IBC 2016 has seen the announcement of several interesting investments, acquisitions and strategic partnerships by vendors eager to improve their existing offerings, attack new markets or do a little of both. Among the announcements:
News Studio
KTLM McAllen Advances ’25 Years Overnight’
The days of unpredictable power interruptions, local SD production and being forced to adapt to the limitations of a set rather than having the set meet its needs are in the rearview mirror for KTLM, Telemundo 40, in McAllen, Texas. Since June 25, the station has been operating from its new 23,000-square-foot Telemundo 40 Studios on […]
KUSI San Diego Upgrades HD Studio Cameras
KUSI, the McKinnon Broadcasting independent in San Diego, has deployed five Hitachi Kokusai Z-HD6000 high-def cameras, Hitachi said this week. The station produces 60 hours of live newscasts each week. The new cameras replace older HD cameras in the news studio. While offering the station an improvement in its on-air look, the new cameras also […]
WKTV Transitions Local News To HD
WKTV, the NBC affiliate in Utica, N.Y., has upgraded its live news production to high definition with the addition of five Hitachi DK-Z50 multi-purpose HD box cameras, the company said today in a press release. The cameras are being used in the station’s news studio and are controlled via Ross Video’s Overdrive automated production control […]
WFMZ Allentown Adds Panasonic PTZ Cameras
WFMZ, an independent station in Allentown, Pa., owned by Maranatha Broadcasting Co., recently added five mounted remote control Panasonic AW-HE130 pan/tilt/zoom cameras in its new downtown studio and four other AW-HE130s at its main studio for newsroom standups, weather and boardwalk shots, Panasonic announced today. The nine AW-HE130 cameras incorporate high-sensitivity, low-noise ½.86-inch 3-MOS imagers. […]
Sinclair Commits To Avid MediaCentral For IP-Based News Workflow
Sinclair Broadcast Group has selected Avid’s MediaCentral Platform to enable an advanced, end-to-end IP-based newsroom production workflow and provide a content management solution. The 10-year agreement represents a “record-setting contract” for Avid, the company said. With the Avid MediaCentral Platform, the core technology that enables Avid Everywhere, Sinclair will move to a common platform for […]
Nexstar To Upgrade WZDX News Capabilities
WZDX, the Nexstar Broadcasting Group-owned Fox affiliate serving Huntsville, Ala., will launch locally based news programming in early April, Nexstar announced today. The station also will expand its primetime evening local newscast to one hour. According to Nexstar, it will spend $3.3 million to remodel WZDX’s broadcast facilities, including an upgrade of its news reporting […]
Vermont College Journalism Program Goes HD
The Electronic Journalism Arts Department of Lyndon State College has upgraded its Vermont Center for Community Journalism (VCCJ) broadcast facility, News7, to HD production, according to teleprompter provider CueScript. The HD upgrades include two new Ikegami HC-HD300 equipped with CueScript EMC17 17-inch teleprompter monitors and CSTM19 19-inch prompter talent monitors. The student-operated VCCJ facility provides […]
New KDKA News Set Captures Feel of Revitalized Downtown
KDKA, the CBS O&O in Pittsburgh, launched a large, news set in time for the November ratings book that captures the feel of station being located in a loft overlooking the city’s revitalized downtown. The set, designed and installed by Devlin Design Group, features what the design company refers to as a “window on the world […]
CNN Indonesia Launches With Avid Everywhere
CNN Indonesia has adopted an Avid Everywhere workflow based on the Avid MediaCentral Platform for its 24-hour TV channel, Avid said today. The new workflow unites six remote bureaus and allows CNN Indonesia to produce content under tight deadlines, and accelerate the delivery of breaking news. CNN Indonesia launched in August 2015 as a joint […]