Video solution service provider The Switch in has acquired Pacific Television Center, a transmission and live production provider, the company announced this week. Financial details of the deal were not available. The Switch also has received an equity investment from True Wind Capital to pay for the next phase of its growth, The Switch said. […]
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Custom Fiber Caddie Links WGBH Studios
WGBH in Boston is using a purpose-built fiber-transporter caddie from Joseph Electronics to deliver TV and radio signals between its new remote studio at the Boston Public Library and its main facility seven miles away, the company announced today. The custom transporter caddie makes it possible for WGBH to broadcast from the new studio by […]
Calrec Stands For Freedom Of Choice In IP Transport
Why does IP transport have to be an either/or sort of thing? That’s what Calrec Audio has asked itself and, as a result, is taking steps to enable one video-over-IP and three audio-over-IP approaches. “We had held back on publicly stating Calrec’s formal direction on AoIP until we had properly assessed the market and talked to […]
ASPEN Community Enters 2016 With Over 30 Members
More than 30 major broadcasters, media companies and equipment vendors have joined the ASPEN Community, and over 20 installations around the world have been based on the framework for IP-based media facilities, Evertz said this week. ASPEN (Adaptive Sample Picture Encapsulation) is an open format that enables independent video, audio, and metadata flows for IP-based […]
Riedel’s MediorNet Becomes a Single Fiber Solution
It seems that every aspect of today’s video facilities run over a real-time computer network. A major player in this networking space is Riedel Communications, a company we used to know for its intercoms and audio communications at sporting events. At NAB in 2009, Riedel, headquartered in Wuppertal, Germany, introduced MediorNet, the first fiber-based real-time […]