A new Executive Board has been elected to lead the EBU for the next two years, from January 2019. The board comprises 11 public service media executives from across Europe, including president Tony Hall and vice-president Delphine Ernotte Cunci. Hall said: “I welcome this new EBU Executive Board. Public service media has never been more […]
Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, today announced that Q3 sales of its sQ 1000 Series Media Servers have seen a 155 percent year-on-year increase. This uptick is backed by a strong development roadmap, including integration of the sQ server with the GV STRATUS video production and management system in early 2019. The sQ server lies at the heart […]
Italy’s RCF Group has announced the acquisition of DPA Microphones from The Riverside Company. Details of the transaction have not been revealed. DPA provides microphones to a number of sectors, including the broadcast market. The deal follows RCF’s recent acquisition of US loudspeaker giant EAW, as the company looks to strengthen its position in the […]
Sky Italia and Vodafone Italia have teamed up for the first live 5G news broadcast in Europe. On the occasion of the annual opening night of the La Scala opera house in Milan, a Sky TG24 crew used a camera connected to the 5G network of Vodafone to report live from the prestigious event. This […]
Blackmagic Design today announced that the company’s production and post products are being used to complete many of the fall 2018 season’s new and returning television shows and streaming series. More than 55 shows rely on Blackmagic Design’s digital film cameras; Fusion Studio visual effects (VFX), compositing, 3D and motion graphics software; and DaVinci Resolve […]
The Alliance for IP Media Solutions (AIMS) has welcomed global engineering and electronics company Huawei. Huawei is a leading provider of information and communications technology (ICT) smart devices. The company uses cloud computing, big data, the internet of things and AI to provide open, flexible and secure ICT infrastructure platforms. Jeffrey Gao, president of the […]
NHK has announced that it will launch its 8K channel in Japan with a broadcast of “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The broadcaster, which announced the launch date last spring, has been testing 8K (what it calls “Super Hi Vision”) in anticipation of broadcasting the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games in the format. NHK’s Executive Director of […]
Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, has unveiled its 2018 Global IP Barometer study, which reveals key insights about the progress of the media industry’s migration to IP. Supported by the input of approximately 750 media industry professionals from around the world, Grass Valley has found strong indications that the industry’s transition to IP is moving […]
The Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications of Uzbekistan on November 30 will hold a conference on the modernization of telecommunications networks, the main trends in the development of IT technologies and their role in the development of the national economy, according to Podrobno.uz. The event will be attended by state officials, representatives of the […]
Rohde & Schwarz has acquired Pixel Power Ltd., a technology leader in television branding, graphics, automation, master control and playout. With this acquisition Rohde & Schwarz is executing its plan to expand further in broadcast playout while taking ownership of a company with significant technological leader- ship. The subsidiary will be renamed “Pixel Power Ltd. […]
