Advanced Television

NBC Olympics selects Amagi to provide UHD cloud playout

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected Amagi to provide UHD playout with cloud automation for its production of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, which take place in Tokyo, Japan, from July 23rd to August 8th, specifically on Olympic Channel. The announcement was made today by Anil Abraham, Director, Systems […]

June 7, 2021

FTTH Council sets out priorities; elects Board Members

During its virtual General Assembly, the FTTH Council Europe adopted its work programme and elected new Board members and Work Groups & Committee Chairs. Whilst fibre deployments and uptake are taking place at an increasingly faster pace in Europe, the EU is making significant progress in meeting its connectivity targets. The entire telecoms and digital […]

June 7, 2021

Toshiba TVs add Tyldesley knowledge to Alexa

Toshiba TV and renowned football commentator Clive Tyldesley have partnered ahead of the Euro 2020 tournament to help England, Scotland and Wales fans settle football arguments and brush up on their football knowledge, with the help of Amazon’s Alexa. Home Nations’ fans can now ask questions such as ‘Alexa, what’s England’s record against Scotland?’ and […]

June 7, 2021

NBC Olympics selects MediaKind, Telestream

NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, has selected MediaKind to provide video contribution and distribution solutions for its production of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, which take place in Tokyo, Japan, from July 23rd to August 8th. MediaKind will provide a range of its video processing and advanced modular receiver technologies […]

June 7, 2021

Satellite risk of major collision “inevitable”

The risk of satellites bumping into each other is already very real. Now China is joining the low Earth orbit ‘space race’ and planning to launch around 20,000 new craft into orbit. Add this 20,000 to the near-40,000 planned by Elon Musk, another 3300 from Jeff Bezos, around 800 from the UK-backed OneWeb plus dozens […]

June 7, 2021

Forecast: iPhones 40% of smartphone market value in 2022

A report from Juniper Research forecasts that sales of iPhones will bring in over $200 billion in 2022; nearly 40 per cent of the total smartphone hardware market, despite representing less than 20 per cent of devices sold that year. The research notes that although smartphone purchase cycles are lengthening, Apple has managed to consistently […]

June 7, 2021

Khwabon Ke Parindey on Voot

Voot, the Indian streaming platform and part of the Viacom18 network, has acquired original  series Khwabon Ke Parindey. Presented by CoinDCX Go and powered by Airtel, Khwabon Ke Parindey will stream on Voot from June 14th. A six-episode series starring Asha Negi, Mrinal Dutt, Manasi Moghe and Tushar Sharma in lead roles, Khwabon Ke Parindey […]

June 7, 2021

VIAVI introduces new capabilities

VIAVI Solutions has introduced multiple new capabilities for the award-winning Optical Network Monitoring Solutions (ONMS) family of remote test and monitoring solutions. The new capabilities enable further network intelligence in fiber environments that form the foundation of high-speed core, metro ring networks as well as access applications in passive optical network (PON), 5G and data […]

June 7, 2021

War of the Worlds s2 on Disney+ from July 16

The second series of the drama series War of the Worlds, written and created by BAFTA Award-winner Howard Overman (Misfits, Crazyhead, Merlin) of Urban Myth Films, will premiere on Star on Disney+ on July 16th.  Set in France and the UK, the critically-acclaimed, modern-day retelling of H.G. Wells’ classic novel has an ensemble cast, including Golden Globe winner and EMMY and Tony award nominated actor Gabriel Byrne (In Treatment), and Golden Globe and Critics Choice […]

June 7, 2021

Bryson Tiller transports audiences with virtual livestream powered by disguise and Unreal Engine

Xite Labs utilised the disguise Extended Reality (xR) workflow, powered by a gx 2c media server and rx real-time rendering platform, to bring to life a myriad of virtual worlds in Unreal Engine for rapper Bryson Tiller’s ‘Trapsoul World Series’ live streamed concert. Shot at Xite Labs’ xR stage in LA, the concert accentuated the artist’s unique musical […]

June 7, 2021