The City of Pittsburgh has installed a Utah Scientific Utah-100 UDS router as the main studio router for City Channel Pittsburgh, the city’s government-access cable channel, the company announced today. Adding the routing switcher was part of a comprehensive upgrade of the channel’s master control, Utah Scientific said. More information is available on the company’s […]
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Sony Acquires Crispin Corp. To Access On-Prem Tech
Sony has purchased master control, playout and automation specialist Crispin Corp. of Raleigh, N.C., the company announced at its NAB Show booth during a press conference. Terms of the deal were undisclosed. “You heard today that everything from ingest to collaboration all the way out to distribution, we have different products for that on AWS […]
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 […]
Bidirectional Fiber Plays Key Role In WDRB Air Show Production
Block Communications-owned Fox affiliate WDRB Louisville, Ky., deployed the Utah Scientific UTAH-100/XFD fiber-distribution frame with Norwia fiber-transport technology for its HD live coverage of the 2016 Thunder Over Louisville event, the company said this week. The UTAH-100/XFD supplied content elements and the main program feed for WDRB’s sprawling 22-camera coverage of the event over a […]
WLVT Streamlines Critical Monitoring Functions
WLVT, the public broadcaster serving eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey, has streamlined its monitoring workflow. The station, which includes Philadelphia and Reading, Pa., in its coverage area, has transitioned to centralized, software-defined monitoring with the assistance of the Qligent Point system. The new monitoring system has accelerated problem resolution and compliance monitoring, transforming the […]
WTIU Updates Automation, Storage Management
WTIU, the Indianapolis PBS station owned and operated by Indiana University, has installed a complete NVerzion automation and storage management solution to streamline operations. The station is relying on NVerzion’s Component Level Automation System Solutions (CLASS) platform to control its entire file-based workflow, from recording to scheduling, playback and non-real-time (NRT) delivery.. “WTIU airs programming […]
WETP Deploys NVerzion Automation System
WETP, the public broadcaster in Knoxville, Tenn., has replaced its automation setup with a new system from NVerzion. The station is using NVerzion’s Component Level Automation System Solutions, CLASS, for master control, playout and media asset management operations. WETP bought the system from Heartland Video Systems to support its main HD channel and two subchannels. […]
Imagine Communications, HP Deepen Relationship
Imagine Communications and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) are taking their relationship to a new, deeper level to offer television broadcasters and other content distributors HPE server, storage and network solutions optimized for, and integrated with, Imagine’s playout, networking, distribution and ad management product portfolio, Imagine announced today. The relationship, which expands on an agreement to […]
KLRU-TV Austin Chooses Broadstream For Master Control
KLRU, the public television station serving the Austin, Texas, market, has selected the BroadStream Solutions OASYS Integrated Playout solution. The new playout solution offers full redundancy, integrated graphics capabilities and SMPTE BXF (Broadcast Exchange Format) protocol support, according to BroadStream Solutions. The most important benefit of the new technology will be “in simplifying and automating […]
Bitcentral Buys Fission Software, Enters Master Control Market
Bitcentral has acquired master control automation and playout provider Fission Software, the company announced today. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The company has posted details on its website. I interviewed Rick Young, VP and general manager, sales and business development, at Bitcentral about the acquisition. Tell me about Fission Software. Fission is […]