SportsTechBuzz at NAB 2024: Wednesday’s Latest From Vegas
The NAB Show is in full swing, and the SVG and SVG Europe editorial teams are chasing down the hottest stories from all over the Las Vegas Convention Center. To […] More
NAB 2013
Nevion, Artel Complete Interoperability Testing at NAB 2013
Nevion (Booth SU3117) and Artel Video Systems have successfully completed interoperability testing to ensure the compatibility of their equipment for transporting video signals over IP networks. The tests, carried out at NAB 2013, confirmed compliance with SMPTE 2022-6 High Bit Rate Media Transport, the standard for uncompressed video encapsulation over IP/Ethernet. Tests included interconnection of […] More
Télé-Québec, Eredivisie Live Pick EVS for Workflow, Infrastructure
EVS (Booth SL2416) systems have been selected by Canadian French-language public television network Télé-Québec and Dutch subscription channel Eredivisie Live. Télé-Québec has implemented a fast-turnaround studio production workflow from EVS. The flexible new workflow for three studios that Télé-Québec rents to external clients enables it to maximize the use of its studios while reducing costs. […] More
Wohler, Nexidia Partner for File-based Closed Captions, Subtitles
Wohler Technologies is partnering with Nexidia to offer what the company’s say is the industry’s first solution that addresses the insertion, management, and quality control of closed captions and subtitles, all in the file domain. The solution combines Wohler’s RadiantGrid advanced media transformation and automation platform with Nexidia’s QC tool for automated caption, video description, […] More
Ross Video Adds Squeezeback MC1 Master-Control Switcher
Ross Video (Booth N3808) is showcasing new features for its MC1 master-control switcher, including on-air 2D squeezeback, voiceover audio mixing, and new EAS interfaces. All of these new features are available at no charge to existing MC1 customers through a simple software upgrade. The MC1 is a complete master-control switcher on a single openGear card. […] More
Riedel’s MediorWorks 1.14 Tightens Integration With MediorNet, RockNet
Riedel Communications (Booth C4937) has released version 1.14 of its MediorWorks configuration, control, and monitoring software, refining it to enable even tighter integration between the company’s real-time MediorNet and RockNet networks. This release will give users convenient access to all software configuration and control tools for both systems within a single application and window. MediorWorks […] More
Front Porch Digital’s LYNX Service To Power Ericsson Disaster Recovery
Front Porch Digital (Booths SU3602, SU3605) announced that Ericsson will use its LYNX cloud-based disaster-recovery (DR) and long-term asset-storage service as the foundation of its cost-effective disaster playout recovery solution. The solution will make it possible for any broadcaster to afford a redundant broadcasting system. The solution will combine the LYNX cloud-based storage service with […] More
Clear-Com Intros HelixNet Network Linking
Clear-Com (Booth C8008) has unveiled version 1.1 of its HelixNet partyline intercom system. Included in this release is a system-linking capability that extends digital partyline intercom communications over a network among a production’s field users, mobile trucks, and studio headquarters cost-effectively and efficiently, without compromising the audio quality. The HelixNet partyline intercom system is the […] More
MultiDyne’s SilverBACK Transport System Now Supports 4K
MultiDyne (Booth C10339) is demonstrating SilverBACK-4K, a new camera-mounted fiber transport solution that supports 4K (Ultra HD) digital television. Using SilverBACK-4K, users can seamlessly transmit any camera signal — Ultra HD video, HD-SDI video, audio, intercom, control data, GPIOs, tally, power — over a single hybrid copper and fiber cable. The SilverBACK-4K is available in […] More
Autodesk, Blackmagic Design Announce Technology Collaboration
Autodesk (Booth SL3316) and Blackmagic Design (Booth SL218) plan to collaborate on future integrations of their respective technologies. The collaboration is intended to build seamless workflows for professional video, television, and commercial postproduction. The ongoing work will include the testing and development of integrated workflows between Autodesk technology and Blackmagic Design’s PCIe- and Thunderbolt-based desktop […] More
DTS Launches DTS-HD Layered Audio Technology
DTS (Booths SU8514) is introducing DTS-HD Layered Audio technology, designed to enable online media services to offer adaptive-bitrate audio streaming from a single encode. DTS is demonstrating the technology in conjunction with partners Manzanita Systems, Unified Streaming, and castLabs, streaming in MPEG-DASH. DTS-HD Layered Audio creates and efficiently stores adaptive-bitrate audio streams from a single […] More
ATEME Kyrion CM5000 Encoder Enables Turner Remote Production
According to ATEME (Booth SU7102), Turner Broadcasting uses the dual-channel version of the Kyrion CM5000 encoder for remote production. Dedicated to broadcast contribution, the Kyrion CM5000 represents a major advance in the ATEME Contribution offering. Its modularity allows digital-satellite-newsgathering (DSNG) operators to address all cases of IP and satellite contribution within a unique platform: single […] More
StorageDNA Intros Next-Gen Archive/Retrieval
StorageDNA (Booth SL11116) launched the latest version of its archive- and retrieval-workflow solution DNA Evolution this week. DNA Evolution 3.0 workflow solution combines nearline and archive storage on LTO tape, enabling substantial cost saving. Built on Linear Tape Open (LTO) and Linear Tape File System (LTFS) technologies, DNA Evolution 3.0 was designed to help media […] More
Adobe Primetime Launches, Bringing TV Content to Connected Screens
Adobe Systems (Booth SL3910) announced the general availability of Adobe Primetime (formerly Project Primetime) advanced TV-publishing and -monetization platform for programmers and pay-TV-service providers. The company also announced technology collaborations with encoders, cloud-platform providers, and content-delivery networks to pave the way for TV content across every connected screen. Ecosystem partners include Akamai, Amazon Web Services, […] More
Cobalt Digital Adds Fiber to Blue Box Group
Cobalt Digital (Booth N4624) is adding fiber units to its recently released Blue Box Group, a range of throwdown modular bricks. Six versions of Cobalt’s 3G fiber-optic modular solutions have been designed to answer the demand for high-quality, price-competitive signal-conversion equipment. The Blue Box Group units, pathologically compatible with OG fiber cards, allow analog-audio embed […] More
Telestream Integrates VidChecker QC With Vantage Workflow
Telestream (Booth SL2605) is demonstrating the integration of Vantage video-transcoding and workflow-orchestration products with VidChecker, second-generation auto-QC (quality control) software from VidCheck. Broadcasters and content producers require their own mix of outputs, often with one-off custom versions for different clients. VidChecker allows users to do an independent check to ensure that the different versions created […] More