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Spectrum News Launches Local TV News Network in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS—Building on the 2022 launch of a digital-only news platform in St. Louis, Spectrum News has launched a local linear TV news network serving the metropolitan area. Spectrum News St. Louis features local headlines at the top and bottom of every hour and hyperlocal weather forecasts every 10 minutes on the 1s. The news network is also available to Spectrum customers via the Spectrum News App for mobile, Xumo Stream Box, Roku and Apple TV, Spectrum said.“The expansion to linear TV in St. Louis is part of our mission to reach more people with reliable and community-focused local news that...
Arsenal FX Color Meets Evolving Evaluation Needs With New Sony BVM-HX311 Master Monitor
LOS ANGELES—High-end boutique post-production house Arsenal FX Color has upgraded its evaluation monitoring with the addition of Sony’s new 4K BVM-HX3110 TRIMASTER HX professional grading monitor to handle its diverse workload of increasingly complex media projects and meet client demands for high-quality content.Focused on long-form content for broadcast television, streaming services, feature films and commercials, Arsenal has witnessed an evolution in the role of monitors over the years. Adding the HX3110 signals to clients that the self-described “artist-driven” shop has first-hand experience with personalized client service and prioritizes quality, it said."I’m a colorist, Josh Baca is an editor, and our...
Magewell To Feature Newly Announced Version 3.0 Firmware For Director Mini At IBC 2024
NANJING, China—Magewell will show its newly announced version 3.0 firmware upgrade with more than 50 enhancements for the Director Mini all-in-one production and streaming system at IBC 2024, Sept. 13-16, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center."Like previous Director Mini updates, version 3.0 includes some powerful new features that add value for our customers," said Nick Ma, Magewell CEO and chief technology officer. "We also put a strong emphasis on making existing capabilities even better, giving users more control and refining the user experience for even greater ease and efficiency."Enhancements include: New scene presets, including picture-in-picture, side-by-side and quad splits.Four new templates for soccer...
NBCU: Paris Olympics Viewing up 82% from Tokyo
STAMFORD, Conn.—NBCUniversal is reporting that its coverage of the Paris Olympics attracted viewing audiences that were up 82% from the Tokyo Olympics and that the games produced record levels of streaming and engagement on social media. More specifically, the games delivered a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 30.6 million viewers across the combined live Paris Prime (2-5 p.m. ET) and U.S. primetime (8-11 p.m. ET/PT) time periods – up 82% from the Tokyo Olympics (16.9 million), according to fast national data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. In addition, NBC Broadcast Network extended its streak to 152 consecutive Summer Olympics nights as primetime’s...
DVEO to Introduce Brutus Cloud Video Distribution Platform at IBC 2024
SAN DIEGO—DVEO will unveil Brutus Cloud, a new platform designed to transform video distribution, at IBC 2024, Sept. 13-16, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.Brutus Cloud offers advanced capabilities to meet the growing demands of IPTV, OTT, and FAST TV services, providing high-performance, flexible video transcoding and streaming, DVEO said.Brutus Cloud is engineered to deliver top-tier video transcoding and streaming solutions and provides seamless integration and quality across various platforms, it said.Features include: Transcode multiple channels for IPTV. Manage and deliver numerous HD channels, enhancing the viewer experience with reliable and high-quality IPTV service.Transcode multiple resolutions in HLS DASH ABR for OTT. Adaptively transcode...
Globo Shows Off TV 2.5 Enhancements on Hisense TVs During Paris Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO—Advanced HDR by Technicolor, Fraunhofer IIS and Globo showcased high dynamic range (HDR) and MPEG-H Audio content that is compliant with Brazil's TV 2.5 standard on Hisense TVs during the just completed Paris Olympics.The demonstration showed how standard dynamic range (SDR) content can be upconverted to deliver a premium viewing experience while watching live broadcasts of major outdoor sports and other events, Advanced HDR by Technicolor said.Advanced HDR by Technicolor delivered premium HDR content by leveraging the solution suite’s Intelligent Tone Mapping (ITM) feature to upconvert live SDR content to HDR while adding SL-HDR dynamic metadata to create...
Samba TV: Nearly 60M U.S. Homes Watched the Olympics
SAN FRANCISCO—New data from Samba TV confirms that the Paris Olympics hit gold with audiences as the games saw an 11% increase in household viewership compared to the Tokyo games that aired in 2021. More than 1 million new households viewed the games on most days as Americans caught Olympic fever. Overall, Samba TV reported that the Paris games saw a total 59.4 million US households watch the games across linear and streaming over the past few weeks. Of special note is how many new households caught Olympic fever each day. There was no day throughout the Olympics where fewer than 600k...
Cineverse Reports 73% Viewing Increase YoY in Q2
LOS ANGELES—Cineverse Corp. is reporting significant year-over-year growth in free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) viewing with its FAST channels being viewed for 2.26 billion minutes in Q2 2024, up 73% compared to the same period last year (1.31 billion minutes in 2Q23).Cineverse's owned and operated brands drove 33% of the year-over-year gains. Partner brands operated by Cineverse drove 50% of the increased minutes watched, while new channel growth contributed to 17% of the YoY gains, the company said."We are thrilled with the tremendous growth in FAST viewing minutes, which aligns perfectly with the launch of our direct sales team and the availability of coveted CTV inventory. This surge in engagement comes at a crucial time as we head into the election and holiday season, positioning us strongly for the future," said Erick Opeka, Cineverse's Chief Strategy Officer and President.In addition to ad revenue from content, Cineverse's multiple revenue streams include innovations such as its AI-powered content discovery tool, CineSearch; complete OTT solution, Matchpoint; and the expansion of its India-based Cineverse Services to companies seeking to reduce overhead and streamline expenses by optimizing back-end operations.
