HEBDEN BRIDGE, UK, JUNE 24, 2019 — Across the globe, schools and colleges are looking to train the next generation of broadcast engineers, and are finding that it entails more than just concepts and theory. Successful courses provide a well-rounded broadcast education that prepares students with technical training and hands-on skillsets to help them confidently enter the workforce. Calrec Audio has seen many recent installations of its consoles and audio networking solutions in educational establishments. Calrec’s Brio range has become the go-to console solution in this space for various reasons, including its small form-factor, power and cost-effectiveness; and the sheer ...

* Video compression experts V-Nova join standards development body * Key objective to drive and contribute to ATSC 3.0 standard development worldwide * Intelligent media compression is core to delivering new ATSC 3.0 services London, UK – 24 June 2019 – V-Nova today announced that is has become a member of the influential Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) – the international non-profit organisation that develops digital television standards. ATSC is currently focused on the commercial rollout of its 3.0 specification for digital terrestrial broadcasting. It represents the standardisation of a decade of technology advancement for how TV services are delivered, ...

  France 3, one of the largest French public television channels which is part of the France Télévisions group, have recently used the Quicklink Studio solution for a multi camera Facebook Live of the Bigflo & Oli concert. The concert was held in Toulouse, the city where Bigflo & Oli grew up, and welcomed more than 60,000 spectators over two days. To capture this, Quicklink Studio was used on three separate iPhone 8’s to give a floor perspective of the concert, which provided the ability to choose different angles and energise the live event. At the studio, France 3 were ...

Australian company to show IP logging and analysis platform with exception-based monitoring and cloud capability on home ground at SMPTE branch show in Sydney Melbourne, Australia – 24 June 2019 – Mediaproxy, the leading provider of software-based IP broadcast solutions, will show the latest updates to its LogServer compliance, monitoring and analysis package at SMPTE Australia’s Media+Entertainment Tech Expo on booth F27 in the International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) from 17 to 20 July 2019. While recognized internationally as a company of cutting-edge technology for compliance applications in file-based broadcast workflows, Mediaproxy maintains a strong presence in its domestic ...

Sony was awarded top honors from the publishers of AV Technology magazine and Sound & Video Contractor magazine following the InfoComm 2019 show in Orlando last week. Sony’s AI-based Edge Analytics Appliance, the REA-C1000 took home a “Best of Show” honor from AV Technology, while the VPL-FHZ75 3LCD laser projector received a “Best of Show” win from Sound & Video Contractor magazine. AV Technology magazine is a publication for audiovisual and information technology managers responsible for procuring and maintaining of AV and IT systems. Sound & Video Contractor is a technical resource for integrators, contractors, dealers, and consultants. AI-based Edge Analytics Appliance: Sony’s REA-C1000 allows users to create video content in real time, without the ...

Insight TV, the world’s leading 4K UHD HDR broadcaster and producer of native UHD content, has announced a distribution deal which will see the Canadian launch of Insight TV’s 4K UHD feed on TELUS Optik TV. Insight TV is distributed in Canada by Ethnic Channels Group Ltd (ECG). TELUS, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications companies, provides TV services in the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, and Quebec. This deal expands Insight TV’s North American reach significantly, making its high-energy, thought-provoking programs, such as the recently-added original series Travel With a Goat, Road to Gymkhana GRiD, Droners, King of the ...

Video Caller Platform Provides MSG Networks with an Efficient, High-Quality Live Solution to Interviewing Guests Remotely from Anywhere in the World New York, NY (June 20, 2019) – The Video Call Center (VCC) today announced that MSG Networks, an award-winning regional sports and entertainment network serving the largest media market in the United States, is utilizing the VCC’s video-caller based platform to support the production of its newest weeknight sports talk show, “MSG 150”. By using a smartphone and the VCC’s efficient, high-quality live video connections, MSG Networks has been able to feature interviews each night with some of the ...

Fremont, CA- June 20, 2019 – Blackmagic Design has today announced that its DaVinci Resolve Studio was used throughout the color pipeline on Paramount’s new musical biopic about Elton John’s breakthrough years produced by Marv Films & Rocket Pictures and directed by Dexter Fletcher. Lensed by DP George Richmond, BSC, Rocketman’s on set DIT workflow was developed and managed by Onset Tech’s Joshua Callis-Smith with Goldcrest Post handling the final DI and online. Senior colorist Rob Pizzey handled the final grade delivering in Dolby Vision Domestic and Theatrical HDR, as well as SDR Rec 709 with Russ White and Daniel Tomlinson ...

Jacksonville, FL, June 20, 2019 – In order to achieve a flexible tally communication between its legacy and new production equipment, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, FL (FBC JAX) recently integrated TSL Products’ TallyMan control system into its control room upgrade.   With four distinct campuses across the city, FBC JAX was specifically looking for a means of integrating a new Ross Ultrix 12G Router with the facility’s 12-year-old Sony MVS switcher. According to Ballard, the TallyMan’s “single box solution” and extensive interface library spanning modern IP and legacy serial protocols provided an immediate means of achieving interconnectivity between older ...

