Broadcast News Archive for August, 2021
11/08/2021 BNJ Selects Dalet Galaxy Five
Dalet has announced that Swiss broadcaster BNJ, which operates four radio stations and associated websites in the Jura Arc region, has chosen Dalet Galaxy five featuring AI-driven search and automated

11/08/2021 Comedian Rhod Gilbert To Present DIY SOS: The Big Build
Comedian and TV and radio presenter Rhod Gilbert will present BBC One's property renovation show, DIY SOS: The Big Build, when it heads to Hull for a BBC Children in Need Special in September. Rhod w

11/08/2021 dock10's Broadcast Technician Wins RTS Coffey Award
dock10's Broadcast Technician, Gabriella Watkins, has won the RTS Coffey Award for Excellence in Technology, 2021. Gabriella joined dock10 as an MCR operator, supporting live studio and post produ

11/08/2021 Holdan Acquires Business And Assets Of Intro 2020
Holdan, a specialist distributor to the professional video and broadcast sector and part of the Midwich Group, has acquired the business and certain assets of Intro 2020, a specialist distributor of i

11/08/2021 OOONA Selects Astra Security's Pentest Suite
Astra Security has announced that its Pentest Suite has been chosen by OOONA, a globally active developer of professional management and production tools for the media localization industry, to provid

11/08/2021 SMPTE+ Virtual Event To Explore Resilience After Move To The Cloud
SMPTE® has announced that the SMPTE+ virtual event "Migrating Media & Entertainment Into the Cloud: A Real-World Perspective," now slated for 31 August, will feature a session exploring preservation,

11/08/2021 SubtitleNEXT Debuts At The 'Translation Forum Russia' Event
PBT EU has reported a successful debut of SubtitleNEXT at the 'Translation Forum Russia' event with ALBA Multimedia, as major partner of the event. This year for the first time, the forum was held in

11/08/2021 Synamedia Acquires ContentArmor
Synamedia has acquired ContentArmor, a leading privately-held developer of forensic watermarking solutions for the media and entertainment industry. By adding ContentArmor's technology, patents and

11/08/2021 TVU Networks Supports Globo
TVU Networks has announced its support of Brazilian TV giant, Globo, for live coverage of the Summer Games. Sixteen TVU One mobile transmitters were spread throughout the event sites, providing co

11/08/2021 Winners Of 2021 HPA Awards For Engineering Excellence Announced
The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Awards Committee has announced the winners of the 2021 HPA Awards for Engineering Excellence. The HPA Awards, including the HPA Award for Engineering E

10/08/2021 ARRI Unveils ARRI LightNet
ARRI has released its latest innovation—ARRI LightNet. ARRI LightNet is a unique new software platform designed by ARRI's Solutions Group to offer smart, logical, and at-a-glance centralized monit

10/08/2021 Autodesk Debuts Bifrost Update
Autodesk has debuted a feature-rich Bifrost update targeted at simplifying the creation and delivery of complex simulations and custom effects via real-time tool feedback and a host of new enhancement

10/08/2021 Channel 4 Appoints New Technology Director
Channel 4 has appointed a new Technology Director. Reporting to Jonathan Allan, Chief Operating Officer, Grace Boswood will play a vital role in aligning Channel 4's technology investment with its

10/08/2021 Hiltron Introduces Service To Allow 3D Laser Scanning
Hiltron Communications is introducing a service allowing 3D laser scanning and evaluation of teleport antennas. Based on technology developed by Hiltron's subsidiary partner, ESA Microwave GmbH, t

10/08/2021 John Trautman Named Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Greater Los Angeles Award Winner
Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) has announced that John Trautman, CEO of Visual Data Media Services was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2021 Greater Los Angeles Award winner. The Entrepreneur Of The

10/08/2021 LG Provides Giant LED Screens For Wembley Stadium
One of the first things that visitors to Wembley Stadium connected by EE will see in 2021 are the enormous bespoke LED screens created by LG Electronics (LG) as part of the remodeling of the iconic st

10/08/2021 New Sales Manager Selected For DigiBox Europe
DigiBox Europe has selected a new Sales Manager. Scott Noble will take up the post with immediate effect. Marc Risby, Managing Director of DigiBox said: "I'm very happy to announce that effectiv

10/08/2021 Pomfort Extends Livegrade Studio
Pomfort has extended Livegrade Studio, its leading app for live grading and integration of digital imaging processes on-set, to export 3D LUTs (Look Up Tables) directly to Brompton Technology's Tesser

10/08/2021 Sky Appoints Group Chief Technology Officer
Sky has appointed a new Group Chief Technology Officer. Prasanna Gopalakrishnan will join Sky in September 2021 and oversee technology teams across Sky's markets. She will be joining the executive

10/08/2021 Sony Acquires Crunchyroll
Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired AT&T’s Crunchyroll anime business through Funimation Global Group, LLC. Funimation is a joint venture between SPE and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

09/08/2021 BBC Cymru Wales Appoints Head Of Welsh Language Services
BBC Cymru Wales has appointed Dafydd Meredydd to the role of Head of Welsh Language Services. Dafydd will be Editor of BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Cymru 2 as well as oversee the BBC’s Welsh langu

09/08/2021 Boards Of Directors Of ABC, CBS, FOX & NBC Affiliates To Hold Meetings At 2021 NAB Show
The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has announced that the affiliate boards of directors of ABC, CBS, FOX Television and NBC will once again meet during NAB Show, 09 - 13 October in Las Veg

09/08/2021 Channel 4 Commissions bin Laden: The Inside Story
Channel 4 has commissioned Voltage TV to produce a three-part documentary series, bin Laden: The Inside Story. From a quiet and introspective son of a billionaire to global terrorist mastermind, t

09/08/2021 Flipside Soundsystem Named Finalist In AV Awards
Flipside Soundsystem has been announced as a finalist in the Venue Project of the Year category of the AV Awards. The integrator was nominated for its impressive work at the Kadwa Patidar Centre (KPC)

09/08/2021 Green Hippo Releases Hippotizer Version 4.6.2
Green Hippo has released Hippotizer software version: 4.6.2. Hippotizer Version 4.6.2 adds new features and functionality to V4 and V4+ systems. Floating Keyframes The new keyframe type can