Several start-ups hope to use the technology introduced by Bitcoin to give broader access to the data and algorithms behind artificial intelligence.
DMA 8: SAN FRANCISCO
KTVU Rolls Out Set Inspired By Bay Area
NEWSTECHFORUM 2018
Live News Production Over IP At NewsTECHForum
Marcy Lefkovitz, VP of technology and workflow strategy at the Disney/ABC Television Group, will moderate the panel “Live News Over IP” featuring Brad Plant, director of technology and operations at NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations; Tony Plosz, VP of engineering and operations at WCAU and WWSI Telemundo62 Philadelphia; and Matt Keiler, VP North American Sales at TVU Networks.
IBM and Raleigh, N.C.-based open-source softward firm Red Hat said in a joint statement that IBM would buy all Red Hat common shares at $190 apiece — 63% above Red Hat’s closing price Friday. The two companies said the deal, approved by their respective boards, is subject to Red Hat shareholder and regulatory approval and should be completed in the latter half of 2019.
BRAND CONNECTIONS
NEWSTECHFORUM 2018
Top Techs Look To News Technology’s Future
A panel of leading technologists from Disney/ABC Television, E.W. Scripps, Tribune Media and Graham Media moderated by Andrea Berry will talk about how AI, IP, augmented reality, ATSC 3.0 and other new and emerging technologies will influence news workflow in the near future during a session at TVNewsCheck’s annual NewsTECHForum on Dec. 11 at the New York Hilton.
Nagra, a provider of content protection and multiscreen television solutions, and Sky Italia, the Italian digital satellite television platform owned by Sky plc., have launched a new DVB-T pay-TV service […]
Dielectric, a manufacturer of TV and FM broadcast antenna systems, recently welcomed Ajit Pai, Chairman of the FCC, to its repack antenna facility in Lewiston, Maine. Chairman Pai was greeted by Andy Whiteside, president, and Keith Pelletier, VP […]
Exclusives
The administration isn’t calling for any specific action other than reports from various agencies due in about six months, and the development of the strategy itself in about nine months.
SpotX has inked a deal with Syncbak to connect its digital advertising platform to Syncbak’s AdSync proprietary dynamic ad insertion solution. Syncbak is also leveraging SpotX for its programmatic ad decisioning layer and ad serving technology.
ChyronHego today issued a new release of Coach Capture, the latest addition to the company’s coaching product suite. With the upgrade, Coach Capture includes many new features and enhancements geared […]
It will add 11 technology roles based in San Francisco, Seattle and Washington.
V-Nova, a provider of video compression solutions, said today that following its recently announced investment from Novator Partners, it has appointed Bill Hendler as vice president of U.S sales, effective […]
TV stations are arming themselves with software that allows them to slice and dice social media to gauge audience interest in stories, share viewer feedback and even predict what stories will become larger issues in the future. Other software speeds social integration into newscasts.
QUARTERLY REPORT
Ericsson Media Business Returns To Stable Performance
JESSELL AT LARGE
Jessell | It’s CBS’s Turn To Stand Up For 3.0
CBS has been the great ATSC 3.0 naysayer. But now that retrans-centric CEO Les Moonves is gone and 4K is an apparent must for future NFL broadcasts, we can hope that it will reconsider and join Fox and NBC in embracing the new broadcast standard.
TVN’S TV2020
Broadcasters Tout IP Progress At TV2020
While the move from SDI to IP continues to pick up speed, more development — and better cooperation among key stakeholders — is still needed to improve advertising technology and deliver better measurement in order to complete with digital competitors like Google and Facebook.
Privately held V-Nova Limited, a provider of video compression solutions, said it has secured a multi-million dollar investment to drive further growth across the business. The innovation-lead firm will expand its […]
DMA 12: PHOENIX
FCC OKs Five More Stations To Deploy 3.0
The FCC has granted requests from five commercial and public TV broadcasters for permission to test next-gen TV broadcasts from the transmission facilities of Univision’s KFPH-CD Phoenix, which began ATSC 3.0 broadcasts last March.
Broadcasters and consumer electronics makers stood united at TVN’s TV2020 conference today in working toward introduction of ATSC 3.0 services of some kind in markets by 2020. The initial services have yet to be determined, but will probably include 4K HDR UltraHD and immersive audio.
DMA 124: SANTA BARBARA, CA
NPG Launching First Small-Market 3.0 Test
NPG is partnering with the NAB and Pearl TV alliance of broadcasters to launch the new 3.0 standard in Santa Barbara on ABC affiliate KSBB. The test is designed to allow broadcasters in the nation’s mid-to-smaller markets see exactly how next-gen TV will enhance services for local viewers and for broadcasters.
NAB SHOW NEW YORK
Broadcast Pix Commander Offers Full-Motion, Browser-Based Switching for BPswitch Systems
Broadcast Pix says its Broadcast Pix Commander has been upgraded to allow remote switching on mobile devices using Chrome, Safari, Firefox or other web browsers. The touchscreen control platform for […]
DMA 90: SHREVEPORT, LA
Dielectric Gets 500th Repack Antenna Order
Dielectric has aggressively pursued the TV repack antenna supplier and has received its 500th antenna for the multi-phase repack process. Nexstar Media Group’s KSHV Shreveport, La. (DMA 90), will install the antenna in the first quarter of […]
Zegami, a visual data exploration company that combines digital media, data and artificial intelligence (AI) into a single cloud-based platform to quickly extract valuable information and identify patterns within, is […]
