Calrec’s IP Solution Selected For Sportsnet Studios

Two Calrec Artemis consoles with AoIP ImPulse cores and Gateway technology lie at the heart of the audio setup at Sportsnet Studios, the new immersive facility in Toronto that’s part of sports media brand […]

VCC’s New AirFirst Platform Offers Do-It-Yourself Solution For Low-Latency, Two-Way IP Remote Contribution On Demand

The Video Call Center (VCC) introduces AirFirst, what it calls “the first cloud-controlled management system for IP-based remote contributions. Going beyond consumer conferencing systems, AirFirst provides producers with superior-quality, lag-free, […]

Lawo Names Oliver Frenzel Business Development Manager For SMART Portfolio

Lawo, the German manufacturer of IP audio, video and control infrastructure solutions, has appointed Oliver Frenzel business development manager for its SMART line of IP network monitoring solutions. Frenzel, who […]

Lawo’s V_matrix Gets Boost With 3 New Rear Plate Models

For more than five years, Lawo’s V_matrix IP-broadcast core infrastructure ecosystem has allowed users to transform their installations into a flexible, future-proof production and/or delivery facility. Its C100 processing blades […]

Vislink Launches New IP And AI Technology Features And Solutions

Vislink, a global technology provider in the capture, delivery and management of high quality, live video and associated data in the media and entertainment, law enforcement and defense markets, has […]

NewTek Debuts TriCaster 1 Pro And Next-Gen TriCaster 2 Elite

NewTek, a provider of IP-based video technology and part of the Vizrt Group, today launches the TriCaster 1 Pro: a streamlined live video production system with support for 4K UHD […]

Mediaproxy To Showcase Upgrades To Flagship Logserver At IBC

Mediaproxy, an international developer of software-based IP broadcast solutions, will highlight recent upgrades to its LogServer logging, monitoring and analysis system on stand 7.B44 at IBC 2021, Dec. 3-6 at the […]

Jasper Promoted To Lawo Senior Sales Director Middle East And CIS

Lawo, the German manufacturer of pioneering IP-based audio-video systems and control solutions, has appointed Klaus-Joerg Jasper senior sales director Middle East and CIS, immediately assuming responsibility for the additional sales […]

Lawo’s HOME Platform And Zurich Opera’s IP Remote Production Project Win Awards

Lawo has won two industry awards that recognize significant and promising new products and technologies. First was the 2021 NAB Show Product of the Year Award in the category IT […]

Riedel Expands Vienna R&D Hub For IP-Enabled Solutions

Extending its global leadership in IP-enabled hardware and software solutions, Riedel Communications has expanded its new R&D hub in Vienna and ramped up its capacity to drive technical innovation. The […]

Broadcast Pix Launches MX Hybrid

The infrastructure supporting live productions is gradually changing from mainly SDI Video to IP networks, as more computer-generated content, new IP cameras and other NDI or IP sources become commonplace. […]

TVU Networks Partners with Dubai Media Inc. On Video Footage & Media Services During Expo Dubai 2020

TVU Networks, a provider of cloud and IP-based live video solutions, partnered with Dubai Media Incorporated (DMI) to provide exclusive footage from the six-month-long global festival, Expo Dubai 2020, which began Oct. 1. […]

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Cloud Dominates Devoncroft Discourse

Public cloud technology has moved into the realm of widespread broadcaster acceptance, discussions at this week’s Devoncroft Partners’ Executive Summit confirmed, although there’s wariness that legacy vendors can make the transition along with them. Labor shortages and supply chain problems also surfaced as major concerns.

Live Production Over IP Now Becoming The Standard

Live production over IP is not exactly a new idea — the SMPTE ST2110 standard for IP video was finalized in its present form in September 2018 — but time has allowed manufacturers and producers to figure out the best practices. This means that SDI is now not the only accepted technology for interconnecting equipment for a live production system. Increasingly, broadcasters and remote truck operators are opting for IP systems to handle the signals in their new facilities.

