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Revolutionizing Broadcast Production Models With Dante
Dante is a complete, easy-to-use AV-over-IP platform that is inherently interoperable across thousands of products from hundreds of manufacturers, seamlessly integrating best-in-class audio, video, control, and management features.Long the de facto standard for transmitting audio in pro AV and on-premise broadcast applications, the Dante platform is revolutionizing the broadcasting industry by enabling reliable hybrid and distributed production models in the cloud. The importance of these models lies in their ability to adapt swiftly to technological advancements and operational requirements, ensuring high-quality broadcasts in various scenarios.Evolution of Broadcast Production ModelsTraditional on-premises production relied heavily on centralized facilities, which limited flexibility...
Mo-Sys To Feature MoViewer Multi-Camera Virtual Production Preview Solution At IBC 2024
LONDON—Mo-Sys Engineering will showcase MoViewer, a cost-effective and fully autonomous system that integrates with existing studio infrastructure to transform virtual production for multi-camera projects during IBC 2024, Sept. 13-16, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.Delivering an AI-assisted, real-time, perspective accurate preview of all cameras to directors, MoViewer is compatible with all LED screen manufacturers and processors. The product brings a traditional on-set workflow into LED virtual production without technology constraints. It eliminates the need for expensive per-camera render nodes and returns full creative choice of shutter speeds and exposure, empowering teams to express their vision without restrictive technical limitations,...
DEG: Streaming Revenue up 27.1% to $22.9B in First Half of 2024
Despite worries that cash strapped consumers are looking to cut their hefty spending on streaming services, the Digital Entertainment Group reported strong growth in revenue for subscription streaming services in the first half of 2024, with subscription spending on streaming spiking by 27.1% to almost $22.9 billion, up from $18 billion in the first half of 2023.Overall, the Hollywood studios-backed DEG reported that consumers spent almost $25.4 billion on movies and television shows consumed at home and on the go in the first six months of 2024. For the full first half, spending rose more than 22% from the almost...
Chyron To Feature Latest Enhancements for PRIME, PAINT and LIVE At IBC 2024
MELVILLE, N.Y.—Chyron will showcase new data-driven graphics capabilities and playout control, enhanced newsroom visual storytelling and new cloud developments at IBC 2024, Sept. 13-16, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.“At present, our industry is in a period of volatility and uncertainty,” said Alain Polgar, Chyron senior vice president of sales, EMEA and APAC. “Media companies need to serve more outlets with less resources.”“Without compromising on graphics quality, we have tailored our solutions and optimized our workflows to allow our customers to streamline their production and distribution process at a predictable total cost of ownership for the entire usage lifecycle.”Recent Chyron...
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 12 to August 16. The stories are listed from the newest on Friday August 16, day by day back to our stories from Monday August 12.Prime Focus Technologies to Debut CLEAR AI Agents at IBC 2024The CLEAR AI Agents are designed to assist & co-work with professionals to execute specific tasks across content management, post-production, and marketing.Leader and Phabrix to Show T&M Solutions at IBC 2024They will be showcasing test and measurement solutions for...
Fubo Wins Preliminary Injunction Blocking the Launch of Venu Sports
NEW YORK—A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction in an antitrust lawsuit against the Venu Sports streaming services backed by The Walt Disney Company, Fox Corp. and Warner Bros. Discovery that will at least temporarily block the launch of the streaming service. The owners of Venu has hoped to launch the services around the time of the start of the NFL season. They have said they plan to appeal the decision. The ruling in from U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York on August 16 came in response to a lawsuit filed by Fubo that said the streaming service raised...
Prime Focus Technologies to Debut CLEAR AI Agents at IBC 2024
LOS ANGELES—Prime Focus Technologies (PFT) has announced that it will unveil its CLEAR AI Agents at IBC 2024 in Amsterdam. The CLEAR AI Agents are designed to assist & co-work with professionals within Media & Entertainment (M&E) enterprises to execute specific tasks across content management, postproduction, and marketing. The agents seamlessly handle repetitive tasks, freeing teams to focus on strategic and creative tasks. Their round-the-clock availability and autonomous capabilities in select areas ensure timely task execution, enhancing the overall user experience. Most importantly, the agents drive scale, contributing to efficiency gains and monetization, ultimately helping content meet revenue, the company explained. Prime...
