IHSE USA, VuWall Join Forces On Video Walls

IHSE USA, a company that develops award-winning high-end KVM display management systems, announced a new partnership with VuWall, a provider of high-quality and intuitive visualization solutions for controlling, managing, and […]

Masstech Announces George Kilpatrick As New CEO

Today, storage management provider Masstech appointed George Kilpatrick CEO, taking over from outgoing CEO, Joe French, who is stepping down. Kilpatrick joins Masstech from Amazon Web Services (AWS), where he […]

Fox News To Showcase Vehicles At NAB

Fox News Channel will launch its Quick Response Vehicle Program during the NAB Show next week in Las Vegas. In partnership with LiveU and Accelerated Media Technologies, the program centers around a Nissan NV 3500, which Fox News said is “a one-stop shop for a photographer and crew covering and chasing down a breaking news story.”

BRAND CONNECTIONS

Lawo Supplies CBC With All-IP Infrastructure

Canadian public broadcaster CBC/Radio-Canada is equipping its new Montreal Broadcast Center with IP-based video, audio, networking and broadcast control systems by Lawo. The new Broadcast Center will be an end-to-end […]

OPEN MIKE BY BRYAN BEDFORD

The What, Why And How Of IP Media

Cisco Systems’ Bryan Bedford: “The IP transition in the media supply chain is inevitable, unstoppable and ultimately the force that will satisfy viewers and position the media and entertainment sector to not just survive, but thrive.”

MediaKind Debuts Cloud-Based Live 360º Video As A Service

MediaKind, a global media technology provider, launched Cygnus 360º as-a-Service (360aaS) solution for live events. As part of MediaKind’s Cygnus Solution this new offering provides a cloud-based workflow for live […]

Grass Valley To Intro GV Stratus One At NAB

Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, will debut GV Stratus One at its NAB Show booth (SL106), delivering content management capability in a compact 2 RU footprint. GV Stratus One deploys in a matter […]

TVU Networks Introducing Internet-Based, Point-to-Point Live Video Transmission System

At NAB 2019 TVU Networks, a global technology and innovation provider in live IP solutions, will introduce TVU G-Link, an Internet-based solution for live point-to-point transmission. TVU G-Link provides an affordable […]

V-Nova Launches Perseus SaaS Platform

V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions, has launched its cloud-based SaaS transcoding and delivery platform for enhanced Perseus Plus h.264 and native h.264 encoding. The platform enables service providers […]

Accedo Launches Sports Solution At NAB

Accedo will introduce a sports solution at next week’s NAB Show in Las Vegas. It enables sports service providers to launch OTT and direct-to-consumer services featuring live, catch up and […]

Tektronix To Show Cloud-Native Video Monitoring Solutions At NAB

Tektronix will introduce what it describes as “the first truly cloud-native solutions — new Sentry CX container and Aurora solutions on AWS Marketplace — designed specifically for streaming service providers” […]

Dalet Rolls Out New Artificial Intelligence Service

Dalet, a provider of solutions and services for broadcasters and content professionals, announced today the general availability of Dalet Media Cortex, its new artificial intelligence Software as a Service (SaaS) platform. […]

Support Partners Presents Cloud Production At NAB

Support Partners will be showing hybrid cloud production workflows at the NAB Show (April 8-11) at the Microsoft booth (SL 6716). Built on Azure GPU instances and Azure Batch, alongside […]

The Switch Appoints Eric Cooney President-CEO

The Switch, a global provider of managed, private cloud services that enhance live video productions anywhere in the world, today named media technology industry veteran Eric Cooney president and chief executive […]

DMA 8: SAN FRANCISCO

ViewLift To Power New KRON Digital App

ViewLift’s  OTT streaming and monetization platform has been selected by Nexstar Media Group KRON San Francisco’s KRONon, a new digital video subscription service. The Nexstar/ViewLift collaboration makes MNT affiliat’s news […]

Grass Valley Launches Alliance With Frankly Media

The certification program gives broadcasters and media organizations access to solutions that are interoperable with a range of Grass Valley workflow components and platforms.

Two Top Execs Leave CableLabs

Don Clarke, formerly principal architect for CableLabs’ network technologies, departed March 8, while Tetsuya Nakamura, formerly CableLabs’ principal systems architect, left March 22 to join Amazon Web Services as a partner solutions architect. Clarke wrote on his LinkedIn page that he is  taking a break from the industry.

DirecTV To Offer 2019 Masters In 4K HDR

Ross Video Completes Pierro Graphics Purchase

Vizrt Buys NewTek

The two innovators in software-driven real-time production systems combine to accelerate innovation and advance a shared vision for video creation, production and distribution.

ITS America Intros Kronos HD Plug and Play HD-SDI Video Timestamper

ITS America has introduced Kronos HD Model 6041K, a plug and play HD-SDI video timestamper, available now for $1,799. Kronos HD is a “set and forget,” small form-factor, ruggedized and […]

Dielectric To Debut RFHawkeye RF Monitoring At NAB

Broadcast antennas and RF systems maker Dielectric will unveil its new RFHawkeye monitoring system at the 2019 NAB Show (April 8-11, Las Vegas Convention Center). Co-axial transmission line systems,  an […]

TVN’S FRONT OFFICE BY MARY COLLINS

Collins | 3.0 Forecast: Growth Engine For Stations

The next-gen transmission standard will give television broadcasters much needed tools to both grow revenue and defend against revenue erosion in their core over-the-air video business. ATSC 3.0 is expected to drive growth and resilience from both advertising and retrans fees, plus open up new targeted, cross-platform advertising opportunities.

Signiant’s SDCX Fabric Powers Multi-Cloud Future

Signiant Inc. announced new capabilities and adoption metrics for the cloud-native SaaS platform that is driving the company’s growth. The company said: “As a pioneer in Software Defined Content Exchange (SDCX) concepts, […]

STATION ADVISORY

FCC Waives Some Quarterly Repack Reports

Thursday afternoon the FCC waived certain quarterly Transition Progress Report requirements for stations in phases 3, 5 and 8 of the post-auction repack process.

Grass Valley Offers New Creative Power For Cameras At NAB

Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, will unveil Grass Valley Creative Grading (GVCG) bringing what it calls “unparalleled creative control to camera shaders.” GVCG is just one of many camera offerings Grass […]

TVN TECH

Cameras, Lenses Come Into Focus At NAB

While both HDR and 4K technologies have gotten much attention at past NAB Shows, this year’s gathering will see camera offerings that can handle dual SDR and HDR workflows, streaming capability, a smart studio and control solutions. At the same time, lenses continue to evolve to offer higher levels of zoom.

Sinclair Picks R&S For Repack Transmitters

Sinclair Broadcast Group is buying more than 100 100 Rohde & Schwarz high-power TV transmitters as it moves to meet repack deadlines across the country.

DMA 4: PHILADELPHIA

NBC Sports Philadelphia Debuts New Studio With Flexible, LED-Driven Design

Sony Turnaround Chief Hirai To Retire

Sony Corp. on Thursday said chairman Kazuo Hirai, who helped engineer the electronics giant’s recent revival, will retire in June, bowing out as the Japanese company is on track for another record profit this year.