Broadcast News Archive for February, 2015
13/02/2015 Marquis Makes First CABSAT Show
Marquis Broadcast has announced it will exhibit at CABSAT for the first time this year on booth C3-45. The company will demo its archive and retrieve solution, Project Parking, as well as the lates

13/02/2015 New Developments Emerge At SMPTE Technology Committee Meetings
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) holds quarterly meetings of its Technology Committees (TC), and the latest of these took place in December 2014, when nine SMPTE TCs and

13/02/2015 root6 To Unveil Number Of UK Firsts At BVE 2015
'Work Smarter' is the theme of the root6 exhibit, where the integration of up-to-the-minute creative technologies from leading vendors will be deployed to illustrate substantially streamlined postprod

13/02/2015 RTS Holds Irish Student Awards
The Royal Television Society (RTS) ROI Centre held its annual Student Television Awards at RTÉ in Dublin last night. The Awards were presented by Adrian Lynch, Channel Controller of RTÉ One Television

13/02/2015 SMPTE Seeks Proposals For Annual Technical Conference
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is seeking proposals for technical papers for its 2015 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (SMPTE 2015), Oct. 26-29 in Hollywood, California

13/02/2015 Sound Devices Drafted For Super Bowl
Sound Devices and Video Devices were selected for the broadcast of this year's Super Bowl by audio mixer Brian Sepowitz and production/post house ZenVideo. Mr Sepowitz relied on Sound Devices and i

12/02/2015 _wige SOLUTIONS Acquires Snell Kahuna Production Switcher
German broadcast facilities company, _wige SOLUTIONS GmbH, has purchased a Snell Kahuna 9600 production switcher for a new mobile production unit that will soon be joining its extensive fleet. Bas

12/02/2015 FramantleMedia Invests In Corona TV
FremantleMedia is taking a 25% stake in Corona TV, the newly-created TV production company from renowned filmmaking duo Richard Johns and Rupert Jermyn. The deal, which gives FremantleMedia a firs

12/02/2015 Imagine Communications Moves To 4K
Imagine Communications is underway with Sony to enable the critical transitions to Ultra High Definition/4K, and from legacy SDI to IP-based network infrastructures. "Together with Sony, we are p

12/02/2015 Riedel Partners With Gegenbauer To Provide Communications For Panorama Berlin
Riedel Communications recently partnered with facility management provider Gegenbauer to provide an elegant and reliable communications package for Panorama Berlin, a leading trade show during Berlin

12/02/2015 Telestream To Release Switch 1.5 At BVE 2015
Telestream (stand P16) will demonstrate how its integrated and optimized transcoding and workflow automation software provides an ideal platform for broadcast and electronic media enterprises of all s

12/02/2015 WI Supplies Customer Moving Elements For Tour By Calogero
WIcreations is supplying several custom moving elements for the current European tour by rock singer Calogero. The tour is produced by TS3, also responsible for the acclaimed Mylène Farmer 'Timeles

11/02/2015 Bentley Systems Buys Acute3D
Bentley Systems has acquired France-based Acute3D, provider of Smart3DCapture software for reality modeling. Through reality modeling, observations of existing conditions are processed into repres

11/02/2015 Pro Motion Hire To Demonstrate Latest Technology At BVE 2015
Pro Motion Hire will be demonstrating some of its most popular cameras at BVE 2015, and inviting visitors to discuss their project requirements – or to just ask questions about broadcast technology.

11/02/2015 Quantum Launches The StorNext QXS-5600
Quantum has introduced the StorNext QXS-5600, a high-capacity, high-density disk array that provides storage for customers managing an increasing number of large files containing high-resolution video

11/02/2015 Riedel Acquires Tele Comm Sportservice AG
Riedel Communications has acquired Swiss communications specialist Tele Comm Sportservice AG. For more than two decades, Tele Comm Sportservice AG has been a world-leading provider of communicatio

11/02/2015 SMPTE Completes Crowdfunding Campaign For Its 'Moving Images' Documentary
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has successfully completed a 60-day crowdfunding campaign for its "Moving Images" documentary, with a total of $66,382 raised on Indiegog

11/02/2015 TIXstream Integrates Pixspan's Software
Pixspan and TIXEL GmbH have announced that the next-generation release of TIXstream, TIXEL's file transfer solution, will fully integrate Pixspan's image optimized codex technology. The hybrid off

10/02/2015 Axon Brings Monitoring Solutions To CABSAT 2015
Axon Digital Design has announced it will showcase its range of monitoring and master control solutions and unveil SMART DVB, its new platform for live MPEG-2 and DVB transport stream reporting at thi

10/02/2015 Cinedeck Brings 4K Workflow To HPA Retreat
Cinedeck LLC has announced it will be focussing on new workflow options for 4K/UHDTV-1/HD/SD at this year's HPA (Hollywood Post Alliance) Tech Retreat, Feb 9-13 in California. The company will debu

10/02/2015 EVS Highlights Broadcast Range At CABSAT 2015
EVS will be highlighting its latest broadcast technology at CABSAT 2015 on booth A4-20. Future Proof productions with XT3 & XS servers – Both new servers offer extended format support and ca

10/02/2015 Eyeheight Releases BroadcastSafeMC8 Video Correction
Eyeheight has announced further expansion to its range of broadcast compliance plug-ins through the release of BroadcastSafeMC8. Compatible with the latest versions of Avid's Media Composer editing

10/02/2015 FUJIFILM Optical Devices Brings New Glass To NAB
The Optical Devices Division of FUJIFILM North America will be displaying its range of lenses at this year's NAB Show, running April 13-16 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The entire range of FU

10/02/2015 Hitachi Debuts SK-UHD4000 At CABSAT
Hitachi Kokusai Electric Turkey has said it will stage the first ever Middle East showcase of its SK-UHD4000 4K Ultra-HDTV broadcast camera system at CABSAT 2015. The camera system provides 4K UHD

10/02/2015 RTS Unveils OMNEO Keypanel Series
RTS has introduced the first keypanel series with OMNEO on board at this year's ISE show in Amsterdam. The KP-Series keypanels combine HD colour displays, improved single key operation and full co