Broadcast News Archive for October, 2014
14/10/2014 Eyeheight To Demo Master Control Equipment At Broadcast India
Eyeheight is to demo its modular range of broadcast master control equipment at Broadcast India in Mumbai, October 15-17. The company will be represented at the show by its reseller for the Indian sub

14/10/2014 Flexing The 4K Muscles
The IBC trade show presented a chance for Vision Research to show off their latest offerings in the TV & Motion Picture industry. The new Phantom Flex4K, and well established Flex, compact Miro LC320s

14/10/2014 JVC Unveils 4K Technology Prototypes
The electronics giant unveiled new additions to the 4K family at this year's IBC show, including the new GY-LS300 Super 35mm sensor 4K camera... GY-LS300 compact 4K camcorder A prototype mo

14/10/2014 Remote Control And 4K Cameras - Bradley Engineering's IBC2014
Bradley Engineering's stand was one of the busiest at IBC with visitors arriving to test-drive the remote-controlled cameras and queueing with questions for David Bradley and the company's co-exhibito

14/10/2014 Rotolight Scores Highly In TLCI Lighting Test
The Rotolight LED Lighting range was recently put through its paces by former BBC Research Engineer and colour science expert Alan Roberts, developer of the Television Lighting Consistency Index (TLCI

14/10/2014 Soho Editors Take On IBC2014...
As IBC in Amsterdam closed its doors for another year, it was interesting to see what had come out of the five days at the show, writes Simon Hall, Training Centre Manager, Soho Editors. Firstly, 4

14/10/2014 Stand And Deliver – Judging IBC2014...
While most of us at IBC are busy racing around the halls, making appointments or debating the latest industry revelations in the Beach Bar, a team of judges is working its way around every single stan

14/10/2014 Taking IBC2014 By Storm...
3D Storm is NewTek official Master Distributor in EMEA. The company distributes solutions for live video production, including TriCaster, 3Play and LiveXpert. Following a stand tour at this year's IBC

13/10/2014 ATG Danmon Completes File-Based Production Support For Intervideo
ATG Danmon announces the completion of a file transcoding and standards conversion system for Intervideo, London's longest established independent broadcast post-production house. "We do whatever i

13/10/2014 Avid Unveils Pro Tools | S3
Avid has announced a new addition to its suite of control surfaces for sound recording, mixing, and editing, further delivering on Avid Everywhere. "In today's competitive post and music mixing env

13/10/2014 Forbidden, IBC2014 And The Cloud...
From my perspective, IBC2014 was one of the busiest IBCs ever, comparable to last year and with a palpable energy, writes Stephen Streater, CEO, Forbidden. As an industry executive with an eye towa

13/10/2014 IBC2014: 4K, IP And The Shape Of Things To Come (Pt. 1)
Following a rather acquisition-centric NAB this year, it was hoped that 2014 would be the IBC that would finally deliver on both IP and 4K, pointing the industry firmly in the direction of growt

13/10/2014 IBC2014: 4K, IP And The Shape Of Things To Come (Pt. 2)
(continued from Pt. 1) GatesAir announced a two low-power TV platforms; The Maxiva Ultra-Compact series offering standalone, low-power translator and gap filler solutions for UHF and

13/10/2014 Infinity And Beyond...
Swiss-based Studer is one of the world's leading companies dealing in professional audio. Its product range includes equipment and systems for TV/radio broadcast, recording and production studios, or

13/10/2014 Seismic Shift: Broadcasters Usher In New Era Of Software Defined Networks (Pt. 1)
The IABM is one of the industry's most crucial financial health and technology trend predictors, mainly through the stat research it shares with its 300 members, but also through the intriguing change

13/10/2014 Seismic Shift: Broadcasters Usher In New Era Of Software Defined Networks (Pt. 2)
Marco Lopez, the president of Grass Valley added another angle: "Customer groups are trying to find ways of improving their business models so they have typically been reducing staffing levels, and th

13/10/2014 SMPTE Standards Ready To Boost 'Wow' Factor
Current study and standards work is paving the way toward a richer, more immersive theatre experience, writes Brian Vessa, Chair of SMPTE Cinema Sound Systems Technical Committee (TC-25CSS) and execut

13/10/2014 The Best Kept Secret In Outside Broadcast
Squeezed in between the camera and the battery, LiveShot really is the best-kept secret in Outside Broadcast. When first spotted, the assumption is that it is being used to link the camera back to the

10/10/2014 Anevia Upgrades ViaMotion
Anevia has added to the capabilities of its ViaMotion Suite that will enable the solution to support high quality streaming of media content via the Internet using conventional HTTP web servers. Th

10/10/2014 Audio Technica Adds To 50 Series Mic Range
Audio-Technica is to unveil the latest addition to its 50 Series studio microphone range at the AES Convention in Los Angeles, starting today. The AT5045 is a hand-built, large-diaphragm, stick-des

10/10/2014 DPA Selected For Guardians Of The Galaxy
DPA lavalier mics were used by Oscar-winning production sound mixer Simon Hayes to record Marvel's film adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy, directed by James Gunn. Hayes first used DPA mics as P

10/10/2014 GatesAir Supplies Felxiva To Minnesota FM
GatesAir recently signed a deal with Minnesota FM station to install a GatesAir Flexiva transmitter over the summer. Since installing the 30kW solid-state Flexiva transmitter, the station has red

10/10/2014 NUGEN Announces Support For Steinberg's VST 3
NUGEN Audio has announced that, with the release of its Visualizer Audio Analysis Suite, its entire range of plug-ins now supports the latest Virtual Studio Technology (VST 3) standard by Steinberg.

10/10/2014 Robert Seidel Takes SMPTE President Chair
SMPTE has announced Robert Seidel, vice president of engineering and advanced technology at CBS, will take office as the Society's new president from January 2015. The group revealed the news as it

10/10/2014 Sky Vision Sound Studios Upgrades Fairlight Kit
London-based Sky Vision Sound Studios, part of the BSkyB/Sky Vision family, has upgraded its Fairlight equipment to bring it in line with BSkyB's UK broadcasting facilities in Osterley. The three-s