Xilinx Offers Production-Ready Multimedia Streaming End-Point Solutions

Xilinx Inc., a provider of adaptive computing, is working with its IP and system integrator partners to provide “the industry’s first and only production-ready multimedia streaming endpoint solutions for broadcast […]

Avid Adds Sony & TVU Networks To IP Content Sources For Live TV Content Workflows

Avid has introduced out interoperability of Sony and TVU Networks IP-connected devices with MediaCentral | Stream to dramatically expand the pool of journalists, producers and other production resources who can contribute live streams from anywhere for news and remote live production workflows. MediaCentral | […]

Nevion Celebrating 25 Years Of Broadcast Innovation

Nevion, a provider of virtualized media production solutions, today launched the celebrations for its 25th anniversary. Nevion, founded in 1996, said it has achieved a number of firsts over the […]

Just Add Power Releases New Driver For Luxul’s Managed L2/L3 Gigabit Switches

Just Add Power, a provider of AV-over-IP distribution, rolled out a new driver supporting Luxul’s SW-510-48P-F, SW-610-24P-R, and SW-610-48P-F managed L2/L3 Gigabit switches. Just Add Power said: “Providing seamless integration […]

TAG’s Monitoring and Multiviewer Platform Used In 5G-VIRTUOSA Project

TAG Video Systems, a provider of real-time cloud-based monitoring of linear video workflows, says its MCM-9000 monitoring and multiviewer platform is being used in the 5G-VIRTUOSA project. Funded by the […]

AIMS Opens Call For Papers For IP Oktoberfest 2021

The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has opened its call for papers for IP Oktoberfest 2021, a live, interactive virtual event for broadcast and Pro AV professionals to be […]

USSI Global To Bring Power Of AI And Digital Out-Of-Home Analytics To Broadcasters

USSI Global has created a research and development program that will bring audience analytics to its broadcast customers delivering NextGen TV services. The essential technology component will be developed through its new partnership with AdMobilize, an […]

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Grass Valley Tackles A Changing Industry

The vendor’s shift to SaaS products is a reflection of broadcasters’ changing business models, as they invest in new over-the-top services to meet consumer demand for nonlinear programming while traditional broadcast revenues decline.

Douglas Russell Joins TVU Networks As Northwest Regional Accounts Manager

TVU Networks, a provider of cloud and IP-based live video solutions, said today that Douglas Russell has joined the company as the Northwest regional accounts manager, North America Sales. Based […]

Clear-Com Debuts Arcadia Central Station, A Next-Generation Scalable IP Platform

Clear-Com has introduced Arcadia Central Station, a next-generation scalable IP platform that integrates all wired and wireless partyline systems, including the FreeSpeak family of digital wireless solutions and HelixNet Digital Partyline. […]

Red Bee Media Prepares For All-IP Future With Rohde & Schwarz Prismon Multiviewer

Red Bee Media, a global media services company, has selected the Prismon multiviewer system from Rohde & Schwarz. It will replace life-expired SDI systems in its playout facilities in the […]

EVS Introduces Its MediaInfra Strada SDI/IP Routing Solution

EVS has introduced MediaInfra Strada, a turnkey solution that combines SDI and IP routing capabilities in a single system based on EVS’ Cerebrum and Neuron product lines. Together with Arista ethernet […]

Test Equipment Vendors Expand Capabilities To Address IP, ATSC 3.0

Maintaining a robust and optimized stream is more important than ever. Above, Telestream recently added audio support to its PRISM monitoring product line.

