IP newsgathering specialist Dejero and global satellite service provider Intelsat have partnered to offer the TV industry a new service that blends Ku-band satellite and cellular network bandwidth into a one-button-push service for IP news contribution from the field. Dejero’s CellSat seeks to overcome network congestion problems and spotty cell network coverage to provide news crews […]
Dielectric Ships Powerlite UHF RF Systems To Ethiopia
Dielectric today announced it has shipped a $1.2 million antenna system order to Ethiopia in support of the nation’s second-generation DVB-T2 network rollout scheduled for later this year. The antenna maker is providing the Ethiopian government with UHF antennas, filters, more than 7,000 feet of transmission line and other RF components for 26 low- to medium-power […]
SMPTE Announces 2017 Award Winners
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers today announced the winners of its 2017 awards, which will be presented Oct. 26 at the annual SMPTE Awards Gala as part of the SMPTE 2017 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition in Hollywood, Calif. The award recipients include: Paul E. Debevec: the 2017 Progress Medal David S. […]
For-A Ships InSync Tech MCC-4K Converter
Well, that was fast. Last week, I reported For-A and InSync Technology had formed a joint venture, and today word comes that For-A is shipping the new InSync MCC-4K motion compensated converter. Actually, For-A debuted the MCC-4K at the NAB Show in April, but the announcement of the product’s availability is the first major step […]
Robert Kakareka Joins Qligent
Robert Kakareka has joined Qligent as the company’s new manager/business development, the company announced. He will focus on developing U.S. sales, customer relationships and market opportunities. Kakareka, who is based in Atlanta, will report to John Shoemaker, the company’s director of sales. He will have responsibility for sales of Qligent’s Vision cloud-based monitoring and compliance […]
Raycom Signs Xmtr. Deal With GatesAir For 65 Stations
Raycom Media and GatesAir have inked a deal under which the transmitter manufacturer will provide Maxiva transmitters and installation services covering 65 TV stations in 44 markets. The Raycom purchase includes GatesAir broadband transmitters, RF systems and installation services. The station group is buying Maxiva UHF liquid-cooled as well as Maxiva UHF and VHF air-cooled transmitters. The deal […]
PWS Coordinates Frequencies For Soccer Tournament
Professional Wireless Systems (PWS) provided frequency coordination for the multi-city 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer cup in July, the company announced today. Fourteen venues in 13 cities hosted various stages of the tournament. PWS began preparing its frequency coordination efforts about a month before the event via a website. All vendors involved used the site […]
For-A, InSync Form Joint Venture To Address 8K
For-A has formed an advanced research joint effort with InSync Technology to focus on 8K, the company announced today. The main focus of the new company, called InSync Technology Products Ltd., will be on enabling collaboration on the design and development of 8K UHDTV signal processing equipment. The company will bring together “the […]
Canal 13 Selects Blackmagic URSA For Telenovelas
Canal 13, one of Chile’s oldest television stations, has upgraded its broadcast cameras to Blackmagic Design URSA Mini 4K digital film cameras, the company said today. The broadcaster is using the cameras along with Blackmagic 3G-SDI Arduino Shield camera control to shoot its popular telenovelas. The Chilean broadcaster also is using DaVinci Resolve Studio to […]
Octopus Newsroom Partners With Traco Systems
Octopus Newsroom has partnered with software developer and system integrator Traco Systems to introduce the Traco Media Bridge plug-in to allow users of its NRCS to browse and deploy content for Avid Interplay using a drag-and-drop graphic display, the company said today. Media Bridge offers Octopus-based newsrooms an optimized video production workflow. It supports the […]