Channel Master To Market TiVo Edge DVR With Its OTA Solutions

Apple Is Worth $2T, Punctuating Big Tech’s Grip

On Wednesday, Apple became the first U.S. company to hit a $2 trillion valuation when its shares climbed 1.2% to $467.78 in morning trading, capping a staggering ascent that began in the pandemic.

SMPTE Names 2020 Honorees

SMPTE revealed the industry leaders and innovators who will be honored at the Awards Gala that will be part of this year’s interactive remote SMPTE 2020. Scheduled for Nov. 11 and 12 during […]

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Jenn Paonessa To Head ChyronHego’s New Venues Solutions Division

ChyronHego today announced that Jennifer Paonessa has been promoted to director of the company’s new Venues Solutions division. Focusing on custom, workflow-driven graphics solutions, Venues Solutions delivers an end-to-end sports […]

Kieran Clarke Joins Bitcentral As Chief Revenue Officer

Bitcentral Inc., a provider of efficient media workflows in the U.S. and Latin America, today named Kieran Clarke chief revenue officer, a newly created position, effective immediately. “With more than […]

NAB, Others Urge Funds For Tower Crew Training

Facing 5G wireless buildouts, broadcast NextGen TV buildouts and the C-band transition, communications associations are pushing Congress to pass legislation to help train the workforce that is needed for those infrastructure deployments.

Tru Optik Launches Self-Service Data Marketplace For Connected TV, Streaming Audio, Gaming Advertising

Tru Optik, an identity resolution provider across OTT and connected TV (CTV), today launched a new self-service platform for streaming media and connected device audience planning. The Data Marketplace will […]

Dalet CubeNG Puts Broadcast Graphics Workflows In The Cloud

Dalet, a provider of solutions and services for broadcasters and content professionals, announced today the availability of a cloud-enabled version of its premium broadcast graphics solution for newsrooms, Dalet CubeNG, powered by […]

NEP Group Names Brian Sullivan CEO

He joins the tech firm from McKinsey & Co. where he has been senior adviser to the Consumer, Tech & Media teams since 2019.

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TVN Tech | Broadcasters Warm To Cloud-Based Editing

Offerings from Blackbird, Grass Valley and Avid have seen a surge in usage since the pandemic spurred a remote workflow shift with costs coming down and performance improving.

WFLA Debuts Set Stocked With Technology And Views Of Tampa

OPEN MIKE FROM MARIO DIAZ BECAR

Remote Production Successes Validate Cloud

Mario Diaz Becar: Broadcasters have seen firsthand the agility, stability and reliability of the cloud since the pandemic accelerated its adoption. Functions like cloud ingest, edit while ingest and secure reliable transport are also promisingly on the horizon.

NAB Show NY Slots 10-Day Virtual Experience

The virtual show will run Oct. 19-29, showcasing advances in next-generation technology and feature conferences, workshops and exhibits focused on television, film, online video, live events, podcasting, advertising, corporate A/V, production and post. Registration will open in September.

ChyronHego Releases Prime Graphics 3.6

ChyronHego today introduced Prime Graphics 3.6, the newest version of its platform for real-time graphics authoring and playout. With this release, ChyronHego says it keeps its promise of “One platform, […]

Synamedia Intros Iris Addressable Advertising Solution

Synamedia, a global independent video software provider, today introduced Iris, a new addressable advertising solution. Iris is designed to create addressable advertising opportunities for pay TV and broadcasters as well as […]

A Decade Of Changes In Storage Tech

How the continual evolution of storage management has progressed over the last 10 years.

TiVo Stream 4K-Powered Smart TVs Coming In ‘Late 2021, Early 2022’

Sony’s Ci Media Cloud Expands Into Cloud-Native Asset Management

Sony Electronics Inc.’s cloud-native professional media management and collaboration platform, Ci, is expanding its feature set to include enterprise asset management. The debut of Ci Catalog enables enterprises to build and […]

Tech In Place To Support Addressable Advertising With NextGen TV, But More Is Needed

Imagine’s Graham Heap discusses the tech and a hope to shift from spots to audience-based buying and selling

WORKING LUNCH WEBINAR

Technologists To Consider The Cloud And The Future Of News Workflow

Engineering executives at WarnerMedia, ABC News, NBCU’s KXAS-KXTX Dallas, Ross Video and TVU Networks will talk about how cloud technology is likely to expand its role in news workflow during a TVNewsCheck webinar on Aug. 20. TVNewsCheck Contributing Editor Glen Dickson will moderate the conversation, which has been inspired by widespread remote production necessitated by the global coronavirus pandemic. Register here.

Prime Focus Technologies Announces CLEAR Features

Prime Focus Technologies (PFT), the technology arm of Prime Focus, today announced new functionalities and enhancements in its flagship CLEAR Media ERP Suite. “We’re always working to make CLEAR better for our […]

Digital Sprockets Relies On Cintel Scanner For Restoration Of Classic Mexican Films

Blackmagic Design’s Cintel Scanner and DaVinci Resolve Studio are being used at film restoration and post-production facility Digital Sprockets to restore a number of 35mm classic Mexican films from the 1940s, […]

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TVN Tech | Remote Work Raises New Cybersecurity Threats

In an environment where so many broadcasters have shifted to remote production and workflows, experts advise them to adopt layered defenses to protect their networks against a range of cybersecurity threats.

PMCM Stations Serving NYC-NJ Select PlayBox Neo

PMCM-TV stations WNWT (home of the New Jersey News Network) and WJLP (serving New York City) chose PlayBox Neo’s multichannel playout system as part of a playout and channel branding capabilities upgrade. WJLP and […]

Latakoo Adds Two To Marketing Team

In a further move to strengthen its market presence, Latakoo has added two members to its growing team. Charlie Mitchell is the new vice president of sales and will coordinate […]

TAG Video Systems Joins The Streaming Video Alliance

TAG Video Systems  has joined the Streaming Video Alliance, an industry forum comprising online video companies. TAG said it joined “to stay close to the heart of steaming technologies and participate […]

FCC Docs Take The Wraps Off TVision

Applications show the TMobile device could be based on the same dongle as Dish’s AirTV Mini.

Webinars This Week: TVNewsCheck, AWS, Black Box, Sinclair, Telos Alliance, MFM

Webinars this week include TVNewsCheck‘s “Data, Performance, Technology: Optimizing Spot TV;” a look at “AI & ML for Media,” from AWS; a webcast on “Building the Modern Control Room” from Black Box; a look at “NextGen Advertising” from Sinclair and One Media; and a webinar from Telos Alliance on the Omnia MPX Node. For a complete list of webinars this week and through summer and fall, including dates, times and registration links, visit TVNewsCheck’s Virtual Events Directory.

Live Vertical Converts Horizontal TV Streams To Vertical For Phones

French rolling digital news channel BFMTV debuted “Live Vertical,” a new smartphone user experience. Developed in collaboration with French start-up, Wildmoka, the Live Vertical solution automatically converts the horizontal frames […]

PMG, American Tower Team Up To Speed 3.0 SFN Deployments