Ken Kerschbaumer has been editorial director of the Sports Video Group since 2005 and has been writing about how sports networks and leagues use video and audio technology to deliver a quality TV experience since 1991. He began his career in 1991 at Television Broadcast magazine before joining Cahners where he was editor of Digital Broadcasting magazine. In 2000 he joined Broadcasting & Cable magazine as Senior Editor of Technology. Seven years later he helped co-found the Sports Video Group with Paul Gallo and Marty Porter.
Imagine Communications has launched Selenio X100, supporting hybrid, next-generation television and production systems by offering a unique architecture future-proofed for uncompressed baseband over IP and Ultra HD (UHD). The dual-channel 1RU Selenio X100 frame synchronizer and converter delivers a broad range of processing capability for video, audio, data and metadata. From ingest and outbound processing […] More
Multidyne has introduced LightningSwitch, a 48×48 optical-to-optical routing switch that simplifies the routing of fiber-optic signals within broadcast infrastructures by eliminating the need for fiber patch panels. Relying on highly reliable piezoelectric beam-steering technology, LightningSwitch minimizes optical connection loss and maximizes optical performance from a high-density, compact 1-RU chassis, enabling cost-effective, trouble-free optical routing of […] More
Grass Valley will be at NAB under a new corporate umbrella as it is now part of the Belden family of companies and it will also have some new products as well, including the latest version of its Director integrated nonlinear live production system, a new IP gateway, and a the new Guardian monitoring system. […] More
The Optical Devices Division of Fujifilm North America Corporation will introduce its HA18x5.5 HD zoom at NAB next week. Fujifilm says the Premier Series HA18x5.5 offers 18x zoom from 5.5mm at the wide angle to 100mm on the telephoto end to capture images for a versatile range of scenes. The company also says it features […] More
Canon has taken the wraps off its new lenses for NAB, with the new HJ18ex7.6B portable HD zoom lens leading the way with a focal length range of 7.6mm to 137mm (15.2mm to 274mm with its built-in 2X extender) and a Minimum Object Distance (MOD) of 0.56m (10mm with Macro). Shooters can now take shots […] More
This weekend, Fox Sports begins its national coverage of the 2014 Major League Baseball season, and it will be a busy one. The number of regular-season games covered is doubling […] More
NEP is looking to take configuration of monitor walls to the next level with the help of The Wall, a new app that runs on the Apple iPad and allows […] More
Telestream’s closed captioning software products meet new regulatory requirements, including video captioning quality and accuracy rules, recently set forth by the U.S. FCC (Federal Communications Commission). Since its acquisition of captioning leader, CPC, last year, Telestream has continued to develop its MacCaption and CaptionMaker closed captioning software products to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements while […] More
Vizrt and Cineware head to NAB offering a new integration that allows projects from CINEMA 4D to be directly integrated into Vizrt’s Artist engine. “This is the most complete import of geometries, lights and animations into Viz Artist nd Viz Enginer from any 3D modeling package,” says Gerhard Lang, chief engineering officer at Vizrt. “CINEMA […] More
AmberFin will unveil its Adaptive Cadence Corrector (ACC), a unique software-based system for correcting mixed cadence material back to 24p film and progressive HD video within file-based workflows. According to AmberFin’s CTO, Bruce Devlin, a big and growing problem for post houses and broadcasters today is the result of performing mixed frame rate editing, for […] More
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