Looking to increase profitability of streaming services? Visit Imagine Communications at the NAB Show in Las Vegas (April 14-17), Booth W2467, for a hands-on demo of the latest advances in […]
At the 2024 NAB Show Las Vegas (April 14-17), Imagine Communications will showcase its latest innovations in its broad portfolio of “Make TV” and “Monetize TV” solutions in the convention’s […]
Imagine Communications, a provider of ad tech solutions for TV broadcast, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Marketron REV broadcast sales and order management platform. By integrating the […]
Imagine Communications, a provider of ad tech solutions for TV broadcast, has formed a partnership with Google Ad Manager that it says “is set to transform converged TV advertising. This […]
Amagi, provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, announced in a press release its partnership with Imagine Communications to unveil an innovative FAST monetization solution for direct […]
Imagine Communications has appointed media industry executive Frank Deo to the position of chief technology officer of its ad tech business, the company announced in a press release. In this […]
Exclusives
Imagine Communications “completes a critical connection for cloud/ground hybrid workflows” with the introduction of Magellan Connect, a cloud-routing extension of its Magellan Control System. “A first-of-its-kind offering, Magellan Connect creates an end-to-end routing […]
Imagine Communications has named industry veteran Kyle Luther position of vice president, Americas sales. In his new role, Luther will be responsible for driving the sales strategy for Imagine’s portfolio of playout […]
Sky Italia, Italy’s largest pay-TV operator, has migrated its Rome operations center to SMPTE ST 2110 video infrastructure with NMOS integration and JPEG XS compression based on Imagine Communications’ Selenio Network […]
Transitioning From Ground To Cloud For Playout
Cloud-based playout hasn’t fully arrived with the speed the broadcast industry initially predicted. That doesn’t mean that it will never get here.
Executives from Sinclair, Fox Television Stations, NBCUniversal Local, Bitcentral and Imagine Communications will discuss the sticky process of determining what stays on-premises and what functions should best move to the cloud in a TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar on Aug. 10. Register here.
Multiviewers continue on an evolutionary fast track for broadcasters, taking on multiple forms of video, becoming NDI capable and even adding browser-based options for more flexibility.
Noticeably heavier crowds filled a conference swinging back from the pandemic, while strategic partnerships between vendors signaled a new tack for the industry.
intoPIX and Imagine Communications will unveil the latest release of Imagine’s Selenio Network Processor (SNP) with support for TicoXS FPGA IP cores at NAB Show (April 16-19 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, intoPIX’s Booth C6335). […]
Imagine Communications says that multi-site playout systemization — across on-prem and cloud — “takes a giant step forward with the launch of its Aviator Orchestrator platform. Combining capabilities for managing […]
With a longstanding commitment to industry standards and easy integrations across its technology portfolio, Imagine Communications continues to streamline automated advertising transactions for local TV broadcasters via flexible, open ad tech architectures […]
Imagine Communications is adding features to its Selenio Network Processor (SNP) processing device in both IP and SDI workflows. At the 2023 NAB Show (April 16-19, Las Vegas Convention Center, Booth […]
When major media organization Antenna Group, based in the Netherlands, acquired Sony Pictures Television’s network portfolio in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), it gained 22 pay TV channels, two streaming services and […]
As part of its commitment to providing media companies with practical migration paths to the cloud, Imagine Communications today announces its partnership with Vizrt — integrating its Viz Vectar Plus cloud […]
Imagine Communications is celebrating the 2023 NAB Show Centennial (April 16-19, Las Vegas Convention Center), with a new location in the West Hall )Booth W2775) and demonstrations of its latest […]
Executives from Sinclair, Fox Television Stations, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, TAG Video Systems and Imagine Communications told a TVNewsCheck webinar last week that live production at volume in the public cloud may finally come to pass next year, noting the growing adoption of enabling technologies like low-latency JPEG-XS compression.
Imagine Communications, a provider of software-based architectures and cloud solutions, says it has successfully completed the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Foundational Technical Review (FTR) for its Aviator Make TV cloud playout solution. […]
Imagine Communications announced what it calls “a major milestone” in the continuing rollout of its award-winning Imagine Aviator with delivery of the platform’s integrated Plan TV and Monetize TV solutions. […]
Imagine Communications today announced in a statement its partnership with Singular.live, the web-based graphics platform, as part of the newly launched Essentials channel origination option for its Aviator Make TV […]
Imagine will showcase significant new functionalities in its industry-acclaimed processing and control platforms at IBC2022 (9-12 September, RAI Amsterdam, stand 2.B49), according to a company statement. Coupled with the Magellan™ […]
Imagine Communications is adding new functionality to its Imagine Aviator platform with the launch of the Essentials channel origination option for its Make TV cloud playout solution. Designed for channels […]
Imagine Communications is adding new functionality to its Imagine Aviator platform with the launch of the Essentials channel origination option for its Make TV cloud playout solution. Designed for channels […]
Imagine Communications has appointed media industry executive Diana Horowitz to the newly created position of vice president, strategic sales, advertising technology. Based in New York City, Horowitz will drive the […]
Following a public tender, Rai Way, a leading Italian network infrastructure and services operator, selected Lutech SpA and its technology provider, Imagine Communications, to support the rollout of its new IP […]
Following a public tender, Rai Way, an Italian network infrastructure and services operator, selected Lutech SpA and its technology provider, Imagine Communications, to support the rollout of its new IP video […]
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.
Attendance may have been almost halved by the pandemic, but tech vendors felt the more intimate environment allowed them to conduct business on a more productive level. On the show floor, the continued shift of broadcast workflows to the public cloud dominated many discussions, while others focused on NextGen TV’s pressing need to monetize.
Station groups lag behind larger networks in investing in new IP routing systems despite interoperability hurdles being overcome and IP gear prices falling. But the new infrastructure may end up being more horsepower than they need. Above, a control room at NBCUniversal’s Boston Media Center in Needham, Mass. The facility handles four businesses in the market — WBTS (NBC), WNEU (Telemundo), New England Cable News and NBC Sports Boston — on one common IP-based technology platform.
As demand for remote operations continues to increase across the industry, Imagine Communications has enhanced its widely deployed ADC playout automation, enabling media companies to access and control their broadcast […]
Drawing on a heritage of more than 20 years in newsroom production, Imagine Communications is introducing what it calls “a powerful new approach to content access, management and multiplatform delivery” […]
Imagine Communications has further developed its industry-leading storage portfolio with the addition of Versio IOX Express NAS, providing broadcast and production facilities “with a high-availability shared storage solution that enables on-air […]
New Facilities Insider | Disney’s Digital Center 3 Centralizes Hardware, Allows Control From Anywhere
A first look at Disney’s new Digital Center 3 (DC3) in The Woodlands, Texas, a massive, 187,000-square-foot plant consolidating playout, transmission and media operations. (Sam Exley photo)
In support of evolving customer requirements, Imagine Communications has added a range of new functionality to its globally deployed Selenio Network Processor (SNP) platform and Magellan SDNO Control System. These new software feature releases […]
Remotely working broadcasters are increasingly seeing the advantages of IP routing systems to easily control equipment and monitor feeds. Those who adopted IP routers prior to the pandemic were “well ahead of the game,” says one vendor. Above, the BBC’s SMPTE 2110 facility in Cardiff, Wales.
Imagine’s Graham Heap discusses the tech and a hope to shift from spots to audience-based buying and selling
