The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers today announced it will work with the Digital Production Partnership on a joint pilot specification project to create an IMF specification for broadcast and online. The aim of the project is to provide a technical specification for IMF in broadcast and online applications as a breakdown of […]
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Richard Chernock To Deliver IEEE Symposium Keynote
Richard Chernock, Triveni Digital chief science officer and chair of ATSC’s Technology and Standards Group (TG3), will deliver a keynote address at the IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting in Cagliari, Italy. In the address, June 7 at 9 a.m., Chernock is expected to provide an update on the ATSC 3.0 IP-based […]
SET Expo Organizers Issue Call For Speakers
If Brazil is in your travel plans this summer and you are a broadcast engineer, researcher, academician other member of this industry’s tech intelligentsia, why not submit your name as a possible speaker at the 2017 SET Expo Conference, Aug. 21-24, in São Paulo? Event organizers have issued a call for speakers. They are specifically […]
For Some European Broadcasters, NFL Underscores Potential Of IP
Deluxe offers broadcasters an alternative to managing their own master control and playout complete with commercial insertion, branding and all of the other accoutrements of television. At the core of the service offering is IP transport and virtualization of functions traditionally done with standalone black boxes running proprietary software in equipment racks. Shortly before IBC […]
Pixel Power Opens New U.S. Headquarters
Pixel Power has opened a new headquarters to handle U.S. broadcast market, including sales, pre-sales and support in Grass Valley, Calif. The new office brings the company closer to its broadcast and production market customers in the Americas, said Pixel Power EVP Mike O’Connell. The new headquarters is at: 13457 Colfax Highway, Grass Valley, CA 95945; […]
ChyronHego Buys Sound & Video Creations
ChyronHego said Thursday that it has acquired Sound & Video Creations Inc., a Nashville-based developer of digital content management and delivery solutions for sports stadium presentations and broadcasts. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Sound & Video Creations has developed the ClickEffects family of products, including CrossFire, Blaze, BackDraft and ProAudio, which are used […]
IABM, FMC Ink Deal On Broadcast Training Courses
The International Association of Broadcast Manufacturers (IABM) has signed a deal with Future Media Concepts under which FMC will host training courses at its eight training facilities across North America. Initially, FMC will host eight two-day IABM-classroom courses on topics, including IP and file-based workflows, audio and video fundamentals, network essentials, advanced networks, an intro […]
More Lessons From KC Tornado Warnings
Monday, July 6, was another rough weather day in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Multiple National Weather Service Tornado Warnings released that day for the area attest to that. Unlike the previous week when I was away from home as the sirens went off (See: Where’s My AWARN-Enhanced ATSC 3.0 Receiver) I was at work […]
Hitachi Extends 0% Financing On Cameras
Hitachi Kokusai Electric has extended its free financing plan on several broadcast and professional camera systems through Sept. 30. The 0% financing offer is available with 12-, 24- and 36-month terms and applies to most Hitachi broadcast cameras, including the SK-HD4000 4K camera, the Z-HD5000 and Z-HD6000 studio and field HDTV production cameras and the […]
Broadcast, Media Tech Market to Reach $44 Billion Value in 2017, Says Report
The global broadcast and media technology market is expected to grow to $44.3 billion in 2017, according to a new report from a joint venture between the International Association of Broadcast Manufacturers, IABM, and Devoncroft Partners. Over the past four years, the market has experienced a compound annual growth rate of 3.6%, achieving a value […]