Broadcast News Archive for December, 2014
15/12/2014 Televisión Canaria Migrates Archive To An LTO All-Disk Storage System
Televisión Canaria has migrated its entire archive from LTO tape to an ALTO all-disk storage system from Disk Archive Corporation. Initially configured with 1600TB of storage, the ALTO replaces Te

15/12/2014 Wohler Appoints New Senior Sales Executive, Time Technology
Mr Rodney Hampton has been appointed senior sales executive, time technology, for Wohler's RadiantGrid line of file-based media transformation solutions. In this role at Wohler, Mr Hampton will foc

12/12/2014 2014: A Good Year For Subtitling?!
Observing 2014 through the eyes of a subtitling technology company perhaps suggests that it has been a rather lean year in the way of exciting new developments like those encountered in past years, su

12/12/2014 ChyronIP Adopted By College Of Charleston
The College of Charleston athletics department in Charleston, South Carolina, has adopted ChyronHego's ChyronIP real-time HD/SD 2D and 3D character and graphics generator. Specifically designed for

12/12/2014 HARMAN'S AKG Announces APS4 Antenna Power Splitter
HARMAN's AKG has announced the new APS4 antenna power splitter, which can be operated in an extended frequency range of 470 to 952 MHz and is available for DMS700, WMS4500, WMS470 and WMS420 receivers

12/12/2014 Matrox Video Launches Auto Tools For Monarch HD
Matrox Video has launched automatic configuration tools for the Matrox Monarch HD streaming and recording appliance. The tools can be used to design a single device management interface for detecti

12/12/2014 Miller Supports 24/7 Youth Film Festival
Up and coming filmmaker Sophia Morton's short film Stew has been awarded Best Cinematography at the 24/7 Youth Film Festival, for which Miller awarded the director an Air Tripod System. The 24/7 Yo

12/12/2014 Roundabout Entertainment Invests In LEADER 4K Monitor
Roundabout Entertainment has invested in a LEADER LV5490 SD/HD/4K waveform monitor. Equipped with eight input connectors, the LEADER LV5490 accepts up to two 4K signals simultaneously. Two sets of

12/12/2014 Systems Integration: Hit By Slim Margins? (Pt. 1)
Coming out of IBC, one of the many hundreds of comments I recall for their serious implications was IABM chairman Peter White saying: "If you are a systems integrator you are probably not in a good pl

12/12/2014 Systems Integration: Hit By Slim Margins? (Pt. 2)
(continued from Pt. 2) "As an aside I also believe that, correctly managed, this process can be quicker than the traditional turnkey tender process, and so the business benefit can be achiev

12/12/2014 Trickbox TV To Present Thames View At BVE 2015
Trickbox TV is to present BVE 2015 visitors with a view of the Thames as a showcase of HD production services at Tower Bridge TV Studios. Trickbox TV manages and operates Tower Bridge TV Studios, a

11/12/2014 2014: A Good Year For Forscene...
It's been a dynamic year for Forbidden Technologies — a year that helped us grow as a company and, more important, translated into benefits for Forscene users. Forscene was the first and is still the

11/12/2014 Adder Expands JB&A Agreement
Adder Technology's distribution agreement with JB&A has been expanded to include the company's connectivity products through the CDW website. Adder's media networks, extenders and keyboard, video and

11/12/2014 Building A Flyaway Live Production Solution
As broadcasters become increasingly reliant on live content as a way to win viewers, keep them engaged and fill airtime, there is a real push to reduce costs of capturing a live production, writes Kev

11/12/2014 ES Broadcast: Expecting The Unexpected
We have recently experienced first-hand many company site moves or moves because of a dramatic change in technology. Often, companies positioned for growth face a dilemma, writes Edward Saunders, MD a

11/12/2014 Future-Proofing While Expanding Your Facility
Upgrading, expanding, relocating premises – all of these require a great deal of planning and foresight. After all, they're not the kind of things that you would do on a regular basis, so ensuring tha

11/12/2014 Imagine Upgrades Cairo's Rotana TV
Imagine Communications has completed an upgrade of the playout and asset management facilities at Rotana TV in Cairo, Egypt. The upgrade project allows Rotana TV to migrate all of its channels to H

11/12/2014 Marshall Unveils CV342 HD-SDI Broadcast Camera
Marshall has unveiled its new CV342 Compact 2.2 Megapixel HD-SDI Broadcast Camera. The camera delivers HD video in 1920x1080p (60, 59.94, 50, 30, 25fps), 1920x1080i (60, 59.94, 50fps), and 1280x720

11/12/2014 Mushroom Magic Lights Oxford Street
Mushroom Lighting supplied a Christmas lighting display for the Oxford Street, London branch of Debenhams at the beginning of November. Mushroom MD Paul Butler was contacted by the Debenhams team a

11/12/2014 Riedel Serves Up For BNP Paribas Masters
Riedel Communications has announced that the French Federation of Tennis (FFT) worked on the BNP Paribas Masters 2014 with a Riedel MediorNet solution. The solution was selected to interconnect the

10/12/2014 Aspen Media: Taking MADI Into 2015 And Beyond...
Aspen Media was founded in 1995 and has since risen to become an independent, professional audio supplier with clients including the BBC, ITV, Lime Pictures, Sony and Ericsson Television. The company

10/12/2014 Griffin Communications Selects Project Parking For SGL Integration
SGL has announced a contract with Griffin Communications, owner of TV stations KOTV News On 6 (Tulsa) and KWTV/News 9 (Oklahoma City). Griffin has purchased Marquis Broadcast's Project Parking arch

10/12/2014 IABM Announces Awards Winners
The IABM has announced the winners of its annual awards during a gala dinner at its Annual International Business Conference. "The awards seek to recognise both individuals and organisations within

10/12/2014 Investing In A Cloud-Based Future
NAB and IBC in recent years have become increasingly dominated by the promise and prospects of IP-based systems made up of internet-linked elements which, in theory at least, can be located anywhere i

10/12/2014 Riedel Calls 'Wrap' On 2014...
Riedel moves into 2015 on the strength of diverse product deployments in high-profile applications around the world, as well as a series of product releases that signal a new direction for the company