Thomson Broadcast has been chosen to supply transmitters to Trade House Sviaz Engineering, the contractor appointed to deploy the second national digital television multiplex operated by RTRN, Russia’s national radio and TV broadcaster. In a major infrastructure project unfolding over three years, hundreds of Thomson Broadcast transmitters from the Elite and Futhura ranges will be […]
ONE CONNXT, an award-winning leader in broadcast delivery, is providing contribution transport for 124 J2 League broadcasts for worldwide distribution this season. Providing services to J2 continues ONE CONNXT’s successful transport of several major live sporting events which include the French Open, Asian pro soccer, Emirates Australian Open, baseball’s Yomiuri Giants and the Jakarta Indonesia […]
Bridge Technologies has launched the VB273 Intelligent Satellite Redundancy Switch – the first of a new line of products from the company. The VB273 provides carrier-grade intelligent redundancy switching for satellite uplinks, with an innovative and powerful automated decision-making capability. In a break with the approach taken by the previous generation of simple ETR alarm […]
A high-profile battle over fast-growing retrans fees, the new spotlight on digital rights and a more vocal FCC (particularly in the ownership caps arena) have the industry nervously looking ahead to see if expectations regarding retrans revenue growth may have to be adjusted, says an SNL Kagan Report. The CBS/Time Warner Cable blackout, which began […]
SES Platform Services has won an international tender by Turner Broadcasting System. Starting November 2013, SES Platform Services will provide playout for Boomerang, Cartoon Network, glitz, TNT Film and TNT Serie for the German-speaking market. The channels will be broadcast in SD and HD quality from playout centres in Europe. The two companies have also […]
From September 13 – 17 on booth 7.E25 at IBC, Rohde & Schwarz DVS GmbH (DVS) will be showing how TV studios can make their production workflow more effective and cost-efficient by using the VENICE Media Production Hub. In addition to its future-ready video features, VENICE paves the way for highly optimized file-based workflows in […]
Amagi Media Labs say they have a unique Cloud-based TV broadcast infrastructure that’s potentially able to change the way transmissions are made. They have secured a deal with India’s Viacom-18, the local joint-venture between Viacom and Network-18. Unilever’s Hindustan operation will use Amagi’s technology to “micro target” viewers on Viacom’s Nickelodeon channel in India. Amagi […]
Comux UK, the community-owned business selected by Ofcom to build and operate the local TV broadcasting platform, has announced details of its technical infrastructure and the companies selected as infrastructure partners and suppliers. Ed Hall, Chief Executive at Comux, said: “We are delighted to announce that we have now agreed contracts with all of our […]
Net Insight, a leading provider of efficient and scalable transport solutions for media, IP and broadcast networks, has announced that Switzerland’s national public broadcaster SRG SSR has selected a range of solutions from Net Insight for a major winter sports event in Russia 2014 and the Zurich 2014 European Athletics Championships. SRG SSR is building […]
BBC Worldwide is continuing to work with JCA to provide content management and distribution services for its supply chain. BBC Worldwide SVP operations Ben Blomfield said: “It’s essential for BBC Worldwide to provide a timely, cost effective and efficient supply chain of content to our partner broadcasters around the world.” JCA has a long standing […]