Charter Names Simon Cassels SVP, Chief Creative Officer
STAMFORD, Conn.—Charter Communications Inc. has announced that Simon Cassels, a seasoned marketing and creative executive for brands including GoodRx, Ring/Amazon and Apple’s dedicated agency TBWA\Media Arts Lab, has been named senior vice president and chief creative officer, effective immediately. In his new role, Cassels will oversee Charter's creative strategies to evolve Spectrum’s brand identity and drive company growth.“Simon brings a unique blend of creativity and strategic insight, combined with a customer-first mindset, which supports our mission to engage with customers as more than just a connectivity provider,” said Sharon Peters, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for charter communications inc.,...
PBS North Carolina CTO Fred Engel To Retire
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—PBS North Carolina has announced that Fred Engel will retire from his role as chief technology officer on August 31 after an illustrious career spanning 46 years. Chris Pandich, director of engineering services, will serve as interim chief broadcast engineer while a national search for Engel’s successor gets underway.Engel, who joined PBS North Carolina in 2016, has been hailed as an industry leader for his invaluable contributions to innovative technology projects that serve the public good. In his role, he has developed new applications for PBS North Carolina’s TV broadcast platform to improve public safety communications, remote...
U.S. Men’s Basketball Victory over France Was Most Watched Gold Medal Game Since 1996
STAMFORD, Conn.—The U.S. Men’s Basketball Team’s down to-the-wire 98-87 victory over France produced some ratings gold for NBCUniversal, with an average audience of 19.5 million viewers on NBC and Peacock. That made it the most-watched gold medal game since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, based on fast national data from Nielsen and Adobe Analytics. The game peaked at 22.7 million viewers from 5-5:15 p.m. ET as Team USA pulled away for the win. During the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the U.S.-Yugoslavia matchup drew 25.8 million.Final data for the full Olympics hasn’t been released, but beginning with Friday’s Opening Ceremony, NBCUniversal has a posted...
Gray Media Renews CW Affiliation Agreements for 38 TV Stations
BURBANK, Calif.—The CW Network and Gray Media have reached a comprehensive agreement to renew the affiliations of 38 Gray-owned television stations across the country. Together, the 38 stations reach nearly 10% of the U.S. audience, serving more than 12 million television households.Under terms of the agreement, the stations will remain the exclusive homes of Pac-12 college football, ACC college football and basketball, NASCAR Xfinity Series Racing, WWE NXT wrestling, and LIV Golf in their respective markets.Financial terms were not disclosed.
Solid State Logic To Feature New S400 Console, V4.1 at IBC2024
Solid State Logic will debut the new S400 console and a variety of enhancements for its System T broadcast audio production platform as part of its V4.1 software update during IBC 2024, Sept. 13-16, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.Featuring flagship control for live-to-air broadcast applications in a compact and cost-effective format, the new S400 is well-suited for OB, event space and music applications, or anywhere premium control features are required but space is a consideration, the company said.The S400 console offers the same high-quality fader experience as the S500, featuring premium 100mm touch-sense faders and a dedicated OLED display...
TV Tech's Weekly Product Wrap-Up
Missed any of our recent product news? Here is TV Tech's weekly wrap-up of new products, services and deployments we published in our newsletter between August 5 to August 9. The stories are listed from the newest on Friday August 2, day by day back to our stories from Monday August 5. Telemundo Takes VR Studio Tech from Miami to the Paris OlympicsTelemundo's virtual reality studio in Miami uses Unreal Engine and Chyron to provide a "photo-realistic look" that shows small details of the Paris landscape like the "wind in the trees".Haivision To Feature Live Video Contribution at IBC 2024 The company...
Study: OTT Viewing Hits Record Highs; Linear Viewing Slumps to Lowest Levels Since Pre-Pandemic
SAN FRANCISCO—A new study from Samba TV analyzing 45 billion hours of linear and streaming viewing in the first half of 2024 has found that OTT viewing continues to set new records while linear TV viewing has fallen to levels not seen since the pre-pandemic. Samba TV’s State of Viewership Report for the first half of 2024 found that OTT viewing grew by 40% while linear TV viewing declined by 1%, dropping to levels not seen since pre-pandemic. The study also found that less than half of U.S. households now watch linear TV each day, according to Samba TV.Among its standout...
NextGen TV: FCC Drops Reconsideration of DTS Rules
WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a development that has important implications for the ongoing rollout and success of data services and NextGen TV, the FCC has closed its reconsideration of a 2021 ruling on distributed television systems. Microsoft had requested that the FCC reconsider the DTS Report and Order that modified the Commission’s technical rules. The modifications were designed to promote expanded use of distributed transmission systems (DTS) by broadcast television stations. The NAB and broadcasters had requested the changes to help broadcasters speed up the deployment of NextGen TV services and the development of data services. Microsoft filed a petition in March of 2021...
TV5MONDEplus App Launches on Comcast’s Xfinity and Xumo Streaming Devices
LOS ANGELES—TV5MONDE has announced the launch of TV5MONDEplus on all Comcast Xfinity and Xumo streaming devices. The global French language entertainment network is available in 438 million homes with 64 million weekly viewers across 217 countries and territories worldwide. The new deal with Comcast and the Xumo joint venture between Comcast and Charter expands the reach of the streaming service to more than 13 million Xfinity video customers across the U.S., plus millions of additional streaming users, via the Xfinity X1, Xfinity Flex, Xumo Stream Box and Xumo TV devices. TV5MONDEplus launched in 2020 and is available in 217 countries and...
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