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As members of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers gather in Hollywood, Calif., for the 2016 Technical Conference & Exhibition Oct. 24-28, the organization’s history will be on the minds of many keynoters, presenters and attendees as SMPTE celebrates its centennial. However, while honoring its storied past will be an important part of this year’s event, SMPTE remains focused on providing the technical insight, presentations and discussions needed to positon the industry for the future.

The VRT-EBU LiveIP Studio Project has won the IBC 2016 Innovation Award for Content Creation at this year’s event in Amsterdam. The LiveIP Studio, called the world’s first fully functioning […]

At this year’s media tech compendium in Amsterdam, there was greater cooperation among vendors to ensure IP interoperability. On the business front, there was talk of zoned advertising and hyperlocal content delivery over the air with OFDM-based transmission systems such as ATSC 3.0. And on the technology frontier, all of the work to make Ultra HD a reality has begun to pay off with real-world applications, novel 360-degree acquisition (see the Nokia Ozo camera above) and new 8K implementations of OLED display technology.

Cobalt Digital has bought ImmediaTV, a Silicon Valley company focused on IP-centric video processing solutions in both openGear and stand-alone formats for broadcast, live event, streaming and IPTV applications. The […]

ChyronHego announced that its entire line of broadcast solutions now supports NewTek’s Network Device Interface (NDI) protocol, an open technology for live-production video workflows over Ethernet networks. NDI enables multiple […]

Sony | Stand C.101 | Website: www.pro.sony.eu Today, Sony unveiled how it is reshaping media solutions, introducing new ideas, approaches and technology on the opening day of IBC 2016. Sony’s […]

Karel De Bondt reported that the LiveIP project from Belgian public broadcaster VRT and the EBU has succeeded in delivering live television produced using IP to viewers and most recently delivered for the entire summer of 2016 a children’s channel produced out of its IP production facility, which includes a studio, production control room and data center tied.

Utah Scientific | Stand 10.A21 | Website: www.utahscientific.com UTAH-400 IP Gateway/TR-03 Technology Demonstration — Utah Scientific will demonstrate new prototype IP gateway cards that feature the company’s new core IP […]

Tektronix | Stand 10.D41 | Website: TEK.COM At IBC 2016, Tektronix, a provider of video test and monitoring solutions, will be unveiling new product features and capabilities to help the […]

Grass Valley and Cisco have broadened their existing relationship to offer customers complete, integrated broadcast network solutions that include sales and service of GV Node, GV Convergent and IPG-3901 along […]

Upbeat reports by Belden, EVS, Avid and other tech vendors in the second quarter cheered investors and may mark a turnaround in a market that had been struggling to keep pace with powerful technology trends like the move toward IP and the shifting demands of their TV customers. In addition, many feel the market may also get a boost from deployment of 4K and other advanced picture formats and new customers in the market.

Broadcasters from around the world will converge next month on Amsterdam for IBC 2016 where they will find the latest developments in the technology and business transitions confronting the industry. Whether it’s the shift from baseband to IP video transport, the rollout of 4K and 8K Ultra HD production or the growing role of OTT and future advertising opportunities, IBC 2016 promises to offer a fresh perspective on where the television industry is headed.

There  may be no better indication of broadcast television’s unfolding transition from baseband video to IP and the cloud than this year’s Olympics. This year, NBC is relying on Microsoft Azure Media Services cloud encoding and transcoding to serve live IP streams of events from Rio to various digital devices like smartphones, tablets and computers. That’s a massive undertaking.

JVC Professional Video will demonstrate its video-over-IP technologies, including the JVC Private MESH Video Network, and new studio fiber system at the Texas Association of Broadcasters 63rd Annual Convention & Trade Show (booth […]

Digigram | Stand 8.C51 | Website: http://www.digigram.com At IBC 2016, Digigram will present IP solutions that help broadcasters around the world to improve their productivity, flexibility, and program quality. Digigram […]

Verizon is quietly getting ready to launch its next-generation TV service in at least one of its FiOS markets later this year, Variety has learned from multiple sources with knowledge of the company’s plans. The service will be based on a new set-top box that incorporates some of the technology Verizon acquired from Intel a little over two years ago, and represents a bigger shift towards IP-based technology and a world where traditional pay TV isn’t the only game in town anymore.

NewTek today announced an update to its TriCaster Advanced Edition, a software option available for TriCaster 8000, 860, 400 and Mini series. With more than 100 operator-centric capabilities requiring no additional hardware, TriCaster […]

When it comes to video, no fewer than four different options for IP transport (plus a variety of protocols and standards) will be proffered as alternatives to SDI baseband transport at the NAB Show in Las Vegas next month. From them, a few major themes are likely to emerge. For more information about IP newsgathering solutions at the NAB Show, click here.  For a resources guide to the companies mentioned in this story, click here. Read all the 2016 NAB Hot Topics stories here.

This year, TVNewsCheck is augmenting its coverage of NAB Show Hot Topics tech trends stories with information that can make your visit to NAB easier. This week’s focus is The Road To […]

From repacking TV spectrum to make way for wireless companies to the next-generation ATSC 3.0 television transmission standard; from IP-based workflows to news technologies and workflows, the television industry expended a lot of time, money and effort this year to position itself for where it must go. This is Part 3 of TVNewsCheck’s annual Year in Review for 2015. Part I, which appeared Monday, reviewed the year’s happenings in local and broadcast network news. Part 2, which ran Tuesday, recapped the year’s highlights in business, regulation, syndicated  and broadcast network programming and new media. And Part 4 on Thursday will remember the electronic media luminaries who died during 2015. Read all of the 2015 Year in Review stories here.