NAB Show: TSL Debuts Enhanced Power Solutions

As broadcast workflows become more complex, the call for streamlined maintenance and minimized energy consumption has become a priority. Such challenges call for rugged, reliable power solutions that can be […]

IAB Tech Lab Announces New Board Members And Chair

IAB Tech Lab, the global digital advertising technical standard-setting body, announced today that it has elected its 2022 board members. Board members are voted in by the wider membership base […]

Striking Broadcast Technicians Reach Tentative Settlement With WTTW Chicago

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Sinclair Ups Keith Pelletier To President Of Dielectric

The RF and antenna industry veteran is elevated to succeed the retiring Andy Whiteside.

TVNewsCheck’s Women In Technology Awards To Support UN’s Ukraine Emergency Fund

This year’s awards presentation and webinar from the NAB Show in Las Vegas will help UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, which is on the ground in Ukraine, providing emergency shelter and lifesaving aid including food, shelter, medicine and clean water.

TCL Poised To Overtake LG As World’s No. 2 Smart TV Supplier

TV news finds new, creative frontier in streaming media

Journalists who have made the switch from traditional TV news to streaming media have found room to experiment and rewrite the rules in a medium that offers live linear and on-demand opportunities. Comparing notes during a TVNewsCheck webinar were (clockwise from upper left) Amagi’s Brian Ring, Atmosphere’s Micah Grimes, Cox Media Group’s Matthew Dominguez, AccuWeather Network’s Sarah Katt and LiveNOW from Fox’s Shareef Abul-Ela. 

Haivision Completes Acquisition Of Aviwest

Haivision Systems Inc., a global provider of mission-critical, real-time video streaming and networking solutions, announced today the completion of its acquisition of Aviwest, an provider of mobile IP-based video contribution […]

NAB Show: NPAW To Present Smart M-CDN Balancer, New Analytics Capabilities For Video Streaming

NPAW, a global provider of video business intelligence and predictive analytics for streaming services, will be introducing CDN Balancer, a smart system to balance loads between content delivery networks (CDNs) […]

Pac-12 Dumping San Francisco Broadcast Facility, Going Remote

NAB Show: Triveni Digital Introduces ATSC 3.0 StreamScope XM Monitor

Triveni Digital has launched StreamScope XM Monitor, which it calls “a critical new tool for broadcasters operating in the NextGen TV environment. The ATSC 3.0 professional monitoring, auditing, and logging […]

NAB Show: TV Pro Gear To Present Latest Flypaks

TV Pro Gear (TVPG) will spotlight its latest Flypaks at the 2022 NAB Show (April 23-27 in Las Vegas) in Booth C4714, including the new Genesis II, Tiger and Panther […]

Densitron Partners With LG Business Solutions Europe On Unified Control-Room Solution

LG Business Solutions, developer of sector-specific display solutions, and Densitron, a provider of Human Machine Interaction (HMI) and display technology, have announced the formation of a new partnership. The integration […]

Qumu And LiveU Team To Expand Enterprise Live Video Capabilities

Qumu Corp., a provider of cloud-based enterprise video technology, and LiveU, which offers live video streaming and remote production solutions, have announced a reseller agreement that they say will better enable their […]

Sony And Nevion Introduce Broadcast Control Functionality Into VideoIPath Media Orchestration Platform

Nevion, a Sony Group company and provider of virtualized media production solutions, is adding essential broadcast control functionality to its flagship VideoIPath media orchestration platform This integration, Nevion says, will provide a […]

Haivision Partners With Grass Valley To Enable Live Low Latency Cloud Media Production

Haivision Systems, a global provider of real-time video streaming and networking solutions, and Grass Valley have created a partnership to provide media producers with a solution for contributing high-quality, low […]

NAB Show: Bitmovin To Unveil Next-Generation VOD Encoder

Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming infrastructure, announced its next-generation video-on-demand encoding solution will debut at the 2022 NAB Show (April 23-27 in Las Vegas) in Booth W10109. The enhanced encoding technology […]

Lawo Strengthens North American Presence With Relocation Of Jamie Dunn To US

In a move to strengthen the commitment to its North American customer base, Rastatt, Germany-based Lawo has moved Jamie Dunn, its chief commercial officer, to the United States. Lawo, a […]

NAB Show: Actus Digital To Debut Enhancements To Intelligent Monitoring Platform

Actus Digital, a provider of monitoring and alerting, compliance logging, content repurposing and AI-based workflow solutions, will unveil new features for its AI-based intelligent monitoring platform at the 2022 NAB […]

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Fox News, Telemundo Lean On IP Technology For Ukraine War Coverage

The broadcasters are writing a new playbook for live coverage of a war where embedding isn’t an option, connectivity can be disrupted at any time and safety is a constant concern. Above: TVU Networks has used three cellular carriers in support of customers covering the conflict in Ukraine: KyivStar, Vodafone and LifeCell.

