The IEEE Broadcast Technology Society will hold its annual symposium at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Va., Oct. 10-12. The 2017 IEEE Broadcast Symposium will offer three days of tutorials, technical sessions, a new poster session and exhibits. Broadcast engineers and those from academia from around the world attend the symposium, which provides an […]
Chinese Broadcaster To Contribute, Distribute HD, UHD Games With Harmonic Tech
Chinese Television System (CTS) will rely on a video contribution and distribution solution from Harmonic during the 29th Summer Universiade, Aug. 19-30, in Taipei, Taiwan, the company announced today. CTS will use the gear to transmit live HD video content, as well as HEVC-encoded UHD during the grand opening and closing ceremonies, from the various sports stadiums […]
Dielectric To Open New TV Antenna Factory
Dielectric this fall plans to open a 33,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lewiston, Maine, 25 miles north of its headquarters in Raymond. The new plant will be used to meet increased demand stemming from the FCC’s repack of the television band. It will produce all UHF main and auxiliary TV antennas when opened, the company said. […]
Meredith Commits To Avid Workflow
Meredith Corp. has standardized its workflow on Avid’s MediaCentral Platform and has signed a deal with the company to upgrade 10 of its stations, install new Avid workflows at two and deploy a virtualized environment over a six-year period, Avid announced today. Adoption of the MediaCentral Platform by Meredith will let the broadcaster take advantage […]
Gearhouse Broadcast Adds Trove Of New Gear
Gearhouse Broadcast France has made a multi-million Euro investment in new broadcast technology to support its expanding business, the company said today. The investment includes: Sony HDC-1700 multiformat portable cameras Vislink L1700 transmitter Fujinon 4K lenses Cartoni camera heads EVS XT3 live product servers The new equipment is now available for rental and is also […]
ArsenalFX Promotes Gordon, Werner
ArsenalFX Color, a TV post house in Santa Monica, Calif., has promoted Rory Gordon and Greg Werner to senior colorists, the company announced today. Previously, they were colorists. The post house provides a comprehensive lineup of services. Among the programs on its roster of shows are Grey’s Anatomy, Ballers, Designated Survivor, Shades of Blue, Silicon […]
R&S Publishes Guide To RF, Bench Instruments
Rohde & Schwarz has published a new guide covering what engineers need to know about RF and bench instrumentation. RF & Bench Essentials Reference Guide covers several topics including vertical resolution, sample rate and memory depth, according to the company. It answers questions such as what it phase noise, resolution bandwidth and demodulation. The guide also […]
Meredith Selects Comark Parallax TX For Six Stations
Meredith Local Media Group has ordered Parallax transmitters from Hitachi Kokusai Electric Comark to satisfy its obligations in the FCC’s TV spectrum repack, Comark announced this week. The new transmitters will be delivered to Meredith stations KSMO Kansas City, Mo.; WHNS Greenville, S.C.; WNEM Saginaw, Mich.; WPCH Atlanta; WFSB Harford-New Haven, Conn.; and WGGB Springfield, […]
SAM Appoints Ikegami As Reseller
Snell Advanced Media has appointed Ikegami as a reseller partner making available selected SAM products for use with the Ikegami UHK-430 4K camera system, Ikegami announced today. The agreement covers the Americas, APAC, the CIS, EMEA and most Asian countries. It includes: 12G-SDI, IP connectivity and routing products. SAM’s IQMIX modular range, including 25GbE, 40GbE […]
Chris Drake Joins Telestream
Chris Drake has been appointed to the newly created position of VP of business and corporate development at Telestream, the company announced today. In his new role, Drake will be help to shape the company’s strategy. He is tasked with identifying, nurturing and growing partnerships in both file-based operations and live streaming marketplaces, the company […]