Leader and Phabrix to Show T&M Solutions at IBC 2024
THATCHAM, U.K.—Test & Measurement solutions provider Leader Electronics of Europe, has announced that it will showcase both Leader and Phabrix instruments at this year’s IBC Show, which takes place at RAI Amsterdam from 13-16 September (Stand 10.C01). During the show, the company will be presenting a comprehensive range of its latest and most popular test & measurement (T&M) solutions that cater to every stage of the manufacturing and broadcast production chain – from in-house video technology development to broadcast QC, on-set live production and post-production.Martin Mulligan, COO, Leader Electronics of Europe, commented that “The continuing increase in the number of broadcast...
RTL Deutschland Expands FAST Channel Offering
SAN JOSE, Calif. and COLOGNE, Germany—German broadcaster RTL Deutschland has added eight new free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels to its video streaming service RTL+. The new FAST channels are powered by Harmonic's VOS®360 Media SaaS, which simplifies all stages of media processing, including advanced playout, powerful graphics insertion, premium OTT encoding and distribution.Integrating additional FAST channels into RTL Deutschland's existing ecosystem was successfully handled by netorium, an application integrator from Wiesbaden. Andre Prahl, chief distribution officer at RTL Deutschland, explained that "what particularly impressed us was the ability to easily launch eight channels. We had no high investment costs, as we...
N.Y. Court Upholds Retrans Ruling Against Nexstar
NEW YORK—Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division in the First Judicial Department has upheld a lower court ruling that Nexstar fraudulently collected $10.5 million in retransmission fees from DirecTV. Nexstar had appealed a New York Supreme Court ruling issued on July 17. In the suit, DirecTV said that it had been paying retransmission feeds for WHAG in Hagerstown Maryland based on WHAG’s NBC affiliation. “WHAG lost its NBC affiliation on July 1, 2016, approximately one year into the agreement’s three-year term, and defendant later changed WHAG’s call sign and rebranded the station, the Appellate Division order said. “However,...
Pluto Adds Local News from Fox Stations
Paramount’s free streaming service Pluto TV has added a slate of local Fox news channels providing live and breaking news from Fox stations in such markets as New York, L.A., and Washington. D.C. These channels in 17 markets join Pluto TV’s diverse and extensive news lineup. The service's “News + Opinion” and “Local News” categories already includes such channels as “CBS News 24/7,” “BBC News,” “Bloomberg TV,” “NBC News Now,” and others for round-the-clock coverage of local, national and international news. The full slate of local Fox news channels includes: Fox 5 AtlantaFox 7 AustinFox 32 ChicagoFox 4 Dallas | Fort WorthFox 2 DetroitFox 26 HoustonFox 11 Los AngelesFox 6 Milwaukee (to launch later this month)Fox 9 Minneapolis-St. PaulFox 5 New YorkFox 35 OrlandoFox 29 PhiladelphiaFox 10 PhoenixFox 2 San FranciscoFox 13 SeattleFox 13 Tampa BayFox 5 Washington DC
TelevisaUnivision Inks New Deal with MLB
MIAMI and NEW YORK—TelevisaUnivision has concluded a new multi-year agreement with Major League Baseball (MLB) that will allow TelevisaUnivision networks set to provide dedicated coverage of the MLB regular season starting Tuesday, Aug. 20, and continuing through the entire postseason. The multiyear agreement includes a new weekly whip-around show – “MLB En Vivo,” featuring live look-ins, highlights and recaps of up to 15 games every Tuesday throughout the remainder of the regular season, airing live on UniMás from 9:00 pm to 11:00 pm ET coast-to-coast. TelevisaUnivision will also produce “MLB Esta Semana” during the regular season, a weekly MLB-focused show airing on...
MRMC To Unveil Studiobot LT, Cinebot At IBC 2024
SURREY, U.K.—Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a Nikon company, will showcase the new Studiobot LT for broadcast workflows, as well as the Cinebot range for cinematography at IBC 2024, Sept. 13-16, at the RAI Amsterdam Convention Center.The company will unveil its range of technological innovations in two stands covering both motion control (Stand 12.C20) and broadcast (Stand 11.C28). Both booths will show examples of seamless workflows involving MRMC, Nikon and Red. In MRMC’s broadcast stand, which Nikon Europe and RED will share, the company will highlight the launch of the Studiobot LT. Designed for permanent or semi-permanent studio productions, the new robot...
