Broadcast News Archive for June, 2018
19/06/2018 SMPTE Opens Registration For Technical Conference And Exhibition
SMPTE has opened registration for the SMPTE 2018 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (SMPTE 2018), taking place from 23-25 October in the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites in downtown Los Angeles

18/06/2018 ATG Danmon Upgrades Control Room For BBC Scotland
ATG Danmon has completed a control room upgrade project for BBC Scotland. The project centred on the modernisation of a compact television gallery assigned to the production of bulletin-style news

18/06/2018 Canon Engineers On Site In Russia For FIFA World Cup Support
A group of Canon engineers and service support personnel have been deployed on-site in Russia to help with the coverage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. They are helping support the company's customers

18/06/2018 Freelance Colourist Manuel Canchola Discusses His Career And Future Projects
Freelance colourist Manuel Canchola talks exclusively to FilmLight about his career and gives some insight on his future projects. Based in Mexico City, he works on a mixture of advertisements, te

18/06/2018 GatesAir Appoints Five New Company Executives
GatesAir has appointed a series of executives in newly formed roles. The appointments are all internal promotions created by CEO Bruce D. Swail:   • Rich Redmond becomes President, GatesAir Inte

18/06/2018 ITV Selects Gearhouse Broadcast For World Cup Coverage
ITV has selected Gearhouse Broadcast to supply a range of facilities in Russia for its FIFA World Cup coverage this summer. ITV will broadcast live to the UK from its Gearhouse-built studio in Mos

18/06/2018 Joseph Electronics System To Support Chapman University Broadcast Network
Chapman University has purchased a specially designed Joseph Electronics (JE) fiber transport system for its student-run Chapman Sports Broadcast Network (CSBN). The new system supports CSBN's liv

18/06/2018 Magewell's Ultra Stream HDMI Scoops InfoComm Best Of Show Award
Magewell's Ultra Stream HDMI standalone streaming encoder has won a Best of Show Award from Future plc's AV Technology at InfoComm 2018. The award is the fourth prestigious distinction the product

18/06/2018 On-Hertz To Make Company Debut At IBC With New Solution
New company On-Hertz is to make its debut at IBC with its latest solution targeting live radio stations. On-Hertz was founded by Renaud Schoonbroodt and Benjamin Lardinoit. Mr Schoonbroodt has 15

18/06/2018 Sony's VENICE Camera Deployed For First European Feature Film
Sony's CineAlta Full-Frame system camera VENICE has been deployed to shoot its first European feature film, Polish thriller 'Fisheye'. The feature is directed by Michał Szcześniak and sh

15/06/2018 Avid Solutions To Help Launch New Albanian TV Channel
A collection of Avid solutions have been selected to launch a new TV channel in Albania. Construction and civil engineering company Gener 2 will launch its first TV channel, A2 TV, in partnership w

15/06/2018 BroaMan Appoints Clear-Com As Exclusive US Distributor
BroaMan has appointed Clear-Com as the exclusive US distributor of its audio, video transport and routing solutions. Clear-Com demonstrated the latest BroaMan products, as well as Clear-Com's leadi

15/06/2018 disguise Introduces New Server
disguise has introduced its newest server, solo, designed for the next generation of content creation.  solo brings the power of the disguise solution to smaller productions and experiences within

15/06/2018 FutureVideo Products Adds New Model To V-Station HD Studio8 Range
FutureVideo Products has added to its V-Station HD Studio8 Multi-Channel DVR Systems range with a new model featuring eight mini-HDMI source inputs. The new model is able to simultaneously record 8

15/06/2018 KDDI Completes 4K Video Transmission Test With Drone
KDDI has completed the very first live 4K video transmission test with a drone in Japan. The drone also leverages 5G technology. The test was carried out in an effort to realise consumer servi

15/06/2018 NewTek Releases NDI Version 3.5 SDK
NewTek has officially released NDI version 3.5 SDK, following a successful debut at NAB 2018. NDI is software-driven IP video technology that shares video across a standard Ethernet network.   N

15/06/2018 RTI XP-8v Processor Wins InfoComm Award
RTI's XP-8v Advanced Control Processor has been honoured with a Systems Contractor News (SCN) InfoComm Installation Product Award at InfoComm 2018 in Las Vegas. The award was in the category of "Mo

15/06/2018 Studio Technologies Hires Experienced Sales Consultant
Studio Technologies has appointed Mark Townsend as its new sales representative for the UK and Europe. With over 30 years of experience working for prominent professional electronics companies, Mr

15/06/2018 ZNBC Deploys Playbox Technology Neo For New Playout Facility
Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) has deployed PlayBox Technology Neo as the core of a new playout facility controlled from its headquarters in Lusaka. Beijing-based StarTimes instal

14/06/2018 AMV Invests In TSL Monitors For High Profile Productions
All Mobile Video (AMV) has invested in TSL Products' advanced audio and video monitors to help with its growing TV production schedule. TSL's PAM2-IP, MPA1-MADI and MPA1-DANTE provide AMV with hyb

14/06/2018 DMS Unveils Major HAWK ONLINE Update
DMS has unveiled HAWK ONLINE ® 5.0, a major update to its international media intelligence platform. HAWK ONLINE ® 5.0 provides the entertainment industry with extensive monitoring, reporting and a

14/06/2018 Finepoint Broadcast To Invest £2m In Fleet Hire Expansion
Finepoint Broadcast is to invest £2 million in a major expansion of its broadcast equipment dry-hire fleet. The expansion is scheduled over 12 months. "This new investment demonstrates the com

14/06/2018 Green Hippo Appoints New Exclusive Lithuanian Distributor
Green Hippo is expanding its presence in Lithuania with the appointment of Video Projektai as its new exclusive distributor in the region. Video Projektai is based in Vilnius, Lithuania's capital

14/06/2018 Kansas Church Upgrades Production Workflows With Hitachi Cameras
Hitachi's Z-HD5000 cameras have been deployed in a Kansas church as part of a major production workflow upgrade to high definition (HD).   "Through the years, video has changed the face of what peop

14/06/2018 Malaysian Event Management Company Adds Riedel Products To Rental Stock
Riedel Communications' Bolero wireless intercom and MediorNet real-time media network products have been added to the rental inventory of a Malaysian event management company. With MediorNet provi