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 […]
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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 […]
Arco Groenenberg Joins LiveU
Arco Groenenberg has joined LiveU as director of sales, central region, the company announced today. Groenenberg has more than 20 years of sales experience, including time spent in multimedia, IT, software and cloud technologies. He joins LiveU from Dejero where he managed the company’s global sales organization and broadcast integration and technical support teams. Based […]
Geo News Covers U.K. Elections With Quicklink Encoder
Pakistan’s Geo News used the Quicklink mobile encoder for its coverage of the June 8 general election in the United Kingdom, the company announced today. The top Pakistani TV channel used the encoder to go live from London to its headquarters in Karachi, Pakistan. The field contribution from London was done with the mobile encoder […]
Teen Race Driver To Livestream To Facebook Live
How many times have you told your teenager not to text and drive? What would you say about livestreaming to Facebook Live and driving -at 185 mph? If you were the parents of 19-year-old racecar driver Devin O’Connell, you would probably say something like: “Good thinking, son.” When O’Connell takes to the track at Claremont […]
R&S Subsidiary GMIT Acquires Tech Of Motama
GMIT, a subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz, has purchased the technology of Motama, expanding the company’s IP network video and audio transmission portfolio, R&S announced today. The move enhances GMIT’s expertise in live online content distribution. Motama is an expert in the field of professional transmission via unmanaged IP networks. Its RelayCaster protocol minimizes packet […]
AIMS Members To Back SMPTE ST 2110 With 2017 Introductions
Nearly three in four members of the Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) are targeting the end of the year to begin offering products that are compliant with SMPTE ST 2110, the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers’ professional media over IP networks standard that is in final draft form, according to a new […]
Media Links Names John Dale III President-CEO
John Dale III, a longtime Media Links technologist, senior executive and board director, has been named the company’s chairman, CEO and president, effective April 1, the company announced. Dale is succeeding Takatsugu Ono, who will retire at the end of the month. Most recently, Dale was the company’s CMO and a member of the Media […]
Aspera Webinar To Focus On Files API
Aspera will conduct a webinar on March 29 on integrating the Aspera Files SaaS platform into third-party applications. The platform enables high-speed sharing of large files and data sets from cloud and on-premise storage. Among the topics to be covered during the how-to webinar focused on using Aspera’s Files API will be: Authenticating as individual […]
Ahh…The Joys Of Working From Home
As someone who reports on television technology for a living and works from a home office, I found this video clip from a live BBC interview quite entertaining and striking a bit too close to home. Only in my case it would be my dogs Brody and Rosie barging in — not two little ones. I […]