Drone maker DJI today announced it has opened registration for the company’s AirWorks enterprise drone conference, Nov. 7-9, in Denver. The three-day conference offers workshops, training and networking aimed at helping attendees put drones to work. The conference will present insight on current and future trends in commercial drone use. While the event does not […]
Artel Launches Board Of Advisers
Artel Video Systems today announced the establishment of a board of advisers and participation of Brian Cabeceiras and Eric Pfaff as its first members. With 36 years of executive experience in sales and marketing, systems, strategy and technology in the media and entertainment technology industry. Cabeceiras joins the advisory board after most recently serving as […]
Broadcast Pix Adds Support For JVC PTZ Cameras
Broadcast Pix today announced it has added support for JVC’s KY-PZ100 PTZ network video production cameras so they can be controlled via IP or serial connection from the company’s integrated production switchers. The switchers support control for pan, tilt, zoom, focus, iris, gain and preset recall for up to 12 cameras, Broadcast Pix said. More […]
New Research IDs Top Video Trends In An IP World
Guess which IP-based television broadcasting standard didn’t make the Parks Associates list of the top five video trends in an IP-based world. What’s that you say? There is only one IP-based TV broadcasting standard in the entire world at the moment –or at least there will be in the next few months when the final […]
Ben Hawker Joins Presteigne Broadcast
Presteigne Broadcast Hire has appointed Ben Hawker as senior supervisor of RF and special cameras. Before joining the company, Hawker was a senior RF engineer at Broadcast RF where he worked on international news and sporting events, such as the London Summer Olympics and the Royal wedding. More information is available at the Presteigne website.
SMPTE Annual Conference To Tackle Next-Gen Media
The Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers today announced its 2017 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Oct. 24-26, will take the deep dive on next-gen media. The tech conference will include 70 paper presentations, two exhibit halls and session rooms at the Hollywood & Highland Center, an Oktoberfest reception and the society’s annual awards […]
PMI-TV Replaces Video Servers With CloudNine
PMI-TV in Pittsburgh has replaced its video server system with new NVerzion CloudNine broadcast video servers, the company announced today. The syndicated TV distribution company decided to replace its video servers when the maker of its existing severs discontinued support, NVerzion said. One requirement of the new installation was to work with its existing automation […]
WUSF To Cease TV Broadcasting In Mid-October
WUSF, the public broadcaster in Tampa, Fla., will go dark at the end of Oct. 15, following the sale of its broadcast license in the FCC spectrum incentive auction, the station said today. The public broadcaster will continue its radio transmissions, it said. In addition to WUSF TV, WUSF Public Media operates the region’s NPR […]
Joseph Electronics Names John Cleary President
Joseph Electronics has promoted John Cleary to president, effective immediately, the company announced today. Cleary takes over the position from owner Yohay Hahamy, who will continue as CEO. In 1982, Cleary started at JE on a part-time basis while attending the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has worked at JE on the inside sales department, […]
Ooyala White Paper Examines The Integrated Video Platform
What are IVPs, and what role will they play in the future of video production workflow? Those are among the questions Ooyala has set out to answer in its new “IVPs are the Future: Workflow Control” white paper. An IVP, or integrated video platform, is a new data-driven approach to video production and delivery, according […]