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IBC 2021: A Bridge To Trade Shows’ Future

IBC will go forward despite an ominous lockdown from the Dutch government running right up against the first day of the show. The conference’s smaller iteration may be a harbinger of trade shows to come.

Fujifilm Launches Initiative To Drive Sustainable Practices In Data Storage

Fujifilm Corp. has introduced the Sustainable Data Storage Initiative to highlight how tape technology can significantly reduce electricity consumption and CO2 emissions related to data storage. The initiative launches with a […]

Lawo Unveils Next-Generation Diamond Broadcast Console For Radio And TV

During a special launch event on Nov. 16, streamed live from its studio at the company’s headquarters in Rastatt, Germany, Lawo unveiled its new Diamond broadcast console for radio and […]

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More Than 60 Fall 2021TV And Streaming Series Created With Blackmagic Design

Blackmagic Design says that more than 60 of the fall 2021 season’s television shows and streaming series, such as Insecure, Scenes from a Marriage and American Horror Story: Double Feature, were […]

SMPTE Rapid Industry Solutions On-Set Virtual Production Initiative Receives Epic MegaGrant

SMPTE — through its newest program, Rapid Industry Solutions (RIS) On-Set Virtual Production Initiative (OSVP) — has received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games. Drawing on the expertise and contributions […]

AVIWEST Simplifies Live Video Contribution At IBC

AVIWEST, a provider of live video contribution solutions, will launch its new products and demonstrate the latest enhancements to its live video contribution and distribution systems at IBC 2021 in […]

Jeju Island Testbed Delivers ATSC 3.0 Data Despite Effects Of Pandemic

Despite the challenges the pandemic has created for international travel over the past year and a half, testing of new ATSC 3.0-based applications and capabilities has continued at the Korea […]

Actus Digital Brings New, Enhanced Workflows To Its Intelligent Compliance And Monitoring Platform At IBC

Actus Digital, a provider of compliance logging and QA monitoring/alerting solutions, will showcase expanded workflows and enhancements to its AI-based, intelligent compliance and monitoring platform at IBC 2021 (Dec. 3-6 […]

Pearl TV Makes Holiday Promo Push For NextGen TV

A new campaign from the consortium will run through Jan. 30 in 34 DMAs where NextGen TV stations are on the air.

OPEN MIKE BY DON BOXLEY JR.

SDP Needed For Broadcasters’ Cybersecurity Arsenal

The recent ransomware attack against Sinclair underscores broadcasters’ particularly acute vulnerabilities to data hacks. Software-designed perimeter (SDP) solutions are the weapons media companies need to fight back.

Irdeto Pulls Out Of IBC

Digital platform security provider Irdeto said today it has made “the difficult decision to withdraw from the IBC 2021 show. This decision was reached due to record levels of COVID-19 […]

Connect Ramps Up NMS SaaS Offer With New Cloud-Powered Solution

In April 2020, a new licensing offer became available to Kybio users with the launch of its SaaS solution for network monitoring. Today, just 20 months later, WorldCast Connect introduces a “major update” […]

Viaccess-Orca Withdraws From Physically Exhibiting At IBC

Viaccess-Orca (VO), a global provider of OTT and TV platforms, content protection and advanced data solutions, announced today that in light of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and enhanced […]

Maxon Adds Unreal Engine Support For Magic Bullet Looks

Hot on the heels of its Version 15 release of Magic Bullet, a collection of tools for color correction, finishing and film looks, Maxon rollsout a “feature-rich” Service Pack release […]

Dalet Partners With Australian System Integrator Videocraft

Dalet, a technology and service provider for media-rich organizations, today announced that it has formalized its business partnership with Videocraft, an Australian system integrator and reseller. An expert in building […]

FAA In Talks With Telecoms Over 5G

The Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday it is in direct talks with the telecom industry about its aviation safety concerns involving the planned use of spectrum for 5G wireless communications.

TVN Webinar Focuses On Tech Trends For ’22

Broadcast technology executives from WarnerMedia, Graham Media Group, Perspective Media and Dalet will set out their predictions for the industry in a TVNewsCheck webinar, Technology Trends 2022, slated for Dec. 2. Register here.

Baron Weather Taps Bob Dreisewerd As New CEO

Robert “Bob” Baron founder and CEO of Baron Weather, today named Bob Dreisewerd president and CEO. The company, a global provider of weather analytics and display solutions, weather radar systems, […]

DHD.audio Withdraws From IBC 2021

Following many years of active participation in the International Broadcasting Convention, DHD.audio today announced the company’s withdrawal from IBC 2021 due to the current COVID situation in Amsterdam and the […]

IBC To Move Ahead With Live Amsterdam Show

The group’s board said it decided to proceed with the in-person show “because it can be delivered safely and create the essential business momentum that the industry needs.”

News Production’s Journey To The Cloud In Spotlight At NewsTECHForum

Executives from Fox Corp., Sinclair, Tegna and Bitcentral will chart the trajectory of more and more news operations into the cloud or a hybrid cloud environment at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum on Dec. 14, presented in-person at the New York Hilton and virtually as well. Register here.

Boris FX Adds Video Editing Expert Nick Harauz

Nick Harauz, a LinkedIn Learning trainer in video editing, motion graphics and visual effects, joins Boris FX as director of product marketing, Continuum. He brings more than 15 years of experience as an Adobe, […]

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Digital weather meets the future: speed, flexibility, simplicity

Broadcasters racing to keep up with creating content for an expanding array of distribution platforms told The Weather Company their meteorologists needed two things: speed to publish and the ability to work remotely. The weather provider responded with Max Velocity, a browser based platform that enables lightning fast story creation in a tool so easy to use that it expands the potential user pool to non-meteorologists and even sponsors.

 

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 […]

Does Sinclair Plan On Taking RSNs Direct-To-Consumer Via ATSC 3.0?

For some reason Sinclair won’t explain, it won’t license its Phoenix Bally Sports channel to NextGen-based pay TV startup Evoca TV.

Ross Production Services Chooses Calrec For All Live And Esports Output

Ross Production Services (RPS) recently purchased its fifth 96-channel Calrec Brio audio console to standardize on Calrec technology. The new Brio is installed in one of RPS’s six-camera OB sprinter vans, part […]

ASG Names David Schleifer Chief Operating Officer

Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a solutions provider for media creatives and content owners, today named David Schleifer chief operating officer. A 30-year veteran of the media technology industry, Schleifer will work closely […]

Broadpeak Future-Proofs Video Delivery At IBC2021

At IBC2021 (Dec. 3-6 in Amsterdam), Broadpeak will highlight solutions designed to transcend quality of experience (QoE) expectations for video streaming. With Broadpeak’s CDN solutions, content providers and pay TV […]

Cobalt Iron Earns Spot on CIOReview’s 10 Most Promising Backup Solution Providers

Cobalt Iron Inc., a provider of SaaS-based enterprise data protection, announced that CIOReview has named Cobalt Iron to its list of the 10 Most Promising Backup Solution Providers for 2021. […]

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 […]