Broadcast News Archive for April, 2018
25/04/2018 Entries Are Open For RTS/Atos Young Technologist Award 2018
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has opened entries for the RTS/Atos Young Technologist Of The Year Award 2018. The award, sponsored by Atos, is aimed at engineers in the early stages of their c

25/04/2018 Hitachi HDTV Cameras Deployed For Church Broadcasts In Texas
Hitachi Kokusai Electric America HDTV cameras have been deployed by First Baptist Church (FBC) in Texarkana, Texas for their in-house video experiences and broadcasts. The cameras were chosen when

25/04/2018 Lawo Appoints New Director Of Sales And Operation
Lawo has appointed Craig Newbury as its new Director of Sales and Operations, effective immediately. Mr Newbury will be responsible for Lawo's activities in the UK and Ireland. He brings over 1

25/04/2018 Marshall Hires New Broadcast And Pro A/V Regional Sales Managers
Marshall Electronics has added two new regional sales managers to its team, Cathy Fercano and David Hausman, who will cover the broadcast and Pro A/V markets in the US. In their new roles they wil

25/04/2018 Presteigne Introduces New Modular Portable Production Unit
Presteigne Broadcast Hire has launched its brand new modular portable production unit (PPU) today, April 25. The PPU is a modular production system for live remotes, featuring lightweight, waterpr

25/04/2018 TallyMan Control System Continues To Support Sports Productions Worldwide
The TallyMan Advanced Broadcast Control System from TSL Products has continued to support sports production crews around the world, with over 1000 current global installations. TallyMan was built

25/04/2018 What Went On In Vegas
The sun shone, the dice rolled and in the Convention Centre the excitement centred around three of UK distributor Aspen Media's suppliers; DirectOut Technologies, Stage Tec and JLCooper. DirectOut

24/04/2018 AJA Kit And vMix Successfully Deployed For Church Live Streams
AJA KONA 4 and Io 4K have been deployed by the Auburn Grace Community Church (AGCC) to live stream sermons on YouTube. "We live in a media-driven culture, making video essential for any house of w

24/04/2018 Atlona To Debut New USB Over IP Product Line At InfoComm 2018
Atlona is to debut its brand new USB over IP product line as the latest edition to the OmniStream™ AV over IP family at InfoComm 2018 (June 6-8). The new OmniStream 311 (AT-OMNI-311) and OmniStrea

24/04/2018 Cineplexx Group Austria And RealD Continue Partnership
Cineplex Group Austria and RealD have announced the continuation of their long term partnership to bring RealD 3D equipment, 3D glasses and Ultimate Screens to all Cineplexx territories. The territ

24/04/2018 Danmon Group Sweden Appointed New Jünger Audio Distributor
Jünger Audio has appointed Danmon Group Sweden as its new distributor for the territory after a deal was agreed at the 2018 NAB Show. Danmon Group Sweden will now handle all Jünger Audio loudness

24/04/2018 Introducing Trigger Audio And Video Playback Software
Trigger has introduced its new Trigger audio and video playback software, built to work for all television, radio and theatre productions. The solution has a modern user interface along with a an

24/04/2018 Portsmouth University Principal Lecturers Give Television Course Advice
BFV talks exclusively to University of Portsmouth principal lecturers Charlie Watts and Gary Brown about how to produce a successful television course, and how they cope with the constantly evolving t

24/04/2018 TV Provider Kiwisat Uses WORK Microwave Modulator For DTH Offering
WORK Microwave's DVB Satellite Broadcast Modulator is being used by satellite TV provider Kiwisat for its new DTH offering in the Caribbean. The modulator will provide Kiwisat with increased relia

23/04/2018 Calrec Audio Console Helps Bring New Zealand Show On The Road
Calrec's Brio36 compact audio console has been deployed by New Zealand production facility Whitebait Media to bring its Sunday morning children's show on the road. The show 'What Now' airs on TVNZ

23/04/2018 disguise gx Range Used For Utah Theatre Workflow
The disguise gx series is being used by the renowned Hale Centre Theatre in Utah for its productions. Several brands of media servers were evaluated before disguise was chosen. Video and producti

23/04/2018 Magewell's New Ultra Stream HDMI Encoder Wins Three Prestigious Awards
Magewell's new Ultra Stream HDMI standalone streaming encoder has received three prestigious awards following its acclaimed debut at the 2018 NAB Show. The accolades included a second consecutive

23/04/2018 Pomfort Releases LiveGrade Pro Upgrade
Pomfort, a provider of professional software solutions, has released the latest version of its LiveGrade Pro software. LiveGrade Pro Version 4 now makes live camera metadata available directly in

23/04/2018 Raycom Has Plans To Be A 'One Stop Shop' - Managing Director Pyers Easton
Pyers Easton, Managing Director, Raycom, talks exclusively to BFV about the company's ambitions to be a 'one stop shop' and the advantages it has over big companies. Raycom is a distributor and ma

23/04/2018 Sennheiser Provides Wireless Digital 6000 Microphones For Eurovision
Sennheiser has provided Digital 6000 wireless microphones and 2000 series wireless monitors to the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, May 8-12. The Sennheiser products have already been used

23/04/2018 SmallHD Unveils New Wireless Monitor System
SmallHD has unveiled its brand new 5-inch wireless monitor system, the FOCUS Bolt TX and FOCUS Bolt RX. The TX transmitter and RX receiver are built on FOCUS touchscreen monitor platforms, with bu

23/04/2018 Stage Tec Introduces NEXUS Fiber And IP Interface
Stage Tec has introduced the NEXUS Fiber and IP Interface (XFIP), the latest board for the NEXUS network. The board was introduced to audiences at NAB 2018 and prolight+sound this month. In te

23/04/2018 TELUS TV Service Breaks New Ground In Canada By Supporting 4K HDR
Canadian telecommunications company TELUS has launched 4K HDR on Optik TV, becoming the first TV/internet service provider in Canada to support the format. 4K HDR has the capability to display mor

23/04/2018 The Script Use dLive System For World Tour
An Allen & Heath dLive system is being used by popular Irish band The Script on their world tour. Front of house engineer Steve Pattinson (Amy Winehouse, Wet Wet Wet, Glasvegas) is in control of t

20/04/2018 Custom Consoles Completes Production On NEP Television Production Facility
Custom Consoles has completed the installation of five control room desks for NEP Sweden's television production facility in Stockholm. Broadcast Solutions GmbH worked along with Custom Consoles t