LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood Section of SMPTE®, the organization that is defining the future of storytelling, will focus on cybersecurity at its monthly meeting slated for Thursday, April 25, at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles. Cyberthreats pose an immeasurable risk to Hollywood’s intellectual property. With the proliferation of third-party vendors responsible for creating and housing pre-release content, there is a clear need for a consistent set of security standards and an effective means of assessing facilities, processes, and workflows. At its April meeting, SMPTE Hollywood will host a panel of experts who will describe ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – April 23, 2019 – TVU Networks, the global technology and innovation leader in live IP solutions, today announced that TV Azteca, one of Mexico’s largest media companies, produced its coverage of Hollywood’s most prestigious awards show held annually in February with the company’s innovative TVU Remote Production System (TVU RPS). TVU RPS was used to transmit video footage from TV Azteca’s mobile unit at the venue in Los Angeles to a remote studio set up in a nearby hotel. A small stage on the terrace of the hotel suite served as a makeshift talk show set ...

Cypress, CA, April 23, 2019 – Social media and sports go hand in hand. So much so that when it came time for the professional video production team at Western Michigan University (WMU) to add a second replay system, they wanted something easy to learn as well as a system that would provide social media branding and video playout – all in one system. WMU already had one Envivo Replay, a sports and live event replay solution from Variant Systems, which is used to capture slow motion footage of the school’s Division I football team for in-stadium replays and for ...

EIPMA will provide career assistance to students, veterans and others seeking craft and technical careers in movies, television, music, and other entertainment arenas.  LOS ANGELES—A coalition of leading trade and professional groups have formed a non-profit organization to provide mentoring services to young people seeking behind-the-scenes careers in the media and entertainment industry. The Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance, or EIPMA, plans to nurture the industry’s next generation of talent by offering expert guidance to high school and college students, military veterans and others seeking to launch their careers, and by hosting job fairs, panel discussions and other public events. ...

From filming NFL player Chris Long bringing clean water to east African countries to working with Hollywood’s the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation, Louisville, Kentucky-based film company Nadus Films has built a reputation for “making films that make a difference.” The global film company focuses on stories that make a cultural impact for good. They’ve done everything from shoot feature films, short films, as well as promotional material for mission-driven organizations while telling stories of war, famine, gang violence, and even religious persecution. “Our goal is to impact those lives of whom we’ve told stories of. We’ve been fortunate enough to see many changes for better within ...

  Blended power of Dejero GateWay and Source-Connect will help mobile broadcast teams achieve faster audio file transfers   [Waterloo, Ontario, April 23, 2019] — Dejero, an innovator in cloud-managed solutions that provide video transport and Internet connectivity while mobile or in remote locations, is joining forces with Source Elements, a high-quality audio software provider allowing users to work remotely and collaborate effectively over the Internet. This technology partnership means that broadcast teams can achieve faster remote audio file transfers from the field—using a combination of the Dejero GateWay Smart Blending Technology and Source Elements’ Source-Connect ISDN replacement. The mix ...

ATEME, the emerging leader in video delivery solutions for broadcast, cable, DTH, IPTV and OTT, has renewed its partnership with Hitachi Kokusai Linear, a leading supplier of broadcasting equipment in Brazil and international markets. The new partnership will see ATEME supply the firm with ultra-low latency Kyrion encoders. ATEME’s Kyrion offers high video quality, multi-channel H.264 and HEVC encoding designed to address a broad range of digital television applications. Its state-of-the-art encoding core will allow HKL to save bandwidth and reach its audience with a revolutionized picture quality. The encoders will be used alongside HKL broadcast transmitters to support the ...

Company and its solutions recognized for leadership in empowering professional media producers April 23, 2019 — Nanjing, China: Magewell is honored to be selected as one of the inaugural Streaming Media Producer 25 list of hardware, software and cloud service innovators that are “moving and shaking live production and delivery today.” The company will showcase the expanding product portfolio that helped it earn this accolade in booth 205 at the upcoming Streaming Media East conference and expo, taking place May 7 and 8 in New York City. The Streaming Media Producer 25 highlights companies who develop and manufacture gear that ...

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 ...