Canon U.S.A., a provider of digital imaging solutions, has launched a new addition to its UHDxs series of 4K UHD broadcast portable zoom lenses: the CJ20ex5B. Within this category of portable […]
AJA Video Systems has unveiled new solutions and updates to help professionals keep pace with the ever-increasing demand for higher raster live and on-demand content. AJA’s latest developments include Bridge Live, […]
LTN Global, a provider of transformative media technology and video transport network solutions has bought DTAGS, adding DTAGS’ portfolio of scalable 4K remote production, post-production and transmission workflows for major shows […]
Pandemic Proves OTT Workflow Resiliency For News
Executives from CNN, Sinclair, Fox Television Stations and Gray Television say COVID-19 has tested the capacities of their streaming workflows and found them even more adaptable and robust than they imagined.
Sinclair-owned Fox affiliate KABB San Antonio Chief Meteorologist Alex Garcia is using a number of Blackmagic Design products, including an ATEM 4 M/E Broadcast Studio 4K live production switcher, to […]
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Comark (Comark), a manufacturer and supplier of DTV transmitters, encoding systems, and associated field services for more than 45 years, has announced the release of the Parallax […]
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With high dynamic range rapidly becoming the new production standard, filmmakers need the proper tools to make the most of it both creatively and technically. Fueled by the talent and […]
Nordic media-tech platform Clipsource has recruited Dan Levy as new CTO. He was head of data at TV4/CMore. Before TV4/CMore, Levy has had positions such as CTO of Netigate and […]
Vizrt, a provider of software-defined visual storytelling tools for media content creators (#SDVS), has debuted Viz Vectar Plus, a software-only, IP-based live production solution for major broadcasters and other visual storytellers. Delivering […]
PrimeTime Lighting is now offering the MSLED 5-S remote video light kit for remote studio applications. The company describes it as commercial-grade quality for users working from home for newscasts, stream videos, […]
Email remains one of the main ways through which attackers gain entry into broadcasters’ networks, and they change their methods of attack quickly. Good training not to click on suspect links is an essential defense. Above: Akamai multi-factor authentication access control on a smartwatch. Multi-factor authentication requires multiple pieces of identification before granting access.
Top executives behind the ATSC 3.0 rollout assess what they’re learning about the business potential of the standard and consumer reactions in its expanding markets at TVNewsCheck’s TV2025: Monetizing the Future virtual event Oct. 20-23. Register here.
ChyronHego today released Prime 3.7, the latest iteration of the company’s flagship graphics solution. The company said “a primary focus for this release is fulfilling the highest expectations of operators […]
Broadcasters Tackle Election Challenge With Tech
Executives from Fox News and Graham Media say they’ll rely heavily on IP contribution, cloud editing systems and other remote production tools in their coverage of the 2020 election, and they’re also ready to settle in for the long haul if final results aren’t confirmed for days, if not weeks, after Nov. 3.
The television industry, which has walked the same technical path for the past 20 years with its OTA delivery of DTV, is on the cusp of a new era of innovation in fields as far flung as the delivery of wireless data to cars and premium video to homes.
Apantac, an international manufacturer of multiviewers, video walls, extension and signal processing solutions has launched two UHD splitters for the openGear platform. Apantac is the first openGear partner to introduce […]
Telestream, a global provider of media workflow orchestration, media streaming and delivery technologies, is taking orders for its Inspect 2110 Quality Assurance (QA) probe. Designed to seamlessly integrate alongside Telestream’s […]
QCommunications (QComm), an engineering, project management and installation vendor specializing in The Spectrum Act (Repack project), has appointed Mark Fehlig director, satellite services. Fehlig will give oversight and detail customer […]
The Academy of Country Music (ACM) Awards are held live in Nashville, but the spiritual home of country music looks a little different in 2020, and the awards have also […]
LTN Global, a provider of transformative media technology and video transport network solutions, announces seamless interoperability with AWS Elemental MediaConnect to let customers distribute content to hundreds of locations via […]
Broadcasters such as Sinclair and Vice are increasingly shifting playout functions to cloud platforms, seeking more flexibility and agility there and testing the waters with disaster recovery strategies, OTT channels and diginets. “In the cloud, you can build up a whole separate system in parallel, test it, then cut over to it,” says one consultant.
Technologists To Tackle The Changing World Of Event Production
Leading technologists from Fox Sports, Colorado Studios, Sinclair Broadcast Group and LiveU will discuss what they’ve learned producing events during the global coronavirus pandemic, and how months of increased remote production are accelerating long term industry trends. Pictured, clockwise from left: Janel Fleming, LiveU director, sports sales; Brad Cheney, VP field operations and engineering, Fox Sports; Don Roberts, VP sports engineering and production systems, Sinclair Broadcast Group; Glen Dickson, contributing editor, TVNewsCheck and the webinar’s moderator; and Phil Garvin, president, Colorado Studios. To join the webinar, please register here.
Grass Valley has introduced EDIUS X, which it says “marks the start into a new era of nonlinear editing. The next generation of the award-winning, multiformat software comes with a completely redesigned core […]
TVN’s Newsroom Innovators | Gray Builds InvestigateTV Into An OTT Brand
InvestigateTV, Gray Television’s national investigative unit, has been producing dozens of in-depth pieces airing across its stations and on an OTT channel dedicated to its work. Fronted by WVUE anchor Lee Zurik in New Orleans (above), its pieces are making an impact even in markets where Gray doesn’t have a station.
On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services unveiled the AWS Cloud Digital Interface (AWS CDI), a new network technology that allows independent software vendors (ISVs) and AWS partners to build reliable, live […]
Near-field measurements eliminate special FAA waivers, reduce impact of signal reflections on measurements for broadcasters seeking to verify antenna radiation characteristics.
