Melbourne, Australia – 23 April 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 BroadcastAsia on booth 6R1-06 in the Suntec exhibition centre, Singapore from 18 to 20 June. The introduction and growth of OTT services has made broadcasting more complicated, particularly in terms of checking and analyzing delivery streams. A major challenge is that playout is no longer the final point for quality control (QC). Modern distribution ecosystems call for a greater degree of management because of more logging and compliance checks needed ...

The Quicklink Studio solution has been used in a press day for resource management company Veolia. The solution was used to connect the press day audience based in Paris, to the Volkswagen factory in Poland, the Renault factory in Morocco and Veolia based in Le Mans. Havas Event Agency, the chosen partner of Veolia, called on TBC Media to assist in the audio-visual requirements of the project. TBC Media, a production and broadcast solution provider based in France, then approached Quicklink with a need for a low latency point-to-point encoder/decoder. For the project, six Quicklink Studio ST100 were implemented at ...

Beginning with the 2018/2019 season, Sportradar Media Services, part of Sportradar, is bringing every kick, tackle and talking point from the 240 matches of the Austrian Football Second League to viewers worldwide using LiveU LU600 HEVC units alongside the associated LiveU Central management platform and LiveU MultiPoint solution for content sharing and distribution. The technology has been supplied by LiveU’s Austrian partner ETAS High-Tech Systems. Sportradar Media Services is the A/V production arm of Sportradar, providing contribution, production and distribution services for both online and linear broadcast TV. It operates the Laola1.tv international sports channel and OTT platform, which is ...

Design-driven animation & production company Laundry recently partnered with J. Walter Thompson Atlanta to provide animation for “Battles Won: Moments of Impact,” a digital series for Marine Corps Recruiting Command, which launched on their website on April 11th. The shorts will also be shared via their social channels and YouTube channel. Through the battles they win, the positive impact that Marines have on individuals, communities, and the Nation can be traced back to their fighting spirit, honed and sharpened by their training. Featuring the real stories of three Marines, the “A Fight to Win” short films use a mix of ...

The Colonie is on the AICP Post Awards’ shortlist with two of the company’s projects receiving nominations for exceptional work. Editor and Social Media Director Jimmy Helm and Creative Director Jennifer Moody received a nomination in the New Media: Vertical category for the Porsche spot, ‘Curves’ and Editor Nathan Rodgers is a finalist in the Music Video category for his contribution to Taylor Bennett’s ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll.’ Helm and Moody partnered with Cramer-Krasselt’s John Doessel and John McKenzie on their social media campaign for Porsche. The agency came to The Colonie with a pointed, engaging campaign and a pool of ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – April 17, 2019 – TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP solutions, today announced industry-wide recognition of the new 4K version of its TVU One mobile IP transmitter, the TVU MediaMind Appliance AI-based metadata generation and search engine, and its IS+ proprietary transmission algorithm during last week’s 2019 NAB Show held in Las Vegas. TVU also provided mobile cellular transmitter equipment to producers of “NAB Show LIVE,” the official broadcast of the NAB. The live transmissions went flawlessly, and Broadcast Beat, producers of “NAB Show LIVE”, will continue to use TVU equipment ...

EMERYVILLE, CALIF., April 18, 2019 – Advanced Systems Group (ASG), a leading media technology and engineering firm, was named North America Media and Entertainment Partner of the Year by Quantum Corporation last week at the 2019 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev. The award recognizes sales achievements for Quantum’s worldwide reseller partners in FY2019.   “Our partners see the value of our offerings and are getting excited about selling the new solutions that we’re highlighting at NAB 2019,” said Brandon Cass, Americas channel director, Quantum. “I am thrilled to see the growth and momentum of the Quantum channel both at ...

Annual fun run held to advance equity in the media and tech industries sets new record for registrations and funds raised   Portland, Ore. – April 18, 2019 – Elemental Technologies LLC (AWS Elemental), an Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) company, today announced the 4K 4Charity Fun Run held at the 2019 NAB Show raised more than $68,000 for Girls Who Code, a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology and to change the image of what a programmer looks like. The run held at NAB this week brought cumulative 4K 4Charity gross proceeds to more than $1 ...

MONTREAL 8:00 EST, April 18, 2019 – At NAB Show 2019, Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, reiterated how its award-winning solutions help content creators, broadcasters and media organizations produce brilliant content. Two newly launched Grass Valley solutions, Grass Valley Creative Grading (GVCG) and GV STRATUS One, each brought home a Future Best of Show award presented by TV Technology, highlighting Grass Valley’s commitment to technology brilliance and bringing storytelling to the forefront. The Future Best of Show award honors outstanding new products exhibited at the NAB Show. “NAB 2019 has underlined Grass Valley’s position as an R&D powerhouse and demonstrates how we help customers produce rich, high-quality content that ...

image caption: (left – right) Blake Tally (Platinum Tools eastern regional sales manager); Bruce Smith (Saratoga Sales); Lee Sachs (Platinum Tools president and general manager) Platinum Tools recently announced its Reps of the Year at its annual sales meeting in Las Vegas, Nev. with the “Warner Trophy”, named after the late Jerry Warner, being awarded to Saratoga Sales.   NEWBURY PARK, Calif., April 17, 2019 – Platinum Tools®  (www.platinumtools.com), the leader in solutions for the preparation, installation, hand termination and testing of wire and cable, recently announced its Reps of the Year at its annual sales meeting during the 2019 ...

