With continued pressure on satellite capacity and steady improvement in connectivity, vendors expect more networks to move at least some of their distribution to terrestrial IP over the next few years. Sinclair, MSG and Estrella have been among the early movers. Pictured: LTN’s Technical Operations Center in Columbia, Md.
For Broadcasters, Multiplatform Distribution Gets More Expansive
Executives from Nexstar, Cox Media Group, Gray Television and ABC Owned Stations shared how their content businesses are evolving into 24/7 news networks, diginets, FAST channels, hyperlocal offerings and more at TVNewsCheck’s Programming Everywhere conference at NAB in Las Vegas last week. Pictured (l-r): Brad Wall, LTN Global; Adrianne Anderson, ABC Owned Stations; Steve Pruett, Cox Media Group; Sean Compton, Nexstar Media; and Pat LaPlatney, Gray Television. (Alyssa Wesley photo)
At IBC, Returning To A New Normal
In Amsterdam this week, there was plenty of talk about broadcasters’ ongoing transition to IP and the cloud, along with the supply chain issues and labor shortages hampering it, but most people were too grateful to see old friends, colleagues and clients to complain.
IBC’s first in-person event since 2019 may have fewer days and attendees than at its high-water mark, but vendors are packing their schedules with meetings and say they’re excited to be doing business in person again.
LTN Global, a provider of transformative media technology and video transport solutions, has introduced LTN Arc, “a fully-managed production solution that enables media organizations to repurpose and decorate centralized feeds into […]
LTN Global, a media technology and video transport solutions provider, today launched LTN Lift, a fully managed, cloud-based playout solution for the automated creation of live, linear channels to reach […]
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LTN Global, a provider of media technology and video transport solutions, has appointed Catherine Gonzalez Pack senior vice president of operations. She brings more than 20 years of broadcast operations […]
LTN Global, a provder of transformative media technology and video transport solutions, has worked closely with Howard University’s WHUT and the Pearl TV consortium to support the launch of the Howard NextGen TV Broadcast Collaborative […]
Webinar to chart new revenue powered by NextGen infrastructure
ATSC 3.0 infrastructure will position stations to not just create their own OTT platforms, but also lease a portion of their spectrum for datacasting needed for smart cities, enhanced GPS, infotainment, autonomous vehicle control, and a host of IoT use cases. Leading experts on monetizing NextGen TV will gather for an LTN Global webinar to be produced by TVNewsCheck. Speakers will be (clockwise from left): John Hane, president, BitPath; Kerry Oslund, VP strategy and business development, E.W. Scripps; Mark Aitken, SVP advanced technology, Sinclair Broadcast Group and president, One Media; Brett Jenkins, EVP/CTO, Nexstar Media Group; and moderator Mary Crebassa, VP major accounts, LTN Global. Register here.
LTN Global, a provider of media technology and video transport solutions, has launched a new LTN Schedule self-service offering. Schedule, a cloud-based linear playout solution, enables creators to manage and […]
Technology executives from WarnerMedia, Sinclair and Hearst said at a recent TVNewsCheck webinar that they’re tackling the content management challenge amplified by the pandemic by using cloud storage and leveraging artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve indexing and searching.
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)
LTN Global, a provider of transformative media technology and video transport network solutions, announced today a multi-year agreement with SportsGrid Inc. The agreement provides SportsGrid with advanced cloud-based automation products optimizing […]
LTN Global, a provider of transformative media technology and video transport network solutions has bought DTAGS, adding DTAGS’ portfolio of scalable 4K remote production, post-production and transmission workflows for major shows […]
LTN Global, a provider of transformative media technology and video transport network solutions, announces seamless interoperability with AWS Elemental MediaConnect to let customers distribute content to hundreds of locations via […]
Broadcasters such as Sinclair and Vice are increasingly shifting playout functions to cloud platforms, seeking more flexibility and agility there and testing the waters with disaster recovery strategies, OTT channels and diginets. “In the cloud, you can build up a whole separate system in parallel, test it, then cut over to it,” says one consultant.
LTN Global, a provider of transformative media technology and video transport network solutions, and global media services company Encompass Digital Media are expanding their relationship through a new multi-year partnership […]
LTN Global, a provider of transformative media technology and video transport network solutions today announced that its transport service is being used for the first commercial deployment of ATSC 3.0 […]
LTN Global, a provider of transformative media technology and video transport network solutions says it will leverage Amazon Web Services (AWS) across its suite of modular offerings to improve video […]
LTN Global, a global provider of broadcast-quality IP video transport solutions, signed a three-year agreement with New Mexico State University (NMSU) to be the school’s primary IP transmission provider. NMSU has […]
LTN Global, a provider of broadcast-quality IP video transport solutions, has promoted Rick Young to senior vice president, global products. In this new role, he will be responsible for the LTN […]
It says the deal will allow it to provide end-to-end managed broadcast operations, transmission, and content monetization.
LTN Global, a global provider of broadcast-quality IP video transport solutions, and its Niles Media Division today introduced a series of service packages for premium production-to-transmission workflows. The next-gen Niles Direct, […]
The 2019 NAB Show will mark the first major event for LTN Global following the company’s acquisition of Niles Media Group, a Kansas City, Mo.-based company specializing in media content […]
LTN Global, a global provider of broadcast-quality IP video transport solutions, has acquired the Niles Media Group, a Kansas City, Mo.-based company specializing in media content creation and TV remote […]
