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Cloud-First Approach Can Reduce CapEx, Secure Data

A cloud transition enables numerous cost-saving areas and benefits around data security, making a compelling case for the move.

Broadcasters Reduce 6 GHz Spectrum Carveout Ask

Broadcasters said they are willing to compromise on the amount of licensed spectrum they have wanted the FCC to carve out of the 6 GHz band. That came in a letter to the commission from the National Association of Broadcasters, which has been trying to insure that licensed mobile operations can preserve a protected space — including guard bands — as the FCC opens up the band for unlicensed use.

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NAB Show: PlayBox Neo Elevates Broadcast Playout

PlayBox Neo will introduce the latest advances in broadcast TV channel management at the 2022 NAB Show (April 23-27 in Las Vegas). Exhibiting in Booth N5210 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, […]

Broadcast Pix Is Latest To Join The SRT Alliance

Broadcast Pix has joined the SRT Alliance, a collaborative community of industry leaders and developers striving to achieve lower-latency internet video transport. The company is also adding the native support of Secure Reliable […]

Stephen Wilhite, Inventor Of The Meme-Favorite GIF, Has Died

Wilhite won a Webby lifetime achievement award in 2013 for inventing the GIF, which decades after its creation became omnipresent in memes and on social media, often used as a cheeky representation of a cultural moment. He was 74.

Five Stations Launch NextGen TV In Albany, N.Y.

WTEN, WRGB, WXXA, WCWN and WMHT are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.

Ateme Deploys Complete 4K UHD Live Streaming Platform With Dolby Audio For Mola TV

Ateme, a provider of video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable TV, DTH, IPTV and OTT, announces it has enabled 4K UHD live streaming with Dolby Audio for Mola TV, an Indonesian […]

SMPTE Introduces 2022 Leadership

SMPTE, the home of media professionals, technologists and engineers, announced the board officers, regional governors and governors-at-large serving terms on its board of governors in 2022, as well as the […]

LiveU Hires Sports Industry Veteran Doug Price

LiveU, a provider of live video streaming and remote production solutions, has added Doug Price to its expanding sports team. He brings more than 25 years of media experience and […]

WorldCast’s Audemat Brand Rolls Out New RDS Server

WorldCast Systems, a global supplier of advanced broadcast solutions, has released a new RDS Server that the company says “expands the boundaries of managing RDS and other metadata while remaining […]

Vizrt Group Creates Future-Facing NDI Advisory Board

Vizrt Group has introduced the inaugural NDI Advisory Board that will “harness the combined experience of a panel of visionary experts to support and steer NDI as its adoption grows […]

Dalet’s Unified News Operations Solution Powers Peru’s América Televisión and Canal N

Dalet, a technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, ssys that América Televisión and Canal N channels, owned by Plural TV Group, have invested in the Dalet Unified News Operations’ solution powered by […]

Tedial Enhances Avid MediaCentral | Cloud UX With Plugin

Tedial has unveiled its new plugin for MediaCentral | Cloud UX for what it calls “seamless content exchange between Avid MediaCentral and Tedial’s Platforms.” The Tedial Plugin for MediaCentral | Cloud […]

TAG Doubles Volume of Uncompressed Signal Capacity

TAG Video Systems says that media companies can now monitor twice the number of uncompressed signals within the same compute infrastructure thanks to its support of PCIe Gen 4 servers. TAG […]

Grass Valley Cameras Chosen For Brazil’s ‘Faustão na Band’

Grass Valley LDX-series cameras have been selected by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação to produce entertainment show, Faustão na Band. “Consumers crave more captivating content because they want to immerse themselves in the […]

Haivision Introduces Edge-to-Edge Video Network Management

Haivision Systems Inc., a provider of mission-critical, real-time video streaming and networking solutions, today announced major new features to Haivision Hub, the company’s cloud-based software-as-a-service for broadcast video appliance management and […]

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‘Once Adopted, There’s No Turning Back’ For Cloud’s Use In Field Production

Stations may be easing back into their studios as the pandemic abates, but cloud workflows that had been adopted out of necessity for field production are holding fast. Above, Avid’s MediaCentral Collaborate encompasses planning, assignments, task management and project tracking. It can be accessed on a web client, through a mobile app and also through the Media Composer and Adobe Premiere editing systems.

New Grass Valley CEO Hails Cloud-Based ‘Revolution’

Niche and lower league sports have been highlighted as potential areas of growth and opportunity for Grass Valley by new Chief Executive Andrew Cross, who describes the shift to cloud-based production as potentially one of the biggest changes to the way content is created.

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Keith Ackers Joins AccuWeather

AccuWeather has hired Keith Ackers as senior account executive. He will be at the 2022 NAB Show (April 23-27 in Las Vegas) with the company’s news broadcast system, StoryTeller+, all-new […]

NAB Show: Mediaproxy Bringing LogServer Upgrades

Mediaproxy, a developer of software-based IP compliance solutions, will return to Las Vegas for the 2022 NAB Show (April 23-27) to demonstrate the latest upgrades to its flagship LogServer logging […]

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Monitoring by exception frees up operators and extends capabilities

Modern technology has extended the reach of monitoring beyond the master control room (MCR) backwards into other parts of the broadcast center and forwards into the further distribution chain. It has also enabled monitoring by exception, allowing operators to only scrutinize video or audio feeds if a problem has been detected and requires human intervention.

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New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an executive producer, a multimedia marketing producer, a photojournalist, reporter, general manager, digital sales manager, account executives, creative services writer/producer and IT engineer.

NAB Show: IP Showcase Is Back And Live

The Audio Engineering Society (AES), Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS), Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA), European Broadcasting Union (EBU), SMPTE and the Video Services Forum (VSF) today announced the […]

Riedel Increases Focus On North America With Sales Appointments of Richard Kraemer And Josh Yagjian

Riedel Communications today named Richard Kraemer and Josh Yagjian regional sales representatives for North America. Kraemer, who is based in Toronto, will oversee sales in Canada, while Boston-based Yagjian will […]

iSIZE Releases BitClear To Make Unwatchable Videos Watchable By Eliminating Compression Artifacts In User-Generated Content

iSIZE, a provider of deep learning for video delivery, has developed BitClear, an AI-based video processing technology that removes compression artifacts (like blurring and blocking artifacts) from user-generated (or heavily-compressed) […]

Ark Multicasting Demos ATSC 3.0 Standard And Business Model

Ark Multicasting, a low-power television broadcaster, last week gave the broadcast industry a sneak peek at what it is accomplishing together with Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Trinity Broadcasting Network. The […]

Jason Jed Raqueno Joins IAB Tech Lab as Senior Director, Privacy, Identity & Data Protection

IAB Tech Lab, the global digital advertising technical standard-setting body, has hired Jason Jed Raqueno as a senior director, privacy, identity and data protection. In this role, he will oversee […]

NAB Show: TAG Enables New Data Driven Insights To Improve Media Operations And QoS

Visitors to the 2022 NAB Show (April 23-27 in Las Vegas) will be amongst the first to get a glimpse of TAG Video Systems’ new  Media Control System (MCS) in action. TAG, a provider […]