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:
Ross Video
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 […]
Kathy Mosher-Boule Outlines Media General Hybrid News Set Project
WKBN and WYFX, the Media General-owned CBS and Fox affiliates, respectively, in Youngstown, Ohio, went on-air in February with a new news set that combines real, virtual and augmented reality components in a sophisticated way to add some visual pizzazz to the on-air presentation while maintaining believability. The ambitious project took about one-year from inception to completion […]
Cost Considerations, Revenue Opportunities Play Important Part In Virtual Set Equation
In today’s technology article, “Gray TV Takes Aim At Hybrid News Sets,” I relayed the story of Gray Television’s plans to launch hybrid news sets made up of real-world and virtual components at a handful of stations in the third quarter. The topic of cost came up during my interview with Jason Effinger, Gray Television […]
Quick Uptake Amazes Oregon State TV Facility Designer
Put yourself in the shoes of Erik Utter, president of the engineering and consulting firm responsible for the design of the new TV facility at Oregon State University that is the subject of today’s TVN Tech feature article. It’s May 22, the inaugural live TV production from the new facility is a few short hours […]
Ross Video, WSI Team Up On Augmented Reality Weather
Ross Video and WSI, the professional division of the Weather Company, will work together on bringing an augmented reality experience to viewers of television weather and traffic reports, Ross Video said April 2. WSI’s new Max Reality, a dynamic augmented reality system that creates 3-D images of storms and traffic events, uses an integrated Ross UX […]
Industry Veteran Allard Joins Ross Video
Matthew Allard has joined Ross Video as marketing product management content creation manager, the company announced today. Allard has 30 years of experience in the broadcast and media industries. During that time, he has worked for Microsoft, Chyron, Intel and Grass Valley in a variety of marketing and management positions.
Ross Video Announces Board Changes
Brian Baldry is retiring from the board of directors of Ross Video after 18 years, the company announced today. Ross Video also announced Lorraine Mastersmith,a partner in the Business Law Group at Perley-Robertson Hill & McDougal LLP in Ottawa, Canada, is joining the board as corporate secretary. Mastersmith has focused her legal practice on corporate […]
Three More SBG Stations Slated For OverDrive Before 2015
Sinclair Broadcast Group will deploy new news automation systems at at least three more of its stations before the end of the year. The stations, all in Texas, including KGBT in Harlingen, KVII in Amarillo and KFOX in El Paso, will be the latest to get OverDrive news automation from Ross Video, said Del Parks, […]
Ross Video Introduces Acuity Production Switcher at NAB
Ross Video launched Acuity, the first of a new generation of large production switcher platforms, at NAB. The culmination of 40-years’ production switcher design experience, Ross called Acuity a breakthrough in modern production switcher technology. The company said it combines seemingly limitless production power with aesthetic beauty and unprecedented connectivity. A multi-definition production system, Acuity […]