Broadcast News Archive for July, 2018
24/07/2018 Sony Unveils New Virtual Production Service
Sony Professional Solutions Europe has unveiled its latest venture into the live production market with brand new service, Sony Virtual Production. Sony Virtual Production is an on-demand cloud pr

24/07/2018 Zenterio To Highlight The Future Of TV At IBC 2018
Zenterio is to display its new TV platform for 4K and legacy CPE, along with Zenterio Cloud at the 2018 IBC Show. The company's solutions will be available on Stand 5.C53 and Balcony Suite 23 at t

23/07/2018 Cooke Optics To Showcase Lens And Focal Lengths Range At IBC
Cooke Optics is to showcase its latest array of lenses and focal lengths at the 2018 IBC Show in Amsterdam, 13-18 September. The 65mm Macro and 21mm lenses for the Panchro/i Classic range will be

23/07/2018 ENCO And Octopus Announce Integration For Streamlined Workflow
ENCO and Octopus Newsroom have collaborated to integrate their respective solutions, streamlining news production and playout workflows. The integration will be highlighted at the IBC2018 exhibiti

23/07/2018 Lawo mc²56 Console Takes Centre Stage At MixCon
Lawo's mc²56 console has been deployed at the heart of Manhattan Centre's famous Studio 7 during the annual MixCon. MixCon is a two day-event about mixing music and sound that takes place at the M

23/07/2018 Leader To Launch New ZEN Series Solutions At IBC
Leader Electronics is to launch the latest additions to its new ZEN series, the LV5600 true hybrid IP and SDI waveform monitor and LV7600 rasterising equivalent, at IBC 2018. The Leader LV5600 is

23/07/2018 Magewell To Demonstrate Expanding Product Lines At IBC Show
Magewell is to demonstrate its expanding product lines at the 2018 IBC Show in Amsterdam, 14-18 September. At stand 8.A84, the company will focus on its key theme of showing how its latest innovat

23/07/2018 PHABRIX To Host Several European Debuts At IBC
PHABRIX is to host several European debuts at IBC 2018, with IP, HD and HDR/UHD ready solutions. IP Ready Solutions PHABRIX will show the latest hybrid IP/SDI test and measurement tools f

23/07/2018 Presteigne Appoints New Chief Technology Officer
Presteigne Broadcast Hire has appointed Simon Atkinson as its new chief technology officer, effective immediately. In his new role Mr Atkinson will oversee all engineering activities including qu

23/07/2018 Sardis Events Expands Video Equipment With Hitachi Cameras
Sardis Events has expanded its video equipment collection with the purchase of three Z-HD5500 studio and field production cameras from Hitachi Kokusai. The company provides services from staging an

23/07/2018 Vietnam's BTV Upgrades HQ With PlayBox Technology Solutions
Vietnam broadcaster Binh Duong Radio & Television (BTV) has upgraded and expanded its headquarters with PlayBox Technology's AirBox Neo and TitleBox Neo. The PlayBox solutions were deployed as a ce

20/07/2018 Amazon, Viacom And Wonderhood Studios Speakers Join IBC2018
Three new speakers from Amazon, Viacom and Wonderhood Studios have joined the lineup for IBC2018's conference.   Max Amordeluso, EU Lead Evangelist Amazon Alexa, Amazon, will deliver a keynote sess

20/07/2018 Award-Winning DP Shoots Shark Footage With Vitec Brands
Award-winning producer and director of photography (DoP) Fouad Zayed has deployed a trio of Vitec Production Solutions brands to capture footage for a nature documentary series. Mr Zayed used produ

20/07/2018 Broadpeak Manager To Deliver Speech On ABR Technology
Broadpeak® product manager Jeremy Desmauts is to deliver a speech on ABR technology at the 2018 Mile High Video Workshop in Denver. He will present 'mABR: Deliver OTT to the Main Screen With the S

20/07/2018 ChyronHego To Demonstrate Production Solutions At BIRTV2018
ChyronHego is to demonstrate its collection of live news and sports production solutions at BIRTV2018. The company will be exhibiting alongside partner Digital Precision Systems at the China Inter

20/07/2018 SeaChange Promotes Marek Kielczewski To CTO
SeaChange International has promoted Marek Kielczewski to Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In his new role he will lead technology innovation and execution, joining the executive leadership team in th

20/07/2018 Telia Acquires Bonnier Broadcasting In Billion Pound Deal
Swedish telecoms company Telia has acquired Bonnier Broadcasting for a reported $1 billion. Telia aims to fulfil a company strategy to develop offer TV and content to its customers with the new ac

20/07/2018 Trickbox TV Provides OB Facilities For Gary Barlow Concert
Trickbox TV has provided OB facilities for a headlining Gary Barlow concert in Cornwall. Its 12-camera portable production unit was supplied to Eden Sessions TV for the concert on 06 June. The c

20/07/2018 VOX Welcomes Entries For Annual Audio Awards
VOX has welcomed entries for its annual audio industry awards, VOX Awards 2018. The awards take place on 13 October as part of the VOX 2018 Conference. The VOX Awards celebrate professional voi

20/07/2018 ZEISS Installs Full-Dome Video System In Granada
ZEISS has installed two new VELVET projectors to replace an older full-dome system in the Granada planetarium, Spain. The computer technology and software were also completely renewed. "The new

19/07/2018 Blue Lucy To Unveil New BLAM Software At IBC Show
Blue Lucy is to unveil the new version of its BLAM asset and workflow management software at the 2018 IBC Show.  The upgraded software includes a redesigned UI, new API and a significant upgrade t

19/07/2018 Cinematographer Shows Off Sony VENICE In Nighttime Aerial Production
Cinematographer Gianluca Bertone has showed off Sony's VENICE CineAlta camera system and new Crystal LED Display System in a striking nighttime LA aerial production. The footage, captured with fou

19/07/2018 DP Nicholas Donnelly Calls On Wisycom For Global Productions
Industry-established cinematographer Nicholas Donnelly has called on Wisycom's RF solutions for his studio and field work. Mr Donnelly is known or his work on high-profile TV documentaries and wil

19/07/2018 Insight TV Brings 4K Content To KPN Customers
Insight TV has signed a new distribution deal to bring 4K content to customers of Dutch telecoms operator KPN. The agreement will allow viewers in the Netherlands to watch the broadcaster's high-q

19/07/2018 LED Creative Supports Shoot With World Cup Winning Captain
LED Creative has supported Trojan Media on a recent football themed shoot for LG with its Alpha 60 flex. The shoot involved France's World Cup winning captain and goalkeeper Hugo Llloris. Film