surges On Healthy Film, Game, Music Growth

Sony’s fiscal fourth quarter surged 67% to 111.1 billion yen ($852.7 million) from the previous year, as the Japanese entertainment and electronics company racked up profits in video game and movie divisions, the company said Tuesday.

For Fast-Aging Streaming Devices, 8GB Is Not Enough

From storage to processor speeds, most sticks, dongles, pucks and smart TVs in living rooms today are getting quickly left behind by the demands of the streaming wars.

Broadcast Production Awards Winners Announced

TVN’S MEDIA JOBS

New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an IT engineer, a digital content manager, an anchor, an anchor/reporter, a news anchor/producer, an education reporter, a broadcast engineer, a meteorologist and photojournalist.

SMPTE And Open Services Alliance For Media To Host Media Microservices Summit, May 11-12 In New York

SMPTE , the organization of media professionals, technologists and engineers, is partnering with the Open Services Alliance (OSA) for media to present the Media Microservices Summit, hosted by Microsoft in […]

FooEngine Integrates OOONA’s Convert API

OOONA, a global provider of professional management and production tools for the media localization industry, announced today that U.K.-based start-up FooEngine has integrated the OOONA Convert API into its media […]

Mediaproxy To Highlight Latest LogServer Functionality At CABSAT 2022

Mediaproxy, a global developer of software-based IP compliance solutions, will show the most recent additions to the feature set of its LogServer IP logging, monitoring and analysis system during CABSAT 2022. […]

EVS Expands Neuron’s Capabilities For Advanced Real-Time Media Processing

EVS, a provider of live video technology, has released two new product lines and added several important software capabilities to its Neuron Network Attached Processor, driving further efficiencies for IP-based media productions. […]

TVN TECH

Multiviewers Take On Bigger Workloads

Whether offered as a standalone unit or combined with other components of the broadcast workflow, multiviewers are tackling a mix of formats and a higher volume of content to monitor. Above, Studio Berlin uses the Apantac KVM over IP solution for its multiviewers.

Telestream Intros New Version Of Inspect 2110 Monitoring Solution

Telestream, a global provider of workflow automation, media processing, quality monitoring and test and measurement solutions for the production and distribution of video, has rolled out the latest version of […]

Avid Posts 1Q Profit Of $10.6 Million

BURLINGTON, Mass. (AP) _ Avid Technology Inc. (AVID) on Wednesday reported first-quarter profit of $10.6 million. The Burlington, Massachusetts-based company said it had profit of 23 cents per share. Earnings, […]

Pundits Declare OTT Dongles ‘Dead’ Following Samsung NewFront Presentation

One billion smart TVs will be sold in the next four years, according to Evan Shapiro, and not one of them will need an HDMI stick or hockey puck to connect to the internet.

Here’s A Look At Greg Gutfeld’s New Latenight Studio