John Honeycutt Named Chair Of The International Broadcasting Convention Council

IBC today announced that John Honeycutt, a recognized media and technology industry leader, will take the IBC Council Chair’s position immediately. He has spent the past 30 years in senior […]

Telemetrics’ Robotic Mirrorless Camera Bundle Once Again Covers Super Bowl

Telemetrics’ robotic Pan/Tilt camera system for mirrorless cameras played a starring role for the Associated Press during the NFL’s biggest game in Tampa Florida on Feb. 7. The remote controlled […]

Akamai Realigns Around Internet Security And Edge Technology Solutions

Akamai Technologies today announced an organizational realignment intended to position the company to become “even more agile in delivering its market-leading solutions for making the internet fast, intelligent and secure […]

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Sony 3.0 Field Tests Show Solid Reception In Vehicles

California canyons and Arizona mountains prove no match for infotainment and non-real-time transmissions from local TV broadcasters with the robust automotive mode ideal for vehicle software and navigation updates.

SendtoNews Video Selected As Finalist In Digiday Video Awards

SendtoNews Video (STN), an independent online video platform, has been named a finalist in the Best Video Distribution Platform category of the 2021 Digiday Video and TV Awards. For the third year […]

Leader Electronics Announces Advanced Audio Program Loudness Measurement

Leader Electronics has unveiled an enhancement to the audio measurement toolset provided in its ZEN series LV5600 waveform monitoring and LV7600 rasterizer when fitted with the LV5600-SER03/LV7600-SER03 hardware option. The […]

Cobalt Digital Expands openGear Portfolio To Include Ward-Beck Analog DA’s And Converters

Cobalt Digital, a designer and manufacturer of award-winning edge devices for live video production and master control, and a founding partner in the openGear initiative, has acquired the IP and […]

NEP Picks Nevion DVB-T Adaptation Solution For Norwegian DTT Network

Nevion, a Sony Group company and provider of virtualized media production solutions, has supplied equipment and services to NEP to update the headend and regionalization for the Norwegian DTT network, […]

OyaWatch TV Launches In Nigeria On Red Bee’s OTT Platform

OyaWatch TV is a new Nigerian subscription based streaming service, aiming to become a leading provider of media and entertainment experiences in the country. The service was launched on Feb. 5, […]

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TVN Tech | Studio Designs Look Past COVID

COVID-19’s social distancing requirements won’t have a lasting impact on studio design and trends like video walls are expanding, vendors say. But remote production has compelled them to offer simple-to-use at-home kits until COVD abates. Above, Devlin Design Group recently delivered the set for the new studio at the Tennis Channel. The set uses LED displays surrounding the studio. The Tennis Channel can use the same set for different programs since the LEDs can display “graphic wallpaper” that can be customized.

How Will Sports Production Look In A Post-COVID World?

A TVNewsCheck webinar featuring executives from CBS Sports, Fox Sports, Game Creek Video, Vizrt and CP Communications will look to advances in sports production emerging later this year and next as remote workflows continuously improve. Register here.

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KEZI adapts on the fly with Bitcentral Core News

With Core News’ field-centric workflow already in place prior to COVID-19’s lockdowns, the Eugene, Ore., ABC affiliate hit no speedbumps as it sent its team home to produce 7.5 hours of news a day remotely. For anxious viewers seeking updates at all hours of the day and night, FUEL, also from Bitcentral, made offering “Non-Stop Live” news on the station’s website an equally easy lift. Pictured is the Oasis asset management system, part of Bitcentral’s Core News suite, in use at KEZI.

 

SMPTE, MESA Collaborate On Metadata Standard

Brightcove Expands End-to-End Video Platform With Cloud Playout

Brightcove Inc., a global provider of video for business, has launched Brightcove Cloud Playout, a new feature that enhances Brightcove’s end-to-end video platform. Brightcove says the launch of cloud playout […]

B+C Names 2021 Tech Leadership Awards Recipients

ChyronHego Launches Three New Brands

ChyronHego today launched three new corporate brands — Chyron, Hego and Tracab — that respectively provide professional broadcast products, professional live broadcast services and collegiate and professional coaching tools. The […]

Nominations Open For 2021 NAB Technology Awards

The National Association of Broadcasters has opened the nomination period for the 2021 Technology Awards. The three awards highlight significant achievements in the fields of broadcast engineering and digital leadership […]

Washington Post Adding Eight News Tech News Positions

The Washington Post today announced an expansion of its technology team, adding eight positions that will grow the team to 27 reporters, editors and video journalists. The Post said its […]

CBS All Access Crashes During Super Bowl Kickoff

Some users had trouble logging into the live-streaming service from ViacomCBS during the National Anthem and some of the opening moments of the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Kansas City Chiefs. Some twitter users complained of the crash, while the website DownDetector.com reported problems with CBS All Access were up around 3:30 p.m. PT, when the game was just getting started. Complaints went down in the ensuing minutes and it appears that the streaming service was down for only a few moments, they just happen to be some of the most-viewed moments of the year on television.

Shure Asks FCC For Dedicated UHF Channel For Wireless Mics

The microphone maker’s petition argues the wireless microphone community needs clear spectrum now more than ever, as the 600 MHz band has been reallocated to mobile phone use and the DTV repack has moved many TV stations into the 500 MHz spectrum.

Grass Valley’s AMS Delivers Flexible Storage For Remote and Smaller Production Applications

Grass Valley has launched AMS Express (Advanced Media Storage), a scalable, high-performance Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution that allows content producers to more easily expand storage capacity. Opening up feature-rich shared storage […]

Eluvio Partnering With MGM For Content Servicing And Digital Marketing Platform

Eluvio today set a multi-year agreement with Metro Goldwyn Mayer to extend use of the Eluvio Content Fabric to power MGM.com and MGM ROAR, its enhanced B2B platform that lets […]

Ross Appoints Mark Gardner Regional Sales Director – EMEA North

Ross Video has named Mark Gardner regional sales director – EMEA North. Gardner joins Ross with a wealth of experience in the broadcast industry, having held R&D/engineering, product management and […]

Fort Worth Television Chooses Hitachi HDTV Box Cameras

Fort Worth Television (FWTV) partners with its community to produce diverse, informative and innovative programs for and about the City of Fort Worth, Texas. When it set out to replace the […]

Solid State Logic Introduce UF8 Advanced Studio DAW Controller

The culmination of 40 years of mastering studio ergonomics experience, the new Solid State Logic UF8 controller delivers what the company calls “a new level of user focused design; insightful […]

WideOrbit Selects Tru Optik Data Marketplace To Power Streaming Audio And Podcast Audience Targeting

Tru Optik is partnering with WideOrbit, a provider of premium broadcast technology and the largest sell-side processor of premium digital and linear advertising. Tru Optik’s Data Marketplace will be integrated […]

MPT Ups Travys Montague To Chief Engineer

He is responsible for a team of four, managing all of six of the Maryland Public Television broadcast facilities and transmission tower sites across the state.

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TVN Tech | CBS Ready For Socially-Distanced Super Bowl

New camera angles and innovative AR graphics will mark Tampa’s Super Bowl LV with a sparser crowd allowing for novel camera positions and experimentation.

B Live And CP Communications Bring At-Home Production Expertise To AKC Dog Show

CP Communications, a provider of solutions and services for live event productions, partnered with video production and delivery expert B Live for this year’s AKC National Championship Dog Show, which […]

TVU Provides Remote Production Tech For South Korean Broadcaster