Thousands of written words, countless conversations and a seemingly endless stream of conference sessions have been devoted to tackling the topic of amalgamating broadcast engineering and information technology and the cultural ramifications of doing so on operations and workflow. Now, Imagine Communications is tackling the topic with a new eBook: The Future of Broadcast Engineering […]
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What’s A Microservice And Why Does It Matter?
While interviewing Imagine Communications CTO Steve Reynolds for today’s NAB Hot Topic feature article, “IP, Virtualization To Drive Workflows At NAB,” the conversation turned to microservices and their role in virtualizing a broadcast function in an on-premise datacenter or in the cloud. For those unfamiliar with microservices, Reynolds defines them this way: “A microservice is […]
TVNewsCheck Names ’17 Women in Tech Award Recipient
TVNewsCheck this week announced that Glodina Connan-Lostanlen, chief marketing officer of Imagine Communications, will receive its seventh annual Women in Technology Leadership Award. Connan-Lostanlen will be presented with the award during the NAB Show on April 26 at 6 p.m. in Room N-227 of the Las Vegas Convention Center. More information is available online.
BBC Studioworks TV Centre Chooses Imagine Hybrid Router
BBC Studioworks’ Television Centre in West London will rely on the Imagine Communications Platinum IP3 router for its core routing infrastructure, the company announced today. The center has three large studios and post-production facilities. The studios are part of greenfield development for BBC Studioworks, which formerly was known as BBC Studios & Post Production. According to […]
Chinese TV Network Expands Channel Playout
Zhejiang Radio and Television Group (ZJTV), China’s fourth-largest television network, has expanded its broadcast facilities with signal processing, monitoring and distribution capabilities needed for accurate frame sync and conversion using Imagine Communications technology, the company announced this week in a press release. Three of the channels ZJTV outputs include playout operation of three channels for […]
Imagine Communications To Hold IP in Media Sessions at IBC 2016
Imagine Communications at IBC 2016 in Amsterdam once again is hosting Image Live!, a free lineup of sessions put on together with its tech partners on various issues related to IP in media. The sessions will take place at the Imagine Communications stand (4.A01) at the Rai Exhibition & Convention Center. The schedule is: Friday, […]
Imagine Communications Tops 25 IP-Based Deployments
Imagine Communications has completed more than 25 IP-based live production and playout installations, the company said Thursday. ”This important milestone marks how far we have come since unveiling our vision at IBC 2013 for a software-based technology transformation of the media and entertainment industry,” said Charlie Vogt, CEO of Imagine Communications. According to the company, deployments […]
Webinar To Offer Insight Into Live IP Production
Imagine Communications, Cisco and EVS today will conduct a webinar on IP live production at 11 a.m. ET. Topics include Designing a workflow for IP live production The components that make up a live production workflow Examples from the field; and Hybrid design. To attend, visit the webinar registration webpage.
Exclamation Propels TNDV Into Big Truck Market
TNDV, the Nashville, Tenn.-based mobile production facilities provider, is known among the sports and entertainment TV communities as a go-to source for remote productions where six or fewer cameras are needed, says Nic Dugger, owner and president of the company. Since May, however, when the company hit the road with Exclamation, its latest mobile production […]
Imagine Communications Offers Solutions On Microsoft Azure Cloud
Virtualization of television broadcast operations took a big step forward this week with the Imagine Communications’ announcement it is bringing end-to-end video capabilities to the cloud. The company is making available its playout, live encoding and dynamic ad insertion solutions on the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. An Imagine press release dubbed the move “the most […]