UK HPA Tech Retreat Report - Day 2 July 20^th 2017 - 01:30 PM

Yesterday’s 2017 HPA Tech Retreat in Oxford, UK, was all about VR and 360, and on Wednesday, they moved to the thorny issue of the versioning explosion. As broadcasters seek wider audiences over different platforms, localisation has become a big issue. Making hundreds of versions of a single film is not

Pebble Beach Systems to Showcase Virtualized Playout Technology at IBC 2017 July 13^th 2017 - 01:50 PM

Pebble Beach Systems, a provider of automation, content management and integrated channel playout technology, will use the IBC 2017 Show to spotlight its latest range of solutions that have now been virtualized for improved productivity.

ChyronHego Customizes User Interface with Live Assist Panels July 6^th 2017 - 01:00 PM

ChyronHego’s Live Assist Panels can simplify the operation of even the most complex production.

Dubai Channels Network Builds Two New OB Vans with Lawo VSM Control at the Core July 3^rd 2017 - 11:00 AM

Dubai Channels Network (DCN), official media organization of Dubai, has been a long time customer of Lawo, having previously deployed numerous Lawo V__pro8 video processing units for embedding/de-embedding, frame-syncing, color correction and other tasks, while also reducing valuable weight, rack-space and power requirements.

CHEK-TV Upgrades Newsroom with Octopus 8 June 27^th 2017 - 01:50 PM

Canadian broadcaster CHEK-TV has upgraded its newsroom with a new Octopus 8 newsroom computer system at its headquarters in Victoria, British Columbia. CHEK-TV, having recently celebrated 60 years of broadcasting, provides 24/7 news coverage of daily events.

Broadcasting’s Convergence With Social Media Accelerates June 23^rd 2017 - 01:50 PM

TV and social media continue their convergence, creating both problems and opportunities for broadcasters and pay TV operators.

Report: Ooyala, The Business Benefits of IP Production June 21^st 2017 - 01:30 PM

Making IP work in a broadcast facility is an engineering problem to be solved. Understanding why we need IP in the first place requires deep understanding of the business benefits.

Cinegy Brings COTS Production Facility to NAB Show 2017 June 5^th 2017 - 01:50 PM

Proving their systems are ready for UHD, Cinegy demonstrates complete production capabilities mixing IP, SDI and file-based video.

SAM Announces Orbit - Next Gen Control and Monitoring May 18^th 2017 - 09:00 AM

At NAB 2017 Snell Advanced Media (SAM) demonstrated the first applications of its next-generation control, configuration and monitoring solution, Orbit. A single interface that will eventually house all of SAM’s control and monitoring applications, Orbit has been designed to enable users to manage and view all of their control, configuration

Dalet Offers New Adobe Premiere Pro CC Integration May 15^th 2017 - 11:00 AM

Dalet has released a new version of its Dalet Xtend plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro CC users that will be on display for hands-on demonstrations at the 2017 NAB Show.

San Antonio Station Automates Production with Ross Video OverDrive May 4^th 2017 - 05:00 PM

KSAT, the ABC affiliate serving San Antonio and central and south Texas, has automated its news studio operations with a Ross Acuity Switcher and OverDrive Control System for producing news, weather and sports newscasts with a single operator.

Removing Growth Barriers Through Media Logistics April 24^th 2017 - 06:00 AM

As broadcasting moves from its artisan cottage industry to highly efficient production lines of the future, understanding business needs is key for engineers, and recognizing the commercial motivations of CEO’s and business owners is crucial to building a successful media platform.

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