Leader Electronics Corp. has appointed Broadcast Service Centre as its accredited service partner for Europe. Broadcast Service Centre will handle Leader Electronics’ LV5490 4K/UHD/3G/HD/SD multiscreen waveform monitor, the 4K/UHD-upgradable LV5480 3G/HD/SD equivalent, the LV7390 4K/UHD/3G-SDI/HD-SDI/SD-SDI rasterizer, LT4610 3G/HD/SD multi-format video sync generator, the LT4446 auto-switch and the LV5333 multi SDI waveform monitor More information is […]
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Echoes From IBC: Eutelsat on UltraHD
IBC 2015 closed Sept. 15 in Amsterdam, but I suspect I will be reporting in the Playout blog on echoes from the show floor and conference rooms for the next few weeks. First up is consumer attitudes towards Ultra HD in Europe. Obviously, TVNewsCheck is oriented towards the U.S. over-the-air television market, but perhaps there […]
Snell Lands First Customer For Kahuna Maverik
Germany’s TV Skyline is the first media company to buy into Snell’s new Maverik control panel for a new OB truck that will be used for live sports coverage. The sports channel will use Snell’s Kahuna 360 multiformat production switcher, equipped with Maverik, in addition to Snell’s Sirius 840 routing switcher and IQ Modular infrastructure […]
U.S. Tech Vendor: Europe Will Be Early 4K Adopter
If there’s a market for 4K, or ultra HD, broadcast solutions today, it’s not here. It’s in Europe. As a journalist that covers the U.S. broadcasting industry, I’ve learned to sift through the countless press releases that emphasize words like 4K. It’ll be here one day, but certainly not this year. Or next. I did […]