The Switch Delivers Live HD Feeds Of The French Open To Tennis Channel’s Largest Audience

The Switch, a provider of production services and global delivery of live video, deployed groundbreaking connectivity to support live coverage of this year’s French Open. The state-of-the-art deployment in Paris’s Stade Roland […]

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NBC’s Game Plan For Tokyo Olympics: Distributed Workflows

David Mazza, SVP and CTO of NBC Sports Group and NBC Olympics, gives an exclusive look at how the network will navigate COVID restrictions while delivering 1080p HDR and 4K coverage for the first time and the pivotal role distributed workflows will play. Note: This story is available to TVNewsCheck Premium members only. If you would like to upgrade your free TVNewsCheck membership to Premium now, you can visit your Member Home Page, available when you log in at the very top right corner of the site or in the Stay Connected Box that appears in the right column of virtually every page on the site. If you don’t see Member Home, you will need to click Log In or Subscribe.

Pebble And Nevion Offer Pebble Control, VideoIPath Integration

Pebble, an automation, content management, and integrated channel specialist, and Nevion, a Sony Group Company and provider of virtualized media production solutions, announced a new integration between Pebble Control, Pebble’s IP connection […]

Grass Valley IP Tech Powers NBC Sports Stamford HQ

NBC Sports Group features new IP production workflows, supplied by Grass Valley, at its headquarters in Stamford, Conn. The approach harnesses the power of open-architecture IP technology to unlock an unprecedented […]

BitFire Networks To Celebrate First Year

To celebrate its one-year anniversary later this year, video transmission provider BitFire Networks announced plans for continued expansion. It will open a 16,000 square foot studio and production facility, complete […]

Grass Valley’s Kaleido-IP Video Multiviewer Helps TV 2 Norway Amplify IP Capability

Norway’s largest commercial broadcaster, TV 2 Norway, has chosen Grass Valley‘s Kaleido-IP Video Multiviewer as part of its migration to open standards-based IP workflows. TV 2 provides a range of programming […]

Rohde & Schwarz Adds Centralized Control For R&S Prismon Multiviewers

Rohde & Schwarz, a global provider of broadcast media technologies, has added to the functionality of its R&SPrismon multiviewers with Multiviewer Control Centre (MCC), designed to increase the power and productivity of the platform. MCC enables […]

TVU Networks Adds Subject-Tracking Functionality To TVU Anywhere

TVU Networks, a provider of cloud and IP-based live video solutions, says its TVU Anywhere solution has integrated support for Center Stage, a new iPad Pro (M1 Chip models) feature that automates […]

Zixi Announces Global Availability Of Zixi as a Service

Zixi, a provider of live broadcast-quality video over any-IP, and award-winning architect of the Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP), has rolled out global availability of Zixi as a Service (ZaaS), broadcast infrastructure […]

IntoPIX delivers JPEG XS Compressed Solutions For Low Latency Video Streaming

IntoPIX, a provider of video compression solutions, is offering integrated solutions for JPEG XS & SMPTE2110-22 for NVIDIA Rivermax-enabled Ethernet NICs. The combination of intoPIX FastTICO-XS GPU SDK with Rivermax provides developers a […]

TVU Networks Partners with JVCKenwood To Support SRT Live Video Streaming

TVU Networks, a provider of cloud and IP-based live video solutions, has partnered with JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKenwood USA, to provide seamless access to TVU’s cloud-based solutions […]

COMMENTARY BY ROBERT POLETIEK

Migration From Satellite To IP Has Already Begun, And It’s Time To Get On Board

Zixi’s Robert Poletiek: “Over the past five years audiences have begun a mass migration towards consumption of IP-based content streaming services at an accelerated pace. Viewers globally are spending many more hours at home with the choice of an infinite amount of personally curated content on-demand, whenever and wherever they want. In turn, the necessity to recalibrate the broadcast experience for content, services and entertainment by a workforce that is also increasingly remote is vital for the modern broadcaster.”

Dielectric Names Dan Glavin Western Region Sales Manager

Dielectric has appointed Dan Glavin Western Region sales manager, succeeding Steven Moreen, who retires following a 52-year career in the broadcast industry. Glavin steps into the role immediately, with responsibility […]