NAB Show: Hitachi Kokusai To Unveil SK-UHD7000 4K Ultra HD Broadcast And Live Production Camera

Hitachi Kokusai Electric America (Hitachi Kokusai) today announced its second-generation 4K Ultra HD broadcast and live production camera system, the SK-UHD7000. The successor to the SK-UHD4000 4K studio and field production […]

Disney Streaming Taps Former Google Exec Jeremy Doig As CTO

Jeremy Doig has been named chief technology officer of Disney Streaming, where he will oversee the company’s technology organization and global technology strategy for Disney’s portfolio of direct-to-consumer streaming services.

2021 NextGen TV Marketing Campaign Boosted Consumer Interest

The NextGen TV ad campaign during the 2021 holiday season increased consumer awareness and intent to purchase NextGen TV sets according to Magid.

TVN Webinar To Spotlight Technology Predictions For A Changing Industry

Recipients of the 12th annual Women in Technology Awards will share their predictions for where media and entertainment industry technology is headed during a TVNewsCheck webinar set for 1 p.m. ET on April 13. Speakers are (clockwise from top left): Kelly Abcarian, NBCU; Judy Parnall, BBC; Kylee Peña, Netflix; Anupama Anantharaman, Interra Systems; Sharri Berg, Fox Weather/Fox Television Stations; and Diane Strutner, Datazoom. Register here.

NAB Show: VSN To Launch Its Metadata Rules Editor

VSN, a provider of media solutions for the broadcast industry, is returning to this year’s NAB Show (April 23-27 in Las Vegas) in Booth N925 where it will announce numerous […]

Pliant Technologies Bringing High Density Mode To NAB Show

Pliant Technologies will be presenting high density mode for both its CrewCom and CrewCom CB2 wireless intercom systems at 2022 NAB Show (April 23-27 in Las Vegas) in Booth C7118. […]

Vantage And PureEdge Lighting Form Strategic Alliance

Legrand’s Building Control Systems (BCS) division today announced its Vantage brand has formed a strategic alliance with PureEdge Lighting. The alliance pairs Vantage’s industry-leading, customizable lighting controls with PureEdge’s tunable white, […]

C2G Debuts New 4K 60Hz HDMI Over Cat Extender Box Transmitter To Box Receiver

C2G is ensuring that 4K HDMI source signals reach 4K displays with flawless quality in conference rooms, classrooms, lecture halls, and many other installations where distances are far beyond the length […]

AP Releases New Report On AI In Local News, Will Offer Free Online Curriculum To Address Issues

The report is based on survey results from nearly 200 newsrooms across all 50 states and more than two dozen in-depth interviews with local news leaders. Print, radio, television and digital outlets are represented, as well as commercial and nonprofit operations. In addition to demonstrating a readiness to adopt AI and automation technologies, the report outlines what local news providers need to drive technological innovation. To address many of the needs highlighted in the report, AP will offer a free online curriculum beginning next month, open to all U.S. news outlets. It will feature live, virtual workshops and recorded tutorials. International news outlets will have access to all recorded sessions.

WNYZ-LD Becomes New York City’s First ATSC 3.0 Broadcaster

The latest of the new wave of hybrid DTV/analog FM radio stations—WNYZ-LD—took to the air on March 22 as a fully-licensed NextGen TV station in the New York City borough of Queens, and in doing so, bested the full-power TV operations for the title of being the first in the Big Apple to air ATSC 3.0 broadcasts. The 3 kW ERP TV ch. 6 (82-88 MHz) station is licensed to Sound of Long Island Inc. (SOL) and transmits Korean language TV and radio broadcasts to the metropolitan New York City area and eastward towards Long Island, using a directional antenna in order to avoid interference with a full-power ch. 6 operation in Philadelphia, southwest of WNYZ-LD’s transmitter location.