Pro Convert family honored for innovation, feature-richness and cost-effectiveness in bridging traditional video signals with live IP workflows April 17, 2019 — Nanjing, China: The NAB Show debut of Magewell’s Pro Convert family of feature-rich, hardware-based NDI® encoders was a resounding success, earning tremendous response from customers and a coveted Best of Show Award from Future plc publication TV Technology. Magewell’s Pro Convert devices lets users bring traditional, baseband video signals into live, IP-based production and AV workflows using NewTek’s popular NDI technology. Pro Convert encoders transform HDMI or SDI input sources into full-quality NDI streams with extremely low latency ...

For the 14th year, The Hollywood Professional Association (HPA®) will honor the companies and individuals who draw upon technical and creative ingenuity to develop breakthrough technologies with the HPA Engineering Excellence Award.  The call for entries for the Engineering Excellence Award opened today, and submissions will close on May 24, 2019. Joachim Zell, VP of Technology for EFILM and chair of the HPA Engineering Excellence Award Committee, said, “True success in our field lies in making it possible for filmmakers to realize their artistic visions. It is that goal that drives the development of technical and engineering processes that bring ...

Vision Analytics platform wins IABM BaM Awards® 2019 recognition plus Future’s Best of Show Award, Presented by TV Technology MELBOURNE, Florida, April 17, 2019 — Qligent tied a neat ribbon around its most successful NAB Show to date with two prestigious industry awards for its new Vision Analytics platform. Recognized by IABM and Future, the awards demonstrate how Qligent has hit the right buttons around the power that advanced analytics brings to fighting viewer and customer churn in an increasingly fractured television marketplace. Qligent’s Vision Analytics offers a powerful cloud-based big data solution to monitor the quality of viewer engagement, and ...

New Patch32A solution designed to help customers seamlessly bridge traditional analog and networked IP audio Glendale, CA – April 16, 2019: Bittree – a leading manufacturer of high-quality audio, video and data patching systems – is going to need a bigger trophy case after hauling in a remarkable four coveted industry accolades at the 2019 NAB Show. Designed to streamline the integration of traditional analog and IP network-based audio patching, the company’s Patch32A Dante audio patchbay was honored with Best of Show awards from a quartet of publications by international media group Future plc: Pro Sound News, TV Technology, Sound ...

Foccus Digital will install and commission nine GatesAir ULXTE liquid-cooled transmitters to improve efficiency in performance in key cities, with additional lower power site upgrade expected CINCINNATI, April 17, 2019 — GatesAir, a global leader in wireless, over-the-air content delivery solutions for TV and radio broadcasters, has closed another large ISDB-Tb digital TV deal in Brazil with Foccus Digital, GatesAir’s in-country partner. Foccus Digital will integrate and commission nine GatesAir ULXTE liquid-cooled transmitters for TV Record, one of the Brazilian’s largest broadcast networks, in key broadcast markets including Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Deliveries will ...

The Newport Beach Film Festival (NBFF), in partnership with Garage Team Mazda and REVERSE, recently announced the release of its official 2019 marquee trailer Play: The Power of Ideas. The promotional film features a young boy who is caught in the crossfire of his parents’ bitter divorce. In an effort to escape, he retreats into the comfort of his imagination. What he doesn’t realize is the power that his ideas have on the world. 2019 Newport Beach Film Festival Trailer: youtu.be/0DT5opmG2Bs The Newport Beach Film Festival has become one of the leading lifestyle film festivals in the U.S., bringing Orange ...

HEBDEN BRIDGE, UK, APRIL 16, 2019 — TVB, the largest broadcaster in Hong Kong, is building on its legacy with  Calrec Audio with the purchase of a Brio12, its 10th Calrec console purchase to date. The new Brio joins a fleet of Artemis consoles, including two Artemis Beams and one Artemis Light console that were purchased last year, as part of TVB’s on-going audio technology upgrade. The Brio12 is being used as a portable console and was most recently used for live sports events, including the 2019 Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup held in January and the SIXDAY Series ...

Fremont, CA – April 17, 2019 – Blackmagic Design announced today that CATV TOKUSHIMA, Inc. replaced their 2K live broadcast system with a new 4K live broadcast infrastructure built around and Blackmagic Design products. This included URSA Broadcast, ATEM Television Studio Pro 4K, ATEM Camera Control Panel and HyperDeck Studio 12G. CATV TOKUSHIMA ,Inc. is based in Tokushima, Japan. They produce local news, high school baseball games and various live broadcast programs such as the recent Awa dance festival. Tokushima Awa dance is one of the traditional Japanese performing arts that has been around for 400 years, since the Edo period. ...