Katsunori Yamanouchi, who has been president of Sony’s Professional Solutions Americas business since April 2016, will be succeeded by Theresa Alesso, its president of Imaging Products and Solutions and a 28-year Sony veteran.

Cox’s KIRO in Seattle has an opening for a news director. Sony Pictures Television is looking for a vice president, syndicated sales. KCCI Des Moines, Iowa, needs an assistant director of engineering.

The new exhibit area will offer educational sessions and live demonstrations that showcase content development, delivery and monetization opportunities related to connected vehicles.

Director of Weather Operations Nate Johnson leads the NBC and Telemundo stations’ weather efforts, which have been rated “most accurate.” The achievement is primarily that of the individual meteorologists, but it also reflects the group’s commitment to providing those weather pros with the best in forecasting tools and other support. Johnson talks about the group’s focus on combining accuracy with smart, relevant storytelling.

Deb Grivois, Katy Noland and Larissa Gӧrner are this year’s winners of TVNewsCheck’s annual Technology Women to Watch Awards that will be presented during the NAB Show on April 9 in Las Vegas.

Amit Mathur comes to the broadcaster from Electronic Arts to grow Sinclair’s digital publishing platform and expanding suite of digital products and services.

The awards to Garrison Cavell and Cindy Hutter Cavell will be presented at the NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 9.

The Federal Aviation Administration has been busy these last few weeks, promulgating a bunch of different rules that have some consequences — short-term and long-term — for drone journalists.

A new date pattern shifts the exhibit floor opening to Sunday from the traditional Monday.

Broadcasters continue to look for ways to do more with less with automation at the forefront of many of the changes sweeping the industry. However, the need for content creation continues to rise, thanks in part to a variety of evolving OTT and streaming platforms, even as the manpower to produce it diminishes. Alex Bassett, a director and technical consultant, who has worked on an array of studio automation projects for broadcasters such as Euronews NBC and NBC Signal, talks about the current state of broadcast automation.

Cox’s WFTV Orlando is at the cutting edge of field transmission, using streaming cameras on vehicles that can be remotely controlled by a tech back at the station and transmitting over a 4G link. As more stations want that kind of capability, vendors are responding with bonded cellular and other wireless gear to improve efficiencies and connectivity and are working to include high-speed 5G wireless technology.