Over half of American consumers want features  of a NextGen Broadcast Emergency Information service ————————— Research Confirms Crucial Role of Broadcast Media and Potential Demand in Mobile Environment  Hunt Valley, MD and Reston, VA — January 17, 2022 – New consumer-facing research from the NextGen Video Information Systems Alliance (NVISA), sponsored by Sinclair Broadcast Group’s subsidiary, ONE Media 3.0, offers the first insight into which features American consumers want most in a NextGen Broadcast-enabled emergency information service. Surveyed consumers selected features of a new advanced emergency information app that would motivate them to use it. Significantly, those features are already built into ...

Hebden Bridge, 18th January 2022 — South African community radio station Radio Rosestad 100.6 FM in Bloemfontein is the latest community radio station in the country to take advantage of Calrec’s Type R for Radio console. This was achieved with the help of pro audio systems integrator Creative Kilowat Productions and Calrec’s South African distributor, Wild & Marr. The station now has a six-fader Type R console with one large soft panel (LSP), plus a small soft panel (SSP) for exclusive use by guests. Bernie Naude, General Manager at Radio Rosestad, said, “South Africa is a very diverse country with ...

Accidental Theatre, a charitable organisation based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and a non-traditional arts company that provides a range of creative opportunities and performance space to performing artists across the city and increasingly the country, has turned to LiveU’s multi-camera solution to provide reliable, dynamic, live streaming capabilities, extending the reach of their performances via their website. Accidental Theatre began life in 2011 as a touring arts company and quickly evolved into taking over and converting venues into performance spaces. In 2017, it took over the current space it occupies, an old bank, and redeveloped it as a “venue for ...

January 17, 2022 ATOMOS is introducing a feature to expand recording options for Sony’s FX6 full-frame Cinema Line camera. With Sony’s latest firmware release (V.2.00) for the FX6, it’s possible to record Apple ProRes RAW over HDMI to the NINJA V and NINJA V+. This update marks a world-first for a single camera package to use both SDI and HDMI RAW recording options. The addition of RAW out via HDMI on Sony’s FX6 marks a turning point in camera functionality. To this point, the convention has been for compact cameras to output RAW via SDI only. ATOMOS is leading the ...

January 17, 2022 Broadcast Pix™ is announcing a major new feature-rich software release for its entire range of powerful, yet easy-to-use integrated production systems.  V9.0 software is now available on all new Broadcast Pix systems, and as a free download to all users with a current support contract. Apart from the usual bug fixes and minor enhancements, the V9.0 release includes some significant new features, that will benefit all production environments. These updates include the following: GuestPix GuestPix seamlessly integrates remote guests connected via their browser with any other video elements in the switcher, including full automation and timing by ...

January 17, 2022 Pebble, the leading automation, content management, and integrated channel specialist, has today announced the appointment of Besco as its channel partner in Korea. The partnership has seen Pebble and Besco implementing one of the most advanced and complex playout technologies in the Korean market, combining Pebble’s world-class Automation, Integrated Channel and Pebble Remote (web-based monitoring) solutions for CJP, now known as CJ OliveNetworks.Co., Ltd – a subsidiary of CJ E&M Group as a result of a recent merger. Besco has been leading on a complete installation of a series of Pebble solutions including Pebble Automation, Integrated Channel, ...

Quicklink, the leading provider of video and audio contribution solutions, has helped avoid a total of 21,353 tonnes of CO2 being emitted into the atmosphere in just one month – the equivalent of 64,059 m2 of sea ice saved. This result was calculated using Quicklink’s recently released Carbon Calculator tool which is built into Quicklink’s Studio solution. The tool automatically calculates the estimated CO2 avoided being emitted as a result of using the Quicklink platform, instead of travelling to a studio in-person. The amount of CO2 avoided is then intuitively displayed for both the remote contributors and Quicklink Manager operators, ...

Brightline, a leading manufacturer of video lighting systems, has announced the promotion of Erin Nath to Manager of AV Solutions for U.S. This marks the latest promotion for Nath who was most recently the company’s Sales Operation Manager.   In her new role, Nath is responsible for AV sales for the company across the U.S. She’ll work closely on a daily basis with Brightline’s AV dealers and consultants to implement innovative video lighting solutions.     “Erin has really risen through the ranks at Brightline,” said Kathy Katz, Brightline Managing Partner. “Her attention to detail, willingness to help out with any project, ...