TVNewsCheck will present Managing the Never-Ending News Cycle in a Changing Media Environment on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. ET; Ross Video will continue its second season of Ross Live events with Today’s Newsroom Workflow Efficiency, Competitive Edge on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 11 a.m. ET; eMam and Alibaba will present several webinars this week, including today’s Keeping Your Business Safe with Penetration Testing, and on Dec. 2, Cloud-Boosted Asset Management with eMam & Alibaba. For more events and registration links, please visit TVNewsCheck’s Virtual Events Directory. Pictured are speakers participating in Thursday’s TVNewsCheck Webinar.
On Dec. 18, journalists from Fox Owned Stations, Gray Television and Graham Media Group will share the remarkable work they did to engage audiences on social media in when the pandemic, election and extreme weather events made local TV news more essential than ever. Register here.
Augmented reality can expand audiences and set newscasts apart without breaking the bank
Meteorologists who embrace augmented reality can enhance their storytelling and keep viewers, particularly younger demographics, tuned in, and not just on TV, according to experts who participated in a TVNewsCheck Webinar, The New Weather Storytelling with Augmented Reality. Talent coach and consultant Tim Heller, of HellerWeather, showed a scene he created while working at Disney-owned KTRK Houston, to explain how AR draws viewers into the presentation.
The FCC is seeking comment on a National Association of Broadcasters petition to clarify the application of the FCC’s ATSC 3.0 (NextGen TV) rules to multicast streams. Those are the extra channels broadcasters got in the switch to digital.
TV’s Future Is In The Software
Software was beneath all of this pandemic year’s significant innovations in TV’s remote production. The industry needs to accept and embrace its new essential role.
Openings In News, Operations, Engineering, Sales
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an assistant news director, operations supervisor, regional account manager and director of engineering.
Exclusives
Executives from CBS Television Stations, NBCU Stations, Graham Media and SmithGeiger will discuss changes looming for news programming, technology and audiences at TVNewsCheck’s virtual NewsTECHForum event in December. Register here.
Debuting in February 2020 during Black History Month, Black News Channel (BNC) operates out of its brand new headquarters facility based in Tallahassee, Fla. BNC is an independent network that is minority-owned […]
WAVY, WVBT, WNLO-CD and WTVZ have begun broadcasting with NextGen TV technology.
Grand Prix motorcycle racing site MotoGP has introduced cutting-edge graphics using Viz Arena software from Vizrt. Viz Arena enhances sports coverage during live broadcasts with virtual and augmented reality graphics […]
TVN Focus On Technology | AWS Advances Live Cloud Production
Amazon Web Services is developing new technology — the Cloud Digital Interface — to support uncompressed production workflows in the cloud that should eliminate latency for remote productions looking to, among other things, switch between camera feeds, insert graphics or trigger replays.
As part of the Ross Live Season 2 series of presentations, Ross unveiled the latest version of its Piero sports graphics analysis solution. Acquired by Ross Video in February 2019, […]
Multimedia systems integrator, equipment specialist and service provider CJP Broadcast Service Solutions has hired Joseph Franklin. A BsC (1st class Hons) graduate in television production technology, he will be active […]
GatesAir, a global provider of wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for TV and radio, has promoted Mark Goins to vice president, North America sales effective immediately. He will lead an experienced team of North American representatives across regional sales management, key accounts and inside sales, […]
Bridge Technologies is the newest member of the Grass Valley Technology Alliance, joining 20 other members in an association that aims to support collaboration across the media production chain, with […]
Synthax, U.S. distributor of RME, Ferrofish, Digigram, Appsys and myMix, has announced two new hires, effective immediately: Jason Finder has been named broadcast sales manager, and Ryan Coalson has been appointed regional sales manager. Both Finder […]
Vendors are offering better tools to help newsrooms plan and generate social media posts with more integrated and streamlined solutions with a view to reducing “tool fatigue” and decreasing the turnaround time on new posts.
WTVD, WNCN, WUVC, WLFL and WRDC have begun broadcasting with NextGen TV technology.
Journalists from NBCLX, AJ+ and NBCU- and Graham-owned stations will share their novel approaches to news and weather storytelling in a remarkable year at TVNewsCheck’s virtual NewsTECHForum event in December. Register here.
The new level of certification was developed by the Society of Broadcast Engineers Certification Committee, chaired by Ralph Hogan, with direct assistance from the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
USSI Global’s C-Band Interference Mitigation solution will upgrade the station group’s satellite facilities for the FCC’s C-Band transition, add managed services and a support layer for network operations.
The new solution offers a collaborative toolset for digital-first news production and distribution across every platform, with a 360 storytelling experience.
NextGen TV, the evolution of broadcast TV powered by the ATSC 3.0 standard, will have wide-ranging impacts on how TV is delivered and viewed by consumers, but according to John Lawson, executive director of the AWARN Alliance, perhaps no broadcast element has a bigger upside with NextGen TV than weather.
MTI Film has opened a high-speed, high-capacity data center in Hollywood dedicated to supporting television editing teams working remotely. The new site provides editors with dedicated connections to remote workstations […]
Pearl TV and its Phoenix Model Market Partners are rolling out a multimillion dollar, multimarket consumer awareness campaign with local broadcasters who are now transmitting in NextGen TV.
Implementation Specialist Opening: Work Remotely
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for an implementation specialist for TV to work remotely for vCreative, which specializes in production workflow software for radio and TV.
Sales, Marketing, Tech Openings: Work Remotely
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include openings for a Senior Director of Sales, a Product Marketing Manager, and a Tech Writer to work remotely for innovative software provider Bitcentral.
Xperi’s Kirchner Finds TiVo Synergies
A little over a year ago, TiVo, one of the bigger technology brands in the video business, announced plans to separate its products business from its more litigious intellectual property operation. But very suddenly, former CEO Dan Shull pivoted, leading the company into a $3 billion merger with Xperi, a technology better known for things like car audio. Jon Kirchner, the executive leading the combined company talks about the synergies and the plan behind the corporate marriage.
