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.
Software Generation Ltd (SGL) will roll out Notification Service at NAB, allowing details about archived material on a Linear Tape-based File System (LTFS) to be automatically pushed to a MAM system creating substantial time and cost benefits. The arrival of LTFS has opened up an array of new workflows. Intelligent archive systems can quickly read […] More
Wohler Technologies announced the expansion of its HDCC Series with two new offerings for ancillary data management capabilities. The new HDCC-708WSTTrans-OG2 and HDCC-WST708Trans-OG2 cards are the first single-card solutions to support automatic, real-time transcoding between 608/708 and WST/OP-47 captions in baseband applications. The new HDCC-Gameclock-OG2 is the first single-card solution to encode and decode (with […] More
While there will be plenty of additional product introductions from Panasonic at the NAB convention in three weeks the company gave a sneak peek this week to a new ENG camera that can shoot at 1080p/60 and also detailed the latest advances in AVC-Ultra, the next-generation coded that the company hopes will meet the needs […] More
EVS will launch LSM Connect, a new tablet-based app for enhanced content and playlist management at NAB 2013. The new solution, which extends the product portfolio of EVS Sports, is an optional companion to the MulticamLSM panel, which is used by more than 7,000 operators across the globe for the vast majority of live sports […] More
A new series of format converters have been added to Snell’s IQ Modular range, designed to provide outstanding quality conversion at an extremely affordable price. In addition, Snell launched the IQQSM range of 3Gbps/HD/SD-SDI quad split monitors, ideal for local monitoring with LCD displays. “We’re continually broadening the range to provide more granularity and support […] More
LiveU’s new patent-pending Smart Grip device in a handheld monopod for its LU-Smart mobile app will debut at NAB 2013 (booth #SU5511). The new Smart Grip device holds a MiFi channel that bonds together with the smartphone’s internal 3G/4G connection to create two combined cellular connections beyond the smartphone, boosting the phone’s live video transmission […] More
Minnetonka Audio Software will roll out the third version of its SurCode encoder/decoder software for Dolby Pro Logic II. The latest version of the Dolby-certified codec is the first in the industry to integrate Minnetonka Audio’s loudness measurement technology as seen in its benchmark AudioTools Server family. New, built-in loudness measurement simplifies workflows and yields […] More
Ross Video introduces XPression Connect, a new playout controller for social media applications that works with the XPression Real-Time Motion Graphics System. Connect enables users to take social media feeds to air with full preview of the data displayed in the XPression template, either manually, or automatically based on a user-defined duration. What has traditionally […] More
NEP has rolled out two new mobile production units in Brazil, BR1 and BR2, as part of a move to allow partner Casablanca Online to offer a complete outside broadcast […] More
While there will be plenty of additional product introductions from Panasonic at the NAB convention in three weeks the company gave a sneak peek this week to a new ENG […] More
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