Rascular Launches Simple-To-Use NDI Multiviewer ViewMaster

Rascular, designers of software-based powerful, customizable control and monitoring applications for third-party, professional video technologies, has launched ViewMaster, a flexible and simple-to-use NDI stream multiviewer. It joins the company’s RouteMaster and RouteMaster Lite NDI routing and stream management […]

Enensys Offers New Professional PCIe Satellite Modulator

Enensys Technologies, a provider of media delivery solutions, has introduced SatXpress, a new professional and advanced satellite modulation solution for server-based broadcast systems. SatXpress is a PCIe board that performs “a highly […]

AVIWEST Launches RACK400 4K UHD/Multi-HD Encoder For Live Remote Production

AVIWEST, a provider of live video contribution solutions, unveiled the next evolution of its RACK Series encoders for remote and at-home video production over unmanaged IP networks. Available in a […]

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Vizrt Delivers Advanced Virtual Set Ecosystem To BBC Sport

Vizrt, the home of software-defined visual storytelling solutions, supplied advanced virtual set graphics to BBC Sport that helped convert a simple studio into its “Pres 2” set and a home […]

Joey Clayton Joins Brightline As Sales Operation Manager

Brightline, a manufacturer of video lighting systems, has added Joey Clayton as sales operation manager. Based out of the company’s main offices in Bridgeville, Pa., she is responsible for organizing […]

OpenVault Launches Emergency Broadband Benefit Support Initiative

OpenVault, a global provider of industry analytics and SaaS technology solutions for broadband operators, is supporting wider availability of high-speed internet services through a turnkey initiative that simplifies participation in […]

Actus Digital Optimizes OTA & OTT Monitoring Solution

Actus Digital, a provider of QA monitoring and compliance logging solutions, today announced a new version of its intelligent media monitoring platform. The next generation of Actus Digital’s platform offers […]

NAB SHOW 2021

NAB Cancels In-Person Show

The National Association of Broadcasters has canceled its in-person event slated for next month in Las Vegas, citing the pandemic and Delta variant as presenting insurmountable challenges to the NAB Show.

NEWS ANALYSIS

Apple’s New iPhone 13 Is Better, But Not By Much

Apple said its new iPhone 13 models have better screens, cameras and battery life, but it didn’t announce any major new advances.

Five Stations Launch NextGen TV In Cincinnati

WCPO, WKRC, WLWT, WXIX and WSTR are now broadcasting with ATSC 3.0 technology.

CES Moves Forward With Live Las Vegas Event In January, Opens Registration

The announcement comes after Delta-leery sponsors pulled out of NAB’s live Vegas trade show next month, and SCTE walked October’s Cable-Tec Expo back to virtual.

Dejero & Dazzl Deliver Live Streaming Of 1,830-Mile Sailing Race

Dejero and Dazzl are facilitating uninterrupted coverage for French production company, Sea Events, as it live streams the dramatic departures and arrivals of each stage of the Solitaire du Figaro […]

AJA Releases Bridge Live v1.12 With New NDI & HLS Compatibility

AJA Video Systems today released Bridge Live v1.12, a new software update for AJA’s turnkey multichannel live video solution for remote production, contribution, collaboration, streaming, and delivery. The release features bi-directional NDI (Network Device Interface) input, […]

Ad Insertion Platform Integrates Zixi For Targeted Ad Delivery

Zixi, a provider of live broadcast-quality video over any-IP, and architect of the Software-Defined Video Platform (SDVP), today announced an integration and partnership with Ad Insertion Platform (AIP), the provider of […]

Friday Night Lights New Hampshire Chooses JVC Connected Cam

When Friday Night Lights New Hampshire (FNLNHmedia/FNLNH) was created, co-owners Stephen Beals and Nick Anastos were looking to bring live HD play-by-play coverage of the Granite State’s top high school […]

Brainstorm Cancels Its Participation In NAB 2021

The company says it will not exhibit at NAB for the first time in its history due to the current situation over COVID-19.

Nexstar Selects Bitcentral’s Create To Simplify Video Editing, Distribution

Bitcentral, a provider of media workflows, has debuted a new version of Create, a browser-based timeline editor that enables collaboration in editing and publishing video to OTT, social media, and […]

‘NBC Nightly News’ Makes Permanent Move To Studio 1A

86% Of Consumers Own Internet-Connected TV

As high-speed internet has become a necessity in consumer’s homes, so has the demand for internet-connected TVs. The number of households with CTVs has seen a consistent rise over the last few years, but it’s flattening out as market saturation occurs. In 2Q 2021, 86% of broadband households in the U.S. have a CTV according to data from TDG, compared to just 50% in 2013. However, this year’s statistic is only up 1% since 2020, the smallest growth so far. That’s because the market is reaching a plateau since most people have already adopted CTVs and Smart TVs for streaming.

Telestream To Unveil Product Enhancement At 2021 NAB Show

TVN’S MEDIA JOBS

New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck

New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an technical director and an IT manager for KCCI, Hearst’s CBS affiliate in Des Moines, Iowa.

Ross Video Pulls Out Of NAB Show

It joins Sony, Panasonic, Canon and others is opting out of next month’s gathering in Las Vegas.

FCC’s Simington Has Dynamic View Of Spectrum Sharing

Dynamic spectrum sharing got a boost from FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington at a speech to the Silicon Flatirons conference in Boulder, Colo., though he painted a complex portrait of such a future for which AI is likely no magic bullet.

Canon Drops Out Of NAB Show And InfoComm

Canon U.S.A., a provider of consumer, business-to-business and industrial digital imaging solutions issued the following statement: “Due to the ongoing health and safety concerns presented by the COVID-19 delta variant, […]

Amazon Unveils Branded TVs In U.S., Starting At $370

SCTE Cable-Tec Expo Retreats To Virtual

Originally set for Oct. 11-14 in Atlanta, the cable industry’s big technology trade show is the latest major event to retreat to a Zoom screen amid COVID-19’s delta variant surge.

Panasonic Withdraws From NAB Show 2021

Panasonic said today that it will not attend the upcoming NAB Show in Las Vegas. Carter Hoskins, the companys director, professional imaging, said in a statement: “In place of participating in-person, we’re planning to meet and connect with our valued customers via our digital platforms where we look forward to sharing our exciting announcements. We are confident a digital experience will be effective, similar to events we’ve hosted over the last 18 months.”

Amagi Secures Over $100M To Accelerate Cloud-Led Innovations

Amagi, a global provider of cloud-based SaaS technology for broadcast and connected TV, announced today that Accel, Avataar Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and existing investor Premji Invest have collectively invested […]

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 […]

Smart Glasses Made Google Look Dumb. Now Facebook Is Giving Them A Try

The company has teamed up with Ray-Ban to create glasses that can take photos, record video, answer phone calls and play podcasts.