 LOS ANGELES, JUNE 19, 2019 – Audionamix’s Professional Services Division, comprised of uniquely qualified audio engineers, functions as an extension to its clients’ post departments by directly delivering separated audio elements when the original multi-tracks or stems are no longer available. These specialized engineers utilize proprietary audio extraction technologies in order to provide advanced separations that are not easily accomplished using commercially available software. This has enabled Audionamix to help bring a number of unique projects to fruition, and its clients include the biggest content owners, creatives and technicians in the professional music, film and broadcast industries.   Audionamix’s Professional ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – June 19, 2019 – TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP solutions, today announced its partnership with Stringr, the premium video marketplace for custom, high-quality, video content. Stringr’s network of professional and amateur videographers is now available through the TVU Global Grid, the Cloud platform for content owners to contribute and pull video, enabling assets to be shared and sold on a global scale. The relationship leverages Stringr’s robust network of videographers and the established global presence of the TVU Grid distribution platform. TVU Grid is an IP-based switching, routing and distribution ...

June 18, 2019 – ORLANDO —  Symphony Linx, manufactured by FSR, is a recipient of the Future Best of Show Award, presented at the 2019 InfoComm Show by AV Technology. Future’s Best of Show Awards are evaluated by a panel of judges and editors, experts in the pro-AV industry, and are selected from submitted products based on a range of criteria including innovation, ease of use, quality, return on investment, and market relevance. FSR’s Symphony Linx, an extension of the Company’s Symphony Table Box collection, checks all the boxes by making simple work of addressing power and data needs where ...

Hybrid storage solution in creative.space platform adds speed and capacity with small form factor SSD Atlanta, GA – June 12, 2019 – DigitalGlue has announced that its //DEUS EX – the hybrid NVMe SSD and HDD media storage solution in its creative.space platform, is now available with NF1 (New Form Factor 1) for customers that require SSD architecture. The integration of NF1 provides substantial benefits including faster speed and increased capacity in a compact footprint offered at an appealing price point. creative.space offers On-Premise Managed Storage™ (OPMS), a new concept in storage solutions designed by DigitalGlue for creatives that includes ...

BERLIN, JUNE 19, 2019 – Wireless Audio System Engineer Victor Lang recently helped The Voice of Germany improve its wireless in-ear monitoring coverage with new Wisycom solutions. With a reliable RF signal that extends from the stage all the way to the back of the audience and backstage into the green room, Lang turned to the Wisycom’s MTK952 Wideband Dual transmitter, MPR50-IEM Wideband Receiver and MAT288 Matrix Combiner.   For The Voice of Germany, Lang employed the Wisycom IEM system – the MPR50-IEM and MTK952 – along with 40 channels of Shure Digital Axient for all the wireless mics through the ...

Creative marketing agency Compadre has bolstered its creative team with the additions of Curtis Doss as Executive Creative Director and Mika Saulitis as Director of Creative Strategy. Doss will be responsible for leading design and creative teams while Saulitis will lead brand strategy, positioning, and marketing assignments for the agency. The two will work closely with Compadre Co-Presidents Chuck Carey and Robert Blatchford and a team of creatives, strategists, writers, designers, directors, and producers. “Curtis has a natural ability to translate client challenges into beautifully designed solutions and create identities that capture each brand’s unique sensibilities,” says Blatchford. “Mika is ...

New York City, NY – June 19, 2019 – Pond5, the world’s largest royalty-free video marketplace, today announced the launch of its industry-disrupting, royalty-free Editorial collection, featuring timely footage from the worlds of current events, sports, and entertainment, plus a wealth of video from citizen journalists, who are able to capture unique footage in the moment, as it unfolds.   Access to high-quality news footage has traditionally been subjected to complicated licensing structures at high prices. With this collection, Pond5 is reinventing an industry largely known for a strict rights-managed approach. The new royalty-free model for this content gives filmmakers ...

Fremont, CA – June 12, 2019 – Blackmagic Design today announced that Mobile Viewpoint, a leader in IP contribution solutions, is using DeckLink SDI Micro and DeckLink Micro Recorder in a number of their popular IP broadcast products. DeckLink products, the world’s highest quality PCIe capture and playback cards, are used in Mobile Viewpoint’s Terralink Mini, Terralink Mini-M, Agile Airlink and Baselink product lines. Mobile Viewpoint is a global player, focusing on the development and implementation of IP transmission solutions for both the broadcast and security industries. Its H.264 and H.265 HEVC codec implementations and range of artificial intelligence driven production ...

MOG Technologies, the worldwide supplier of end-to-end solutions for professional media, today announces full support on NewTek’s NDI®, the most widely adopted and used IP technology in the world for transporting video, audio and metadata over standard 1Gb. Ethernet networks. The integration means that MOG’s central ingest solution can now support NDI input/output for recording and live production with mxfSPEEDRAIL’s new mediaNDI, a software application specifically designed to support NDI video gateway to record four streams of NDI in Avid, OP1a, QT, MP4, XDCAM, XDCAM EX, XAVC, FLV, HLS, MPEG-DASH, WebM, MPEG-DASH WebM, MPEG-TS, Matroska, and IMF formats. The solution ...