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M&A, Strategic Investment, Collaboration Abound at IBC 2016

September 11, 2016 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

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:

Filed Under: Acquisition, ASPEN, Audio, File-based audio, IP Delivery, IP Networking, News Studio, Satellite, Sports, Workflow Tagged With: Abekas, acquistion, AIMS Alliance, ASPEN Community, ChyronHego, collaboration, hybrid, Junger Audio, M&A, merger, Minnetonka Software, NDI, Network Device Interface, NewTek, partnership, Perseus, Ross Video, Sound & Video Creations, strategic investment, Telestream, VidCheck, Wowza

WKTV Transitions Local News To HD

June 21, 2016 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Cameras, HDTV, News Automation, News Studio Tagged With: box cameras, cameras, DK-Z50, HD, HDTV, Hitachi, news automation, OverDrive, Ross Video, Upgrade, WKTV

Kathy Mosher-Boule Outlines Media General Hybrid News Set Project

November 30, 2015 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Augmented Reality, News Studio, Virtual Reality, Virtual Set Tagged With: augmented, hybrid set, Kathy Mosher-Boule, Media General, real, Ross Video, virtual, WKBN, WYFX

Cost Considerations, Revenue Opportunities Play Important Part In Virtual Set Equation

June 18, 2015 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Set Design, Virtual Set Tagged With: Bruce Takaski, cost, Gray Television, Isaac Hersly, Jason Effinger, revenue, Ross Video, virtual set, Vizrt

Quick Uptake Amazes Oregon State TV Facility Designer

May 28, 2015 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Audio, Graphics, Production Systems Tagged With: audio console, Dimension Three, Erik Utter, graphics, Oregon State University, Ross Video, Wheatstone, Xpression

Ross Video, WSI Team Up On Augmented Reality Weather

April 3, 2015 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Augmented Reality, camera tracking, Traffic, Weather Tagged With: augmented reality, camera tracking, Max Reality, Ross Video, UX VCC, Weather Company, WSI

Industry Veteran Allard Joins Ross Video

February 2, 2015 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Business Solutions Tagged With: Matt Allard, Ross Video

Ross Video Announces Board Changes

November 3, 2014 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Executives Tagged With: Board of Directors, Brian Baldry, corporate secretary, Lorraine Mastersmith, Ross Video

Three More SBG Stations Slated For OverDrive Before 2015

October 3, 2014 by Diana Marszalek Leave a Comment

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, […]

Filed Under: HDTV, News Automation, Video Wall Tagged With: Dan Devlin, Del Parks, Devlin Design Group, KFOX, KGBT, KVII, Monitor Wall, OverDrive, Ross Video, Sinclair Broadcast Group

Ross Video Introduces Acuity Production Switcher at NAB

April 10, 2014 by TVNewsCheck Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Switchers Tagged With: Acuity, Ross Video, switcher

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