Broadcast News Archive for April, 2018
13/04/2018 Sonnet Launches Echo Express SE III
Sonnet Technologies has launched the Echo™ Express SE III, the newest member of the company's award-winning Echo Express family of Thunderbolt™-to-PCI Express® (PCIe®) expansion systems. The Expre

12/04/2018 BVPS 2018 Approaches
We are back! This years's show is looking like it's going to be the best ever. We have moved onwards and upwards to Atrium Area in Aviva Stadium. This industry event is an opportunity for film and tel

12/04/2018 Few Lens Optics For Decades, Then Came The Large Digital Sensors
As software takes control of virtually every production and delivery function, cameras and lenses have reached the stage of looking magnificent as the last bastion of what we understood as hardware. A

12/04/2018 How Viewers Engage With Narrative Structures In Movies
Much has been written about the 3-part and 5-part story structures that indicate specific plot points in the story. However, screenwriters and filmmakers would greatly benefit by discovering the scien

12/04/2018 Photon Beard Appoints Schnittpunkt As European Distributor
Photon Beard has appointed Schnittpunkt, of Koln Germany, as its new European distributor. Schnittpunkt is currently the German dealer for Photon Beard, and will assume the new role on May 01.

12/04/2018 Rohde & Schwarz To Provide UHD Encoding For 2018 Russia World Cup
Swisscom has chosen Rohde & Schwarz to provide ultra high definition (UHD) encoding facilities for the upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. With Rohde & Schwarz's R&S AVHE100 video encoding and

12/04/2018 Sony Introduces XVS-9000
Sony has announced its new live production switcher, the XVS-9000, designed to address the demands of advanced 4K and HD productions in the rise of High Dynamic Range (HDR) content. The XVS-9000 o

12/04/2018 Tata Communications And Primestream Join Forces
Tata Communications and Primestream have collaborated to launch an enterprise-grade Media Asset Management (MAM) solution in the cloud. The new platform allows broadcasters, content owners and ent

11/04/2018 AJA Introduces Five New OpenGear Cards At NAB 2018
AJA Video Systems has unveiled five new openGear-compatible video and audio rack cards, with support for Ross® Video DashBoard software for remote control and monitoring. The company is also previ

11/04/2018 BFV's Big Interview: JoeCo
Based near Cambridge, JoeCo has worked in audio design for over 10 years by providing solutions for music and audio people worldwide. This month, Broadcast Film & Video talks to JoeCo Founder and

11/04/2018 DRILLARIUM: Large Scale Playout
The current broadcast environment requires hundreds of channels to be supervised by a single operator. Vector 3 has created DRILLARIUM, the tool for this new paradigm of massive playout operations

11/04/2018 PHABRIX Continues Rapid Global Growth
PHABRIX has revealed an average year-on-year growth of 25% since 2015, and announced an ambition to broaden its North America market reach this year. Phillip Adams, Managing Director, PHABRIX, com

11/04/2018 Playbox Technology Appoints New Managing Director
Playbox Technology UK Limited has appointed Mike Provancha as the new managing director. Mike Provancha has over 40 years of video experience in engineering, sales, and management. In addition to

11/04/2018 Q&A With Event Director Of The Media Production Show
Charlotte Wheeler, Event Director of the Media Production Show, talks about the upcoming show. What is the Media Production Show? Now in its third year, The Media Production Show (MPS) is a

11/04/2018 Rohde & Schwarz To Showcase R&S PRISMON Features At NAB
Rohde & Schwarz is to showcase a variety of new features for its award-winning audio/video monitoring and multiviewer solution R&S PRISMON at the 2018 NAB Show. Driven by recent advances in standar

10/04/2018 AJA Unveils Two New KONA Cards And More At NAB
AJA Video Systems has introduced two new KONA cards, and announced the new 14.2 version of its Desktop Software at the 2018 NAB Show (07-12 April). KONA HDMI is a PCIe card for multi-channel HD an

10/04/2018 Comrex At NAB
Vortex's life-long partner in Remote Broadcast IP Audio and Video Codecs, Talk Show Systems and really useful stuff is exhibiting in the NAB Central Hall in Las Vegas. Comrex has designed and manuf

10/04/2018 Exploiting And Protecting Valuable Interplay Metadata With Marquis Broadcast
Avid® Interplay® PAM has become a mainstay of many production workflows. It is relied upon daily by large and small production facilities around the world to find, track, archive and deliver projects.

10/04/2018 Lights, Camera… Hollywood Glamour Meets 1970s Liverpool
Whether you're watching a post-apocalyptic thriller, film noir, or period drama, lighting is one of the elements that helps convince you of what you're watching. It is one of the many devices used by

10/04/2018 QVC Japan Deploys Harmonic UHD Playout Solution
QVC Japan has deployed a UHD playout solution from Harmonic for its live and file-based production workflows. Harmonic's Spectrum™ X advanced media server simplifies the broadcaster's workflow by

10/04/2018 Riedel Introduces 1200 Series Smartpanel At NAB
Riedel Communications has debuted the new 1200 series Smartpanel at the 2018 NAB Show. The RSP-1232HL features multiple full-color multitouch displays, 32 innovative hybrid-lever keys, and has the

10/04/2018 Ross Video Returns To NAB With Adder Technology
Ross Video has returned to this year's NAB show, with much of its stand being powered by Adder Technology's DDX systems. At the 2018 NAB Show, with the DDX systems, Ross Video will be able to easi

09/04/2018 Cobalt Digital Fills New Vice President Position
Cobalt Digital has announced that Jesse Foster has been promoted to the new position of vice president of marketing and strategic accounts. Mr Foster most recently served as Cobalt's director of pr

09/04/2018 Core SWX Introduces New Voltbridge Platform At NAB
Core SWX has introduced its mobile-based Voltbridge Fleet Battery Management Platform at the 2018 NAB Show (07-12 April). Bluetooth Low Energy enabled versions of its Quad Fleet and Quad Fleet Mic

09/04/2018 Jünger Audio Helps Broadcast Digital Television Trial In Malaysia
Jünger Audio has helped produce a successful live digital television trial in Malaysia, with the broadcast of popular show 'Anugerah Juara Lagu'. The show was broadcast live in Dolby 5.1 surround