Tightrope Media Systems Celebrates 25th Anniversary

As Tightrope Media Systems marks its 25th anniversary, the company is celebrating its history of delivering innovative solutions for digital signage and community media services. Today, Tightrope has evolved into two dedicated divisions: Carousel offers a complete cloud enterprise digital signage software platform with a dedicated Creative Services team, while Cablecast offers video delivery solutions […]

NAB Show: Tightrope Unleashes All-in-One, Multi-Platform Media Distribution Server

Furthering its mission to help community broadcasters of all sizes reach larger audiences on more viewing devices, Tightrope Media Systems has introduced the new Cablecast VIO OMNI all-in-one, channel-in-a-box system for multi-platform video distribution. Combining channel scheduling, playout, closed captioning, live streaming, and VOD publishing in one space-efficient server, VIO OMNI lets media organizations easily and efficiently […]

Dana Healy Joins Tightrope Media Systems As VP Of Cablecast Community Media

Tightrope Media Systems — developers of Cablecast Community Media broadcast automation, playout and content publishing platform — is has hired veteran PEG media executive Dana Healy as vice president of the Cablecast business unit. In this newly created position, Healy will oversee Cablecast sales and operations while developing processes and strategies to ensure exceptional, productive customer experiences. She will also work closely with the marketing […]

Tightrope Integrates Automated Closed Captioning Into Cablecast Community Media Platform

Tightrope Media Systems is expanding the closed captioning options in its Cablecast Community Media broadcast automation, playout and content publishing platform with a new cloud-based captioning engine and enhanced third-party integration. Community broadcasters using Cablecast VIO servers can trigger automated captioning of both live and file-based content for all viewing platforms – including cable television, web, mobile, and OTT — directly from within the Cablecast user interface. New […]

Tightrope Offers Online And OTT Channel Publishing With Cablecast VIO Stream

Tightrope Media Systems has unveiled Cablecast VIO Stream, a full-featured, automated solution for bringing live event streams and on-demand video to the web, social media, and over-the-top (OTT) platforms. Extending the “add once, publish everywhere” efficiency of Tightrope’s Cablecast broadcast automation solution to organizations that don’t have their own television channel, VIO Stream enables local governments, schools, churches, and businesses to dramatically expand the public’s access to their content with unprecedented ease. “Many public sector organizations, institutions and […]

Tightrope Takes Reins Of PegMedia.org Community Media Exchange

Nonprofit corporation PegMedia Inc. has transferred ownership of public access media exchange site PegMedia.org to Tightrope Media Systems, developers of the Cablecast station automation, playout and publishing platform. Tightrope will now handle all operations and development of PegMedia.org while expanding the site’s user base and continuing PegMedia’s mission of facilitating easy, low-cost content sharing between community media organizations […]

Tightrope Unwraps New Software Update For Cablecast Community Media Platform

Tightrope Media Systems has added new functionality and efficiencies to its Cablecast Community Media broadcast automation, playout and content publishing platform. Available immediately, version 7.2 of the Cablecast software adds support for NewTek’s popular NDI media-over-IP technology alongside new clip trimming and metadata tagging capabilities. Many community media organizations now use NewTek’s TriCaster or another NDI-enabled solution as their production switcher. Cablecast 7.2 can ingest NDI streams from such systems from […]

NAB SHOW 2017 PRODUCTS PREVIEW

On The NAB Exhibit Floor: Tightrope Media

Tightrope Media Systems | Booth SL8620 | Website: https://www.trms.com/ Tightrope Media Systems will bring a new version of its Cablecast Broadcast Automation platform to the NAB Show. Helping community broadcasters and small television stations leverage new opportunities to engage and expand their audiences, Cablecast version 6.2 features an array of enhancements that enable users to easily and efficiently promote and share their content online. […]

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Twin Cities TV Net Expands Channels With Servers

Maine Community TV Streamlines With Tightrope