Cineverse Partners with Wurl on FAST Channels
LOS ANGELES—Cineverse Corp. has announced a broad partnership with Wurl, LLC to distribute Wurl’s growing portfolio of free, ad-supported streaming television (FAST) channels and launch new channels. As part of the partnership, the companies will also work together on streaming and monetization solutions. This will enable Cineverse to streamline channel launches through seamless integration with Matchpoint, the company’s proprietary distribution platform, along with enhanced monetization which will provide Cineverse with future opportunities to expand the company’s strategic initiatives around content discovery and personalization.In announcing the deal, Cineverse also reported that it will migrate the majority of their existing FAST channels to Wurl’s...
EvertzAV Brings Cutting-Edge AVoIP Solutions to IBC 2024
BURLINGTON, Ontario—EvertzAV has announced that it will be showcasing its extensive eco-system of IP routable products and solutions at IBC 2024 at the company’s booth (2.B51).These solutions include but are not limited to Unified Collaboration Integration, Meeting Spaces, Enterprise Broadcast, Corporate Live Production, Digital Signage, Video Walls, Conference Rooms, Courtrooms, Classrooms, Sports Arenas/Stadiums, Live Events, and Secure Professional KVM Systems.Products highlighted include EvertzAV’s MMA10G broadcast quality IPMX-Ready Multi-Media Aggregation product line, a 10Gbps AV over IP distribution, collaboration, and control solution routing over secure, purpose-built Software Defined Networking switch fabrics. Scalable from 16 to over 2048 ports on a single...
Marshall Brings Auto Tracking To IBC 2024 with New CV612 PTZ Camera
AMSTERDAM—Marshall Electronics has announced that it will be featuring its newest auto-tracking camera, the CV612-TBI/TWI PTZ camera, at IBC 2024 (Stand 11.A17). The Marshall CV612, available in black (CV612-TBI) and white models (CV612-TWI), features the ability to automatically track, follow and frame presenters using AI facial learning for accurate and smooth self-adjusting maneuvers. With advanced AI tracking, the PTZ camera “learns” who is the prime subject and won’t “lose” the presenter when other persons or objects enter the shot, the company said. “As the broadcast and production landscape continues to evolve, having a high-quality track and follow camera as part of your...
PlayersTV Launches on DirecTV
DALLAS—PlayersTV has announced a new distribution agreement with DirecTV, that will make the athlete fan-owned network available on the DirecTV app via the Internet and to DirecTV STREAM customers. DirecTV's millions of satellite customers who want to access the channel can do so by using the DirecTV App to stream the channel. PlayersTV bills itself as the first-ever Athlete and Fan-Owned Media Network, supported by a growing community of over 2,100 Fan Investor shareholders and more than 70 athlete owners and investors across the NFL, NBA, WNBA, and MLB. The network features high-profile athletes, including Chris Paul, Damian Lillard, Travis Kelce,...
Amazon’s `The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season One Arrives on Samsung TV Plus
The Samsung TV Plus streaming platform has announced that Samsung TV and Galaxy owners in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, the U.K., and Germany can view season one of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” on-demand for free, Samsung TV Plus. The first season of the series will be available until August 28. The launch is designed to help promote the series prior to the launch of the second season. This marks the first time ever that Prime Video is making available the entire first season without a subscription, bringing the popular series to nearly 300 million screens, for free...
ESPN Inks Deal with Genius Sports to Expand Data Capabilities for Basketball Coverage
STAMFORD, Conn.—ESPN has announced a new long-term deal with Genius Sports Limited that ESPN said will help transform ESPN’s live data-driven storytelling for NCAA sports and enhance broadcasts for the NBA and WNBA. As part of the agreement, ESPN will expand its college sports coverage with real-time team and player stats from Genius Sports, the exclusive distributor of official NCAA Data, with access to data across 65,000 NCAA games a year inclusive of basketball, football, ice hockey, volleyball and soccer.Additionally, ESPN is extending its deal with Genius Sports around NBA player-tracking data insights while adding the WNBA to its portfolio of...
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